Biography | |
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1965-1969 | Studied ceramics at Sir John Cass School of Art, London |
1969 | Set up first studio in Little Venice, London |
1978 | Study tour of China |
1978 | Moved studio to Co. Clare, Ireland |
1988 | Opened Pallas Well Gallery, Co Clare, Ireland |
1996 | Moved studio to London |
1996 | Chinese ceramics course at Sotheby's & Percival Daivid Foundation, London |
2005 | Photographic: Butler Family Collection Catalogue - Shanghai Museum, China |
2006 | Photographic: Butler Family Collection Catalogue - China Institution, New York |
2007 | Book publication: Vivienne Foley Porcelain |
2008 | Photographic: Butler Family Collection Catalogue. Luxembourg MNHA |
2007 | Book publication: Porcelain by Vivienne Foley Published by Bloomsbury |
2016 | Moved studio to Gloucestershire, England | Principal Solo Exhibitions |
1981 | Kilkenny Design, Dublin |
1982 | Liberty of London |
1983 | Laurimore Gallery, England |
1985, '98' | DeValera Museum, Ireland |
1986 | Royal Dublin Society, Dublin |
1989 | Winnower Gallery, Ireland |
1991 | Lucy Erridge Gallery, Ireland |
1992, '94' | European Modern Art Gallery, Dublin |
1994. '96' | Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland |
1994 | Keramik Museum, Westerwald, Germany |
1995, '98, '01, '04, '08' | James Graham & Sons, NY, New York |
1995 | Thos. Henry Fine Art, England |
1995 | Guinness Gallery, Dublin |
1997 | Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin |
1998 | BowWow Gallery, London |
2000 | Air Gallery, London |
2001, '04' | Metropolitan Hotel, London |
2003 | COSA Gallery, London |
2008, '11, '14, '17' | Vessel Gallery, London |
2009 | Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
2016 | Solomon Fine Art, Dublin | International Group Exhibitions |
1981 | Handmade in Ireland (Ireland, Denmark, Sweden) |
1983 | International Ceramics Exhibition, Faenza, Italy |
1985 | Casson Gallery (with Lucie Rie), London |
1986 | Crafts Ireland European Touring Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany |
1987 | Crafts Council German Exhibition, Karlshue, Hamburg, Germany |
1988, '90' | University of Limerick, Ireland |
1989 | Gallerie L, Hamburg, Germany |
1989 | Open Ceramics Gallery, Lisburn, N. Ireland |
1990 | JETRO International Exhibition, Tokyo, Nagoya, Japan |
1991 | Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland |
1996 | Courtyard Gallery, Dublin |
1996 | Private Exhibition with Patricia Jorgensen, Dublin |
2000 | The Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England |
2000. '03' | British Ceramics Exhibition, James Graham & Sons, NY, New York |
2001 | Davies & Tooth, Fine Art Fair, Olympia, London |
2001, '02, '03 | Davies & Tooth, ART, London |
2002, '03' | Davies & Tooth, London Art Fair, London |
2002 | Air Gallery, London |
2002 | Sothebys 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 |
2008 | Solomon Gallery, Dublin |
2012, '13' | Kardamili Gallery with Patrick Marsh, Kalamata, Greece |
2013 | Le Blanc Gallery with Patrick Marsh, France |
2013 | Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin |
2016, '17' | Solomon Fine Art, Dublin |
2023' | Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy, London |
2024, '25 | COLLECT - 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, '85 | Royal 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: | |
2003 | Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasures from an Unknown Reign Crow Collection of Asian Art - Dallas, USA - ISBN 13: 9780295982137 |
2005 | Beauty's Enchantment - Shanghai Museum - China |
2006 | Trade, Taste & Transformation in Jingdezhen Porcelain for Japan 1620-1645 - China Institute, NY, New York |
2008 | MNHA Exhibition - Luxembourg | Publications |
2007 | Vivienne Foley Porcelain by Vivienne Foley Published by Moonmouse Creative Ltd - ISBN: 13: 978-0955604201 |
2014 | Porcelain by Vivienne Foley Published by Bloomsbury - ISBN: 13: 978-1912217700 | Auctions |
Christies - London | |
Bonhams - London & San Francisco |