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CERAMIC EDUCATION

1987 Weekly classes with Margaret Malone, production potter
1989 Private classes with Jane Sawyer
1990 - 1994 Weekly Master classes with Victor Greenaway at Meat Market Craft Centre
2003 - 2004 Extension studies in large porcelain spheres, Chisholm Institute
 
     
 

MAJOR PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

2002 John Landy, A.C., M.B.E. then Governor of Victoria
2003 - 2004 Margaret Lawrence, Melbourne (since bequeathed to VCA)
2004 Rupert Myer, Melbourne
2005 Founders of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, North Carolina, United States
2009 Fiona and Sidney Myer
2009 Seldon Gill Australia/New Zealand Collection
2011 Catherine Asquith
2011 Margaret Evans
2013 Dean Keep
2014 Vicki Grima
2014 Patrick Moody
2016 Fenwick
2017 Felicity Gerry QC
2019 Stefanie Wohr
 
     
 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2003 Solo, Window Installation "Porcelain Speaks", Craft Victoria
2003 Solo, Altered Porcelain, Galerie Hors Saison, Kew
2003 Imperial Porcelain Release, Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne
2004 Solo, "Calm vs Tension", Galerie Hors Saison, Kew
2004 Encore, Imperial Porcelain, Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne
2004 Bowl'd and Beautiful, Ceramic Art Galley, Paddington, Sydney
2004 Black Christmas, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2005 Movement, Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne
2005 Light Matters, Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne
2006 Beyond Earth, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2007 Green Christmas, Craft Victoria
2008 Land & Water II, Ceramics Victoria Sculptural exhibition
2008 Festvite, Selected Artists, Catherine Asquith Gallery, December
2009 Solo, Shell Fragments - in Memory, Catherine Asquith Gallery, August
2009 Festvite, Selected Artists, Catherine Asquith Gallery, December
2011 Solo, Chinese Glazes, Catherine Asquith Gallery, October
2011 Festvite, Selected Artists, Catherine Asquith Gallery, December
2013 New Work, Gary Healey Pottery, August
2014 New Work, Gary Healey Pottery, August
2015 New Work, Gary Healey Pottery, August
2017 Empty Vessel, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank
 
     
 

MEDIA REFERENCES

2003 Vol 42#3 The Journal of Australian Ceramics, page 6
2004 Vol 43#2 The Journal of Australian Ceramics, page 5
2004 Vol 43#3 The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Catalogue Essay for Beyond Earth, Barbara Campell-Allen
2005 Vol 44#1 The Journal of Australian Ceramics, pages 1 & 68
2006 No 22 Ceramics Technical, A Serendipitous Adventure, article by Dick Aitken on new directions in Australian ceramics
2007 Vol 46#3 The Journal of Australian Ceramics, work on front and back cover Article "The Role of the Heart in Making Pots" published, page 54
2008 Vol 47#3 The Journal of Australian Ceramics, "Seeing is believing", joint Article with Terence Bogue, page 24
2009 Issue #78, "Gary Healey", Ceramic Art and Perception International, page 17
2011 Vol 50#2, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, page 8
2011 Vol 50#3, "Plinth Phillip - please don't take me to the tip", The Journal of Australian Ceramics
2011 CR253, Ceramic Review, In Honour of the Chinese Glaze Masters
2013 Vol 52#3, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, page 13
2014 CR267, Ceramic Review, Off-Centre, Best Friends - Rheumatoid Arthritis and Making Pots
2014 Vol 53#3, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, page 91
2016 #3, Yarrobil, The Elephant in the Room, Ceramic Criticism, page 76
 
     
 

MEDIA APPEARANCES

2006 Interview on "Clay" Radio National Tools of Trade series, 1 March
2006 Interview and discussion on saggar-fired work with Dr Chris McAuliffe, ABC TV Sunday Arts program, 19 March
 
     
 

ADMINISTRATION

1989 Treasurer, Victorian Ceramic Group
2006 Board member and Vice-President Craft Victoria (resigned February 2008).
Joint Chairman of Board, 2007
2006 Annual wheel-throwing mentorship
2006 - 2007 Lecturer in ceramics, Holmesglen TAFE
2010 Lecturer in ceramics, Holmesglen TAFE
2011 Mentorship of RMIT Ceramics student
2012 Mentorship of VCA graduate, Sophie Harle
 
     
 

WORKSHOPS

2005 Holmesglen TAFE Diploma of Arts - Ceramics (April), Victorian Ceramic Group, Porcelain throwing and altering (May)
2006 Victorian Ceramic Group, Bowls, Bowls and more Bowls (August)
2009 Holmesglen TAFE Diploma of Arts, Two day porcelain intensive (May)
2012 Two day intensive on Chinese copper glazes (September)
 
     
 

GUEST SPEAKER/JUDGE

2006 Final year student exhibition, Chisholm Institute of TAFE, Diploma
of Arts - Ceramics (Gallery 314), Final year exhibition Holmesglen TAFE
2008 Valley Potters' 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Kingston Arts Centre