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| Stephen Bottomley |
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| Department of Jewellery and Silversmithing
School of Design Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF |
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| www.stephenbottomley.com |
| Stephen Bottomley trained at the Royal College of Art (1999-2001) having previously studied at West Surrey College of Art and Design and the University of Brighton, which included a key period within Rhode Island School of Designs’ metal programme (USA 1998).
Stephen established his first studio in 1990 in Brighton with a Prince’s Trust Grant and now exhibits work internationally. A passionate teacher he has lectured at Hastings College of Art, the University of Brighton and the Surrey Institute of Design, before relocating to Sheffield as course leader of Metalwork and Jewellery at Sheffield Hallam University 2004-08. Between 2005-7 he served as the fourth chairman for the Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ). In 2008 he moved to Scotland as Head of Jewellery and Silversmithing at Edinburgh College of Art. Jewellery is represented by the Crafts Council and Scottish gallery and held in collections by the British Museum, Royal College of Art and South East Arts and Crafts. |
Exhibitions
| Sep 2009 Spoons, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Aug 2009 Gioielleria contemporanea italiana, Padova, Italy Oct 08 11th Hanyang Metal Art association , Seoul, Korea Sept – Oct 08 Treasury of Digital form, Galerie Handwerk, Munich July – Oct 2008 Tech-tile, Solo-show, Hove Museum and Art Gallery Nov ‘07- Feb 2009 Enamel experience, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg: Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco: National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis: Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh: University of East Carolina: Kent State University, Ohio. April 2008 Full Circle, Solo show, Gallery Studio Fusion, Oxo Tower Wharf April 2008 Fired-Up, Group enamel jewellery, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Dec 07–Mar 08 Tech-tile, Solo-show, Museo Fortuny, Venice, Italy July 2006 Heirlooms, ACJ exhibition St Bartoph’s Church, London June 2006 ‘Am Ball’, Der Goldene Schnitt, Karlsruhe, Germany Sep 2005 The Watkins Era, Contemporary Applied Arts, London June 2004 Jewellery Unlimited, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery April 2004 Solo show, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, October 2002 Computers and Working Creatively in Three Dimensions – Axis Nov 2001 L'immagine del Gioiello, Alternatives gallery, Rome, Italy. Oct 2001 Begium / British New Contemporaries, Villa De Bondt, Belgium. May 2001 Solo show, The White Gallery, Brighton May 2000 Solo Show, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. Mar -Dec '00 Reliefs, Solo Showcase Gallery V&V, Vienna, Austria Feb '00 & Oct 1999 Applied Technology, Hove Museum - Foyer gallery, Surrey Institute of Art March 1999 Schmuck ‘99, International jewellery showcase, Munich. |
Biography
| 2002 Crafts Council’s Photostore of Selected Makers
2001 British Museum, London, Medal Collection 2001 Royal College of Art, GSM&J collection 2001 Kansai Kyoto IT conference. 2000 South East Arts Major Award for an artist. 1999 South East Arts Craft Collection at Hove Museum. 1998 Molina Fine Arts Collection, Arizona, USA. |
More Images
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| Spooning, 2009, digital artwork, Spoon exhibition , Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Drape Neckpiece, 2007, Museo Fortuny, Venice |
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| Ruff Neckpiece, silver, 1998, Private Collection |
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