Peter Tysoe

Peter Tysoe is an artist and designer-maker, who established a multi media design and production studio at Dartington, Devon, England, in the 1960's. His personal works, exhibited widely in the UK, Europe and the US, reflect the influence of early cultures, gained from travels to Greece as a student – e.g., Tholoi series later resulting from a visit to Mycenae.

Early in his artistic career he was an invited member of the Penwith Society of Arts, exhibiting in their St. Ives gallery with Hepworth, Leach, and other members of the group. During this period he had a solo show at the Plymouth City Art Gallery; and was an invited exhibitor in the Henry Rothschild collection at Kettles Yard, Cambridge, and other galleries.
Inclusion of glass elements in his sculptural work led to an involvement in the early studio glass movement in the 70's, when he set up a hot glass studio in Dartington, Devon – developing individual vessel and cast sculptural forms, exhibiting in major exhibitions and galleries in the UK and abroad.

Moving to Adelaide, S. Australia, in 1985 resulted in his work being included in the Australian National Glass Collection, NSW, the New Parliament House collection in Canberra, the Art gallery of South Australia, ...

1948-52 Oxford Secondary Technical School
1952-56 Oxford School of Art,
1956-58 Goldsmith's School of Art, London University

Selected list -
Penwith Gallery St.Ives Cornwall -
London - Commonwealth Institute - Grosvenor Gallery - Marjorie Parr Gallery - Building Centre - Foyles Art Gallery - National Theatre & Crafts Council Gallery
Kettles Yard Cambridge - Oxford Gallery -
Solo exhibition "Peter Tysoe" New Work - Plymouth City Art Gallery - 1972
Galerie Het Glashuis - Alkmaar - Rozengalerie Amsterdam - Netherlands
USA - Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition
Works in Public Collections
Musee des Arts Decoratifs Lausanne Suisse Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg Deutschland
Parliament House Collection Canberra - Australian National Art Glass Collection
Art Gallery of South Australia - Hamilton Art Gallery Victoria - `Glass at Masterworks' Masterworks Gallery Auckland New Zealand
UK City Art Galleries: Portsmouth - Liverpool Plymouth - Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
2000 ‘Fragmented Aesthetics’ Central School of Art Gallery Adelaide
2003 ‘Peter Tysoe Glass’ Cider Press Gallery Dartington
2007 `Here They Come’ Work by migrant glass artists to Australia - National Art Glass Collection NSW