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Sara Radstone (born 1955) is a British ceramic artist and lecturer.^[1]^[2] Her work ranges from intimate wall based sculpture to large scale installations of multiple elements.

Radstone trained at Herefordshire College of Arts and later at the Camberwell College of Arts,^[2] from where she graduated in 1979^[3] as part of a cohort that included Angus Suttie and Henry Pim. Her work is included in numerous public collections both in the UK and overseas, including four works in the Victoria and Albert Museum,^[4]^[5]^[6] the Fitzwilliam Museum,^[7] the British Council,^[8] the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.^[9]

She lives and works in South East London.

Career

Work

In 1979 Radstone established her first studio at 401½ Workshops in South London,^[10] receiving a grant from the Crafts Council, followed by an award from the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Trust, who also supported the establishment of Arlingford Studios in Brixton, South London in 1985. She also received awards from Greater London Arts, the Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust and won the Unilever Prize in 1988. In 1993 she was a recipient of the inaugural Arts Foundation Fellowship. Radstone was a contributor to the conference, Culture and the Unconscious at SOAS, London, and she was a participant at the St. George's House, Windsor Castle, consultation, The Value of Culture and the Crisis of Judgement. In 2020 she delivered the annual Henry Hammond Memorial Lecture.^[11]

Exhibitions

Radstone has exhibited internationally for over 40 years. In addition to regular solo exhibitions at Marsden Woo Gallery in London, she has had solo exhibitions at a variety of galleries and museums,^[12] and participated in group shows in Europe, the US and Japan.

A major retrospective exhibition of her career, titled More than Words, was held in 2017–18 at the York Art Gallery's Centre of Ceramic Art.^[13]^[14]^[15] In 2019 she was a joint organiser of Unearthed, a three-person exhibition at the House Mill, Three Mills Island, London.^[16]

Teaching

Radstone has taught and lectured throughout her career, both in the UK and abroad. She has held positions at Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts, London; University for the Creative Arts, Farnham; Wimbledon School of Art, London; Portsmouth Polytechnic and The University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.^{[citation needed]} Since 1994 Radstone has taught on the Ceramics Diploma Course at the City Lit in London. Institutions where she has been a visiting lecturer include New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, as well as a number of other colleges in North America; also at universities in South Korea and Ireland.^[11]^{[failed verification]}

Writing

Catalogue essay for 79/97, An Lanntair and tour;
'An Exemplary Artist', catalogue essay for Angus Suttie 1946-1993, published by Contemporary Applied Arts 1994;
Obituary: Angus Suttie, Crafts, September/October 1993;
'Builders of Dreams', Crafts, March/April 1987;
Review, Crafts, May/June 1986;
'The Whole Works', essay for Angus Suttie exhibition catalogue, Anatol Orient 1985.

References

^ "Sara Radstone (1955–)". British Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b David Whiting. "Sara Radstone". The Anthony Shaw Collection. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "More Than Words: A New Exhibition of Work by Sara Radstone – by Hannah Savage, York Art Gallery Team Leader". www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ "Nushu | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Vase | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Vessel | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Vessel (accession number C.4-2017)". Collections: Objects and Artworks. Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Sara Radstone (1955 – )". British Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Untitled, Sara Radstone (England, born 1955)| LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ Yates-Owen, Eric; Fournier, Robert. British Studio Potters' Marks. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4081-9036-4
^ ^a ^b "Current Programme Henry Hammond Lecture 2020: Sara Radstone". Crafts Study Centre. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Sara Radstone". Marsden Woo Gallery. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ Richard Moss (11 January 2018). "More than Words: Mining the depths of the interior clay void with Sara Radstone". Museum Crush. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ Hutchinson, Charles (5 January 2018). "Why ceramics mean more than words to artist Sara Radstone in York Art Gallery retrospective". York Press. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ Tophill, Charlie (11 January 2018). "The art to see in York this month – January 2018". York Mix. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ "Unearthed". Ceramic Review, Issue 306, November/December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020

[1] "Sara Radstone (1955–)". British Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[as-2] David Whiting. "Sara Radstone". The Anthony Shaw Collection. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[3] "More Than Words: A New Exhibition of Work by Sara Radstone – by Hannah Savage, York Art Gallery Team Leader". www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[4] "Nushu | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[5] "Vase | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[6] "Vessel | Radstone, Sara | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[7] "Vessel (accession number C.4-2017)". Collections: Objects and Artworks. Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[8] "Sara Radstone (1955 – )". British Council. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[9] "Untitled, Sara Radstone (England, born 1955)| LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[10] Yates-Owen, Eric; Fournier, Robert. British Studio Potters' Marks. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4081-9036-4

[CSC-11] "Current Programme Henry Hammond Lecture 2020: Sara Radstone". Crafts Study Centre. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[YAG-12] "Sara Radstone". Marsden Woo Gallery. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

[13] Richard Moss (11 January 2018). "More than Words: Mining the depths of the interior clay void with Sara Radstone". Museum Crush. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[More_than_words-14] Hutchinson, Charles (5 January 2018). "Why ceramics mean more than words to artist Sara Radstone in York Art Gallery retrospective". York Press. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[YorkMix_see-15] Tophill, Charlie (11 January 2018). "The art to see in York this month – January 2018". York Mix. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[CR-16] "Unearthed". Ceramic Review, Issue 306, November/December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020

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+[[File:'Untold' (detail) 2017.jpg|thumb|'Untold' 2017. An installation of 27 elements; paper clay and mixed media.]]
 '''Sara Radstone''' (born 1955) is a British [[ceramic artist]] and lecturer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/radstone-sara-1955|title=Sara Radstone (1955–)|website =British Council|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="as">{{cite web|url=http://www.anthonyshawcollection.org/sr/collection_sr.htm |title=Sara Radstone|author=David Whiting|website= The Anthony Shaw Collection|accessdate= 20 November 2020}}</ref> Her work ranges from intimate wall based sculpture to large scale installations of multiple elements.
 [[File:'Shroud III' (detail) 2017.jpg|thumb|'Shroud III' 2017. Detail of wall based sculpture, slip-dipped hessian scrim, paint-stained newsprint]]
-Radstone trained at [[Hereford College of Arts|Herefordshire College of Arts]] and later at the [[Camberwell College of Arts]],<ref name="as" /> from where she graduated in 1979 as part of class that included [[Angus Suttie]] and Henry Pim. Her work is included in numerous public collections both in the UK and overseas, including at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=Nushu {{!}} Radstone, Sara {{!}} V&A Search the Collections|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1241499|access-date=2020-11-20|website=V and A Collections|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=Vase {{!}} Radstone, Sara {{!}} V&A Search the Collections|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19614|access-date=2020-11-20|website=V and A Collections|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=Vessel {{!}} Radstone, Sara {{!}} V&A Search the Collections|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19615|access-date=2020-11-20|website=V and A Collections|language=en}}</ref> the [[Fitzwilliam Museum]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214014|title=Vessel (accession number C.4-2017)|work=Collections: Objects and Artworks|publisher=Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2020-11-20}}</ref> and the [[British Council]], London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/radstone-sara-1955|title=Sara Radstone (1955 – )|publisher=[[British Council]]|accessdate=2020-11-20}}</ref>
+Radstone trained at [[Hereford College of Arts|Herefordshire College of Arts]] and later at the [[Camberwell College of Arts]],<ref name="as" /> from where she graduated in 1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=More Than Words: A New Exhibition of Work by Sara Radstone – by Hannah Savage, York Art Gallery Team Leader |url=https://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/blog/more-than-words-by-hannah-savage-york-art-gallery/ |access-date=2020-11-30 |website=www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk}}</ref> as part of a cohort that included [[Angus Suttie]] and Henry Pim. Her work is included in numerous public collections both in the UK and overseas, including four works in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=Nushu {{!}} Radstone, Sara {{!}} V&A Search the Collections|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1241499|access-date=2020-11-20|website=V and A Collections|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=Vase {{!}} Radstone, Sara {{!}} V&A Search the Collections|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19614|access-date=2020-11-20|website=V and A Collections|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=Vessel {{!}} Radstone, Sara {{!}} V&A Search the Collections|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19615|access-date=2020-11-20|website=V and A Collections|language=en}}</ref> the [[Fitzwilliam Museum]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/214014|title=Vessel (accession number C.4-2017)|work=Collections: Objects and Artworks|publisher=Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2020-11-20}}</ref> the [[British Council]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/radstone-sara-1955|title=Sara Radstone (1955 – )|publisher=[[British Council]]|accessdate=2020-11-20}}</ref>
+the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan and [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Untitled, Sara Radstone (England, born 1955){{!}} LACMA Collections|url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/176568|access-date=2020-11-24|website=collections.lacma.org}}</ref>
 She lives and works in South East London.
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 ==Career==
 ===Work===
+In 1979 Radstone established her first studio at 401½ Workshops in South London,<ref>Yates-Owen, Eric; Fournier, Robert. ''British Studio Potters' Marks''. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. {{isbn|978-1-4081-9036-4}}</ref> receiving a grant from the Crafts Council, followed by an award from the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Trust, who also supported the establishment of Arlingford Studios in [[Brixton]], [[South London]] in 1985. She also received awards from Greater London Arts, the Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust and won the Unilever Prize in 1988. In 1993 she was a recipient of the inaugural Arts Foundation Fellowship. Radstone was a contributor to the conference, ''Culture and the Unconscious'' at SOAS, London, and she was a participant at the [[St George's House (Windsor Castle)|St. George's House, Windsor Castle]], consultation, ''The Value of Culture and the Crisis of Judgement''. In 2020 she delivered the annual Henry Hammond Memorial Lecture.<ref name="CSC"/>
-[[File:'Untold' (detail) 2017.jpg|thumb|'Untold' 2017. An installation of 27 elements; paper clay and mixed media.]]
-In 1979 Radstone established her first studio at 401½ Workshops in South London,<ref>Yates-Owen, Eric; Fournier, Robert. ''British Studio Potters' Marks''. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. {{isbn|978-1-4081-9036-4}}</ref> receiving a grant from the Crafts Council, followed by an award from the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Trust. Later awards include from Greater London Arts, the Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust, the Unilever Prize and, in 1993, the inaugural Arts Foundation Fellowship. Radstone was a contributor to the conference, ''Culture and the Unconscious'' at SOAS, London, and she was a participant at the St. George's House, Windsor Castle, consultation, ''The Value of Culture and the Crisis of Judgement''. In 2020 she delivered the annual Henry Hammond Memorial Lecture.<ref name="CSC"/>
 ===Exhibitions===
-Radstone has exhibited nationally and internationally over 40 years. As well as regular solo exhibitions at Marsden Woo Gallery in London, she has had solo exhibitions at a variety of galleries and museums.<ref name="YAG" /><ref>"[https://marsdenwoo.com/sara-radstone Sara Radstone]". Marsden Woo Gallery. Retrieved 20 November 2020</ref>
+Radstone has exhibited internationally for over 40 years. In addition to regular solo exhibitions at Marsden Woo Gallery in London, she has had solo exhibitions at a variety of galleries and museums,<ref name="YAG">{{cite web |title=Sara Radstone |url=https://marsdenwoo.com/sara-radstone |website=Marsden Woo Gallery |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref> and participated in group shows in Europe, the US and Japan.
-<!--Anatol Orient and Galerie Besson, London, and at Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham; Edinburgh College of Art; Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery; [[An Lanntair]], Stornoway and Osiris Gallery, Brussels. Numerous group shows at UK and international venues include Keramikmuseet Grimmerhus, Denmark; Galerie Binnen, Amsterdam; Pro Art, St Louis, Missouri; Galerie Marianne Heller, Sandhausen; Galerie L and Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; Bellas Artes, Santa Fe and New York City; Art Space Niji, Tokyo; [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]; [[Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts]], University of East Anglia; Crafts Council Gallery, London; [[Barbican Arts Centre]], London; MOMA Oxford; Contemporary Applied Arts, London.-->
-A major retrospective exhibition of her career, titled ''More than Words'',  was held in 2017-18 at the [[York Art Gallery]]'s Centre of Ceramic Art.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://museumcrush.org/more-than-words-mining-the-depths-of-the-interior-clay-void-with-ceramicist-sara-radstone/|title=More than Words: Mining the depths of the interior clay void with Sara Radstone|author=Richard Moss|date=11 January 2018|work=Museum Crush|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="More than words">{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Charles |title=Why ceramics mean more than words to artist Sara Radstone in York Art Gallery retrospective |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15809697.ceramics-mean-words-artist-sara-radstone-york-art-gallery-retrospective/ |accessdate=18 November 2020 |work=[[York Press]] |date=5 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="YorkMix see">{{cite news |last1=Tophill |first1=Charlie |title=The art to see in York this month – January 2018 |url=https://www.yorkmix.com/art-see-york-month-january-2018/ |accessdate=18 November 2020 |work=York Mix |date=11 January 2018}}</ref> In 2019 she was a joint organiser of ''Unearthed'', a three person exhibition at the House Mill, Three Mills Island, London.<ref name="CR">"[https://www.ceramicreview.com/events/unearthed/ Unearthed]". ''Ceramic Review'',  Issue 306, November/December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020</ref>
+A major retrospective exhibition of her career, titled ''More than Words'',  was held in 2017–18 at the [[York Art Gallery]]'s Centre of Ceramic Art.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://museumcrush.org/more-than-words-mining-the-depths-of-the-interior-clay-void-with-ceramicist-sara-radstone/|title=More than Words: Mining the depths of the interior clay void with Sara Radstone|author=Richard Moss|date=11 January 2018|work=Museum Crush|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="More than words">{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Charles |title=Why ceramics mean more than words to artist Sara Radstone in York Art Gallery retrospective |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15809697.ceramics-mean-words-artist-sara-radstone-york-art-gallery-retrospective/ |accessdate=18 November 2020 |work=[[York Press]] |date=5 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="YorkMix see">{{cite news |last1=Tophill |first1=Charlie |title=The art to see in York this month – January 2018 |url=https://www.yorkmix.com/art-see-york-month-january-2018/ |accessdate=18 November 2020 |work=York Mix |date=11 January 2018}}</ref> In 2019 she was a joint organiser of ''Unearthed'', a three-person exhibition at the House Mill, Three Mills Island, London.<ref name="CR">"[https://www.ceramicreview.com/events/unearthed/ Unearthed]". ''Ceramic Review'',  Issue 306, November/December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020</ref>
 ===Teaching===
-Radstone has taught and lectured throughout her career, both in the UK and abroad.<ref name="YAG" /> These positions have included at [[Camberwell College of Art]], University of the Arts, London; University for the Creative Arts, Farnham; [[Wimbledon School of Art]], London; [[Portsmouth Polytechnic]]. Since 1994 Radstone has taught on the Ceramics Diploma Course at the City Lit in London.<ref name="CSC">{{cite web|url=https://www.csc.uca.ac.uk/programme/2020/3/11/henry-hammond-lecture-2020-sara-radstone|title=Current Programme Harry Hammond Lecture 2020: Sara Radstone|website=Crafts Study Centre|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>
+Radstone has taught and lectured throughout her career, both in the UK and abroad. She has held positions at [[Camberwell College of Art]], University of the Arts, London; [[University for the Creative Arts]], Farnham; [[Wimbledon School of Art]], London; [[Portsmouth Polytechnic]] and The University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} Since 1994 Radstone has taught on the Ceramics Diploma Course at the City Lit in London. Institutions where she has been a visiting lecturer include New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, as well as a  number of other colleges in North America; also at universities in South Korea and Ireland.<ref name="CSC">{{cite web|url=https://www.csc.uca.ac.uk/programme/2020/3/11/henry-hammond-lecture-2020-sara-radstone|title=Current Programme Henry Hammond Lecture 2020: Sara Radstone|website=Crafts Study Centre|date=11 March 2020 |accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=November 2020}}
 ==Writing==
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 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-==Bibliography==
-*''Leaves of Clay'', ''Ceramic Review'', Jan/Feb 2015;
-*Review, ''Ceramic Review'', March/April 2005;
-*Review, ''Ceramics in Society'', Summer 2002;
-*Review, ''Crafts'', May/June 2002 (page 51);
-*Review, ''Ceramic Review'', May/June 2002 (page 59);
-*Review, ''Crafts'', May/June 1999 (page 61);
-*Profile and review, ''Studio Pottery'', August/September 1997;
-*''Pandora's Box'' (catalogue), Crafts Council 1995;
-*''The Raw and the Cooked'' (catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, Oxford 1993;
-*'Acquisitive Artists', ''Arts Review'', December/January 1993;
-*Review, ''Arts Review'', February 1990;
-*Review by Tanya Harrod, ''Crafts'', May/June 1990 (page 53);
-*Article, ''Monthly Crafts'' (Korea), October 1990;
-*Review by Jane Hamlyn, ''Crafts'', March/April 1989;
-*Review by Graham Hughes, ''Arts Review'', February 1988;
-*Review by Alison Britton, ''Crafts'', May/June 1988 (page 49);
-*'Radstone Wins at Portobello', ''Crafts'', July/August 1988 (page 8);
-*Review by Emmanuel Cooper, ''Crafts'', January/February 1987;
-*Profile by Angus Suttie, ''Ceramic Review'', July/August 1986 (page 22);
-*Review by Alison Britton, ''Crafts'', September/October 1986;
-*'British Ceramics in Czechoslovakia', Milena Lamarova, ''American Craft'', February/March 1985;
-*Review, ''Ceramics Monthly'' (USA), January 1984;
-*Profile by Richard Deacon, ''Crafts'', May/June 1983 (page 26);
-*Review by Griselda Gilroy, ''Crafts'', July/August 1981.
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+[[Category:20th-century British ceramists]]
 [[Category:21st-century ceramists]]
-[[Category:British ceramists]]
+[[Category:British women ceramicists]]
-[[Category:British women ceramists]]
+[[Category:Academics of Wimbledon College of Arts]]
+[[Category:Academics of Camberwell College of Arts]]