Loretta Braganza
Loretta Braganza was born in Mumbai, India and came to the UK in 1965. She began her practice as a ceramicist in 1990 via a career in dance, graphic arts, textile design and sculpture.
Her distinctive style comprising taut edges, clean lines and complex mark making swiftly earned her exhibitions and commissions as well as awards from the Crafts Council and the Arts Council. Her work is represented in a number of public, corporate and private collections. She lives and practices in York, England.
My CV
Training
1987-1990 York College (Structured Course, Sculpture & Ceramics) having previously studied at:
St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai (BA Hons)
Sir J J School of Art, Mumbai (Dip. Applied Art)
Taught Drawing & Painting at York College
Awards
2015 Arts Council England – Grant for solo exhibition
2005 Arts Council England – Bursary for YSP exh
2004 Cove Park Residency 2 weeks, Scotland
2002 Yorkshire Arts Research and Development Award
1995 and 1998 Yorkshire and Humberside Individual Craft Award
1991 Setting Up Grant, Crafts Council
1990 Merit, Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award
Membership
2001 Crafts Council, Index of Selected Makers
1990 CPA, Fellow
Public Collections
York Art Gallery
Duke of Devonshire’s collection for Chatsworth House
Ilkley Art Gallery
Oldham Art Gallery
Transcultural Gallery, Bradford
Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Corporate Commissions
BUPA
Baker & McKenzie
Aviva
Coopers & Lybrand
Wool Secretariat
Exhibitions Solo
2015 ‘Clay Journeys’, Bedes World & Studio Eleven, Hull (catalogue tour)
2010 Millennium Gallery , Sheffield
2005 Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1999 Ruskin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1997 Contemporary Ceramics, London
1996 Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
1995 Canterbury Gallery, Canterbury
1994 Gallerie L, Hamburg,
1993 Art Gallerie, Hanover
1992 Craft Centre, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Exhibitions Group
2024 Sunny Bank Mills Gallery
2023 York Ceramics Fair
2022 Sunny Bank Mills Gallery
2019 Pyramid Gallery, York
2018 Ceramic Art, York
2018 Leeds Craft Gallery
2017 Yorkshire Pots & People, Lotherton Hall
2015 Ceramic Art, York
2013 ‘Ceramics Now ’, Bluecoat Art Gallery, Liverpool
2012 Ilkley Art Gallery
2012 ‘Northern Lights’ , Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds
2011 Fragile Stories, London
2011 Ceramic Art, London
2011 Driven to Abstraction, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester
2008 ‘Transitions’ – Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton (catalogue tour)
2007 CPA at 50, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester
2007 ‘Collect’, Corman Arts, London
2006 ‘Collect’, V&A, London
2003 Beside the seaside, Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton
2002 Quatre Femmes, Carlin Gallery, Paris
2000 Indian Summer, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
1999 Ceramicists of Fame & Promise, Beaux Arts, Bath
1998 Sizzle, Ruskin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1996 Living At Belsay, Belsay Hall, Northumberland
1995 Out of this world, Crafts Council, London, (catalogue tour)
1993 Made in York, York City Art Gallery, York
1991 New Members’ Show, Contemporary Ceramics, London
1991 North of Watford Gap, CPA touring exhibition
1990 Diverse Cultures, Crafts Council, London, (catalogue tour)