Janet DeBoos
Ceramics
janet.deboos@anu.edu.au
Location: Ceramics Workshop
After completing a science degree, Janet DeBoos studied ceramics at East Sydney (National Art School) in 1970/71. She has taught at and been in charge of ceramics at various colleges in Sydney (St George and Randwick TAFEs) and was Head Teacher at East Sydney when she retired from fulltime teaching in 1980 to run a production pottery for almost 20 years.
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Full Biography
After completing a science degree, Janet DeBoos studied ceramics at East Sydney (National Art School) in 1970/71. She has taught at and been in charge of ceramics at various colleges in Sydney (St George and Randwick TAFEs) and was Head Teacher at East Sydney when she retired from fulltime teaching in 1980 to run a production pottery for almost 20 years.
She has written (or co-authored) three books on glazes (Glazes for Australian Potters, More Glazes for Australian Potters and Handbook for Australian Potters), been invited speaker at national and international conferences, and conducted workshops or demonstrations in most states of Australia, the USA and China.
She is an editorial consultant on Ceramics Technical and Ceramics-Art & Perception, and a regular contributor to these and other journals. She received Australian Research Council Grants for 1996, 1997 and 1998 to examine the stability of barium glazes.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Scratching the Surface Narek Galleries Tanja NSW Australia
2008 Entropy and other considerations Skepsi on Swanston Gallery Melbourne VIC Australia
2006 Sublime Narek Galleries Tanja NSW Australia
1996 Living Dangerously ANU SOA Foyer Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
1994 Memories of the Domestic Life Ceramic Art Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
1991 A Change of Scenery Narek Galleries Tharwa NSW Australia
1985 Janet DeBoos QLD Potters’ Association Gallery Brisbane QLD Australia
1980 Recent Work The Potters’ Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
Group Exhibitions
2010 In Good Company (Fuping +3 ) Masterworks Gallery Auckland NZ
Teawares: Dreams of Arcadia Jam Factory Adelaide SA Australia
Funktional Leach Pottery St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
Korero (Ceramics in conversation) Yingge Ceramics Museum Taiwan
Winter: ‘time of water’ Sabbia Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
Convergence Philadelphia Art Alliance Philadelphia USA
Daily Delights Narek Galleries Tanja NSW Australia
Chinese Year of the Tiger Teapot Exhibition Shanghai PRC
Tutors Exhibition Bribie Island Arts Centre
2009 Invited Resident Exhibition Watershed Centre for Ceramic Arts Maine USA
Huaguang Symposium Shandong Ceramic Industry Expo Zibo PRC
Trans-Pot Nanjing Fine Arts Academy Nanjing, PRC
On the Table 2 Planet Furniture Sydney NSW Australia
Conversations Sabbia Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
Chinese Year of the Ox Teapot Exhibition Shanghai PRC
Maestro’s: Australian Studio Sabbia Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
The World of Small Things Craft Victoria Melbourne VIC Australia
Country Show ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
Fuping – In good company Skepsi on Swanston Gallery Melbourne VIC Australia
Delicate Touch III Narek Galleries Tanja NSW Australia
2008 Narratives: Masters Sabbia Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
26th Gold Coast Int’l Ceramic Award Gold Coast Arts Centre Gold Coast QLD Australia
Int’l Mouse/Rat Teapot Exhibition Zhujiajiao Exhibition Centre Shanghai, China
2007 Studio Pieces Craft ACT Canberra ACT Australia
Freestyle Object Gallery & Sydney NSW Australia
National Art School Sydney NSW Australia
The World Exhibition: Lucky Teapot 327 North Main Street Zhujiajiao, Qingpu District, China
Scottsdale ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
2006 CAPO: Art Auction National Portrait Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
Japan Links ANU Drill Hall Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
Teabowls Sabbia Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
2005 Impact Watling Galleries Brisbane QLD Australia
Table Manners Crafts Council Gallery London UK
De/sign/ed ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
On The Table Planet Furniture Sydney NSW Australia
Prevision Narek Galleries Tanja NSW Australia
2004 collect Victoria and Albert Museum London UK
Vessel: Diverse Quadrivium Sydney NSW Australia
Celebrating the Master Part I Skepsi on Swanston Gallery Melbourne VIC Australia
Sidney Myer Fund Shepparton Art Gallery Shepparton VIC Australia
First Taiwan Ceramics Biennale Yingge Ceramics Museum Taipei, Taiwan
2003 Imperial Porcelain 4317 Skepsi on Swanston Gallery Melbourne VIC Australia
Collaborations: Artists & Musicians ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
Fuping – In Good Company Skepsi on Swanston Gallery Melbourne VIC Australia
2002 Factor of Ten ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
21st Int’l Ceramic Art Award Gold Coast City Art Gallery Gold Coast QLD Australia
Satisfaction Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Lake Macquarie NSW Australia (National touring exhibition)
IAC 50th Anniversary conference Benaki Museum Athens Greece
6th Int’l Ceramics Competition Exhibition Hall, Ceramics Park Mino Japan
Hands On Object Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
Trademarks Craft ACT Canberra ACT Australia
Ritual of Tea Jam Factory Adelaide SA Australia
Material Culture National Gallery of Australia Canberra ACT Australia
2001 Craft for Christmas Craft ACT Canberra ACT Australia
SOFA Chicago Navy Pier Chicago USA
CSA Showcase: Jubilee ANU Drill Hall Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
Composite of Opposites ANU Drill Hall Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
Cowra Festival Art Awards Cowra Art Gallery Cowra NSW Australia
2000 Minimal Fusions Gallery Brisbane QLD Australia
Toowoomba Biennial Award Toowoomba Regional Gallery Toowoomba QLD Australia
Strength to Strength Craft ACT Canberra ACT Australia
Group Show Sturt Gallery Mittagong NSW Australia
Janet DeBoos & Patsy Hely The Ceramic Art Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
Ceramics – the Australian Context Campbelltown City Art Gallery Campbelltown NSW Australia
1999 Rice Bowls Jam Factory Adelaide SA Australia
City of Hobart Art Prize Carnegie Hall Hobart TAS Australia
diVerSe The West Australian SOA & Design Perth WA Australia
Taking Tea The Old Bakery on 8th Gallery Perth WA Australia
Eizan Line ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
White The Ceramic Art Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
Salad Days The Ceramic Art Gallery Sydney NSW Australia
1998 Sidney Myer Fund Shepparton Art Gallery Shepparton VIC Australia
1997 Purple Sands JBK (gallery) Amsterdam, Holland
Teawares Distelfink Gallery Armadale VIC Australia
Images of Sustainability Watt Space Newcastle University, NSW
1996 Connected ANCA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
SOA Ceramics - Staff exhibition Pastoral Gallery Quenbeyan NSW Australia
15th Int’l Gold Coast Ceramic Awards Gold Coast Arts Centre Gold Coast QLD Australia
Sentinel Manly Art Gallery & Museum Sydney NSW Australia
The Bowled and the Beautiful ‘96 The Moore Building Fremantle WA Australia
Townsville Ceramic Competition Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville QLD Australia
ANU SOA Staff Exhibition ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
22nd Alice Craft Acquisition The Araluen Centre Alice Springs NT Australia
1995 15th International Ceramic Art Award Gold Coast Arts Centre Gold Coast QLD Australia
1994 The Bowled and the Beautiful THE DOOR Exhibition Space Fremantle WA Australia
1993 Cloudbusting ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
A Touch of Tanja Bega Valley Shire Art Gallery Bega NSW Australia
1992 National Craft Acquisition exhibition NT Museum of Arts and Sciences Darwin NT Australia
1991 Thirteen Artists in Three Dimensions ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
Teapots The Potter’s Gallery Brisbane QLD Australia
1990 Commonwealth Bank Ceramic award ANU SOA Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
1986 First National Ceramic Award The Canberra School of Art Gallery Canberra ACT Australia
1985 Ceramics: Eat, Drink and Be Merry Gryphon Gallery Melbourne VIC Australia
1984 Different Approaches
Qualifications
1974-75 Fine Arts and Italian, Sydney University
1971-72 Diploma in Education, Mitchell College of Advanced Education, Bathurst
1970-71 Ceramic Certificate, East Sydney Technical College (National Art School)
1966-69 B.Sc Sydney University
Grants and Awards
2010 College of Arts & Social Sciences Distinguished Visitor Grant for Anton Reijnders/Netty van den Heuvel
2009 National Association for the Visual Arts Professional Devt. Grant
2006 Canberra Critics Circle Award for Visual Arts, Canberra ACT Australia
2001 ANU Flexible Learning Scholarship
1999 UMAP (University Mobility Asia Pacific) Travel / research to Korea
1998 Ian Potter Foundation Award, Travel to East-West Symposium, Hawai’i
UMAP (University Mobility Asia Pacific) Travel / research to Japan
1997 Small ARC Grant, ANU, Barium Glaze Stability Project – Part II (2 yrs)
1996 ACT Department of Cultural Affairs Travel Grant – China Symposium
Alice Craft Acquisition Award, Highly Commended
Acquisition Award, Gold Coast International Ceramic Award
1995 ARC Grant, ANU, Barium Glaze Stability Project – Part 1
1994 Northern Territory Craft Acquisition Award
1993 Australia Council – Project Grant
Design
2003- present
Honorary designer at Huaguang Bone China
2009 organised factory symposium for nine artists, Huaguang bone china factory,
Zibo, Shandong Province, PRC
2007 Huaguang bone china factory, Zibo, Shandong Province, PRC
limited edition collaborative work with decoration by Prof. Zhang Shouzhi
2006 pourers designed for manufacture by Songfa ceramics Chaozhou
2003 Huaguang bone china factory, Zibo, Shandong Province, PRC
invitation to design for production of porcelain domestic wares
2002 PaolaC Ceramics / Aldo Cibic Design, Milan - www.paolac.com
invitation to design for production of porcelain domestic wares
Education outreach activity
Current Head of Ceramics at the Australian National University School of Art in Canberra
2008-present Ernabella Indigenous Arts Centre/ Remote Communities projects
1999 Founded the first international university undergraduate award course in ceramics run in distance mode at the ANU in Canberra.
1979 – 1980 Head of Ceramics at East Sydney College (now the National Art School, Sydney)
before retiring from teaching to manage her own production pottery Brindabella Pottery for over twenty years in partnership with her husband.
1983-1987 Ran summer residential courses at Brindabella Pottery
1973 – 1975 Ran the first wood fire residential schools in Australia at Mudgee (near Gulgong).
Judging
2008 Ignition: Awards for Excellence Suncoast Clayworkers
(earlier judging events to be updated- including Gold Coast, New Zealand, South Africa)
Other
2011 advisor and discussant for Cheonggju International Craft Biennale
Professional memberships/boards etc
International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva (IAC)
Craft ACT (Professional Accredited Member)
National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts
National Tertiary Education Union
ACT Colleges Art Accreditation advisory panel (2002-2010)
National Institute of the Arts Academic Board (1996-1998)
National Institute of the Arts Academic Committee (1994-1998)
National Institute of the Arts Professional Experience Committee Member(1996)
ANU School of Art Committee (1999-present)
ANU School of Art OH&S Committee (2008-2011)
Publications
Self-authored Publications
Books - 1989 More Glazes for Australian Potters, Janet DeBoos co-authored (Australia)
1984 Handbook for Australian Potters Janet DeBoos (Australia) reprint 1989
1978 Glazes for Australian Potters, Janet DeBoos co-authored (Australia) reprint 1981,1983
Research Papers - 2011 Microbes and Metaphors Conference Papers
A Hand in Beauty
1999 British Ceramic Transactions Journal
Living Dangerously: barium glaze research project
Selected Articles - 2010 Journal of Australian Ceramics-
Beyond Teaching
2009 Craft Arts International-
Janet Fieldhouse
Artlink vol29 #2 (After the Missionaries)
China Welcomes Australian Ceramics
2008 The Journal of Australian Ceramics
The Changing Face of Ceramics Education – ‘the state of clay’
2008 New Ceramics magazine
Janet Fieldhouse (profile)
2007 Ceramic Review
Industry, Design and Studio Ceramics
2007 Craft Arts International magazine
Janet Mansfield (profile)
2005 The Journal of Australian Ceramics
using clay/coming home - Recent work by Janet Fieldhouse
2005 The Journal of Australian Ceramics
Handmade? Designed? what does it mean?
2005 Object magazine
Whiter than White: A marriage of materials and desire
1998 Ceramics Technical magazine
Craft Skills and a Way of Learning
1998 Ceramics Technical magazine
A Really Virtual Cup
1997 Ceramics Review magazine
Memories of the Domestic Life
Other selected Publications (represented)
Books - 2011 The Pot Book, Edmund de Waal (UK)
2009 Contemporary Ceramics, Emmanuel Cooper (UK)
2008 Masters – Porcelain: Major Works by Leading Ceramists, Richard Burkett (USA)
2006 Freestyle, Grace Cochrane (Australia)
2005 Collectors Guide to Australian and New Zealand Ceramics, Janet Mansfield (Australia)
2003 Porcelain, Peter Lane (UK)
2002 Porcelain, Jack Doherty (UK)
1998 Ceramic Design, Peter Lane (UK)
1995 Australian and New Zealand Ceramics, (Australia)
1980 Ceramics, Glen C. Nelson (USA)
Articles - 2009 Vogue Living Australia magazine
All in Hand, Helen Redmond
Artichoke magazine
Janet DeBoos profile
2008 Ceramics, Art and Perception magazine
Janet DeBoos, Ceramics: Entropy and Other Considerations
Christopher Sanders
2008 Keramiek magazine
Zo Chinees al seen Theepot
Tineke Van Gils
2002 Craft Arts International magazine
Material Culture: aspects of contemporary Australian craft and design
Robert Bell (review)
2002 Object magazine
Material Culture: aspects of contemporary Australian craft and design
Meredith Hinchliffe (review)
2002 The Canberra Times
Decorative arts earn a place in the sun at gallery
Helen Musa (review)
2001 ANU Reporter
Opposites to attract at Drill Hall
2000 The Sydney Morning Herald: Domain
Local Heroes: Contemporary Australian artefacts make the best souvenirs
Melissa Penfold
1996 The Daily Mercury newspaper
Potters win praise from NSW judge
1985 Pottery in Australia
Janet DeBoos
Jeff Shaw (review)
Related activity: On editorial advisory committee for Ceramics, Art and Perception magazine since inception.
Collections
Australian National University Collection, Canberra Australia
Ballarat Regional Gallery, Ballarat VIC Australia
Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst NSW Australia
Benaki Museum, Athens Greece
Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT, Australia
Capricornia Potters’ Collection, Gladstone QLD Australia
Ceramic Arts Magazine Collection, Taipei, Taiwan
Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD Australia
HAP Pottery collection, Beijing, PRC.
Manly Museum and Art Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
National Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Alice Springs, Australia
Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW Australia
Queensland Potters’ Association, Brisbane, QLD Australia
Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei
Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD Australia
University of Western Sydney Collection, Sydney NSW Australia
Zibo Ceramic Museum, Zibo, Shandong, PRC
