Rachel Grimshaw

Rachel Grimshaw (b. 1967) is based in her hometown of Wigan in North England. She attended St Helens School of Art, followed by Manchester Polytechnic (3-dimensional design course, specializing in interior design), graduating with a BA Hons. She has been an Interior Designer within an architectural practice since 1990, hence her ongoing interest in architecture and a sense of place. In 2009, she gained a Distinction in MA in Ceramics at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston. Professional Membership of the Craft Potters Association was granted in 2012. Exhibitions have been held widely in the UK, including at Galerie Besson, London, The Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Contemporary Ceramics, London, and Pangolin London sculpture gallery. She was selected to show at Ceramic Art London in 2022 at Central St Martins University of the Arts London.

Her pieces have been exhibited widely beyond the UK in several international competition exhibitions in countries such as Australia, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Latvia, and Japan, where she gained an ‘Honourable Mention’ at MINO in 2014 and was awarded ‘The Land of Pottery’ 2nd prize at the Mallorcan Ceramics Biennale. A solo show in Rome followed a residency at C.R.E.T.A, where she produced a new body of work using locally dug clay, entitled ‘Genius Locii’. In 2023, she was awarded 3rd prize at the XVII International Contemporary Ceramics Award, Cerco, in Zaragoza, Spain.

Rachel Grimshaw’s work is in several international collections, including Mino, Japan, and the Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Arts in Hungary. She currently sells her work via several online galleries, including Sculpture Source, curated by Pangolin London sculpture gallery.

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