Jeff Mincham (Australia) ceramics

Jeffrey Mincham was born 1950, Milang, South Australia. Studied art education at the Western Teachers College, South Australia and ceramics at the South Australian School of Art and the Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, under Les Blakebrough. In 1976 he began potting full-time at the Jam Factory Craft Centre, Adelaide, and became workshop foreman. In 1977 he established his own workshop at Cherryville, South Australia, where he has continued to work up to the present. In 2009 he was recognised as a "Living Treasure" by Craft Australia. His first solo exhibition was at the Jam Factory, Adelaide in 1976. His work is held by the Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and regional galleries.