​​​CRAIG SUMNER


Studied Ceramics at:


Northwich College of Art             1961 - 1963

Stoke on Trent College of Art      1963 - 1965

Royal College of Art                    1965 - 1968  


Founded and ran SR Design Associates   1970 - 2000


Co-founded :

Madrigal Design Ltd                                 1973

The Screen Supply Co. Ltd                      1988

Staffordshire Pottery ( Kendal ) Ltd          1998

​Staffordshire Pottery ( Uttoxeter ) Ltd       2000

​Cookshops UK Ltd                                    2002


Solo Exhibitions 


Ross on Wye                                        2008

New Vic Theatre                                   2009 & 2012

Timothy Hawkins Gallery, Hereford      2015

Gallery at 12, Eccleshall                       2015 & 2018

The Granary, Leominster                      2010. 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014


Awards 


3 Counties Open Art  - Keele University    2010       2nd Prize

                                                                   2011       Highly Commended                                 

                                                                             2013      1st Prize

​                                                                   2014       Highly Commended

​                                                                   2015       Arthur Berry Bursary

                                                                             2019       Burslem School Of Art And Community

​                                                                                   Development Trust Prize

Staffordshire Moorlands Open                    2013       Winner - County Council Prize

                                                                             2017        2nd Prize  

                                                 

Brampton Museum Open Art                      2017       Winner


London Exhibits


Royal Academy Summer Exhibition           2013


Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual

​Exhibition, Mall Gallery                               2015


​Llewellyn Alexander Gallery                        2015, 2016, 2017


Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Pall Mall         2019