ELIZABETH RAEBURN (b. 1943)
After working in music and book publishing and then as a teacher, in 1973 Elizabeth Raeburn began a full time course in studio pottery at Harrow School of Art. Whist there, she spent a brief but influential time as a production student in David Leach’s workshop. In 1975, she moved to Somerset establishing a pottery with Rodney Lawrence. Since 1981 she has concentrated on handbuilt Raku.
Elizabeth's work is represented on the British Craft Council Selected Index, and in many public and private collections at home and abroad. Her solo exhibitions include the Oxford Gallery, the Galerie für Keramik und Kalligraphie in Hamburg and the Dan Klein Gallery in London. In 1992/93 she won two prizes at an exhibition at the National Museum of History, Taipei, these two pieces being acquired by the museum. During 1997-98 she had work shown at Sotheby's Exhibition of Contemporary Decorative Arts and was commissioned by Harvard University for a presentation at the book launch of The Quest for Longitude. In 2003 she was one of four of David Leach's students whose work was included in his retrospective exhibition which toured the U.K. in 2003-4.
Above: Elizabeth Raeburn, Somerset
Curriculum vitae
| Selected exhibitions: | |
| 1978 | London, Casson Gallery, Boxes |
| 1981 | London, Dan Klein Gallery, Solo Exhibition |
| 1983 | St Paul, Minnesota, USA, Grand Avenue Frame & Gallery Contemporary British Art comes to St Paul |
| 1984 | Nottingham, Zenith Gallery, Henry Rothschild’s Choice |
| 1985 | Newark, Rufford Craft Centre, British Raku Barcelona, Spain, Museu de Ceramica, Inter-Raku 85 |
| 1986 | London, Fischer Fine Art, Nine Potters Oxford Gallery, Solo Exhibition |
| 1987 | Hamburg, Germany, Galerie für Keramik und Kalligraphie, Solo Exhibition Salisbury, South Wiltshire Museum, Lucie Rie and her Contemporaries Edinburgh, The Scottish Gallery, Joint Exhibition with Keiko Hasegawa, Raku –Tradition and Innovation |
| 1988 | Alresford, Candover Gallery, Group Exhibition Sudbury, Gainsborough House, Shape and Surface |
| 1989 | Stockholm, Sweden, Galleri Lejonet, British Ceramics London, Galerie Besson, Solo Exhibition St Germain-d’Auxerre, Puisaye, France, L’Europe des Céramistes |
| 1990 | Porvoo, Finland, IRIS, International Ceramics Exhibition London, Galerie Besson, Domestic Ware by Artist Potters |
| 1992 | Cheltenham, Courtyard Gallery Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, Contemporary Focus London, Galerie Besson, Solo Exhibition Hamburg, Germany, Galerie L London, Godfrey Far Eastern Art, A Christmas Exhibition of British Studio Pottery |
| 1992/3 | Taipei, Taiwan, National Museum of History, International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art |
| 1994 | London, Galerie Besson, The Tea and Coffee Exhibition Newark, Rufford Craft Centre, Earth and Fire Frome, the Black Swan Guide, Texture |
| 1995 | London, Galerie Besson, Solo Exhibition |
| 1996 | London, Galerie Besson, Picture and Pots |
| 1997 | Bovey Tracey, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, 42nd Summer Exhibition |
| 1998 | London, Sotheby’s, Exhibition of Contemporary Decorative Arts London, Galerie Besson, Gallery Pots, Part II Durham, The Bowes Museum, Spirit of the Times Bovey Tracey, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Meet Your Maker 1999 Saltram, Saltram House, Chapel Gallery, Solo Exhibition |
| 1999 | London, Galerie Besson, Millennium Mug Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, Clay at the Crossroads: Directions in Contemporary Ceramics |
| 2000 | Sherborne, Alpha House Gallery, Harrow – The First Decade Sway, ArtSway, “Get Real” Romanticism and New Landscapes in Art Newark, Rufford Craft Centre, Raku – Investigations into Fire Paris, Galerie Ortilles-Fourcat, Solo Exhibition |
| 2001 | London, Galerie Besson, Solo Exhibition Glastonbury, Rural Life Museum, Solo Exhibition |
| 2003-4 | Bovey Tracey, David Leach – 20th Century Ceramics |
| 2004 | London, Galerie Besson, Landscape in Painting and Ceramics; Elizabeth Raeburn and John Hubbard |
| 2005 | Devon, Woodbury Studio Gallery, Raku – new directions |
| 2006 | Bovey Tracey, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Raku Craft Focus |
| 2007 | London, Galerie Besson, The Jug Show London, Galerie Besson, Summer Exhibition Shipston-on-Stour, The Stour Gallery, Oil, Water and Clay |
| 2008 | London, Galerie Besson, Classic and Contemporary Ceramics London, Galerie Besson, Twenty Years - Twenty Pots Muchelney, John Leach Gallery, New Year Exhibition Somerton, The Courthouse Gallery, Terra Firma; Elizabeth Raeburn and Rodney Lawrence |
| Public Collections: | |
Birkenhead, Williamson Art Gallery |
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| Awards: | |
| 1992/3 | Taipei, Taiwan, National Museum of History, International Invitational Exhibitionof Ceramic Art: 2 Merit Awards |
| 1997 | Bovey Tracey, Devon Guild of Craftsmen: First Jackson-Stops & Staff Craft Prize |
| Residencies: | |
| 1991 | Sydney, Australia, Ascham School |
| 1995 | West Pennard, Somerset, West Pennard C of E Primary School |
| 1996 | Taunton, Somerset, Ladymead Community School |
| 2000 | Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, Norton-sub-Hamdon CE Primary School |
Exhibitions at Galerie Besson
| Twenty Years Twenty Pots | Sep - Oct 2008 |
| Classic and Contemporary Ceramics | Feb - Mar 2008 |
| Summer Exhibition | Jul - Aug 2007 |
| The Jug Show | Mar - Apr 2007 |
| Elizabeth Raeburn and John Hubbard: Landscape in Ceramic and Painting |
Nov - Dec 2004 |
| Summer Exhibition | Aug 2003 |
| Elizabeth Raeburn | Apr - May 2001 |
| Commemorative Mugs for the Millennium | Dec 1999 |
| Domestic Ware | Feb 1999 |
| Elizabeth Raeburn: Tiles and Pots | Nov - Dec 1995 |
| Elizabeth Raeburn | Jul 1992 |
| Elizabeth Raeburn | Apr - May 1989 |
