Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery

Jim Partridge
Crater vessel 2010 blackened oak 14.5 h x 37 w x 31.5 d cms
Born in 1953, Jim Partridge studied at the John Makepeace School for Craftsmen in Wood before setting
up his own studio in 1980. Since 1984 he has worked from a studio in rural Shropshire, developing a wide
ranging body of commissioned and exhibition work using native oak. His commissioned work can be
seen in locations as diverse as Kielder Forest, a Coventry canal bank, Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute and
Christchurch Cathedral in Oxford. The gallery has a had a relationship with Jim Partridge and his partner
Liz Walmsley since 1990. He works instinctively with wood and is a unique voice in modern furniture.
In 2003/4 we hosted a major touring exhibition called Log Book to critical acclaim. The gallery has taken
Partridge’s work to international art fairs in the USA and we regularly represent him at Collect, London.
Public collections include:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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