Michael Rice
009 Widcombe House 1, Motor City, Dubai UAE
Telephone
00971 55506 7373
web
http://mceramics.com
https://www.instagram.com/michaelriceceramics/
http://www.studiopottery.co.uk/profile/Michael/Rice
mr_ceramics@hotmail.com
mrice@aud.edu
nationality
Dual citizenship, Irish/British
employment history
Sept 2018 – Present, Chair of the VC Dept/Associate Professor of Studio Art
Aug 2014 – Sept 2018, Associate Professor of Studio Art/Sculpture, AUD
Sept 2013 – Aug 2014, Art Teacher, Repton School Dubai
Sep 2010 – Jan 2013, Sculpture/Ceramics Tutor, DUCTAC
Sept 2010 – June 2013, Art Teacher, Greenfield Community School Dubai
Sept 2003 – June 2010: Part Time lecturer, East Down Institute, Co. Down
Aug 2003 – June 2010: Part Time lecturer, Down Community Arts, Downpatrick
Sept 2003 – June 2010: Part Time lecturer, Down Arts Centre
Nov 2001 -- June 2010: Self employed Studio Potter/Artist, Newcastle Co. Down
Dec2006 – Sept 2008: Artist in Residence, Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Oct 2006 - Dec 2006: Residency in National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan
Aug 2004 – Sept 2006: Part Time lecturer, Newry Institute, Co. Down
Jan 2000 -- June 2001: Studio Assistant, Charter Studio London
Jan 1999 – Dec 1999: Studio Assistant, Bush Wa Zee Ceramics Sydney
July 1997 -- Oct 1998: Working in several studios in Hong Kong
education
University of Ulster at Belfast - Sept 2009 - Jan 2010
University of Ulster at Coleraine – Sept 2008 – May 2009
University of Ulster at Belfast - Sept 2001 - June 2003
University of Ulster at Belfast - Sept 1994 - June 1997
Belfast institute - Sept 1993 - June 1994
qualifications
MA Multidisciplinary Design
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Arts
BA Hons Fine Craft Design (Ceramics) 2:1
Certificate in Foundation Studies in Art and Design
ib
IB Diploma Visual Arts level 2, Dubai April 2014
IB MYP Visual Arts level 1, Berlin March 2013
IB Diploma Visual Art level 1, Dubai 2011
IB PYP Level 1, Dubai 2010
selected exhibitions
Tom Caldwell Gallery Belfast, Summer Show 2004
Tom Caldwell Gallery Belfast, Summer Show 2005
The Market Place Arts Centre Armagh Aug – Sept 2005
The Down Arts Centre Downpatrick Nov 2006 – Jan 2006
Triennial Ceramic Show Karachi Pakistan Nov 2006
NCA Gallery Lahore Pakistan Dec 2006
Ejaz Gallery Lahore Pakistan March 2007
Spacecraft Gallery ‘Making It’ show Oct 2007
NCA Gallery Lahore Pakistan March 2008
The Down Arts Centre Downpatrick Sept – Nov 2008
Spacecraft gallery ‘Making It’ show Oct 2008
Tom Caldwell Gallery Belfast, Summer Show 2009
James Wray Gallery Belfast, Important Irish Paintings and Sculpture Nov 2009
MA Show University of Ulster, Belfast Jan 2010
Craft NI Gallery Belfast, March/April 2010
Spacecraft Gallery Belfast, May 2010
Dubai International Art Centre, Jan 2011
Art Dubai, Design Days, Sikka - Dubai March 2012
AUD, Earth Transformed, Dubai Feb 2014
DIAC, New forms, Dubai, April 2014
Pullman Hotel, Dubai Artist in Residence May/June 2014
Jamjar Gallery, Dubai Sept 2014
Bait Muzna Gallery Muscat, Oman, Dec/Jan 2015
Design Days Dubai, Wasl Group Show 2016
Taiwan Ceramic Biennale, Taipei July to Jan 2016/7
Silica - Alserkal Ave Dubai November 2016
Design Days Dubai Exhibitor, March 2017
Abu Dhabi Festival, Umm al Emarat Park, 2017
Abwab, Dubai Design Week Nov 2017
DRAK, Dubai Design Week @ Molecule in D3 Nov 2017
AUD, Smoke and Dirt, Dubai Design Week Nov 2017
St’ART 18, Sculpture Network, Uni of Sharjah, Jan 2018
“Geo” Solo show in 1971 Design Space in Sharjah, Feb – Aug 2019
Korean International Ceramic Biennale, September 2019
international residency
NCA Lahore Pakistan, Sept- Dec 2006
Down Arts Centre Downpatrick Ireland, Dec 2006 – Sept 2008
Pullman Hotel Dubai, May 2014
University of Colombo, Colombo Sri Lanka, June 2014
Gaya Ceramic Art Centre Bali, Indonesia July & Aug 2017
press
Featured in House and Home Magazine June 2004
Featured in the Irish Arts Review Magazine 25thAnniversary Edition August 2005
Major Feature in Ceramic Review Magazine February 2005
Interviewed on the Radio Ulster Arts Extra Programme March 2005
Major feature in Belfast Telegraph March 2005
Ceramic Review Gallery March 2007
Guest Speaker Triennial Ceramic Show Karachi Pakistan Nov 2006
Interviewed on the Radio Ulster Arts Saturday show Oct 2007
Ceramic Review Feature May 2008
Arts Council NI 2009 calendar
Craft NI Making It Promo 2009
Ceramic Review Gallery March 2010
Ceramic Review Feature Sept 2010
Ceramic Review Feature Jan 2011
Guest on Dubai Television Program ‘Studio One’ March 2011
Gulf News, Print feature and video, April 2012
The National, Exhibition review, Feb 2014
The National, Exhibition review, April 2014
The National, Exhibition review, June 2014
Time Out Dubai, Feature Aug 2014
Times of Oman, January 2015
Designboom, April 2015
Architectural Digest Middle East, May 2015
Beach Road Journal Dubai, September 2015
The National, Van Clef and Arples MEEDA, Feb 2016
Gulf News, May 2016
Dubai Design Week, August 2016
The National, Nov 2016
Designboom, Feb 2017
DesignMENA, March 2017
The Potters Cast, July 2017
Amanqi Edit, Oct 2017
The National, Nov 2017
Architectural Digest Middle East, March/April 2018
Ceramic Art and Perception, May 2018
Geo Catalogue ISBN ISBN 978-9948-37-156-4
other information
Member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva
IAC UNESCO Correspondent for the UAE
Crafts Council of Ireland Member
Alserkal Ave, Panel discussion on Materiality, March 2019
Rhode Island School of Design, Presentation/Workshop March 2019
Nominated “Most Innovative brand’ Harpers Bazzar Interiors 2017
Work acquired for the permanent collection of the Yingge Museum Taipei
Dubai Design Week, Workshop, Oct 2016
Belfast Design Week, Presentation Nov 2016
Design Days Dubai, Workshop 2016
Finalist in The Van Cleef and Arples Middle East Emergent Designer Award 2016
Recipient of the Provosts Award for Innovation in Teaching, AUD Dubai 2015
Recipient of the Arts Council of NI Award 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10.
Craft NI ‘Making It’ Programme 06