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Staff profile / Natasha Mayo

Lecturer
Contact: nmayo@uwic.ac.uk

Educated first as a BA (Hons) Fine Art painting student in Canterbury, Natasha Mayo then qualified and taught as a secondary school teacher before returning to higher education as an MA student. Following completion of her MA Ceramics studies in Cardiff, she embarked on practice-led PhD studies within the Centre, funded by AHRB. Through her research, she investigated the ways in which the surface and form of the human body in figurative ceramic sculpture can be manipulated to suggest sensations and emotions experienced in relation to flesh and skin.

She was instrumental in establishing the Zelli Porcelain Prize and was awarded the first prize in 2002. In addition to delivering papers at key conferences, she also edited Issue 56 of Ceramics in Society on the subject of contemporary figurative ceramics. She is currently co-curating the Fragmented Figure Exhibition. In 2008 she was awarded a Grant from the Higher Education Academy for research into Innovations in Teaching.

Dr. Natasha Mayo is a member of the Centre for Ceramics Research (http://www.wirad.ac.uk/research-themes/centre_for_ceramics_research/), part of the Fine Art & Ceramics theme within WIRAD.

Editorship of Journals

Current: Interpreting Ceramics Research Collaboration (Reviews Editor)
2004 Ceramics in Society, Editor of Edition: Issue 56

Journal Articles

(2008), ‘An Inaugural Paper: The Invisibility of Skin’,in Interpreting Ceramics Research Journal
(2007) ‘Review: Michael Flynn’, in Ceramic Review, the International Magazine of Ceramic Art and Craft
(2006) ‘Review: Catrin Howells: Mythologies’, in Ceramic Review
(2005) ‘Review: Claire Curneen: Succur’, Ceramic Review
(2004), ‘Philip Eglin’s Multilayered Iconography, Philip Eglin’s ceramics’, in Ceramics in Society
(2004), ‘A vantage Point between Past and Present, Richard Slee’s Ceramics’, in Ceramics in Society
(2004), ‘The Expression of Flesh and Skin, Natasha Mayo’s Ceramics’, in Ceramics in Society
(2003) ‘The Role of Narrative in Claire Curneen’s Ceramics’, Kerameiki Techni, International Ceramic Art Review

Conference Contributions

2005 Fragmented Figure Conference, part of a project investigating the ways in which artists work with the figure (Member of Conference Team and Lead Organizer of Exhibition Adjoining above Conference)

Conference Papers / Presentations

(2004), Practice and Reflection IIFrome Arts Centre (Speaker)
(2003), The Gendered Figure, The Female Form. Craft in the Bay, Cardiff (Speaker)
(2003), Expression of Flesh and Skin, Theory in Education, Aberystywth International Arts Festival, Aberystwyth (Speaker)
(2002), Craft in the 21st Century: theorizing Change in Practice, University of Edinburgh, Art College (Speaker)
(2001), Theorizing Practice: A Research Culture for Ceramics, University of Westminster, Harrow (Key Speaker)

Exhibitions / Events

2006 Fragmented figure - Created website to document and disseminate conference and exhibition proceedings: www.fragmentedfigure.net
2006 Bodyworks, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
2004 Guest Editor & Contributor: The Human Condition, A-N Magazine
2003 Ceramic Contemporaries 4, Royal College of Art, London (Touring Exhibition), Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, Wrexham Art Gallery, Wales, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
2002 Recipient of Zelli Porcelain Prize, Zelli Porcelain, Marylebone, London

Gaynor Kavanagh At Cardiff School of Art & Design, we believe in being at the top of our game and that includes being able to deliver programmes that really make a difference. We give our students every opportunity to explore all kinds of creative and professional possibilities, in an environment that recognises the importance of taking risks and seizing the initiative. We are interested in ideas and how these are examined through practice.