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ABOUT


Dennis was born in Liverpool in 1949, attending St Helens School of Art and the Polytechnic Wolverhampton gaining a Diploma in Art & Design, Ceramics in 1971.


Dennis has lectured at St Helens school of Art, Blackburn School of Art, Harrogate College of Arts and Technology and the University of Wolverhampton. He has been a guest lecturer/demonstrator for colleges and ceramics groups across the UK.


STUDIOS AND MAKING METHODS


Dennis set up studios in Lancashire and West Yorkshire before moving to Shropshire in 1991to take up a lecturing post at the University of Wolverhampton.


His early work was very much influenced by the industrial urban landscapes of East Lancashire and West Yokshire; producing one-off pieces fired to 1260 centigrade alongside raku fired pieces. His current work is more landscape influenced and fired to 1120 C, using a blended black and terracotta body overpainted with engobes and lightly brushed with transparent glaze.


More recently Dennis has been producing paintings in oil and acrylic alongside his ceramics.


RECENT WORK



Recent works have been influenced by the coastal landscapes around the UK.


Information is gathered working plein air before being developed further in the studio in two and three dimensions. Working in this way allows an interaction of ideas between the different media.

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EXHIBITIONS

2024                 


March 9, 10     York Ceramics Fair,  York Racecourse, Knavesmire Road, York. YO23 1EX

                           Saturday 10am -5-00pm, Sunday 10-00am - 4-00pm


June 15/16       Ceramics Wales Bodrhyddan Hall, Dyserth Rd, Ruhuddlan. LL18 5SB


August to

end October    Red Barn Gallery, Melkinthorpe, Penrith. CA10 2DR. Contact gallery for details.


November       Kyoto, Japan. Exhibition of UK and Japanese ceramicists.


November       Godfrey and Watt Xmas Show, 25 St Hilda's Rd, Harrogate HG2 8JX

                           dates TBC, tel: 01423 887617 for further information


2023


March                Hay Castle, Hay on Wye, Hereford HR3 5DG, The Castle in Colour,                                           celebrating the use of colour in art and applied art.

                             30th March - 14th May tele: 01497 820079


March                York Ceramics Fair, York Racecourse, YO23 1EX 4 & 5 March

                            10-00am to 5-00pm


June                    The Hepworth Wakefield. Ceramics fair.


November         24/25/26 Open Studio, 1066 London Rd, Derby. DE24 8QA

                             Opening Friday 5-9 pm, Sat/Sun 10 - 5 pm

                              tel: 07964 715732 for further information.

               

                             Godfrey and Watt Xmas Show, 25 St Hilda's Rd, Harrogate HG2 8JX

                             dates TBC, tel: 01423 887617 for further information



Special Projects 2021

                               

June 5 - 26          'When the Land Rested' At Twenty-Twenty Gallery, Quality Square,

                              Ludlow. SY8 1AR Tel: 01584 875363


September to    Contemporary Ceramics Centre, Gt Russell Street,  London.  

 December   


September 4/5   CPA - York Ceramics Fair, St John University Sports Hall 

                               Lord Mayors Walk


October 30/31    CPA - Oxford Ceramics Fair, St Edwards School Sports Hall,

                               Woodstock Road, Oxford. OX2 7NZ


November 21     Godfrey & Watt Xmas Exhibition, 25 st Hilda's Road, Harrogate

                               HG2 8JX tel: 07702801379  www.godfreyand watt.co.uk


2022


April 23                 Collage, Twenty-Twenty Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow. SY8 1AR

                                www.twenty-twenty.co.uk


May                        Work in stock at Bevere Gallery, Worcester. WR3 7QR


June                        Clay College Gallery, Middleport Pottery, Stoke on Trent


August - October 2 Hidden Landscapes, Tin Shed Gallery, Isle of Mull


August                     Nanjing Tech Week, China. (online)


October                   Oxford Ceramics Fair, St Edward's School Sports Hall, Woodstock Road,                                     Oxford OX2 7NZ,  Sat 29 - Sun 30


November               Open Studio, at Angela Verdon's studion, 1066 London Road,

                                    Alvaston, Derby. November 26 - 27 all welcome.


December               Godrey & Watt Xmas Show, Harrogate.

                                   Dates to be announced.  www.godfreyand watt.co.uk


Dennis Farrell, Bolventure, Heighways Lane, All Stretton. SY6 6HN

Tel: 07811678176

farrell63@btinternet.com / dennis@dennisfarrell.co.uk