Victoria
Kershaw
Education:
2002 – 2004 MA Royal College of Art, London
Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & jewellery
2001 – 2002 Parson Cross College, Sheffield
City and Guilds Further and Adult Education Teachers Certificate
(FAETC) 7307 stage 1 and 2
1996 – 1999 Liverpool Hope University College
B.Des. (hons) - First Class
Courses attended:
2003 – July Haystack – America. A two week course on
fluting and raising, lectured by Allan Scharff.
2001 – 2002 Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley Sign
Language course for beginners
2001 – 1 Day Henshaws Society for Blind people, Knaresborough
Anti – Discriminatory Practice in the workplace
2001 – 1 Day Henshaws Society for Blind people, Knaresborough
Care Plan Training course
2000 – January An introduction to Business for Jewellers and
Silversmiths 2000- sponsored by The Goldsmiths Company
2000 – December Pre – start up business training. Marketing
and finance
Career history:
2004 – 2007 1st year BA tutor (Art & Design Interdisciplinary)
at Leeds College of Art and Design.
2004 – 2006 BA Jewellery elective tutor at Leeds College of
Art and Design.
2003 – 2004 Visiting Tutor – BA (Hons) Designed metalwork
and Jewellery - level 2 students at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University
College
2001 - 2002 Jewellery Instructor at Henshaws Arts and Crafts centre.
Working with Blind and visually impaired adults with additional
disabilities.
1999 - 2000 Workshop assistant for Keith Tyssen (Metal/Silversmiths)
1999 - 2001 Workshop assistant for Chris Knight Designer/Silversmith
1999 - 2000 Northern Lights – organising exhibitions
Workshop assistant for Maria Hanson (Designer/Maker)
Workshops taught:
2007 – June Silversmithing - Freeman college and Meynell youth
club
2006 – June Photoetching – Yorkshire Arts Space –
Sheffield
2005 – October Photoetching – Yorkshire Arts Space –
Sheffield
Selected and forth coming exhibitions:
2008 - Nov/Dec 'At Table' - Blackwell The Arts and Craft House
– Cumbria
2008 - Mar/May Salts Mill - Wedding fair
2007 - Oct
Galvanize - Sheffield
2007 – Nov Brighton craft fair
2007 – Oct – Jan Manchester craft and design centre
2007 – Sept Goldsmiths Fair - London
2007 – Aug/Oct Moments of indulgence – Millennium galleries
– Sheffield
2007 – Apr British craft trade fair - Harrogate
2007 – July Connect – Birmingham museum - Birmingham
2007 – Mar/May Victoria & Albert museum – Surrealist
exhibition - London
2007 – Jan London – Ten
2006 - Oct/Nov Persistence works – EXIT - Sheffield
2006 – Oct Birmingham museum - Ten
2006 ABDS - Ten - Bath
2005 – 2006 Dazzle, National theatre - London
2005 – 2006 Millennium Galleries – Selling exhibition
2005 – 2006 Millennium Galleries - Little gems – Sheffield
2005 – Sept Mint gallery - London
2005 – Sept 100% Guaranteed – London
2005 – June Crafts Council New designers ‘OYO’
– London
2004 – 2005 Dazzle, National theatre, - London
2004 – June 14th Silvertriennial – Goldschmiedehaus,
Hanau
2004 – May Degree Show - Royal College of Art
2004 – Jan Metamorphology & work in progress, Royal College
of Art 1999 – June New designers – London
2002 – Dec Goldberg Variations, Royal college of Art
2001 – 2002 A Sterling Adventure – British silver –
Washington D.C, America + Truro, Cornwall
