Bernard Leach
1887 - 1979
Selected Exhibitions
| 2014 | Bernard Leach: Artist, Leach Pottery, St. Ives, UK |
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| 2013 | Modern Masters of Studio Pottery, Long Room Gallery, Winchcombe, UK |
| 2011 | Tenmoku: Leach ⁄ Hamada ⁄ Marshall, Tate St Ives, St Ives, UK |
| 2009 | Bernard Leach and his Circle, Tate St Ives, St Ives, UK British Studio Pottery, Monnow Valley Arts Centre, Herefordshire, UK Masterpieces in Studio Pottery from the British Council Collection, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK |
| 2006 | Bernard Leach, Hyogo Ceramic Art Museum, Hyogo, Japan |
| 2005 | Come to the Edge: The Pots and Tile Panels of Bernard Leach, Tate St Ives, St Ives, UK Fired up, York City Council, York, UK |
| 2002 | Bernard Leach: Concept & Form, (curated by Emmanuel Cooper), Brunel Gallery, SOAS, London |
| 1997 | Bernard Leach - Potter and Artist, (touring exhibition), Crafts Council, UK. The Shigaraku Ceramics Cultural Park, Shigarak, Japan Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Hiratsuka, Japan Kasama Nichio Museum of Art, Kasama, Japan Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan Tochigi Prefectural Museum of fine Arts, Japan |
| 1990 | The Quiet Eye: Pottery of Shōji Hamada and Bernard Leach, Monterey Museum of Art, California |
| 1987 | The Leach Tradition : The Work of Bernard Leach: Potter-Teacher and Work by former Apprentices of Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Pro-Art, St Louis. |
| 1971 | Retrospective Exhibition, Tenmaya, Okayama, Japan Marjorie Parr Gallery, London, UK |
| 1968 | Lucie Rie, Janet Leach and Bernard Leach, Primavera, London, UK |
| 1967 | Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada and Kawi Osaka, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, UK Shoji Hamada, Bernard Leach and Francine del Pierre, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1964 | English Artist-Potters 1913-1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| 1962 | Leach and Hamada, Louvre, Paris, France Primavera, London, UK |
| 1961 | Retrospective Exhibition, Fifty Years a Potter, Arts Council Gallery, London, UK |
| 1952 | Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, Beaux Art Gallery, London, UK International Craft Conference, Darlington, UK Tours America with Hamada and Yamagi |
| 1950 | Touring Exhibition organised by ICA (Washington), USA Arts & Crafts Society, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK |
| 1931 | Exhibition of Stoneware Pottery and Porcelain by Kenkichi Tomimoto and Bernard Leach, Beaux Gallery, London, UK |
Public Collections
Leach Pottery, Studio & Museum, St Ives, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Tate Museums, UK
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, USA
British Museum, London, UK
York Museums Trust, York, UK
Shaman Art Museum, Matsue, Japan
Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, Japan
Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Mashiko Sankokan Museum, Tochigi, Japan
Lisa Sainsbury Ceramic Collection, Sainsbury Centre, UEA, Norwich, UK
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
Barnsley Museum, Barnsley, UK
Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan
Holburne Museum and Crafts Study Centre, Bath, UK
The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
The Wingfield Digby Collection, UK
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Renfrewshire Council, UK
Leicester City Museums, UK
Buckingham County Museum, UK
Japanese Folk Crafts Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, UK
Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, Lakelands Arts, Cumbria, UK
Writings (Selected)
| 1978 | Beyond East and West, memoirs |
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| 1975 | Hamada, Potter |
| 1940 | A Potters Book |
| 1928 | A Potter's Outlook |
Selected Honours and Awards
| 1974 | Japan Foundation Cultural Award, Japan |
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| 1973 | Companion of Honour, UK |
| 1966 | Order of the Sacred Treasure, Japan |
| 1962 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire, UK |