Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery

Ken EastmanChatsworth Series No 3 Spring 2010 bone china 20.5 h x 26.7 w cmsPhilip EglinMadonna and Child c.1995 honey glaze earthenware 38 h x 12 w x 18.5 d cmsPhilip Eglin was born in Gibraltar in 1959 and went on to study ceramics in Staffordshire and at the RoyalCollege of Art, London. He was model and student of Eduardo Paolozzi. In 1996 he won the prestigiousJerwood Prize for Ceramics. He has had several solo shows at The Scottish Gallery spanning a 25 yearperiod. Popes Pin-ups and Pooches was his last solo show with The Scottish Gallery in 2009 and within itwas the full, dynamic range of artistic and expressive skill which flows from his rich, eclectic and symbolicpalette. Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art acquired a major piece for their collection from this show.Public Collections include:Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent.Born 1960 in Hertfordshire, Ken Eastman studied at Edinburgh College of Art (1979-83) and at the RoyalCollege of Art, London (1984-87). He has won many prestigious awards in the field of ceramics and wehave shown his work for over 20 years. In 2006, Ken Eastman was invited to work in collaboration withthe Royal Crown Derby factory. This body of bone china pieces combined Ken’s contemporary forms andthe classic Derby patterns that have been in production since 1750. The launch of the Royal Crown Derbyseries at The Scottish Gallery in 2009 was a huge success, apart from the many individuals acquiringpieces, the National Museums of Scotland purchased two, Ulster Museum acquired a further two and theVictoria and Albert Museum took four for their Public Collection.Public Collections include:Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA; Faenza International CeramicMuseum, Italy.52 53