James Rigler

Born in 1978, New Zealand

Lives and works in Glasgow

2007        MA Ceramics & Glass, Royal College of Art, London

2002        BA (Hons) 3D Crafts, University of Brighton, UK

Selected Shows

2017

FORM, with The New Craftsmen & The Crafts Council UK, Miami, US

18 & Over, Marsden Woo Gallery, London

Ceramics & Stone, Pangolin Gallery, London

2016

Contemporary British Ceramics, New Arts Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire

2015

Lyonesse, Marsden Woo Gallery, London (solo show)

Screen, Gate, Monument, British Ceramic Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent

At Every Fading of the Stars, Tramway, Glasgow (solo show)

2014

Military Secret, London Design Festival at the V&A, London

European Ceramic Context, Bornholm, Denmark

Modern Masters, Chatsworth, Derbyshire

2013

British Ceramic Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent

Sculptural Ceramics, Pangolin Gallery, London

The Fading City, Marsden Woo Gallery, London (solo show)

Perspectives- Patrons and Contemporary Objects, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

2012

Jerwood Makers Open, The Jerwood Space, London and touring nationally

Room Service, Pollok House (National Trust for Scotland), Glasgow

Residencies

2015        Hospitalfield Arts, Scotland

2013/14    Victoria & Albert Museum, London

2011        Cove Park, Argyle and Bute, Scotland

2007        International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark

Experience

Visiting Lecturer Royal Danish Design School, University of Brighton, Royal College of Art, KHiO Oslo, Glasgow School of Art  

Ceramic Fabricator Clients include: David Shrigley, Pablo Bronstein, Studio Voltaire, Martin Smith, Simon Heijdens, Tatham O’Sullivan, The Modern Institute

Principal Model- and Mould-maker, Lamb’s Terracotta, Brighton, 2002-2005

Awards

Grand Prize for New Talent, European Ceramic Context Biennial, Denmark

Jerwood Makers Open 2012, London

Collections

The Victoria & Albert Museum

Brighton Art Gallery & Museum

Crafts Council UK

The Duke & Duchess of Devonshire