VIVIENNE FOLEY

PORCELAIN & BRONZE

Biography


Biography
1965-1969Studied ceramics at Sir John Cass School of Art, London
1969Set up first studio in Little Venice, London
1978Study tour of China
1978Moved studio to Co. Clare, Ireland
1988Opened Pallas Well Gallery, Co Clare, Ireland
1996Moved studio to London
1996Chinese ceramics course at Sotheby's & Percival Daivid Foundation, London
2005Photographic: Butler Family Collection Catalogue - Shanghai Museum, China
2006Photographic: Butler Family Collection Catalogue - China Institution, New York
2007Book publication: Vivienne Foley Porcelain
2008Photographic: Butler Family Collection Catalogue. Luxembourg MNHA
2007Book publication: Porcelain by Vivienne Foley Published by Bloomsbury
2016Moved studio to Gloucestershire, England
Principal Solo Exhibitions
1981Kilkenny Design, Dublin
1982Liberty of London
1983Laurimore Gallery, England
1985, '98'DeValera Museum, Ireland
1986Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
1989Winnower Gallery, Ireland
1991Lucy Erridge Gallery, Ireland
1992, '94'European Modern Art Gallery, Dublin
1994. '96'Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland
1994Keramik Museum, Westerwald, Germany
1995, '98, '01, '04, '08'James Graham & Sons, NY, New York
1995Thos. Henry Fine Art, England
1995Guinness Gallery, Dublin
1997Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
1998BowWow Gallery, London
2000Air Gallery, London
2001, '04'Metropolitan Hotel, London
2003COSA Gallery, London
2008, '11, '14, '17'Vessel Gallery, London
2009Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2016Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
International Group Exhibitions
1981Handmade in Ireland (Ireland, Denmark, Sweden)
1983International Ceramics Exhibition, Faenza, Italy
1985Casson Gallery (with Lucie Rie), London
1986Crafts Ireland European Touring Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany
1987Crafts Council German Exhibition, Karlshue, Hamburg, Germany
1988, '90'University of Limerick, Ireland
1989Gallerie L, Hamburg, Germany
1989Open Ceramics Gallery, Lisburn, N. Ireland
1990JETRO International Exhibition, Tokyo, Nagoya, Japan
1991Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland
1996Courtyard Gallery, Dublin
1996Private Exhibition with Patricia Jorgensen, Dublin
2000The Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England
2000. '03'British Ceramics Exhibition, James Graham & Sons, NY, New York
2001Davies & Tooth, Fine Art Fair, Olympia, London
2001, '02, '03Davies & Tooth, ART, London
2002, '03'Davies & Tooth, London Art Fair, London
2002Air Gallery, London
2002Sothebys CDA Exhibition, London
2003, '04'Patrick Davies Contemporary Art, London Art Fair
2004, '05'Patrick Davies Contemporary Art, ART, London
2004, '05'COLLECT - Victoria & Albert Museum, Londonr
2005, '06'National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
2008Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2012, '13'Kardamili Gallery with Patrick Marsh, Kalamata, Greece
2013Le Blanc Gallery with Patrick Marsh, France
2013Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
2016, '17'Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
2023'Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy, London
2024, '25COLLECT - Somerset House, London
Public Collections & Acquisitions (1988-2023)
National Museum of Ireland
Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland
Crafts Council of Ireland, Dublin
Ulster Museum, N. Ireland
Centre of Ceramic Art, York Museums Trust, England
Leeds Museum & Galleries, England
Southampton City of Art Gallery, England
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President Bill Clinton & Hillary Rodham Clinton of USA
President Patrick Hillery of Ireland
President Mary Robinson of Ireland
Taoiseach Charles Haughey of Ireland
Prime Minister Paul Keating of Australia
HRH Crown Prince Faisal of Saudia Arabia
President Jacques Chirac of France
President Isaac Hertzog of Israel
Royal Household of Sweden
Irish Embassy - Berlin, Germany
US Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith
US Ambassador Nancy Soderberg - USA
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Alliance Capital - London
The Gresham Palace Hotel - Budapest
Four Seasons Hotel - Amman, Jordan and Moscow
Millennium Hotel, Knightsbridge - London
Christina Ong Hotel Group - Singapore
Ford UK - London
Rolex - London
Aspin Insurance - London
Sandy Lane Hotel - Barbados
Coutts Bank - London
Awards
1983, '84, '85Royal Dublin Society - 1st Prize
1981, '82'Royal Dublin Society - 2nd Prize
Projects
In collaboration with Sir Michael Butler - Photography for the exhibition catalogues for the internationally renowned Butler Collection of Chinese Porcelain:
2003Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasures from an Unknown Reign
Crow Collection of Asian Art - Dallas, USA - ISBN 13: 9780295982137
2005Beauty's Enchantment - Shanghai Museum - China
2006Trade, Taste & Transformation in Jingdezhen Porcelain for Japan 1620-1645 - China Institute, NY, New York
2008MNHA Exhibition - Luxembourg
Publications
2007Vivienne Foley Porcelain by Vivienne Foley
Published by Moonmouse Creative Ltd - ISBN: 13: 978-0955604201
2014Porcelain by Vivienne Foley
Published by Bloomsbury - ISBN: 13: 978-1912217700
Auctions
Christies - London
Bonhams - London & San Francisco