Professor Kevin Petrie

Professor Kevin Petrie
Institute for International Research in Glass, National Glass Centre at the University of Sunderland
kevin.petrie@sunderland.ac.uk

Biography
Professor Kevin Petrie leads the Glass and Ceramics team at the University of Sunderland. Kevin studied Illustration at the University of Westminster and
Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art. He holds a PhD from the Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol and presented this work at the first IMPACT conference in 1999. Kevin’s book Glass and Print established the crossovers between Glassmaking and Printmaking. His second book, Ceramic Transfer Printing draws together the great potential of print for ceramics. Kevin has presented his work on glass, ceramics and print in Canada, Hong Kong, Denmark, Germany, USA, Australia, China and was recently awarded a ‘National Teaching Fellowship’.