Victor Greenaway is an internationally renowned Ceramic Artist represented widely in public and private collections both within Australia and overseas. In recognition of the continuing high standards employed in the studio-training program at his studio, Broomhill Pottery, he received Australia Council Traineeship Grants over many years.

He has earned a reputation for fine craftsmanship and innovative ceramic design, receiving many awards including a Winston Churchill Fellowship (1974) and an Arts Victoria award (1998), under the "International Export & Touring Program," to take an exhibition of work to Italy in 1999.

In 1999 he was also awarded a Fellowship from the International Specialised Skills (ISS) Institute to assist in setting up an international school of ceramics in Umbria, Italy.

In recognition of a long and impressive career and a continuing creative energy, he was awarded the prestigious Australia Council Fellowship for 2001 - 2002.

He was selected to exhibit at the Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte Contemporanea, Faenza, Italy in 2001.

In 2002 he was invited to Belgium as Artist in resident at the Atelier Cirkel Brasschaatt, conducting workshops and producing work for exhibitions in both Delft, the Netherlands and Klagenfurt Austria.

Greenaway continues in the development of finely executed spiral forms in the transclucent porcelain of Limoges, as well as producing a range of complementary forms using the ancient Etruscan black-fired technique of bucchero.

In 2005, The Beagle Press, a fine art book publishing company in Sydney, printed a beautifully presented monograph celebrating 40 years of the artist's work.

2009 sees the 9th consecutive year for the Greenaway company running specialist arts programmes in Italy under the name of Discovering Italy, in conjunction with his partner, Judith.

For further information on these small group tours, private programmes and Master Classes, email Judith it judithgreenaway@discoveringitaly.com

Since March 2007 Victor Greenaway has been resident in Orvieto in Umbria, Italy while maintiaining a ceramic and painting studio in East Gippsland in Victoria.

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Professional Development Highlights

Diploma of Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1967;
Manager of the late Ian Sprague's Mungeribar Pottery, 1971-1973;
Churchill Fellow: study tour of training methods for the artist/potter in Japan, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the United Kingdom, 1974;
Established and ran Broomhill Pottery at Upper Beaconsfield, 1974 - 1992;
Co-ordinated the Ceramic Workshop at the Victorian Meat Market Craft Centre, 1993 - 1998;
Established new painting and ceramic studios at Nungurner, Gippsland Lakes, 1994 - .
From 2007 is resident in Italy continuing painting and ceramics as well as undertaking a number of ceramic workshops and exhibitions in Switzerland, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

Selected Awards:
La Trobe University Acquisitive Ceramics Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery, 2006;
Gold Coast International Ceramic Award - Acquisition, 2005;
La Trobe University Acquisitive Ceramics Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery, 2004;
Townsville City Council Award, 2003;
Australia Council Fellowship, 2001-2002;
ISS (International Specialised Skills) Fellowship, 1999;
Arts Victoria award under the "International Export & Touring Program," 1999;
Other awards include the Made in Australia Design Award, 1967; Shell Company Acquisition, 1972; Churchill Fellowship, 1974; Mayfair Award 1976; Potters' Cottage Ceramic Award 1979; Fletcher Brownbuilt Award of Merit (NZ) 1980; BP Australia Award 1980; Stuart Devlin Award 1981 & 1983.

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Selected List of Acquisitions

Rockhampton Art Gallery, NSW, 2008;
Bendigo Art Gallery, 2007;
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria, 2005;
Bendigo Art Gallery, 2005;
Shepparton Art Gallery, 2005;
Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2005;
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy;
Museo della Ceramica, Palazzo Brugiotti, Viterbo, Italy;
Museum for Modern Keramik, Deidesheim, Germany;
National Gallery of Australia;
National Gallery of Victoria;
New Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra;
The Art Galleries of Western Australia and Queensland;
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney;
Seto Ceramic Institute, Nagoya, and the Sharp Corporation; Japan;
Southland Museum, and the Auckland Museum, New Zealand;
Private Collection Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands;
The English Gallery, Geissenheim, Germany;
McClelland Gallery, Victoria;
Newcastle City Art Gallery;
Brisbane City Hall Collection;
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania;
Australian National University (ACT) and the University of Tasmania;
Darling Downs College (QLD) and the Victorian Teachers' College Collection (VIC);
Art Bank, Victoria;
Queensland Potters' Association;
Curtin Institute of Technology, Perth;
Crafts Board, various collections;
State Craft Collection, Victoria;
Regional Galleries of Shepparton, Gippsland, Ararat, Horsham, and Narracorte, among others.

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Selected List of Exhibitions

See exhibitions list under "Recent" & "Future" Exhibitions pages.

PULS Gallery, Brussels BE, 2008;
AbOvo Gallery, Todi IT, 2008;
PULS Gallery, Brussels BE, 2007;
Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT, 2007;
Gallery 482, Brisbane, QLD, 2006;
Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW, JULY 2006
Studio Altenburg, Braidwood, NSW, MAY 2006
Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne, APRIL2006
O.P.T. 5 Fine Art Gallery, Hong Kong (book launch & exhibition), 2005
Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW (book launch & survey exhibition), 2005
Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne (book launch & exhibition), 2005
Object Gallery, Sydney (book launch & exhibition), 2005
Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Perth (book launch & exhibition), 2005
O.P.T.5, Hong Kong, 2004
Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2004;
Makers Mark Galleries, Melbourne & Sydney, 2004
COLLECT, London, UK, January 2003, 2004, 2005. Represented by Raglan Gallery;
SOFA, Chicago, USA, November 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. Represented by Raglan Gallery;
Framed Galleries, Darwin, NT, 2003
Makers Mark Galleries, Melbourne & Sydney, 2003
Terra Keramiek,Delft Netherlands, 2002
Stafford Studios, Perth, W.A., 2002
Makers Mark Galleries, Melbourne & Sydney, 2002
Object Craft Centre Sydney, 2001
Selected for the 52nd Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte Contemporanea-Faenza, 2001;
SOFA, Chicago, USA, November 2000, 2002. Represented by Artefact International;
Makers Mark Galleries, Melbourne & Sydney, Sept-Oct 2000;
Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia, August 2000;
Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT, Australia, March 2000;
Museo della Ceramica, Palazzo Brugiotti, Commune di Viterbo, Italy, November 1999;
International Ceramics Award, Faenza, Italy, 1976;
International Exhibition of Ceramics; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1972;
Crafts Board of Australia Council, exhibitions in South America, Japan, Washington Embassy.
Others include Australia Craft, London and Hong Kong; Craft Expo 1981, Sydney and Melbourne; Craft Australia, Indonesian exhibition, 1994; Craft Australia, Osaka, Japan 1999; and Munich Craft Fair, 1999.

Numerous group shows including:
Fusions: Australian Network of Clay and Glass Artists, "Salute"Brisbane QLD, 2008
"Bowled and Beautiful" Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, 2004;
Celebrating the Master, Skepsi, 2004;
Art and Design Glen Eira City Council, 2002;
"Fire on" Stafford Studios, 2002;
"Tableware for the Eighties," Potters' Society of Australia;
"Ceramics '88," University of New South Wales;
"Form and Function," 1985, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne;
"Fire and Earth," Manly Gallery, Sydney, 1987; Tachikichi Corporation, Tokyo and Kyoto;
Guest Artist, Art Centre, Perth;
Australian Design Academy, South-East Asia Touring Exhibition, 1992;
Australian Exhibition, World Crafts' Council, Iran, 1993;
Tachikichi Corporation, Japan, 1996.
More than 60 "one-man shows" have been held over the period from 1968-2002.

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Monograph

Victor Greenaway Ceramics 1965 - 2005. Foreword by Janet Mansfield. Introduction by Tim Jacobs. The Beagle Press, Sydney, Australia, 2005.

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Citations and Illustrations

Porcelain and Bone China, Sasha Wardell 2005
Contemporary Studio Porcelain ,Peter Lane 2004
500 Bowls Lark Ceramic Books 2003
500 Teapots Lark Ceramic books 2002
Appearance and Reality: A Visual Handbook for Artists, Designers, and Makers, Stephen Hogbin. Cambium Press, CT USA, 2000.
Encyclopaedia of Potter's Marks, Geoff Ford. Salt Glaze Press, 1998.
Encyclopaedia of Art, Alan McCulloch (revised and updated by Susan McCulloch). The Herbert Press, 1994.
A Collector's Guide to Modern Australian Ceramics, Janet Mansfield. Craftsman House, 1988.
Ceramic Form, Peter Lane. Collins, 1988.
Craft in Australia, Allan Moultt. Reed, 1984.
Ceramics of the 20th Century, Tamara Pre'aud, Serge Gauthier. Rizzoli, New York, 1982.
The Potters Art, Janet Mansfield. Cassell Australia, 1981.
Modern Australian Sculpture (Multi Media with Clay), Ron Rowe. Rigby, 1977.
Nine Artist Potters, Alison Littlemore, Kraig Carlstrom. Jack Pollard, 1973.
The Artist Craftsman in Australia (Aspects of Sensitivity), Fay Bottrell. Jack Pollard Pty. Ltd., 1972.

In addition to the above, Greenaway's work is frequently illustrated and described in Journals such as Craft Australia, The Journal of Australian Ceramics (Pottery in Australia), Craft Arts International, Ceramics Art and Perception, newspaper reports and exhibition reviews. For the most recent, see 2005 and 2006 indices.

For the past 2 years a series of short articles has appeared in The Journal of Australian Ceramics as: "Postard from Umbria" giving a personalised view of Italian ceramics, art and culture.

Some more specific references are listed below:
Craft Australia Yearbook 1984
Craft Australia Vol. 1/2 1971:3; Vol 4/2 1975:11; Vol 5/1 1975:21; Vol 1977/2:24; Vol 1980/1:40-41; Vol 1984/Winter:104; Vol 1985/Spring:27-30.
Pottery in Australia Vol 10/2:46; 11/2 1972:56; Vol 14/1 1975; Vol 15/2 1976:67; Vol 16/1 1977, front cover and 21-25; Vol 18/10 1979:28; Vol 19/2 1980:58; Vol 21/1 1982, front cover, review :40; Vol23 1984:34; Vol 24/2 1985, "Eat, Drink and be Merry", cat:5; Vol 24/3 1985, review:52. Vol 26/2:31; Vol 27/1:33 27/2:43; 27/4:49; Vol28/4:34; Vol 29/3:54-7; Vol32/4:49-50; Vol34/3:38-40; Vol 34/3:42; Vol 34/4:46-7; Vol35/3:29.
Craft Arts International July/Sept., 1990:67-69; Issue 48:110-112; Issue 49:98-99
Ceramics Art and Perception Issue 1, 1990:65-66; Issue 6, 1991:77-79
Australian Ceramics and Pottery Vol 2/1:6-9

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Publications and Conference Papers

"Mungeribar Pottery/Broomhill Pottery, 1962-1992", Pottery in Australia, Vol34, No.3, Spring, 1995:38-40.
"An Australian Connection: Leach Four Times Removed", presented at the Fifth National Ceramic Conference, Sydney, 1989. Reprinted in Pottery in Australia, Vol. 29, No.3, Spring, 1990:54-57.
"Design in Ceramics", presented at Melbourne Ceramics National Conference, Melbourne University. May, 1985.
"Workshop Training", presented at Sydney Ceramics National Conference, Seymour Centre. May, 1981.
"Business Know-How for Craft People", McMillan Rural Studies Seminar, Sale. August, 1978. Greenaway, V.
"Workshop Training - The Dual Role", Craft Australia, 1985:76

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