UPDATED FEBRUARY 2011
Born
1950, York
Education
Ceramics, Harrow College of Art
Tutors
Michael Casson, Walter Keeler
WORK HISTORY
1974-1979 Production of contemporary silver jewellery
1982 Established Shire Pottery in Tynedale, Northumberland
1982-1998 Produced ¼ million hand-thrown garden pots for home and export market
1998 Developed new production of studio porcelain
1999 Moved to Alnwick, Northumberland
Oct 1999 Opened Shire Pottery Gallery & Studios (contemporary art & studio porcelain)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & REPRESENTATION
1976 Loot, Goldsmiths' Hall - silver snuff boxes
1997 British Embassy Tokyo - garden ceramics
1998 Queen's Hall, Hexham - porcelain launch exhibition
1999 Shire Pottery Gallery & Studios opened by Duchess of Northumberland
Leith Gallery Edinburgh (solo, with painter)
Potfest, Perth & Penrith
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
Candover Gallery, Alresford, Winchester
Katie Jones Gallery, Westbourne Grove, London
Timney Fowley, Kings Road, Chelsea
2000 Gateshead Central Library Gallery (solo, with painter)
Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (solo, with painter)
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh (solo with painter)
Liberty’s, London
Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
Desmoulin, Newbury, Berkshire
Gossipgate Gaslight Gallery, Alson, Cumbria
Potfest Perth & Penrith
2001 Pyramid Gallery, York
Courtyard Gallery, Crail
Northern Arts (display)
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh (solo with painter)
Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
Wynd Gallery, Melrose
Laburnum Ceramics, Penrith
"Christmas Present", The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2002 South Street Gallery, St Andrews
ArtParkS, Sausmarez Manor, Guernsey
Pyramid Gallery, York
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Wynd Gallery, Melrose
Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
2003 "Sky After Rain" Oriental Museum, Durham (solo)
Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
South Street Gallery, St Andrews
"Baker’s Dozen", Roundhouse Gallery, Foston, Derbyshire
2004 "Ivar Mackay Porcelain", Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow (solo)
Gateshead Central Library Gallery (non-selling solo display, with painter)
Arts Council England North East, Newcastle upon Tyne (non selling solo display)
"Christmas Present", the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
2005 Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (international debut solo exhibition, March 2005)
International Ceramics Fair & Seminar, London (with Adrian Sassoon)
The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh (solo, with painter, May 2005)
Adrian Sassoon Gallery, London
Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
Red Barn Gallery, Melkinthorpe, Cumbria
2006 ‘Ivar Mackay Porcelain’ The Scottish Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh (solo)
‘Interior Spaces’, Thomas Goode, Mayfair, London, (with The Scottish Gallery)
‘Evolve’, Designed & Made showcase exhibition, Blackfriars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Christmas Exhibition, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
2007 ‘CPA at 50’ exhibition, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester
‘Vessels for Spring’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Art at Mellerstain, Mellerstain House, Gordon, Berwickshire (with The Scottish Gallery)
Launch exhibition, Number52 The Gallery, Lichfield
Castlegatehouse Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
2007 Moved to France and commenced construction of new studio
2010 Inauguration, Adolf Egner Collection, Museo Nacional de Cerámica Gonzalez Marti, Valencia
'In View of the Pyrenees' 06-30 October 2010, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museo Nacional de Cerámica 'González Marti', The Adolf Egner Collection, Valencia, Spain
American Museum of Ceramic Art, (William Burke bequest), Pomona, California
St Catharine's College, Cambridge, (Louis Levi Bequest)
AWARDS
1998 Business Link Northumberland, support for export promotion material
1999 Northern Arts (CBV Grant) for Alnwick Gallery & Studios project
Heritage Lottery Fund Grant for Alnwick Gallery & Studios project
One NorthEast Grant for Alnwick gallery & Studios project
2001 Alnwick Civic Society Special Conservation Award - Gallery Project 2001
2002 Arts Council England North East Award for exhibition catalogue and events
2003 Arts Council England North East Award for "Sky After Rain" exhibition catalogue
2004 Arts Council England North East Award for Japan research trip
Arts Council England North East Award for pottery equipment
2005 Arts Council England North East Award for Japan exhibition and travel
Elected to Crafts Council Photostore Selected Makers
Elected Professional Member of the Craft Potters Association
MEMBERSHIP
2007 Axis
Crafts Council Photostore Selected Makers
Craft Potters Association (Professional Membership)
Studiopottery.co.uk
PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES
2003 Sky After Rain - Studio Porcelain by Ivar Mackay", Matthew Blackman, A-N for Artists July 03
All Fired Up, Jane Pikett, Exclusive Magazine Jul/Aug 03
"Ivar Mackay: Sky After Rain", Julia Palmer, Ceramic Review Sept/Oct 03
"Ivar Mackay" Upfront Review, Ceramics Monthly Dec 03
"Ivar Mackay Profile", Chitose Uchida, E-yakimono.net
2004 "International Exhibition for Alnwick Potter", Angie Boyer, The Craftsman, July 04
2005 "Ivar Mackay" Upfront Review, Ceramics Monthly, May 2005
British Studio Potters Marks (second edition, published 2005)
Living North Fine Art Guide 2005, Arts Council England Own Art feature advertisement
2006 Pick of the Shows, Listings, Ceramic Review March/April 2006
News & Events, editorial & image, Craftsman Magazine, April 2006
"Ivar Mackay Shines at the Scottish Gallery", The Craftsman, July 06
Living North Magazine, Arts Council England Own Art feature advertisement
2007 CPA at 50, Collectors Commemorative Catalogue