Chris Keenan British, b. 1960

• 1960Gillingham, Kent

Education

• 1995-97Apprentice to Edmund de Waal
• 1982Post-Graduate Certificate, Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
• 1981BA (Hons) Drama, University of Hull

Awards

• 2006Best in Show, Grand Designs Magazine - awarded at Origin, The London Craft Fair
• 2005Best Domestic Product, Evening Standard Homes and Property – awarded at Chelsea Craft Fair 
• 1999Setting Up Grant, Crafts Council

Selected Exhibitions

• 2017Functional Beauty, Jointure Studios, Ditchling
• 2017Protégés, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
• 2016Solo Show, Beaux Arts, Bath
• 2016Solo Ceramics, New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives
• 2016Houseplace, Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere
• 2016Life, Still, Candida Stevens Fine Art, Chichester
• 2015Made With Love, Studio 11, Hull 
• 2015Crafted Alumni, Fortnum & Mason, London
• 2015Celadon & Tenmoku, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA 
• 2015Residency Exhibition, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Mashiko, Japan 
• 2014Vessels, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Mashiko, Japan
• 2014Solo Show, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 
• 2014Out of Sight, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
• 2014Craft Into Industry, Contemporary Applied Arts, London 
• 2013Solo Show, Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford
• 2013Make It Slow - part of Art Unpacked, a Chrysalis Arts project, a UK touring exhibition
• 2013British Ceramics Biennial, Spode Factory Site, Stoke- on-Trent
• 2013Cheongju Ceramic Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
• 2010Starting Point Series, Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, London

Selected Publications

• 2016The Shape Of Things To Come, Chris Keenan, Ceramic Review, Sept/Oct 
• 2016The House Guest, Teleri Lloyd-Jones, Crafts Magazine, July/Aug
• 2014The Journey Thus Far, Chris Keenan, Ceramic Review, July/Aug
• 2014Welcome to British Pottery, Koichiro Isaka, Seikaibunka Publishing, Japan
• 2012Making & Drawing, Kyra Cane, Bloomsbury
• 2012Throwing, Richard Phethean, A&C Black 
• 2011Ceramics, Louisa Taylor, Jacqui Small
• 2009Contemporary Ceramics, Emmanuel Cooper, Thames & Hudson
• 2009Complete Ceramics, Chris Keenan, Collins & Brown
• 2007Ceramic Design Course, Anthony Quinn, Quarto Inc. 

Collections

• Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere
• Contemporary Art Society, London
• Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
• Gallery Oldham, Oldham
• Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Mashiko, Japan
• mima, Middlesbrough
• Victoria & Albert Museum, London
• Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
• CoCA, York Art Gallery, York