Simon Carroll (1964-2009) was a British

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. Carroll has permanent collections at the V&A museum London and Amgueddfa Cymru.

Life

Carroll was born in Hereford and educated at Hereford College of Arts followed by UWE Bristol where he was taught by Mo Jupp and Walter Keeler. Intrigued by the notion of touch, he became artist in residence at the

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in the early 1990s. A breakthrough show at

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, beach drawings and the Arts Foundation Prize, Carroll exhibited, lectured and demonstrated his craft from Hong Kong to the United States gaining international recognition. Carroll considered

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and

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important influences and for his Collins Gallery show in

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cited " Staffordshire slipware,

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ruffles, an American military jacket I saw in a book, three Mexican

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and a fish".

Death

Having been diagnosed with liver cancer, Carroll focused on his drawing and died in Hereford in March 2009. Emmanuel Cooper in his

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obituary described Carroll as... “one of the more adventurous, fearless and challenging of the younger generation of potters”. Carroll was survived by his parents and two brothers.

Permanent collections

* Victoria & Albert Museum, London * Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Selected exhibitions

* 2006 Tate St Ives * 2014

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* 2014 V&A Museum * 2015 Ruthin Craft Centre

Publications

* 2015: Simon Carroll: Expressionist Potter • ISBN 978-1-905865-69-7

References

External links

Moira Vincentelli
(Aberystwyth University School of Art) interview with Simon Carroll {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Simon British ceramicists 2009 deaths 1964 births