PAUL SCOTT
b. 1953, United Kingdom
EDUCATION
2010
PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design, Manchester, UK
1977
B. Ed. Art and Design, St. Martin’s College, Lancaster, UK
1975
Certificate of Education, St. Martin’s College, Lancaster, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
American Scenery and Souvenirs: Transferware by Paul Scott, Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL
Recall. Reframe. Respond: The Art of Paul Scott, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2024
Confected, Borrowed, and Blue: Transferware of Paul Scott, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Paul Scott at the Albany Airport, Albany International Airport, Concourse A Gallery, Albany, NY
2022
Cumbrian Blue(s), Blackwell – The Arts & Crafts House, Windermere, UK
Cuttings, Borders, and New American Scenery, Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK
Paul Scott: New American Scenery, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
Paul Scott: New American Scenery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Pearlware, Polish, and Privilege: Art by Paul Scott, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2021
New American Scenery, Bowes Museum, Bernard Castle, UK
Past, Present, Future: Celebrating Craft, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Scenery, Samplers, and Souvenirs, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
The Gardens of Lyra, British Ceramics Biennial, Spode Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2019
Raid the Icebox Now with Paul Scott: New American Scenery, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
2017
Home Truths, PEER Gallery, London, UK
2016
Cuttings, Ruins, Refugees, and Wild Roses, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Trees and Cuttings, Cheeseburn Sculpture Park, Northumberland, UK
2015
Confected, Borrowed, and Blue, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales; Harley Gallery and Foundation, Nottinghamshire, UK; The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK; The Potteries Museum and Art \ Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Scenery: Gardens, Bridges, Trucks, Turbines, and Willows, Benson Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
2014
Confected, Borrowed, and Blue, The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK
2013
Cumbrian Blue(s), Words by the Water Festival, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, UK
Cumbrian Blue(s): A Solo Exhibition of Recent Works by Paul Scott, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Horizon, Rom8 Gallery, Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KHiB), Bergen, Norway
2012
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2011
Blås & Knåda Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Illustrious Wonderers, Ann Linnemann Studio Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
One Way or Another, HB381, New York, NY (Upcoming)
At the King’s Table: From Dinner Services to Contemporary Ceramics, Dronning Sonja KunstStall, The Royal Art Collection, Oslo, Norway
Sustainable Ceramics, The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2024
Clayscapes, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Fifty Years in the Making Anniversary, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Our America / Whose America?, The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA
Rivers Flow / Artists Connect, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2023
Are We There Yet?, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
2022
Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Melting Point, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA; Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Seam and Transfer, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
A Tea Journey: From the Mountains to the Table, Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Warwick, UK
Flora/Fauna, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
Food: Bigger than the Plate, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Ruskin’s Manchester: “Devil’s Darkness” to Beacon City, MMU Special Collections, Manchester, UK
2018
Home Treasures, Blaafarveværket, Modum, Norway
Plates Please, Taste Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
Revive, Remix, Respond, The Frick Pittsburgh Museums and Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA
2017
Angie Lewin: A Printmaker’s Journey, Discovery Centre, Winchester, UK
Reinvented, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2016
Alice in Wonderland, The Apple House Gallery and Sculpture Park, Skælskør, Denmark
GrowlerFest, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Landscape: Islands, Ceramic House, Brighton, UK
Mending Revealed, Allsop Gallery, Bridport, UK
Porcelania: East Meets West, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
RE—Reanimate, Repair, Mend, and Meld, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
Renewed Past, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Transference, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
True Blue, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Unconventional Clay: Engaged in Change, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
360º of Separation, Purdue University Fountain Gallery, Lafayette, IN
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2022
Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice Grant
2016–19
Artist Residency, Project Art, Cummington, MA
2016
Artist Residency, Guldagergaard, Skælskør, Denmark
2015
The Alturas Foundation Artist Award, Travel Funding for Artist Residency, Project Art, Cummington, MA
2013
Arts Council England Grant, UK
Artist Residency, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Residency, Project Art, Cummington, MA
2011
Artist Residency Medalta, Alberta, Canada
2010
British Council Grant - Supported contribution of Cumbrian Blue(s) to The Hanoi Mosaic Mural, Hanoi, Vietnam
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Aberystwyth University Ceramic Collection & Archive, Aberystwyth, Wales
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Alturas Foundation, San Antonio, TX
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Bankfield Museum, Halifax, UK
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton and Hove, UK
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (through Contemporary Art Society), Bristol, UK
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Center, Bury, UK
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Ceramic Research Center, Guldagergård, Denmark
The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Expo Ceramic Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
Guldagergård Sculpture Park, Skælskør, Denmark
Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum, Gustavsberg, Sweden
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, NH
Leicestershire Museum Collections, Leicestershire, UK
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland.
Museum Bellerive (Decorative Arts Collection), Zürich, Switzerland
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo, Norway
National Museums Liverpool (through Contemporary Art Society), Liverpool, UK
National Museums Scotland, Scotland, UK
Nelson Mandela Foundation, Houghton, South Africa
Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Rörstrand Museum, Lidköping, Sweden
Royal Museums Greenwich, London, UK
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Statens Konstråd (The National Public Art Council), Sweden
UK Government Art Collection, UK
The Ulster Museum, Belfast, UK
University of South Australia (UniSA) / JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
Yale University Art Collection, New Haven, CT
York Art Gallery, York, UK
