John Stroomer
Education
1970-1974
Shepparton Technical College
Diploma of Ceramics Bendigo Institute Technology
Background
1974 – 1978
Established Craftsmans Arms Gallery and Pottery Shepparton
1978 – 1998
Established Belltower Pottery and Goulburn Valley Potteries at Kyabram Vic and Possum Gully Pottery Healesville employing 23 potters producing functional stoneware until a major factory fire in 1988 followed by the recession of the early 90s culminated in me focussing on my long lost creative side and my pursuit and passion for crystalline glazed porcelain.
1998-2013
Individual works/exhibitions and workshops
2014 - Present
Established new studio/gallery in Moorooduc on the Mornington Peninsula
Awards
1972
Diamond Valley Art Award
2000
Port Hacking Potters Society Peoples Award
2003
Castlemaine State Festival Award
2009
Chelsea Flower and Garden Show
Silver Medal “Potters Garden” in conjunction with
Newton Rigg University Cumbria UK
Department of Landscape Design
Public Collections
Diamond Valley Shire Collection
City of Banyule
Castlemaine Art Gallery
Devonport Regional Art Gallery Tasmania
City of Greater Shepparton Art Gallery (SAM)
Ceramics Victoria Collection
City of Whitehorse Collection
Valentines Clay Gallery Stoke on Trent UK
Exhibitions
2018
Clunes Ceramic Award
2015
Victorians Stepping Up, Belconnen Arts Centre Canberra
Art in Action, Waterperry House Oxford UK
Potfest in The Park, Hutton in the Forest Cumbria UK
Earth and Fire, Rufford Abbey UK
2014
Art In Clay, Hatfield House Hatfield UK
Art in Action, Waterperry House Oxford UK
Potfest in The Park, Hutton in the Forest Cumbria UK
Earth and Fire, Rufford Abbey UK
Potfest, Scone Palace Perth Scotland
2013
Art In Clay, Hatfield House Hatfield UK
Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford UK
Potfest in The Park, Hutton in the Forest Cumbria UK
Earth and Fire, Rufford Abbey UK
Potfest, Scone Palace Perth Scotland
2012
Art In Clay Hatfield House Hatfield UK
Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford UK
Potfest in The Park, Hutton in the Forest Cumbria UK
Earth and Fire, Rufford Abbey UK
Potfest, Scone Palace Perth Scotland
2011
Art In Clay Hatfield House Hatfield UK
Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford UK
Potfest in The Park, Hutton in the Forest Cumbria UK
Earth and Fire, Rufford Abbey UK
Potfest, Scone Palace Perth Scotland
2010
The Art of Crystalline, De Hullu Gallery Beelden in Gees Netherlands
Golden Earth, Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics New Delhi India
Art In Clay Hatfield House Hatfield UK
Potfest in The Park, Hutton in the Forest Cumbria UK
Earth and Fire, Rufford Abbey UK
Potfest, Scone Palace Perth Scotland
Bakers Dozen, Roundhouse Gallery Derbyshire UK
2008
Abenteuer Kristallglasur,
Keramiikon Museum Mettlach Germany
Abenteuer Kristallglasur,
Royal Porcellain Museum Berlin Germany
Abenteuer Kristallglasur, Porzellanikon European Industry Museum for Porcelain Selb Germany
Abenteuer Kristallglasur,
Museum Im Schloss Furstenberg Germany
Abenteuer Kristallglasur,
Hohenberg Museum Germany
Swallmen International Keramiekmarkt,
Swalmen Netherlands
2007
Clay 2 Day, Kirkenhoff Castle Lisse Netherlands
Clay Art, Wales UK
Ceramics South East, Wales UK
Potfest in The Park, Hutton in the Forest Cumbria UK
Earth and Fire, Rufford Abbey UK
Potfest, Scone Palace Perth Scotland
2006
Sydney Myer Ceramic Award Shepparton Art gallery
Brooke Street Gallery, Haye on Wye Wales UK
Kristallglasuren, Gmunden Austria
Topfermarkt, Gmunden Austria
Impressed Contemporary Australian Ceramics,
Gallery 25 New Delhi India
Clay 2 Day. Kirkenhoff Castle Lisse Netherlands
Clay Art Wales, UK
Ceramics South East, Wales UK
Potfest in The Park, Hutton in the Forest Cumbria UK
Earth and Fire, Rufford Abbey UK
Potfest, Scone Palace Perth Scotland
2005
Ceramic Art London,
Royal College of Art UK
2004
Windyridge Gardens, Mount Wilson
Blue Mountains NSW
The Victorian Connection,
Ceramic Art Gallery Paddington
Celebrating the Masters,
Skepsi Gallery Melbourne
2003
The Chapel, Morningstar Estate Winery
Mornington Victoria
Showing Off 2, Skepsi Gallery Melbourne
Designex Sydney, Melbourne
2002
Gold Coast Ceramic Award
Designex Sydney, Melbourne
2001
Castlemaine State Festival
Ceramics Award
Sculpture by the Sea,
Freyacinct Peninsula Tasmania
Designex Sydney, Melbourne
2000
Townsville Ceramic Award