| Biography | |
|---|---|
| 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, London |
| 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 | |
| * * * * * | |
| 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 | |
| * * * * * | |
| 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 | |
VIVIENNE FOLEY
PORCELAIN & BRONZE
