I tend to use the word 'maker' to describe myself, never have liked labels and categorisation. My main practice is vessel based usually with narrative undertone and mixed messaging. I also sculpt figurative ornament, assemble tile panels, undertake public art projects and paint pictures. I have also maintained an academic profile for many years, and am an associate lecturer in contemporary ceramics and visiting lecturer in Contemporary Crafts. My independent curatorship and academic research projects having achieved EEU, Heritage Lottery, CUC and Arts Council funding, alongside my main occupation of creative practitioner.

"The off beat ceramics and 'look twice' pictures of the multi-dimensional Linda Styles, a London born but Cornwall based ceramist and painter, reflect a remarkable life. Behind the savage elegance of her ceramics and the eloquent beauty of her paintings lies a restless spirit and a rich but frequently dark experience. Many have tried to pigeonhole Linda's work with little success; there is simply nothing like it, exciting, vibrant and not to be missed, a heady mix of quirky, haunting and thoughtful, underpinned by social commentary Linda, as ever, continues to mix intense with intent". Linda Cleary 2009

Exhibitions

Dec - Jan '12 Christmas Exhibition, 3D Gallery, Bristol, Avon
Sept – Oct ’11 Mathew Lanyon/Linda Styles. New Craftsman, St Ives, Cornwall                                                                                                 
Mar - Apr 10 Paintings and Ceramics, Majis Gallery, Dubai
Mar - Apr 10 Spring Show, Lander Gallery, Truro 
Dec 09 - Jan 10 Christmas Show, Caxton Contemporary, Kent
Dec 09 - Jan 10 Christmas Show Gallerysca, Shrewsbury           
Nov - Dec 09 Beyond the Surface, Galanthus Gallery, Herefordshire
Nov - Dec 09 Christmas Show Wetpaint Gallery, Cirencester
Nov 09 Autumn Exhibition, Richard Hagen Fine Art, Worcestershire
Oct - Nov 09 Autumn Exhibition, Gallerysca, Shrewsbury                                 
Aug - Sept 09 Darwin – Species, Falmouth Municipal Gallery, Cornwall
Jul - Sept 09 Mark of the hand, Cornwall Crafts Association, Lizard, Cornwall
Jun 09 Three Alchemists, Hill House Gallery, Yorkshire 
Jun - Jul 09 Around Britain’s Coastline, Richard Hagen, Worcestershire
May - Jun 09 Virtuoso, SDC Gallery, London 
Apr - Jun 09 Subversive Figures, Stisa, St Ives, Cornwall
Apr 09 Emma Jeffrey’s/Linda Styles, The New Craftsman, St Ives, Cwll
Feb 09 Spring Exhibition, Hadfield Fine Art, Cheltenham                                   
Nov – Jan 08 Little picture show, Serena Hall Gallery, Southwold                      
Oct - Nov 08 Solo Show, New Street Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall 
Sept - Oct 08 Focus, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland 
Aug - Sept 08 Submersive Figures, New Street Gallery, Penzance                      
Jul - Aug 08 Pet portraits, Over the Moon, St Agnes, Cornwall                           
Feb 08 Linda Styles/Trevor Price, Printmaker’s Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall           
Feb 08 The Subversive Figure, Morvah Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
Jan - Mar 08 Eye-to-Eye, Object-to-Object, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Dec- Jan 07 – 08 Christmas Show, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall                            
Sep - Oct 07 Linda Styles solo show, Over the Moon, St Agnes, Cornwall
Jul - Sept 07 Miro Constellations, Falmouth Gallery, Cornwall 
Jul - Aug 07 Linda Styles/Paul Wadsworth, Camden Gallery, Gloucestershire
Jun 06 Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon                                 
Apr 06 Eleventh Annual, Chelsea Art Fair, London 
Sept - Oct 05 Selling Show, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall                                  
May 05 Bristol Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
Sept - Oct 04 Burning Issues, Trelowarren, Lizard, Cornwall
Sept 04 Patterns of Growth, Trebah Gardens, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall           
July 04 Linda Styles/Paul Wadsworth, Badcocks, Newlyn, Cornwall           
Apr 04 Ninth Annual, Chelsea Art Fair, London           
Sept 03 Italy, Light & Dark, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London
Nov - Jan 04 Matisse, Falmouth Municipal Gallery
Aug - Nov 03 Picasso ‘Make Me Smile’, Falmouth Municipal Gallery, Cornwall
Mar 03 Discovering Cornish Talent, Hicks Gallery, Wimbledon, London
May 02 Ceramica, Glasshouse Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
Apr 02 Seventh Annual, Chelsea Art Fair, London           
Jan - Feb 02 Cornish Ceramics, Fisherton Mill, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Aug - Sept 01 The Beach, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
Nov - Jan 01 Fresh Cornish, Brewery Arts, Cirencester, Gloucestershire           
Jun - July 00 Focus, Gallery shop, Newlyn Orion, Cornwall
Dec 96 Makers from Cornwall, 3D Gallery, Bristol
Aug 96 Setting Out, Craftsman Potters Ass. London
Aug 96 What’s Brewing, Art Connoisseur Gallery, London
Dec 95 Ceramic Contemporaries 2, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Dec 95 A Sense of Place, Cornwall Museum, Truro                                            
Oct 94 The Melting Pot, Tate Gallery, St Ives

Teaching and other roles

Ongoing - Visiting lecturer, Contemporary Crafts, UCF, Arts Matrix Mentor, Freelance Creative Practice facilitator, Curator and Researcher           
May 05 - Jan 09 Elected Trustee as Cornwall Crafts Education Advisory Officer 
08 - ongoing Associate Lecturer in Contemporary Ceramic Practice FdA           
99 - ongoing Associate Lecturer in Art and Design
02 - 08 Programme Manager, HND 3D Craft Design - Ceramics      

Awards

2009 ‘Mark of the Hand’ - CUC academic research (see links page, paper available).
Lizard, Cornwall
2008 ‘Falmouth Gallery Babies project’ - 2 year public art commission
Heritage Lottery funded (see links page, paper available).
Falmouth, Cornwall
2007 ‘Spontaneous Combustion 2’ Public art project undertaken with Lisa Stewart and Joanna Forsyth, Cornwall College, CUC academic
research, European Funding, Arts Council (see links page, paper available).
St Ives, Cornwall
2006 ‘Spontaneous Combustion 1’ Public art project undertaken with Lisa Stewart and Joanna Forsyth, Cornwall College, CUC Academic
Research (see links page, paper available).
Lizard, Cornwall
2004 ‘Burning Issues’ CUC academic research fund (paper available).
Lizard, Cornwall
2001 - 2003 Post Graduate Certificate of Education (Post 16).
2000 'A New Way of Looking at Form and Surface in ceramic' A project undertaken with Pete Smith, Cornwall College academic research fund (paper available).
Redruth, Cornwall
1996-1997 'Low fired simulated sawdust firing' - Research assistant to Pete Smith, Falmouth College of Art Research Award published in Ceramic Review (issue no 163).
London
1996 1st class BA (Hon’s) in Studio Ceramics + 1st class Dissertation award for  'A Deconstruction of Women’s Daily Lives', featuring Bobby Baker performance Artist and the seven virtues (Pilgrims Progress). (Copy available, UCF library).
Falmouth, Cornwall
1996 ‘Setting Out’ - CPA panel selected UK graduate show, Conran range displayed at Craftsman Potters Association.
London
1996 'What's Brewing’? Top UK graduates selected show, (Styles & Ward).
Art Connoisseur Gallery.
London
1995 Ceramic Contempories 2 - Our 3 Rubber spouted Tea pots were one of 60 exhibits selected from 3.000 undergraduate/post graduate submissions, (Prototype Conran range, Styles & Ward).
Victoria and Albert Museum,
London
1995 Society of Designer Craftsmen - Now lapsed, but a memorable interview by Kenneth Clarke at Dickensian head office.
London
1993 Dartington Trust Fund - Cash award with the proviso that I would put my practice back into the community which i believe I have done manifold.
Totnes, Devon
1962 National art competition
I won the South East junior heat with a jungle painting (paintbox prize presented by Tony Hart on a portable stage at Bentalls).
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey

Commissions

2007 The Gregg Museum of Folk Art - Requested gift of ceramics.
North Carolina University. 
NC, USA
2006 Hidden Art Curated jug - 21st century interpretation of 19th Century decorative jug for Godolphin House.
Lizard, Cornwall
2006 Sand Rose Trust Tiles - 6 logo tiles for bereaved children's cottages.
Marazion, Cornwall
2005 Redruth Hospital  - 6 tile panels for display in new mental health wards.
Redruth, Cornwall
2004 Godolphin Arms Ceramic triptych for restaurant overlooking St Michaels Mount.
Marazion, Cornwall
1996 Chris Neal Design Ltd ceramic mural - large scale architectural project, relief sections 6’x 6’ based onindustrial/natural landscape/seascape.
Truro, Cornwall
1997 Frame Warehouse Piazza - Total redesign and refurbishment.
Penryn, Cornwall
1995 Sir Terance Conran Breakfast range of breakfast tableware.
Michelin House, London
1994 Tate Gallery  undergraduate commission working and showing with
Lubna Chowdhary.
St Ives, Cornwall   

Press  

2011 Kaleidoscope of colour conceals dark world of unimaginable heartache

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/Kaleidoscope-colour-conceals-dark-  world-unimaginable-heartache/article-3367657-detail/article.html

2009 ‘Wild Mums find Art’- Guardian Society, Jan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jan/05/wild-mums-falmouth-gallery-cornwall                      

2008  ‘Children's tiles help build the future of Falmouth’ - Falmouth Packet, June

2006 ‘Catch this’ Daily Telegraph, May

2006 ‘On the crest of a new Arts Wave’ - The Observer, Nov

2006, ‘Open Studios Cornwall’ - Daily Telegraph Travel Supplement, May

Publications

2010 'Advanced Pottery' - (inclusion), Linda Bloomfield. Published by Robert Hale (Oct) ISBN-13 9780709087724 
http://www.halebooks.com/
2009 'Unbreakable' - An expansive account of a mothers enduring love, within which I begin to transgress difficult frontiers and explore new horizons. Dec
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mystory/stories/discovery/174405/
2003  'Linda Styles Ceramics' published to accompany the exhibition at Tate St Ives 25/10/2 - 25/01/2004. (A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library, library of congress number 2003111554, copyright Tate Trustees,  all rights reserved.)
1998 – ongoing ‘British Studio Potters' Marks’, Eric Yates-Owen and Robert Fournier. Published by A&C Black Limited.

Articles

2009 ‘History in the Making’ Inside Cornwall, Aug, issue number 188
2008 ‘Submersive Figures’ Artcornwall.org, Sept
http://www.artcornwall.org/exhibitions/submersive_figures.htm  
2008, ‘In the Studio’ Inside Cornwall, Sept 177
2008 ‘Submersive Figures’ Cornwall Culture review by Cath Wallace, August
2004 ‘The History of Studio Pottery’ Inside Cornwall, Jan, issue number 117
2003 ‘Burning Issues’ Cornwall Today, Nov, issue number 115
1997 'Bonfire Brilliance - Low Fire Simulated Sawdust Firing'.  Ceramic Review, January – February, issue number 163
1996 'Hot Seat' Cornwall Today, December