JAN O’HIGHWAY CV
b. 1940 Henley-on-Thames UK
lives in Totnes, Devon UK
EDUCATION
1957/61 NDD National Diploma of Design: Guildford School of Art: Painting and Printmaking
1961/2 ATD Art Teachers Diploma: Brighton College of Art
1992 Design For The Real World, Schumacher College, Devon: tutor, Victor Papanek
2012 Glass Fusing, Warm Glass Centre, Wrington, Bristol
GRANTS
2001 Grant for ELECTRIC KILN; Portsmouth City Council and Southern Arts
1995 TRAVEL BURSARY – Jerry Kaplan, pipe sculpture USA: Southern Arts & Portsmouth City Arts
1994 TRAVEL BURSARY to attend Tickon Environmental Art Conference, Denmark: Southern Arts
RESIDENCIES
2020 January – April: Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship, Dartington, Devon; mosaic signs
2012 May: OAC Botanic Garden, Kolymbari, Crete; digital scanner-photography of endemic flora
EXHIBITIONS: SOLO
2024 March: SCANNER-PHOTOGRAPHS , Mansion Library gallery, Totnes, Devon
2017 June: VANITAS, Garden Gallery. Dartington Hall, Devon; large format digital prints
2008 Nov: SCANPRINTS, Birdwood House, Totnes, Devon
2002 TOJ The Other Jan, Portsmouth Arts Centre, Hants; Installation, collage
1991 TILES, West Dean College, Sussex
1986 PAINTING & CERAMICS, Stantonbury Gallery, Milton Keynes, Bucks
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: GROUP
2024: Stone Lane Gardens
Fresh Air Sculpture, Quenington
2023:
2022:
May: Delamore Arts, Devon; fused glass and steel
September: SWS at Birdwood House, Totnes
2021 May: Delamore Arts, Devon; fused glass
June-Sept: Density and Light, Exeter Cathedral. SWSculptors
June-October Mythic Garden, Devon; glass and steel
Nov: Art Bank, Harbour House, Kingsbridge; mixed media
2020 Jan: RHS Rosemoor Gardens Winter exhibition
Feb-April: Cockington, mosaic
June-October Mythic Garden, Stone Lane Arboretum, Devon
2019 Jan: Contemporary Glass Society online – The Colour Red
March: SWSA at Bowie Gallery, Totnes; fused glass
May: Delamore Arts, Devon; fused glass
May: SWSA Ways Without Words, Dartington Hall, Devon, glass & steel
May: RWA Friends Open, Bristol, digital print
May-Oct: Mythic Garden, Devon, fused glass
Aug-Sept: CGS Celestial Bodies, Ruskin Centre, Stourbridge: fused glass
Nov: Day of the Dead altar & community event, Heart and Soul Funerals, Buckfastleigh
Nov-Jan 2020: RHS Rosemoor, Devon, Winter exhibition, fused glass and steel
2018 May: LIVE, Walcot Chapel, Bath. Digital prints
July: South West Sculptors, Dartington Hall, Devon; fused glass, digital print
Sept: Clear Water Arts Trail, Totnes; mosaic, glass, ceramic
2017 July: South West Sculptors, Dartington Hall, Devon
August: Muddy Waters, TRAIL Teignmouth, Devon; mixed media
2016 Feb: Contemporary Glass Society online – Something Yellow
2015 May-Oct: Mythic Garden, Chagford: mosaics
2014 April: Catalyst – Creativity: Worthing Museum & Art Gallery, Sussex
June: Contemporary Craft Fair, WPA, Bovey Tracey, Devon
2013 Aug: TRAIL, Teignmouth; ICARUS mixed media sculpture
Oct: Westcountry Potters, Goodwin Gallery, Barnstaple, Devon
2012 March: Catalyst; Portsmouth; Scanner-photography
June-Oct: Mythic Garden, Chagford, Devon; ceramics
Sept: OAC, Kolymbari, Crete; Botanical digital prints
2011 March: Catalyst; Portsmouth; Scanner-photography
2010 May: Mythic Garden, Chagford; Mosaics
May: Flowers of Crete, Greek Orthodox Academy, Kolymbari, Crete
2009 September: CCANW, Devon; Forest Tunes – Eucalyptus Box and video
May: Mythic Garden, Chagford; Mosaics
March: Catalyst: CLIMATE Havant Arts Centre, Hants; Skytrails, digital print
2008 July-Sept: T.R.A.I.L: Teignmouth Devon; TROUBLED WATER water, steel, plastic
2007 July: BAMM, MINIATURES Fishbourne Roman Palace, Sussex
March: REMEMBER ME (1) Catalyst: Petworth House, Sussex; Alzheimer print
2006 June: ART FARM PROJECT Newton Abbott, Devon, Digital scan prints
April: 4 SEASONS Corinium Museum, Cirencester; mosaic, recycled materials
2005 March: FILL THE GAP Catalyst: John Rank Gallery, Chichester; book DEAD DAD1
2003 EXTRAVAGANZA, BAMM: Osterley House, London; mosaic
2002 FRESH ART FAIR London: ceramic
2001 KINESIS 3, MATTER British Council Offices, Abuja, Nigeria; digital print
2000 LONDON POTTERS Morley Gallery, London
1999 CHAIRS Southampton Gallery, tile panel
1998 PUBLIC ART PRIVATE DREAMS Alan Baxter Gallery, London; mosaic & ceramic
1997 BOXES Southampton Art Gallery, Hants; ceramic
1995 ENDANGERED WILDLIFE, WWF: Lamont Gallery, London. Tiles
1993 A SPACE FOR ART Exploration: Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, Hants; fibreoptics, fleece, stones
1992 GULF WAR Old Town Hall, Havant, Hants; sculpture- wood, stones, skulls, fibres
1989 IT MAKES SENSE Mermaid: Citizens Gallery, Greenwich, London. Fibreoptics, mixed media
1987 TILES Bluecoats Gallery, Liverpool
EXHIBITIONS: TOURING
2007/8 October-November: British Columbia & Manitoba, GLOBAL SHOE PROJECT
1991-1994 LIGHT CAVE BPreVision, tactile exhibition for people with visual impairment; London, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow
1991-1993 RAINFOREST Fired Earth; tile panel. Scarborough Art Gallery; Leighton House, London; People’s Palace, Glasgow; City Museum, Stoke on Trent; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Tolson Museum, Huddersfield; Bagshaw Museum, Batley; Abbey House Museum,Leeds; Bristol Museum & Art Gallery; Glynn-Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Nottingham Castle Museum
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2020 4 SIGNS, mosaic. Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship, Dartington, Devon
MURAL, mosaic, private house, Bishopsteignton
2019 SINGING BIRD PERCH, Lamb Garden, Totnes
GARDEN PANEL, glass and rusted iron, private house, Totnes
2018 MANDALA, inlaid linoleum floor, private house, Buckfastleigh
2016 DRAGON HEAD, ceramic sculpture, private house, Sussex
2015 FLORA, mosaic garden table, private house, Bishopsteignton
BONES, external signage mosaics for G Pollard, osteopath, Torquay
2013 TILE panel, private house, Basel
2010 SNAKE BENCH, Pilgrim Primary School, Plymouth; Mosaic, steel.
HEATH’S GARDEN, Totnes. Mosaic panels with Grove School and Richard Bent
2008 BONES Osteopathic Clinic, Paignton; digital scanprints
2007 PERIMETER FEATURE Wolverhampton, Mosaic panels in steel, blacksmith Richard Bent
2005 DRAGONHEAD private house, Totnes, Devon; stoneware
2001 PURBROOK WAYMARKER Havant Borough Council, Hants; steel and ceramic
ST JOHN’S SQUARE Gosport Borough Council, Hants; community playground.
1999 MOSAIC SPIRAL Walpole Park: Gosport Borough Council
1998 BEMISTER LANE SEAT tile panels: Gosport Borough Council, Hants
1995 HEDGEHOG WAYMARKER Havant Borough Council, Hants. Steel
1994 CORAL REEF tile mural, Radiant House, Milton Keynes, Architect Richard Weston
1993- 1995 SOLAR SYSTEM MOSAICS Oxstall Meadow Ecology Park, Hants
1989 LOTUS AND GOLDFISH Buddhist Temple, Milton Keynes,
1986 KITCHEN TILES Energy World, Milton Keynes. Architect Phil Bixby.
PUBLICATIONS & Radio
2017 June: Diary of a Tile Addict, Joe Simpson, “Figurative Fusion” online article
2013 November: TACS Glazed Expressions – featured artist
2009 MARKINGS poetry magazine, BONES scanner-photographs
2007 20th CENTURY DECORATIVE BRITISH TILES, Chris Blanchett, Schiffer
2007 CRAFTSMAN magazine, featured artist,
1994 TILES IN ARCHITECTURE Hans von Lemmen: publisher, Lawrence King