Lisa Firer CV

Date of Birth
3 January 1970
Current Work
January 1999 to date:
Ceramic artist working in own studio in Cape Town, South Africa.
September 1996 to 1999:
Working at Barbara Jackson’s Studio, Green Point, Cape Town.
Work in Permanent Collections
• The South African Cultural History Museum.
• George VI Gallery, Port Elizabeth.
• “Flock” collaboration with Lyndi Sales, Hollard Contemporary Art
collection
• Corobrik Ceramic Collection, Pretoria Art Museum

Awards and Nominations

Awarded Craft Icon Status by the Cape Craft and Design Institute, 2011

Nominee, Designer of the Year, Tableware Category, Elle Magazine Decor, EDIDA Awards 2011

Finalist in the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa, Design Indaba, February 2011
Winner Western Cape Ceramics Craft Awards, Department of Art and
Culture, April, 2009

• 3rd Place National Ceramics Crafts Awards, Department of Art and
Culture, April, 2009
• Rose Korber award for Best Expressive Vessel, Ceramics SA
Regional exhibition, 2008
• Finalist in The Most Beautiful Objects in South Africa, sponsored by
Department of Trade and Industry, Design Indaba, February 2008.
• Finalist in The Most Beautiful Objects in South Africa, sponsored by
Department of Trade and Industry, Design Indaba, February 2006.
• Winner, lighting category, Elle Magazine Décor Awards December
2004.
• Awarded a sponsored artist-in-residency Skaelskor International
Ceramics Centre, Denmark, September, 2001.
• Winner of 3rd prize in FNB Vita Three Capes Craft exhibition,
December 1999.

Work on Exhibitions

2011 Cape Craft and Design Exhibition Collection

2010 Cape Craft and Design Exhibition Collection

2009 Cape Craft and Design Exhibition Collection

November 2009 Black and White, Kim Sacks Gallery, Johannesburg

• Ocober 2008 Cube exhibition of bowls by 9 potters
• October 2008 Ceramics SA regional exhibition
• October 2008 High tea , A.R.T Gallery, Cape Town, group
porcelain exhibition
• September 2008 Feast with Marlise Keith and Karen Cronje,
Curious, Whetstone and Frankley
• November 2007 Iconic @ Spier Wine Estate, Nov/ Dec 2007
• October 2007 Greenhouse: From Painting to Plastics, Bell-
Roberts Gallery @ Lourensford
• September 2007 Green House Effects, A.R.T Gallery, Cape
Town
• January 2007 Enchanted, With Marlise Keith, at What if the
World…The Old Biscuit Mill
• August 2006 Choice Assortment @ the old biscuit mill, What if
the World,
• April 2006 North meets South With Clementina van der Walt and
Andile Dyalvane, Potter’s Shop, Kalk Bay,
• September 2005 From Harare to Higgovale: Contemporary
design from Southern Africa, Conran Shop UK, Paris, Japan.
• April 2005 Finding You, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
• December 1996 – 2004 Rose Corber’s Art Salon, Bay Hotel,
Camps Bay.
• February 2004 White Heat, A.R.T Gallery, Cape Town, group
porcelain exhibition.
• December 2003 Get Art, So Now, Cape Town, group exhibition.
• September 2003 Continuum, Irma Stern Gallery, Cape Town,
Exhibition of fine porcelain with Katherine Glenday and Christina
Bryer.
• February 22 2003 Shrines of Desire, Installation at YDEsire, the
fourth softserve art party, The Castle, Cape Town.
• November 5 2002 Northern Lights, solo exhibition, The Crypt, St
George’s Cathedral, Cape Town.
• August 2002 FNB Vita Craft Now 2002 National Awards
Exhibition, MuseuMAfrica, Newtown, Johannesburg.
• August 2002 African Earth Exhibition, MuseuMAfrica, Newtown,
Johannesburg.
• June 2002 Aisle 5, Cape Town.
• April 2001 Vita Craft Bijoux Exhibition, Klein Karoo Arts Festival,
Outshoorn.
• October 2000 Bumba Udongwe – Working with clay, Ceramics
for a New Century, The South African Cultural History Museum.
• October 2000 The Jews Out of Africa – The Lost Tribes, Bodzin
Art Gallery, Jewish Community Centre, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
• July 2000 FNB Vita Craft Now Millennium Exhibition, African
Window, Pretoria.
• July 2000 Winter Gala, Hout Street Gallery, Paarl.

• March 2000 Solo exhibition at Indaba Gallery, Hollywood, Florida,
USA.
• December 1999 FNB Vita Three Capes Craft exhibition
The Castle, Cape Town.
• December 1999 Interactive Art Works 3rd i Gallery, Cape Town.
• December 1999 Angels, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch.
• October 1999 Bumba Udongwe – Working with Clay
The South African Cultural History Museum.
• December 1998 FNB Vita Craft Now exhibition
The Castle, Cape Town.
• October 1998 SOFA Chicago (represented by Lipworth Hartmann
Int. Gallery).
• August 1998 Exhibition at Peter Visser’s Gallery 68.
• December 1997 Ceramics, Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town.
• March/April 1997 FNB Vita Craft Now exhibition
African Window, Pretoria.
• Feb/March 1997 Contemporary Ceramics, Alfred Mall Gallery,
Waterfront Cape Town: 6 artists from Barbara Jackson’s Studio.
• November 1996 Fireworks, Primart Gallery, Claremont.
• November 1996 Worcester Art Exhibition.
• October 1996 APSA Western Cape Ceramics Regional
Exhibition.
• September 1996 APSA Ceramics Biennale.
Other Work Experience
1996 January to June:
Worked as Assistant Manager, Ardmore Ceramic Studio, Drakensberg,
Kwa-Zulu-Natal.
Qualifications

Honours Degree in Psychology, University of the Western Cape, 2000-
2001.
National Diploma in Ceramic Design, Technikon Witwatersrand 1993-
1995 (Subjects: History of Ceramics, Ceramic Science, Ceramic
Sculpture, Studio Ceramics and Drawing).

Higher Diploma in Education (with distinction)
University of the Witwatersrand 1992 (Subjects: English, Guidance).
Bachelor of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand 1989-1991 (Major
Subjects: History of Art, Psychology; Sub-major English).