jim behan - dolmen pottery - carlow - ireland
Jim Behan set up Dolmen Pottery Studio at 113 Green Rd., Carlow, Ireland in 1970. He has been an active member of The Craft Potters Society of Ireland (Ceramics Ireland) since its foundation and has co-edited the Society's journal Ceramics Ireland . He is also on the Irish Crafts Council Register of Craftworkers. He has exhibited widely and won many awards. In 2009 Jim was awarded First Class Hons. B.A. in Ceramic Design by The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.
Statement
" I came to pottery through the work and writings of Bernard Leach. That early passion has been modified since by all that I have seen and read. I now find satisfaction and fulfillment in a wide range of styles and techniques. All things clay interest me but the pots I admire most still hearken back to that tradition which has its roots in the simple country pottery of the Far East. "
Major Exhibitions include-
1993 - "Two Potters" (with Siobhan O'Malley), Ballinastoe Gallery, Co Wicklow
1993 - Craft Potters Society Exhibition, Irish College, Paris.
1996 - Masterworks 1, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, Co Kerry.
1999 - 2004 Common Earth Exhibition, Dublin.
2002 - "Wood Fire Salt" , Excel Gallery, Tipperary.
2004 - Craft Select, Eigse Carlow Arts Festival
2006 - 'Out of the Blue', Atrium Gallery, Glasgow.
2010 - Eigse Retrospective, Group Exhib.Visual Carlow.
Awards include -
1990 - First Prize for Domestic Pottery, Craft Potters Society annual exhibition, Dublin.
1992 - Ladbroke Award, Eigse Carlow Arts Festival
1999 - Best Work in Functional Ceramics, R. D. S. National Crafts Competition, Dublin.
Updated 03/01/2012
