Kate Malone Explained

Kate Olivia Malone (born 29 January 1959, in London) is a British ceramic artist known for her large sculptural vessels and rich, bright glazes. Malone was previously a judge, along with Keith Brymer Jones, on BBC2's The Great Pottery Throw Down (2015–2017), then presented by Sara Cox.[1] [2]

Biography

Malone studied at Bristol Polytechnic (1979–82)[3] and, after leaving the Royal College of Art in 1986, began working in a studio in the South Bank Craft Centre at Charing Cross.[4] Malone's work is held in the British Council collection.[5]

Her work is on display in a number of public locations, a giant ceramic fish in the water at Hackney Marshes and a large pot at Manchester Art Gallery.[6] Malone's work is also held in numerous public collections, including the Arts Council, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Crafts Council, The Ashmolean Museum, Musée national de céramique de Sèvres, Victoria & Albert Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She made a large number of new works for an exhibition Inspired by Waddesdon Manor in 2016, including portrait vases of Ferdinand de Rothschild and his sister Alice Charlotte von Rothschild.[7]

Malone worked with EPR Architects on a project at 24 Saville Row which gained a first place WAN Facade Award in 2015 and is a finalist in the 2016 Surface Design Awards.[8] The project involved making 10,000 hand-glazed ceramic tiles.[9]

Malone has said, "pottery is almost as good as sex – it's so physical and so… fantastic".[10] [11]

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to ceramic art.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Why the Great Pottery Throw Down is a Great British Knock Off . Benji . Wilson . The Daily Telegraph . 7 November 2015 . London. 0307-1235 . 49632006 . 13 November 2015.
  2. News: The Great Pottery Throw Down . Jess . Denham . . 3 November 2015 . London . 0951-9467 . 185201487 . 13 November 2015.
  3. Web site: A Celebration of Clay by Kate Malone at Canary Wharf – Canary Wharf Group . group.canarywharf.com . 13 November 2015. 2015.
  4. Web site: MaloneKateCS38.pdf . Emmanuel . Cooper. pdf.js . 2010. 13 November 2015.
  5. Web site: Kate Malone . britishcouncil.org . 23 January 2019.
  6. Web site: All in a glaze . Susie . Steiner . theguardian.com . 2015 . 13 November 2015.
  7. Web site: Kate Malone: Inspired by Waddesdon Ceramic Review Issue 280 July/August 2016 . 8 August 2016.
  8. Web site: EPR Architects news . epr.co.uk . 2015 . 13 November 2015.
  9. Web site: WAN Façade Award 2015 by WAN AWARDS . Francesca . Maw . worldarchitecturenews.com . 2015 . 13 November 2015.
  10. News: Will Britain go potty for the Great British Pottery Throw Down? – Telegraph . Anna . Van Praagh. . London . 0307-1235 . 49632006 . 13 November 2015.
  11. News: Has television become filthier than ever? – Telegraph . Michael . Hogan . . 8 November 2015 . London . 0307-1235 . 49632006 . 13 November 2015.

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