I am a ceramic artist and researcher specialising in ceramics and printmaking based in north east England.
Brief CV
Education
- 10/10-09/14 - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award, Glass and Ceramics, University of Sunderland with Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens. (Viva passed in February 2015, PhD approved by University of Sunderland in March 2015)
- 10/01-03/03 - Japanese Government Research Scholar, Kyoto University, Japan
- 10/00-10/01 - Research Student, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan, funded by Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Bursary
- 10/99-08/00 - Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, M.Phil. World Archaeology
- 10/95-07/98 Van Mildert College, Durham University
- BA (Hons) Archaeology (First Class)
- Certificate of Higher Education in Visual Arts (CHEVA)
- 09/94-05/95 Newcastle College, B.T.E.C Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design
Memberships
- Artist Member of Artist Newsletter (AN)
- Member of Museum Ethnographers Group (MEG), presenter at 2012 and 2014 Annual Conferences
Residencies
- 11/15-12/15 Artist in Residence, Seto International Ceramic and Glass Exchange Program, Seto, Japan
- 01/13-04/13 AHRC IPS Placement at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
- 12/09-04/10 AA2A Artist in Residence, National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland
- 06-07/01, 02 Artist in Residence, Sumiso Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Selected solo exhibitions
- 06-08/13 - Community in Clay - Ceramics by Christopher McHugh, Pottery Gallery at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
- 03.13 - Flotsam and Jetsam - UAPS Gallery, Osaka, Japan
- 14/05/11- 18/06/11 The Heart of Jack Crawford – A Shrine to Unsung Heroes, The Gallery of Wonder, Great North Museum: Hancock
- 03/08 Shoal - Etchings and mixed media work at UAPS Gallery, Osaka, Japan
- 03-05/05 - Living Fossils, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London
Selected group exhibitions
- 09/16-11/16 - Walking Poets: Wordsworth and Basho, Kakimori Bunko, Itami, Japan
- 10/15-11/15 - Honourable Mention, Cheongju Craft Competition, Cheongju, Korea
- 05/15-06/15 - International Exchanges, ceramics exhibition, Gallery Ilsang, Seoul, Korea.
- 05/14-11/14 - Wordsworth and BashÅ: Walking Poets, Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere
- 07/13 - No Boundaries, slipcast ceramics exhibition at Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
- 06-08/12 - What's Your Story - Discovering Family History, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
- 06/13 - University of Sunderland Research Exhibition, Customs House, South Shields
- 11/11-02/12 - Kith and Kin: New Glass and Ceramics, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, curated by Prof. Peter Davies and Prof. Kevin Petrie
- 07/11- 10/11 - Unfinished Business at Wallington, curated by Chris Dorsett, Reader, Northumbria University
- 26/03/11- 04/05/11 A Journey in Glass and Ceramics, Work by Postgraduate students from University of Sunderland at Bede’s World, Jarrow
- 09/10 – 10/10 Puzzle Project 2010, Toronto, Canada
- 11/08 - 12/08 Northern Footprints, Northern Print, Newcastle
- 06/08 Japan Prints Now, Northern Print, Newcastle
- 05/08 Seoul Book Art 2008, Seou, Korea
- 10/07 A Year in Print, Northern Print, Newcastle
- 10/07 Exhibited work at Affordable Art Fair, London, with Fine Art Consultancy
- 06-07/06 Book Art 2006, UAPS, Chez D’Ouvre, Galeria Cero, Osaka, Japan
- 05/06 Printfest 2006, Ulverston
- 02/06 Puzzle Project, UAPS, Osaka, Japan
- 04-06/05 Water and Light, group show, Fusion Gallery, Customs House, South Shields
- 11/04 2nd Spoon and Toothpick exhibition, various venues, Tokyo, Japan
- 07/04 Two-person show, Accostage Gallery, Takamatsu, Japan
- 06-12/03 Anglo-Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition (nine venues in Japan)
