Sandy Brown (born 1946) is a British ceramics artist who is nationally and internationally known for her works, which range from smaller ceramics to huge public sculptures. Brown is a Fellow of the

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Biography

Sandy Brown was born in

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in 1946. Brown travelled to Iran in her youth and was greatly affected by the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan with its distinctive colourful mosaic tiles and polychromic dome. Brown trained in Japan at the Daisei Pottery in

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for four years. In 1988 Brown was appointed by the British Council as an

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in Australia. Her piece ''Temple'' was created for the 2015

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exhibition of monumental sculpture, ''Beyond Limits'', at

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in Derbyshire. ''Temple'' was made by hand and was acclaimed by ''Construction News'' as the "largest single piece ceramic sculpture within a 12-month timeframe". ''Temple'' is made from 3,017 handmade wall and floor tiles and 2,183 roof tiles. In June 2022 her work '' Earth Goddess'' became the tallest ceramic artwork ever erected in the United Kingdom. Brown described her motivation for creating ''Earth Goddess'' as wanting the " ... sculpture to make an impact and I wanted her to be female and making an impact". ''Earth Goddess'' stands in a square in the Cornish town of

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. In addition to shows solo Arts-Council funded touring shows in the UK, Brown has had shows in Australia, Germany, Holland, Japan, South Africa and the USA. Brown's work is included in the collections of the Federation University Australia art collection, the

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and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Brown's work is also in the collections of the

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in Frankfurt, Germany and the Icheon World Ceramics Centre in South Korea. Brown delivered the

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's Henry Rothschild Memorial Lecture in 2020. Brown was interviewed by Tom Morris for his book ''New Wave Clay''. Brown's studio and gallery is situated in

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, in a former glove factory. Brown established her eponymous museum in Appledore in 2014. Her museum displays her large scale pieces. Brown is noted for her strong use of colour in clay, frequently painting her pieces with spontaneous brushworks. The editor of ''Keramik'' magazine, Gabi Dewald, has said that Brown's "catalytic" and "liberating" influence on European ceramics in the 1970s and 1980s cannot be "underestimated".

Awards

* Fellow,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Sandy 1946 births Living people Artists from Hampshire 20th-century British artists 21st-century British artists 20th-century ceramists 21st-century ceramists 20th-century British women artists 21st-century British women artists