Kate Olivia Malone MBE (born 29 January 1959, in London) is a British ceramic artist known for her large sculptural vessels and rich, bright glazes. Malone was previously a judge, along with Keith Brymer Jones, on BBC2's The Great Pottery Throw Down (2015–2017) , then presented by Sara Cox.[1][2]
Biography
Malone studied at Bristol Polytechnic (1979–82)[3] and, after leaving the Royal College of Art in 1986, began working in a studio in the South Bank Craft Centre at Charing Cross.[4] Malone's work is held in the British Council collection.[5]
Her work is on display in a number of public locations, a giant ceramic fish in the water at Hackney Marshes and a large pot at Manchester Art Gallery.[6] Malone's work is also held in numerous public collections, including the Arts Council, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Crafts Council, The Ashmolean Museum, Musée national de céramique de Sèvres, Victoria & Albert Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[3] She made a large number of new works for an exhibition Inspired by Waddesdon Manor in 2016,[7] including portrait vases of Ferdinand de Rothschild and his sister Alice Charlotte von Rothschild.[8]
Malone worked with EPR Architects on a project at 24 Saville Row which gained a first place WAN Facade Award in 2015 and is a finalist in the 2016 Surface Design Awards.[9] The project involved making 10,000 hand-glazed ceramic tiles.[10]
Malone has said, "pottery is almost as good as sex – it's so physical and so… fantastic".[11][12]
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to ceramic art.[13]
Bibliography
- With Lesley Jackson Fruits of the Earth and Sea: Ceramics by Kate Malone Manchester Art Gallery (1 April 1994) ISBN 978-0901673466
- The Allotment: New Ceramics by Kate Malone mac (Oct. 1998) ISBN 978-0953447701
- With Lesley Jackson A Book of Pots A & C Black Publishers Ltd (30 Jun. 2003) ISBN 978-0713661804
- Kate Malone Inspired by Waddesdon published by Adrian Sassoon (2016) ISBN 9780995457003
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