SIMON BOWLEY
CURRICULUM VITAE
1978-79 Studied Ceramics Canberra School of Art
1980-82 Established ceramics studio at Canberra, making wheel-formed stoneware.
1983-84 Certificate III Ceramics East Sydney Technical College
1985 Taught ceramics at remote schools throughout Qld. N.T. & W.A. with Australia Council and Aboriginal Arts Council assistance.
1986-91 Established Kinka Pottery and Gallery at Duffy’s Forrest, Sydney with four other potters, supplying galleries and fulfilling orders.
1991-03 Established ceramic studio at Wildes Meadow, NSW, making a range of wheelfomed and handbuilt pottery. Built 9m anagama kiln at Wildes Meadow.
1993 Worked for six months in Germany at Topferei Am Murmberg making salt glazed tableware and one off pieces.
1995 Spent eight months making individual pieces at The Experimental Workshop of Ceramics, Coycoacan, Mexico.
1996-02 Producing and exhibiting from Wildes Meadow studio, including a wide range of wheel and hand-formed ceramics, decorated using texturing, wax resist and slip techniques under mid-range and stoneware glazes.
2002-15 Producing and exhibiting from Moss Vale studio using a wide variety of techniques, including wood and gas fired ceramics.
2005 Commissioned to design and produce 52sq.m.hexagonal tiles for private house at Milton Park, NSW
1998-09 Part time teacher in Ceramics at Goulburn TAFE, Arts and Media including Diploma of Fine Art, Certificate III Ceramics, Certificate I Visual Arts, Aboriginal Arts & Cultural Practices and TVET secondary students (mainstream and special needs). Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Practices at Goulburn Correctional Centre.
1999-12 Part time teacher Moss Vale TAFE, Arts and Media. Teaching a wide range of units including Certificate I. II, III IV and Diploma of Ceramics.
2013-15 Resident and teacher at Sturt Pottery, Mittagong Australia
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPEMENT
1999 Vital initial teaching and learning course, Goulburn TAFE
2002 Teaching indigenous students, one day workshop Nowra TAFE
2002 Tanja Woodfire, Ceramics conference.
2002 Attend Documenta, Kassel Germany.
2003 Staff training/ induction at Goulburn Correctional Centre
2004 Course development Seminar ( Arts and Media), Sydney TAFE
2008 Attend ‘Sturt Woodfire’ conference.
2009 Attend Australian Ceramics Triennale Sydney
2010 Professional Developement- Delivering OHS Units, Goulburn TAFE.
2011 Certificate IV TAE
2014 Attend 'On the Edge Of The Shelf' Wood fire event Mystery Bay
2015 Attend the Australian Nation Ceramics Conference Canberra
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1984 East Sydney Technical College Ceramics Exhibition
1986-90 Kinka Pottery Yearly Exhibitions
1989 Breewood Gallery, Katoomba
1990 Clay Things Gallery, Balgowlah
1990-91 Australian Craft Show, Solo Exhibition,Sydney
1993 Topferei Am Murmberg, Germany
1995 Taller Experimental de Ceramico, Coyoacan, Mexico
1996-99 Robertson Pottery
1996-01 Fitzroy Visitors' Centre - Annual Solo Exhibitions
1996-05 Gallery "J", Bowral
1996-05 Hume Pottery, Berrima
2005-12 Ongoing exhibition of work at King Studio, Milton
2006-7 Studio Trail, Mittagong
2008 Sturt Woodfire, Local Potters Exhibition
2009 ‘Beaker Culture’ Flinders St Gallery Sydney
2015 Turn, Turn, Turn: 60 years of Ceramics, National Art School, Sydney
2005-15 Annual Open Studio at Moss Vale
COLLECTIONS
Work held in private collections in Australia, Germany, England,
Mexico and the U.S.