Education
2010-15
AHRC funded PHD at The University of Sunderland
1992-94
Masters Degree, University of Wales, Cardiff
1986-89
B.A. Hons Degree, Bath Spa University
Solo Exhibitions
2012
The Wakelin Award, The National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
2008
Philadelphia Clay Studio, USA
2007
Work from the EKWC, Bath Spa University, Bath
2005
The European Ceramics Work Centre, Holland
2003
Primary Object, Chapter Arts Gallery, Cardiff
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
On Paper – Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition, Glynn Vivian Museum and Art Gallery
2016
Dirt Poets, Morlan Gallery, Kentucky, USA
Made Anew Stories of the Broken and Mended, Aberystwyth Art Centre
2015
Fragile? The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Locws International, Swansea
2014
Oriel Davis Open, Oriel Davis, Newtown
2013
Reel to Real- crafts council touring exhibition until 2015
Hospitality, Bath Abbey, Bath, Avon
British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent
200 years on: Contemporary Works in Clay, Nant Garw Pottery Museum
Art on the Underground, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
New Ground, Landscape Art in Wales since 1970, St Davids
Disegno, Sculptors Drawings, Moma, Machynlleth
2011
Kith and Kin, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
Ting Tang Trash, Bergen Museum, Norway
The British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent
The Magic of Clay, Gl Holtgaard, Denmark
Portmanteau, Liepzig, Germany
Bloc Grant, Gallery of the North, Newcastle
2010
Of this century, NCECA, Philadelphia, USA
2009
Malicorne Espace Faience, France
Parcours Ceramique Carouges, Switzerland
Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize 2009, Anglesey
5th World Ceramic Biennale, Korea
10 years of The Bruckner Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales
Designing Clay’, Design Museum, London
2008
Smaak and Craak Keramikcentrum, Tiendshuur, Holland
Origins, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London
The National Eisteddfod, Cardiff
An-aesthetic, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff
Small Favours, Philadelphia Clay Studio, USA
The International Film Festival of Clay and Glass Montpelier, France.
2007
Fireworks Clay Studios 10 years on, touring
2006
National Eisteddfod, Swansea, Wales
Bodywork, Shipley Gallery, Gateshead
2005
Flourish, Art from Wales, The Moravian Gallery, Czech Republic
Bodywork, Aberyswyth Arts Centre, touring
2004
Ceramics Purchase Prize, Y Bont Gallery, Treforest
National Eisteddfod, Newport, Wales
2002
Travalogue, The Whitworth Museum, Manchester
Cardiff 2008, The Old Library, Cardiff
Ffresh 3, Chapter Arts Gallery, Cardiff
2001
Current, Gallery 39, Cardiff
Art from Wales, Commune di Milan, Milan, Italy
Radioesentensioni, Bologna, Italy
2000
Beginnings, The Whitworth Museum, Manchester
Short Circuits, Chapter Arts Gallery, Cardiff
Das Ensemble, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany
Residencies
2011
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
2008
Philadelphia Clay Studio, U.S.A
2005
The European Ceramics Work Centre, Holland
2000
Das Ensemble, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany
1994-96
Christs Hospital School, Horsham
Publications
2018
Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture, book by Laura Grey
2017
The Ceramics Reader, edited by Andrew Livingstone and Kevin Petrie
2015
New Directions in Ceramics, from spectacle to trace, book by Jo Dahn
2014
Handle with Care: Object Encounters at the Museum, review of Teatime at the Museum by Glenn Adamson
2013
Andrew Renton- Deposits and Withdrawals at the ‘collective memory bank’: ceramics artists and the National Museum of Wales,
2012
Monthly Ceramic Art, South Korea, February issue
Ceramic Review, January/February issue
2011
It Was Never Going To Be Straightforward, A history of g39 1998-2011
2009
Extra/ordinary, article by Dr Jo Dahn for book by Maria Buszek
2008
The View, ITV Wales
10 years on, touring show, exh cat
2007
David Cushway in conversation, Crafts Magazine, July/August 07
2005
Flourish, Art from Wales, exh cat
Bodyworks, touring show, exh cat
2004
Ceramic Review, issue 206, article by Jo Dahn
2003
Primary Object, essay by Anthony Shapland
Imaging Wales, book by Hugh Adams
2002
Ceramic Figures, book by Michael Flynn
Guardian Guide, South Wales Echo, Evening Argus, articles on Snowdon
National Radio 2 and 5, reports on Snowdon
BBC Radio Manchester and Manchester Drive time
Roy Noble Show
1998
Arts Monthly, review of East International
Presented papers and writing
2016
PhD Thesis, A model for the interpretation of the ceramic object located in the museum developed through post-disciplinary, post-studio practice
2014
Ceramics in the Expanded Field Conference, University of Westminster
2013
David Cushway- ICMEA Conference China, Reinterpreting Museum Collections -The Artist as Mediator
Marking the Line review of exhibition for Interpreting Ceramics journal, issue 15
Ceramics in the Expanded Field AHRC-Funded Research Project Interpreting Collections, Idea, Object, Site The Anna Freud Centre
2012
Doctoring Practice Symposium Bath Spa University
2011
Bloc Grant Partnership conference, Gallery of the North, Newcastle
Parallels and Connections conference, National Glass Centre Sunderland
How residencies have affected my practice, Contemporary Art Society, Liverpool Museum. https://vimeo.com/21756582
Awards and Commissions
2010-15
AHRC award for PhD research
2015
Locws commission for Prototype
2012
Richard and Rosemary Wakelin Purchase Award
2011
British Ceramics Biennial commission for Plate Spinner
Aberystwyth Arts Centre residency award
2010
Creative Wales Major Award
Wales Arts International travel grant, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFa7GFwldqs
2008
The National Eisteddfod, award for Fragments Films
Wales Arts International, residency and travel award
2005
Wales Arts International travel and research grant
2002
Whitworth Museum and Gallery commission for Snowdon
Teaching and Lecturing
2018
Visiting lecturer at the University of South Wales
12-16
Bath Spa University, part-time lecturer for B.A Hons and M.A. ceramics, painting and sculpture
07-11
Glamorgan University, part-time lecturer for B.A Hons ceramics, painting and sculpture
01-04
Caermarthen College of Art, part-time lecturer B.A. Hons ceramics, painting and sculpture
97-99
Risca College, part-time lecturer for foundation studies, ceramics and drawing and 3-dimensional design
94-96
Christs Hospital School, Horsham ceramics, fine art and drawing tutor
90-92
Northbrook College, part-time lecturer for foundation studies for ceramics, 3-dimensional design, painting, sculpture and drawing
Visiting lecturer at Hereford Technical College, Newcastle University, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University of Sunderland