Staff Profile
Eva Masterman graduated from Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art in 2016. She has exhibited widely across the U.K. and abroad, including two solo-shows at the William Bennington Gallery, London and at the Clayarch Museum in South Korea. In 2017, she was selected for a residency exchange with Camden Arts Centre and Arts Initiative Tokyo, Japan. She also co-runs social outreach art collective, Collective Matter, and is currently based in Newcastle Upon Tyne where she is the Norma Lipman Fellow in Ceramics. Her practice currently investigates intersections between sculpture, theatre, and ceramic pedagogy.
QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION
2014–2016
Ceramics and Glass MA
Royal College of Art Kensington/Battersea
2006–2008
Fine Art BA – First Class Honours
Kingston University Kingston Upon Thames
ACADEMIC POSTS
01.10.18 – 01.10.21
Norma Lipman Fellowship In Ceramics
Full Time Fixed Term 3yrs
This post is predominantly research with 2 days a week teaching
Newcastle University
13.03.17 – 17.12.18
0.2 Ceramics Lecturer
Part Time Permanent Contract
Cross-Disciplinary Ceramics Westminster University, London
14.01.16 – 24.04.16
Camden Arts Centre, Course Leader
Part Time
Ceramics for Beginners Camden, London
19.04.16–15.05.16
Visiting Lecturer, MA, City and Guilds of London
Art School
Part Time
Kennington, London
10.01.16 - 17.01.16
Visiting Lecturer, BA Kingston University
Part Time
Kingston Upon Thames, London
PUBLISHED WRITING
C-FORUM
Critically evaluating the cross- disciplinary nature and application of clay in contemporary visual practices Shortlisted: Henry Moore Fine Art Dissertation Prize 2016 Published: cfileonline.org 2016
cfileonline.org
Regular Contributor 2016 - current
Journalist and critical writer on international contemporary ceramics and associated writing and research
FUNDING AND RESEARCH:
16.12.19 – 23.04.20
Pioneer Awards: Dido and Aeneas, an Opera
£1488
Newcastle University
28.10.19 – 05.05.20
School of Arts and Cultures Strategic Research Fund: Curating Clay, conference at the Shipley Gallery
£2350
Newcastle University
20.03.19 – 20.04.20
Arts Council England: The Potting Shed, a platform for social practice and exchange
£7589
London
14.02.19 – 27.09.19
Faculty Impact Fund: The Potting Shed, a platform for social practice and exchange
£4847
Newcastle University
17.02.18 – 04.06.19
HASS 3 Institute Award: Strange Comfort, an exhibition
£1443
Newcastle University
20.09.16 - 21.03.17
Tate Exchange Residency
£10,000
In conjunction with Gasworks, Pump House Gallery, Beaconsfield Gallery, Tate Modern London
CONFERENCES AND TALKS
05.05.20
Chair and Co-ordinator: Curating Clay, innovative approaches to curation and participation
Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, U.K
19.03.18 - 20.03.18
Speaker: Centre of Ceramic Art Restating Clay Conference
York Art Gallery, York, U.K
14.03.18 - 17.03.18
Speaker: 52nd Annual NCECA Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
16.11.17 - 18.11.17
Speaker: Hasselt University Clay Matters Conference
Hasselt, Belgium
01.11.17
Talk: Julian Stair, Eva Masterman, Jackson Sprague
Camden Arts Centre
London
31.10.17
Chair and Co-ordinator: Material Engagement – UAL, Oxford University, University of Westminster
Regents Street, University of Westminster, London
21.09.16
Talk: Sculpture Slam: RBS Bursary Event
Royal British Society of Sculptors, South Kensington
22.06.16
Chair and Co-ordinator:
The Why Question: Panel Discussion What is the future and relevance of medium specific courses in education and the wider visual arts?
The Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Art, Battersea
10.09.15
Chair and Co-ordinator:
Clay Club Seminar: Clay as a Cross- Disciplinary, Sculptural Medium
Royal College of Art, Kensington
SOLO EXHBITIONS
17.12.19 – 28.01.20
Stalking Joy
Ex Libris Gallery, Newcastle
04.06.19 – 15.07.19
Strange Comfort
Lily Brooke Gallery, London
28.04.15 - 19.05.15
STUDIO
William Benington Gallery London
11.06.13–11.07.13
“51.5301,-0.1062”
William Benington Gallery London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
01.06.18 - 24.06.18
New Relics
Thames-Side Studios Gallery
London
06.04.18 - 02.09.18
Humanism, Poem of Earth for Human
Clayarch Gimhae Museum Done House
South Korea
17.03.18 - 28.04.18
The Ground is Good
Modern Painters, New Decorators
Loughborough, U.K.
18.11.17 - 01.04.18
NOVA, Welsh Biennial Prize – Touring Exhibition
Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy, Wales
Aberystwyth Art Centre Gallery I, Wales
23.09.17 - 05.11.17
British Ceramic Biennial AWARD exhibition
Spode Factory, Stoke on Trent
08.06.17 - 04.08.17
Royal British Society of Sculptors
Bursary Award Exhibition
RBSS Old Brompton Road London
04.08.16 - 20.08.16
Anthology Art Prize
Charlie Smith Gallery London
AWARDS
A-N Professional Development Bursary 2018
a-n magazine
04.08.16 - 20.08.16
Anthology Art Prize
Charlie Smith Gallery London
21.09.16–21.09.18
Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary
RBSS Old Brompton Road London
RESIDENCIES
23.01.17 - 06.03.17
A-I-T (Arts Initiative Tokyo)
Exchange with Camden Arts Centre
Tokyo, Japan
09.04.15 - 26.04.15
STUDIO
William Benington Gallery London
01.09.14–28.09.14
Ceramic Artist in Residence programme
Künstlerhaus Stadttöpferei Neumünster, Germany
03.10.11–31.04.12
AA2A Kingston
Access to Art Colleges London
11.04.11–31.03.12
Kingsgate Workshop Trust Emerging Artists Kingsgate Studios London
SHORTLISTS
Henry Moore Dissertation Prize
Henry Moore Institute Leeds
COMMISSIONS
Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer Commission
The Potting Shed – a multiuse, functional artwork and project space built and designed by Eva Masterman and to be programmed with social engagement and learning events over the coming years.
Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, U.K.
- Masterman EC. Material Action. 2020. London: Beaconsfield Vauxhall Gallery, Gasworks, Pump House Gallery and Tate Exchange, 4.
- Masterman E. Touch Me Use Me. 2017. Stoke on Trent and Gimhae South Korea: British Ceramic Biennial and Clay Arch Gimhae, 1.