Our Judge for 2011
Kevin Grealy Cert.T. (KGTC), B.Ed (Fine Arts) University of Calgary, Ontario.
Kevin comes with a wealth of experience in the Arts field.
He was born in Brisbane and attended Gregory Terrace Christian Brothers College. He became an Art teacher studying at Kelvin Grove Teachers College. He taught Art at several Queensland High Schools and then became a lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology.
Although primarily a distinguished ceramist, he has worked and taught in the art field for many years. His practice, knowledge and understanding of the principles of good composition have caused him to be invited to judge art competitions in Cairns, Mackay and other provincial cities. For several years, with well known art critic John Massey, he was asked to judge the Fine Arts section of the Brisbane Exhibition Art Show.
His studies, exhibitions and workshops have taken him across the world. He has a passion for Chinese Art and in Sanbao, Jingdezhen City he was artist in residence for nine weeks. He has conducted workshops both in China and Australia and continues to do this. He has been curator of exhibitions in Australia and he has had major commissions for ceramic murals, gifts and smaller ceramic devices.
His work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the Powerhouse Museum, the Queensland Art Gallery, the Brisbane City Hall Civic Collection, the Redcliffe City Council, several Colleges, corporations and private collections. He is represented in at least four major collections in China and has worked as a ceramics consultant in Australia, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Kevin is a frequent writer for international ceramics journals. In 1991 he won the Suncorp Literacy Award. He has been commissioned to write a book on the history and technology of dragon kilns.
There is much more to this man whose creativity and skill within his own work is shared with art students and lovers of art from Australia to Taiwan, Vietnam, Spain, China and Canada.
We welcome Kevin Grealy.