Biography

Sarah Purvey gained both her BA and MA qualifications at Bath Spa some twenty years apart receiving her MA in ceramics in 2009. On completing the Masters programme Sarah has remained a Resident Artist at the University's Ceramic Research Centre in Wiltshire, the former home of Bath Academy of Art.

Sarahs ceramic vessels 'Landscape Series' have been shown and collected nationally and internationally including private collections in Tokyo and New York, her ceramic also forms part of the Bath Spa University collection at Corsham Court.

In November 2010 her ceramic vessels were exhibited in Cork Street, Mayfair in a joint venture between the Katharine House Gallery Marlborough and Askew Art based in Henley on Thames.

Sarah is a full member of the Devon Guild in Bovey Tracey and her work received the award of First Prize in the Pound Pill Open in October 2010.

Working with the University Sarah has led ceramic enrichment programmes for 6th form A level students within local Wiltshire Secondary Schools. In April 2011 Sarah was invited as a guest speaker on the Contemporary Context module of the Ceramics Masters Programme at Bath Spa University. 

In August 2011 Sarah exhibited at Art In Clay, Hatfield House and has solo shows booked in Shaftesbury, Birmingham and Devon for 2011/2012.

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