Lara is a graduate of Camberwell Art College in London, and she also holds a Postgraduate in Ceramics from Edinburgh College of Art. She has exhibited extensively and has received many awards for her work including Premier Winner of The Fletcher Challenge in New Zealand and Honourable Mention at Mino Ceramics, Japan. Lara is a fellow of the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain and a professional member of Contemporary Applied Arts in London.
Lara makes slip-cast vessels using ‘parian clay.’ The term ‘parian’ is derived from Paros, the Aegian Island famous for its beautiful white marble, which was used extensively in classical Greek sculpture. Lara applies decoration on to her altered asymmetric forms. Lara has extensive teaching experience having taught ceramics and design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art for over 20 years. Presently, she works full-time on her her ceramic practice.
Education
1990 Post Graduate Diploma, Edinburgh College of Art
1989 Foundation and BA Honours Degree, Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts
Public Collections
Paisley Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
Triennale de Porcelaine, Nyon, Switzerland
The Shipley Museum & Art Gallery, Gateshead
Welcome Building, University of Dundee
McManus Galleries, Dundee
The Beaches Museum, Kansas State University
Museum of Auckland, New Zealand
Awards
2018 Creative Scotland Small Project Award
2017 Craft Potters Association Grant
2017 Edinburgh Visual Artist and Craft Award
2015 Inches Carr Trust Craft Bursary
2014 Visual Arts Scotland Applied Art Award
2011 Mino International Ceramic Competition, Japan
2009 Ceramic Review Award, Ceramics Open, RSBA, Birmingham
2007 Creative Development Award, Scottish Arts Council
1995 Development Award, Scottish Arts Council Individual
1994 Makers Choice Award, Cardiff Design Show
1992 Premier Award, Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Solo Show, Beaux Arts, Bath
2019 Collect, The Saatchi Gallery, London
2019 York Ceramics Fair, York
2019 Oxford Ceramics Fair, Oxford
2019 Invited Artist, Pittenweem Arts Festival, Scotland
2019 Poise and Parallax, Contemporary Ceramics, London
2018 Surface and Form, Solo Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery
2018 In Between, jaggedart, London
2018 Visual Arts Scotland, Annual Show, The Royal Academy, Edinburgh
2018 Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins School of Art, London
2017 British Ceramic Biennial, Stoke on Trent
2017 L.A Art Show, Tansey Contemporary, U.S
2016 SOFA Chicago, Tansey Contemporary, U.S
2016 Tent London, Craft Scotland Showcase, London Design Festival
2016 Ceramic Art York, York Art Gallery and Museum
2016 Showcase, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
2016 Best of British, Clay Guldong, Australia
2016 Distilled Tone, The Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 L.A Art Fair, Tansey Contemporary, USA
2016 Ensemble, Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
2015 Small Scale, Big Ideas, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, USA
2015 Ceramic Art York, York Art Gallery, York
2014 ‘Unconventional Conformity’, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, USA
2014 Visual Arts Scotland, The Royal Academy, Edinburgh
2014 SOFA, Chicago, USA
Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
2013 British Ceramic Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent
2013 Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art
2012 Gallery Nine, Bath
2012 Gallery Altena, Holland
2012 The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Solo Exhibition