Dennis Farrell CERAMICS PAINTINGS
ABOUT
Dennis was born in Liverpool in 1949, attending St Helens School of Art and the Polytechnic Wolverhampton gaining a Diploma in Art & Design, Ceramics in 1971.
Dennis has lectured at St Helens school of Art, Blackburn School of Art, Harrogate College of Arts and Technology and the University of Wolverhampton. He has been a guest lecturer/demonstrator for colleges and ceramics groups across the UK.
STUDIOS AND MAKING METHODS
Dennis set up studios in Lancashire and West Yorkshire before moving to Shropshire in 1991to take up a lecturing post at the University of Wolverhampton.
His early work was very much influenced by the industrial urban landscapes of East Lancashire and West Yokshire; producing one-off pieces fired to 1260 centigrade alongside raku fired pieces. His current work is more landscape influenced and fired to 1120 C, using a blended black and terracotta body overpainted with engobes and lightly brushed with transparent glaze.
More recently Dennis has been producing paintings in oil and acrylic alongside his ceramics.
RECENT WORK
Recent works have been influenced by the coastal landscapes around the UK.
Information is gathered working plein air before being developed further in the studio in two and three dimensions. Working in this way allows an interaction of ideas between the different media.
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EXHIBITIONS
2024
March 9, 10 York Ceramics Fair, York Racecourse, Knavesmire Road, York. YO23 1EX
Saturday 10am -5-00pm, Sunday 10-00am - 4-00pm
June 15/16 Ceramics Wales Bodrhyddan Hall, Dyserth Rd, Ruhuddlan. LL18 5SB
August to
end October Red Barn Gallery, Melkinthorpe, Penrith. CA10 2DR. Contact gallery for details.
November Kyoto, Japan. Exhibition of UK and Japanese ceramicists.
November Godfrey and Watt Xmas Show, 25 St Hilda's Rd, Harrogate HG2 8JX
dates TBC, tel: 01423 887617 for further information
2023
March Hay Castle, Hay on Wye, Hereford HR3 5DG, The Castle in Colour, celebrating the use of colour in art and applied art.
30th March - 14th May tele: 01497 820079
March York Ceramics Fair, York Racecourse, YO23 1EX 4 & 5 March
10-00am to 5-00pm
June The Hepworth Wakefield. Ceramics fair.
November Open Studio, 1066 London Rd, Derby. DE24 8QA
Opening Friday 5-9 pm, Sat/Sun 10 - 5 pm
tel: 07964 715732 for further information.
Godfrey and Watt Xmas Show, 25 St Hilda's Rd, Harrogate HG2 8JX
dates TBC, tel: 01423 887617 for further information
Special Projects 2021
June 5 - 26 'When the Land Rested' At Twenty-Twenty Gallery, Quality Square,
Ludlow. SY8 1AR Tel: 01584 875363
September to Contemporary Ceramics Centre, Gt Russell Street, London.
December
September 4/5 CPA - York Ceramics Fair, St John University Sports Hall
Lord Mayors Walk
October 30/31 CPA - Oxford Ceramics Fair, St Edwards School Sports Hall,
Woodstock Road, Oxford. OX2 7NZ
November 21 Godfrey & Watt Xmas Exhibition, 25 st Hilda's Road, Harrogate
HG2 8JX tel: 07702801379 www.godfreyand watt.co.uk
2022
April 23 Collage, Twenty-Twenty Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow. SY8 1AR
www.twenty-twenty.co.uk
May Work in stock at Bevere Gallery, Worcester. WR3 7QR
June Clay College Gallery, Middleport Pottery, Stoke on Trent
August - October 2 Hidden Landscapes, Tin Shed Gallery, Isle of Mull
August Nanjing Tech Week, China. (online)
October Oxford Ceramics Fair, St Edward's School Sports Hall, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 7NZ, Sat 29 - Sun 30
November Open Studio, at Angela Verdon's studion, 1066 London Road,
Alvaston, Derby. November 26 - 27 all welcome.
December Godrey & Watt Xmas Show, Harrogate.
Dates to be announced. www.godfreyand watt.co.uk
Tel: 07811678176
email: farrell63@btinternet.com dennis@dennisfarrell.co.uk