Alison Counsell
15 Findon Street
Sheffield
S6 4QL
alison@wapentac.com
www.alisoncounsell.com
www.wapentac.com
0114 2334992
07941030831
Born 23 February 1961, Zambia
1989- Designer/Maker
Senior Lecturer, Metalwork & Jewellery, Sheffield Hallam University
1985-1987 M.A. Metalwork & Jewellery, Royal College of Art
1980-1983 B.A.(Hons) Silversmithing & Metalwork, Camberwell School of Art and Crafts
Awards and Competitions
2006
‘Ashes to Art’, Funeria 3rd Biennial (Juror’s Award)
‘Mathmos Candle Light Competition
2000
‘Open for New Stainless Steel Ideas’ Competition – Meri-Lappi Institute, Finland (two commendation prizes)
1999
‘Peugeot Design Awards 1999’ (short listed – Domestic Metalware)
Commissions
2003
The British Guild of Travel Writers, ‘The Best UK Tourism Award’ and ‘The Best Overseas Tourism Award’ (two trophies and thirty plaques)
‘The Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism’.
Excellence in Reporting Human Rights, Democracy and Development. Commissioned by the European Commission and the International Federation of Journalists, and presented by Neil Kinnock at the International Press Centre, Bruxelles (five trophies)
2002
‘The Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism’ (six trophies)
2001
‘The Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism’ (two trophies)
2000
‘The International Federation of Journalists Prize 2000’
(‘The IFJ Prize’-media awards to promote media awareness of racism and xenophobia issues. Three trophies – radio, television and written press)
Presented at the European media Forum 2000 – European Parliament, Bruxelles
1999
‘Meadowhall Gift’, Stadium Developments, Sheffield
‘The IFJ Prize 1999’. Presented at the European media Forum 1999 – Council of Europe, Strasbourg. (three trophies)
1998
‘The IFJ Prize 1998’. Presented at the European Media Forum 1998 – European Parliament, Bruxelles, and by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam in Belfast. (four trophies)
Winterbottom Wire – promotional exhibition piece for the Düsseldorf ’98 Trade Fair
Public Collections
Contemporary Craft Collection, Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford
Contemporary Craft Collection, Shipley Art Gallery
Victoria and Albert Museum (OJ Makower Trust)
Selected Exhibitions
2011
'Galvanize’, Festival of Contemporary Metal Design & Innovation, Millennium Gallery Sheffield
‘The Great Dome Art Fair’, Peak District Products, Buxton
2010
‘Galvanize’, Festival of Contemporary Metal Design & Innovation, Millennium Gallery Sheffield
‘The Great Dome Art Fair’, Peak District Products, Buxton
2009
‘Sale of the Century’, W001worths, www.flickr/groups/w001worths
‘Beyond Venus’, Peinmore Gallery, Skye
‘Summer Breeze’, Harding House Gallery, Lincoln
‘The Great Dome Art Fair’, Peak District Products, Buxton
2008
‘Ashes to Art: Scattered’, Funeria 4th Biennial, Graton, California
‘Galvanize’, Festival of Contemporary Metal Design & Innovation, Sheffield
‘The Great Dome Art Fair’, Peak District Products, Buxton
2007
‘Minimal to Bling’, The Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, USA
‘Galvanize’, Festival of Contemporary Metal Design & Innovation, Sheffield
‘Ashes to Art: Modern Kuyo’, Onishi Gallery, New York
‘Mapping’, Bury Art Gallery and Museum, Bury
2006
‘The Necklace Show’, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
‘Ashes to Art’, Funeria’s 3rd Biennial, Crane Arts, Philadelphia
Mathmos at 100%East, London
‘Making Words’, Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton (touring)
2005
‘The Watkins Era’, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
‘Augenschmaus’ (‘food for the eyes’), craft2eu, Hamburg
‘Objects of Beauty’, Jerald Melburg, North Carolina
2004
‘The Acid Test’, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
‘The Acid Test’, The Design Centre, Barnsley (solo show)
Jerald Melburg Gallery, North Carolina at SOFA, Chicago
The Metal Gallery, London at the ‘International Art + Design Show’, New York
2003
‘The Bessemer Open’ – short listed for the Metalwork Prize, The Bessemer, Sheffield
“Functional, Practical, Beautiful’, The Bessemer, Sheffield
‘Ashes to Art’, Funeria 2nd Biennial, Fort Mason Centre, San Francisco
2002
‘Crafts Computed’, The Pearoom Centre for Contemporary Crafts, Lincolnshire
‘Bishopsland Retrospective’, The Jelly Leg’d Chicken Arts Centre, Reading
2001
‘Open for New Stainless Steel Ideas’ Competition – Meri-Lappi Institute, touring Finland, Lapland and Sweden
‘Yorkshire Craft Collection’ touring Sweden, Finland and Portugal
2000
‘Christmas Present’, Shipley Gallery, Gateshead
‘Craftscape’ Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford
1999
‘Peugeot Design Awards 1999’, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
1998
‘Made in Yorkshire’ Rotherham Museum and Arts Centre, Rotherham
‘Light Fantastic’, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art and Craft Gallery, Eastleigh
‘Metallica’ Allcock and Grieves Gallery, Loughborough
‘Work/Ethics 2’, The Craft House, Seoul, Korea and The Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
1997
‘Christmas Present’, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
1994
‘Work/Ethics’. Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
1990
‘The Camberwell Connection’, Bersham Industrial Heritage Centre, North Wales.
1987
‘A British Season’, Galerie Neon, Bruxelles
‘The British Designers Show’ Olympia, London
‘Royal College of Art in Japan and Korea’