Preston curates an annual contemporary ceramics exhibition House of Pots in Chelsea, London. He has curated exhibitions at London Craft Week, London Design Festival, and Doddington Hall.
Preston is the current Chairman of The Crafts Council’s Patrons group. He is a board member of the Heslam Trust. He supports Fired Up 4 Clay and the Second Half Art exhibition and judges The Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize. He sponsors the Work in Progress exhibition with Royal College of Art students in the MA Ceramics and Glass department.
Preston started his professional life in financial services in New York City. He’s been London-based for over 25 years, where he made a major career change after earning post-graduate degrees at Christies’ Education and Sotheby’s Institute of Art.
