| 1994 – 1997 | University of Westminster (Harrow) | B.A.(1st Class Hons) Workshop Ceramics |
| 1975 – 1976 | Southampton University | Certificate of Qualification in Social Work |
| 1973 – 1974 | Hull University | Diploma in Social Administration |
| 1968 – 1971 | Manchester University | B.Sc. (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering |
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
| 1997 – present | Self employed ceramicist. |
| 1976 – 1994 | Career in Social Work as Practitioner and Practice Teacher, Manager, and University Lecturer |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE – ADULT EDUCATION
| 1997 – 2007 | Adult College of Barking & Dagenham |
| 2002 – 2004 | Oaklands College, St. Albans |
| 1997 – 2000 | Amersham & Wycombe College |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | Clay College Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent: Out of the Ordinary
Central St Martins: Ceramic Art London Cambridge Contemporary Art: Focus on Ceramics The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds: Solo Ceramic Showcase |
| 2020 | Bircham Gallery, Holt: Christmas Exhibition (see Events Page for cancelled events due to Covid-19) |
| 2019 | Central St Martins: Ceramic Art London Centre Ceramique Giroussens, France: Instant T Yixing International Festival, China: Ziyunxixing, UK-China Exhibition of Ceramic Art |
| 2018 | Central St Martins: Ceramic Art London Clay College Gallery, Stoke: Salt & Soda The Sculpt Gallery, Essex: Art and Tea |
| 2017 | Central St Martins: Ceramic Art London Cambridge Contemporary Art: A Fine Line |
| 2016 | Central St Martins: Ceramic Art London Gold Coast City Gallery, Australia: 30th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Germany: Ceramics of Europe 13 |
| 2015 | Royal College of Art: Ceramic Art London Kammerhof Museum, Gmunden, Austria: European Ceramics St Michaels, Discoed, Powys: Contemporary Ceramics |
| 2014 | Royal College of Art: Ceramic Art London Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany: Keramik Europas 13 Bircham Gallery, Holt: Summer Exhibition |
| 2013 | Royal College of Art: Ceramic Art London Loes & Reinier International Ceramics, Deventer, Holland: Salt Glaze Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London: Shades of Blue Rye Art Gallery, Rye: Time of Wonder |
| 2012 | Royal College of Art: Ceramic Art London Bettle Gallery, Ringwood, Hants: Winter Bleu Contemporary Applied Arts: Tradition and Innovation – Five Decades of Harrow Ceramics |
| 2011 | Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery: RBSA Open Ceramics Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk: Christmas Exhibition |
| 2010 | The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester: The Salt Show Keramikmuseum Grimmerhus, Denmark: Keramik Europas 12 Kammerhofmuseum, Gmunden, Austria: Keramik Europas 12 Craft in the Bay Gallery, Cardiff: Teapotters Saffron Walden Museum: A Handful of Potters |
| 2009 | Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany: Keramik Europas 12 – Westerwald Preis 2009 Pyramid Gallery, York Woodbury Studio Gallery, Exeter: Clay 16 Booth House Gallery, Holmfirth, Yorks: A Pinch of Salt |
| 2008 | Royal College of Art: Ceramic Art London Bermuda Society of Arts, Hamilton, Bermuda International Contemporary Ceramics Rye Art Gallery, Rye, East Sussex A Joyous Glaze |
| 2007 | Musee de Carouge, Geneva: Concours International de Ceramique de la Ville de Carouge. Gallery H, Arnside, Cumbria. Imagine Gallery. Parnside Mill, Harlow. |
| 2006 | Royal College of Art: Ceramic Art London Galerie Handwerk Koblenz, Germany: Salzbrand Keramik 2006. Galanthus Gallery, Hereford. Garden Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton. |
| 2005 | Royal College of Art: Ceramic Art London Crafts Council Gallery and touring: Table Manners; International Contemporary Tableware Bettles Gallery: Christmas Chimes Rufford Craft Centre: Salt and Soda Cone 9 Gallery, North Berwick, East Lothian |
| 2004 | Andenne, Belgium: Marche International de Potiers, 9th Biennale de la Ceramique Celf Gallery, Swansea |
| 2003 | Royal Exchange Theatre Gallery, Manchester |
| 2002 | Royal College of Art and touring: Ceramic Contemporaries 4 Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastliegh Galerie Handwerk Koblenz, Germany: Salzbrand Keramik 2002 |
| 2000 | Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone: CPA Millennium Exhibition, “Inspired and Fired” |
MEMBERSHIPS
Fellow of the Craft Potters Association, London ( Chair of Management Council 2017-2020 )
Art Workers Guild, London
Anglian Potters
London Potters
Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum (founder and former chair, Ceramics Group)
PUBLICATIONS
‘Ceramics: is Design the Way Forward?’ in Studio Pottery No.39 Spring 2000
‘The Teapot Book’, Steve Woodhead, A & C Black 2005
‘Advanced Pottery’, Linda Bloomfield, Robert Hale 2011
‘Colour in Glazes’, Linda Bloomfield, Bloomsbury Academic Visual Art 2011
‘Working Potters’ Ceramics Monthly June/July/August 2012
‘Contemporary Tableware’ Linda Bloomfield, Bloomsbury Academic Visual Art 2013
‘Inside the Mind of An Artist’ (interview) Episode 49 October 2014, www.thepotterscast.com