Jonathan Keep

Jonathan Keep is an artist potter who lives and works on the Suffolk coast in the UK. He was born and grew up in South Africa, obtaining a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree from the University of Natal. In 1986 he moved to England and received a MA from the Royal College of Art in 2002. His postgraduate show was awarded overall prize-winner of the Lattice Group Awards and he was awarded a Woo Foundation Graduate Arts Bursary.

Jonathan is a leading exponent of studio based ceramic 3D printing and in the last 10 years has been invited to undertake residencies, workshops and lecturing in over fifty institutions in more than twenty countries. In a visiting capacity he has taught at such schools as Florida State University USA, the Royal College of Art London, ENSA Limoges France, the Estonian Academy of Art, Tallinn and The Design School Reykjavik Iceland.

His work has been exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. Notable recent exhibitions have included the British Ceramic Biennial, the Taiwan Ceramic Biennial, Objects in Fux Boston Museum of Fine Arts,, The First Central China International Ceramic Biennale Henan, L’arbre de Darwin Limoges France, Gmunden Keramiksymposium touring Austria Germany Italy France and most recent, Officine SaffiAward 4 Milan.

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