Anne has showcased at Korean International Ceramic Biennale (Incheon 2019), Ceramic Art Fair (London, 2020) amongst others. She has won the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Support for individual Artists (2019) and Rosemary James Memorial Fund Award, Administered by the ACNI (2018) . Anne’s work is part of the Art Collection at Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Irish Contemporary Ceramic Collection in Limerick, Ireland
Education
1985 - BA Ceramics - University of Ulster
2000- MA Ceramics – University of Wales
Awards and Competitions
2020 Honourable Mention.Korean International Ceramics Biennale,
2020 Ceramic Monthly Competition. Contrast and Harmony
2020 Arts Council of Northern Ireland,Support for Individual Artists
2019 Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Support for individual Artists
2018 Rosemary James Memorial Fund Award, Administered by the ACNI
2017 Sponsorship from on-line Ceramics for Innovations in Ceramics, Cambridge
2016 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Support for Individual Artists
General Award Public and Private Collections
2020 Changchung International Ceramic Museum, China
2017/19 Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Art Collection.
2017 Irish Contemporary Ceramic collection, Hunts Museum Contemporary Ceramic Collection, Limerick. Ireland
Exhibitions /Art Fairs
2021 Collect 2021, London Represented by Ruup & Form Gallery
Ceramic Art London
Potverdorie, Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen. Netherlands.
2020 International Academy of Ceramics New Members Exhibition. Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum, Beijing, China
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition. Ulster Museum. Belfast
Ceramic Ireland Triennial. Land Marks, Farmliegh Gallery, Dublin Touring to Argilla Faenza, Italy 2021
Unlocked. Craft NI Gallery. Belfast.
Arts council Collection Exhibition. Craft NI Gallery, Belfast.
Shortlist - Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition Dublin Changchun International Ceramics festival, Changchun, China
2019 Korean International Ceramic Biennale. Icheon. Korea
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast
Royal Society of Sculptors Annual Exhibition, London
Artists in Craft, Cill Rialiag Arts Centre. Ireland
Showcase. Rosie James Memorial fund, Ulster museum, Belfast
Present and Collect. Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery, London
2018. Sculpture in Context, Dublin
Royal Society of Sculptors Annual Exhibition. London
Contained, Byre, Focess Yard, Cloughmills
The Untold Story. Hallows Gallery, Belfast.
Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition. Ireland
True Colours, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2017 Royal Ulster Academy 134th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Present and Collect, Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery, London
Round house Gallery Derbyshire
Bravura, Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford
Royal Dublin Society Craft Award Exhibition, Dublin
Paragon, Spacecraft, Belfast
Summer Exhibition Green Acres Gallery, Wexford
Artists in Craft, Cill Rialaig, Kerry. Ireland
7 Shades, Down Patrick Arts Centre Narratives in Making, Portfolio: Critical Selection
National Craft Gallery. Kilkenny
Ruthin Craft Gallery, Wales
2016 Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition
Table Exhibition, Butler House, Kilkenny
Festival Exhibition - Boyle Arts Festival
Art of Craft,Market Place Theatre, Armagh
Royal Ulster Academy 132nd Annual Exhibition, Belfast
Selected Memberships
ARUA Royal Ulster Academy Associate Academician
IAC International Academy of Ceramics
CPA Craft Potters Association
CAA Contemporary Applied Arts, London
RBSS Royal British Society of Sculptor
DCCoI. Design and Craft Council of Ireland. Critical Selection:
Portfolio 2017/18 Publications / Reviews
2020 Ceramic Monthly. September issue. Contrast and Harmony.
2019. BBC The Arts Show. The ones to Watch
2019 Klein K. Online ceramic Magazine issue 45 2019. Arts Feature. The Irish News.
2017 Ceramic Ireland, May issue, Back to the Future. Work of Anne Butler
2002 Trace Elements, Work of Anne Butler by Dr J. Jones. Ceramic Art and Perception.