Henry Pim (Ireland)

Henry Pim has been Head of Ceramics at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin since 1990.  He studied at Bristol Polytechnic, Camberwell School of Art in London and at the Rietvelt Academie in Amsterdam.

Pim’s work in clay has developed through a series of distinct phases.  In the early 1980s, he made hand-built vessels with textured, richly glazed surfaces.  By 1989, he was making small sculpture using black clay and on into the 1990’s evolved into building freestanding sculptures, up to 5 feet high.  This work, in turn, morphed into wall-hung sculptures: a format he continues to use. With 17 solo exhibitions, and 54 group shows to date, Pim’s work is represented in 23 museum or public collections worldwide.  These include: the University of Wales, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Arts Council of Ireland, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the British Crafts Council, the Everson Museum, Syracuse and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.Since 2000 Henry Pim has moved to working in paper clay. 

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