Gwyn Hanssen Pigott b. 1935

Also known as Gwyn Hanssen
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott is one of Australia's most distinguished potters whose career extends over more than five decades in Australia, England and France. She has worked and exhibited extensively and established an international reputation for her exquisite works from her base in Queensland.
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Name
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
Also known as Gwyn Hanssen
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Birth date
1935
Birth place
Ballarat, VIC
Active Period
  • 1955-
Residence
  • 1999 Bundamba, Ipswich, QLD
  • 1989 - 1999 Netherdale, QLD (Set up pottery )
  • 1981 - 1988 Brisbane, QLD (Set up production pottery at the Kelvin Grove Campus of the Brisbane College of Advanced Education. )
  • 1980 Adelaide, SA (Tenancy at the Jam Factory Craft Workshop, Adelaide for over a year. )
  • 1975 - 1979 Tasmania
  • 1973 Dural, NSW (Worked at Malina Reddish's studio )
  • 1963 - 1973 Archères, France
  • 1960 - 1964 London, UK
  • 1960 Aldermarston Pottery, Berkshire, UK
  • 1959 Wenford Bridge Pottery, Cornwall, UK
  • 1958 - 1959 Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
  • 1958 Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire, UK
  • 1955 - 1957 Mittagong, NSW
Training
  • 1961 Camberwell School of Art, London, UK
  • 1960 Aldermarston Pottery, Berkshire, UK
  • 1959 Wenford Bridge Pottery, Cornwall, UK
  • 1958 - 1959 Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
  • 1958 Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire, UK
  • Apprenticeship, 1955 - 1957 Sturt Pottery Workshop, Mittagong, NSW
  • 1954 Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Languages
  • English

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References [<ExternalResource: (1987), 'Maker's Choice', Crafts Council of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, page 12, The Morandi exhibition was also shown at the Royal Academy of Arts from December, 1970.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1971), 'Gwyn Hanssen talking', Ceramics Review, page 4, .>, <ExternalResource: (December 1991), 'Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Autobiographical Notes', The Studio Potter, Volume 20, Number 1, page 46, .>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/1609 Bowl, porcelain, wood-fired, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Fremantle, Western Australia, 1989', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '92/1492 Ceramic group, 'Still Life (Two Bottles and One Bowl)', porcelain, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, [Perth, Western Australia], 1989', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Bowl by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Sombre still life' by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Still life with yellow bowls' by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Copper, Emmanuel (1993), 'Gwyn Hanssen Pigott - still lifes', Crafts, January/February. Reprinted by Craftlink, March 1993, page 5.>] [<ExternalResource: (1987), 'Maker's Choice', Crafts Council of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, page 12, The Morandi exhibition was also shown at the Royal Academy of Arts from December, 1970.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1971), 'Gwyn Hanssen talking', Ceramics Review, page 4, .>, <ExternalResource: (December 1991), 'Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Autobiographical Notes', The Studio Potter, Volume 20, Number 1, page 46, .>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '89/1609 Bowl, porcelain, wood-fired, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Fremantle, Western Australia, 1989', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '92/1492 Ceramic group, 'Still Life (Two Bottles and One Bowl)', porcelain, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, [Perth, Western Australia], 1989', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Bowl by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Sombre still life' by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Still life with yellow bowls' by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]