Penny Smith (Australia) ceramics

Penny Smith was born in 1947 in Germany. She obtained a Bachelor of Design from the High Wycombe College of Art and Technology at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England and Master of Fine Art from the University of Tasmania, Hobart. She is self-trained as a potter. From 1980 she lectured in the ceramics department of the University of Tasmania and was appointed head of the studio in 1984, where she is currently a Research Fellow. Her first solo exhibition was held at Salamanca Place Gallery in Hobart in 1970. Her work can be found in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, and other regional and state galleries.