EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

Exhibitions
2024                   ‘In Transit’, Indian Ceramics Triennale, New Delhi, India
2023                   ‘Ceramicship’, 9th Nangyang Clay Group exhibition, International Ceramic Biennale, Singapore       
2022                  ‘Transgressions’, Contemporary ceramics at The Design Museum of Barcelona
2022                   080 Barcelona Fashion, The MACBA Museum, Barcelona, Spain
2021                  ‘More Organics’ Exhibition, Tiendshuur Museum, Tegelen, Netherlands
2020                  ‘The Art of Emptiness’ Artur Ramon Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2019                  Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale, Icheon, South Korea
2019                  39 CICA International Biennale and Competition, Alcora Museum, Spain (Third Prize Winner)
2019                  Chelsea Flower Show, Artisan Studio exhibitor, London, UK
2018                  Ori Bespoke Gallery, London, UK
2018                  ‘Handmade in Britain‘, at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, London, UK
2018                  The London Design Fair, London, UK
2018                  Mirta Morigi Gallery, Faenza, Italy
2017-2018        Industry Gallery, Barcelona
2017                 ‘The Documenta ´14 Exhibition’. The Grimm Welt Museum, Kassel, Germany
2016                 ‘What you want is what you get’, Moisés Pérez de Albéniz gallery. Madrid, Spain
2016                 The International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) Congress, Group exhibition ´Highfire´ ElTorn Barcelona, Spain
2015                 The Grimm Brothers Museum,´Grimm Welt´ Kassel, Germany
2016                 Art Gallery Chez Xefo, Barcelona, Spain
2015                 ‘The Wall’, Untitled BCN, Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2015                 Pop-up Art Exhibition, Barrio Gotico, Barcelona, Spain
2014                 1240°C, Eltorn School of ceramics, Barcelona, Spain
2013                 Frames Gallery, Perth, Scotland
2013                 Les Galleries Maldá, Barcelona, Spain
2012                 Santa Caterina Fira de Ceramica, Barcelona, Spain
2011                 Caj Chai, Barcelona, Spain
2010                The Nau Ivanov Exhibition Centre, Barcelona, Spain 
2003-2007       The Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2005-2007       Karmela Gallery, Crete, Greece
2005                Interior Design Gallery, Vicenza, Italy
2004                AFI Artists Collective, Athens, Greece
2003                Frames Gallery, Perth, Scotland
2003                Leith Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003                New Designers Exhibition, Business Design Centre, London, England
2003-Present   Saatchi Art, US
2001-2002       Alfred University, New York State, USA

Awards
Third Prize winner – (CICA) International Competition of Ceramics Alcora Museum, CICA 2019
Diploma of Honour – Prize winner at the Korean International Ceramics Biennale International Competition 2019

Work featured in Permanent Collections/Museums
The Design Museum of Barcelona, Spain
Museo Del Cantir, Argentona, Spain
Jordi Serra Museum Barcelona, Spain
The Alcora Museum, Spain
The ´Grimm Welt´, Grimm Brothers Museum, Kassel, Germany.
(The Documenta 14´ exhibition is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. The work Corrie Bain exhibited was a collaborative piece called ´Banquet Table Tales´ designed by multidisciplinary artist Antoni Miralda, comissioned by the Grimm Brothers Museum. It was shown alongside the works of political activist Ai Wei Wei. The piece is a wall installation measuring 11×4 metres, and took over a year to complete. Made of over 60 large ceramic pieces, each have complex sculptural interventions depicting Grimm Brothers fairy tales. It is on display to the public in the permanent collection of  The Grimm Welt , The Grimm Brothers Museum

Attended/Participated in:
2021           NCECA Panelist Speaker. Topic discussed: ‘The Impact of International Exchange’. Discussion between four founding members of International Arts programs that                           have designed programs in innovative subjects that integrate socio-environmental concerns with the arts. 
2016          The International Academy of Ceramics’s (IAC) 47th Congress, Barcelona, Spain
2009          5th Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale, Icheon, South Korea
2007          
4th Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale, Icheon,
2002          IAC’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Athens, Greece
2001          NCECA Ceramics Conference, Kansas, USA

Member of:
The IAC, International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva Switzerland.
NCECA, (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)
FAD, (Fostering Arts and Design) Design Museum, Barcelona
ACC, The Catalan Association of Ceramics, Barcelona
‘The Diagonal Eleven’ Ceramic Artists Group
Photosagrera‘ Photographers Group

Work Featured in:

Books:
The Encylopedia of Pottery Techniques, Peter Consentino, 2018

Articles/Magazines/Publications
El Pais, 2020
Ceramics Now, 2020
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, 2019
New Ceramics Magazine, ‘In Studio Interview’ and article about Korean Buncheong ceramics, Switzerland 2017
Timeout Magazine, Barcelona, Spain 2017
Sio2 Ceramica Collet Catalogue, Front cover and review of clays inside catalogue, Spain 2017
Revistart Fine arts Magazine, article, Spain 2015
Scottish Potters Association, article, Scotland 2004
Ceramics Review Magazine, London 2003
Applied Arts Scotland Bulletin, article,  Scotland 2003

Online Publications
infoceramica
El Temps
Labois Made by Artisans
New Ceramics Magazine
Saatchi Art
In the mood for Food blog article

Commissions:
Documenta Exhibition – Private commission for multidisciplinary artist Antoni Miralda and the Grimm Brothers Museum, Kassel, Germany.
Porcelain Award pieces for ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering 
Fransesc Ruestes Porcelain bottles
Art4Chef porcelain tableware for 5* Restaurants
Maia Ming Designs 

Employment/Work experience:
2019-Present       CEO, Founder and owner of Corrie Bain International Ceramics School, Barcelona, Spain
2009-2019          Manager, Teacher, Technician and Teacher Trainer, at ElTorn School of Ceramics, Barcelona, Spain
2009-2018          Established ceramics studio at ElTorn School of Ceramics, Barcelona, Spain
2016                   Exhibitor and volunteer at The International Academy of Ceramics’s (IAC) 47th Congress, Barcelona, Spain. 
2013-2016          Ceramics courses and wood firing workshops with English studio potter Seth Cardew, son of Michael Cardew, Castellon, Spain
2007-2009          Oriental ceramics research, 2 years spent studying and working with local potters in South Korea, North Korea, China, Japan, and Thailand
2006-2007          Arts facilitator and ceramics teacher, Garvalds Centre Edinburgh, Scotland
2006-2007          Arts facilitator and ceramics teacher, Bonnington Arts Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003-2006          Founder and teacher of Limni School of Ceramics residential summer-school, Greece
2004-2005         Ceramics teacher, Mytaras School of Art, Chalkida, Greece
2003-2004         Ceramics technician, ‘Georgoulis Pottery’ Athens, Greece
1999-2003         Arts Facilitator and ceramics teacher, Edinburgh Council’s Young Scots Organisation, Edinburgh, Scotland
1996-1997         Apprentice to studio ceramicist Alex Leckie        
1987-1997         Apprentice to studio ceramicist Alan Bain

Education:
1999-2003         BA (HONS) Degree in Ceramics, Design and Applied Arts, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
2001-2002         Contemporary Ceramics and Glaze Calculation Theory, Alfred University of Ceramics, New York
1998-1999         Higher National Diploma: Art and Design Foundation, Langside College, Glasgow.
1997-1998         English Literature, Creative Writing, Art, and Spanish, Stevenson College, Edinburgh.
1993-1997         Drawing and Painting, Evia Arts Centre, Halkida, Evia, Greece