Biography
Neil Brownsword (b. Stoke-on-Trent, UK 1970) trained at Josiah Wedgwood & Sons at the age of 16, and continued his studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and the Royal College of Art, London. He is Professor of Ceramics at Buckinghamshire New University and Bergen Academy of Art and Design. His PhD thesis, completed in 2006 from Brunel University, London, combined historical and archaeological research on ceramic production in North Staffordshire from the eighteenth century to the present and the film archiving of craft skills in the industry today. Brownsword has exhibited both nationally and internationally, and was awarded with the prestigious Grand Prize at the 8th Gyeonngi International Ceramic Biennale, South Korea, in 2015.
