Ceramic Art London brings international leading
ceramicists to London this April
Following a stellar year for ceramics
in 2015, the art form has experienced
something of a resurgence in popularity
and media attention. Recent highprofile benchmarks include Ai Weiwei’s
blockbuster show at The Royal Academy
of Arts, Edmund de Waal’s The White
Road and Ten Thousand Things at
the Gagosian, the Betty Woodman
show currently at the ICA, and media
excitement surrounding the televised
Great Pottery Throw Down series.
Ceramic Art London, the UK’s
leading international fair dedicated to
contemporary ceramic art is taking
place in Spring 2016. Hailing from all
corners of the globe, including Korea,
Japan and Australia, the makers are
fastidiously vetted by an independent
committee, before displaying their
works of great technical diversity. With
prices ranging from £30 – £10,000 there
is something for everyone, catering to
all collecting budgets and interests.
New this year, Ceramic Art London will
be relocating to one of London’s leading
art schools, Central Saint Martins, a
stone's throw away from King’s Cross
and St. Pancras International. The new
contemporary setting is ideally linked to
Eurostar and other high-speed trains
to provide national and international
visitors with a unique chance to
experience the fair.
Thomas Bohle, Large Bowl, Oxblood Glaze, h
18 cm x d 65.5. Courtesy of Ceramic Art London
To further consolidate this year’s new
Ceramic Art London and Central St
Martins partnership, a special display
of current students’ work and a curated
programme of free events comprising of
workshops, talks and film screenings,
will feature over the weekend. The fair
will allow enthusiasts and those new to
ceramics unique opportunities to learn
the skills, technique and craft from the
ceramicists themselves.
Chair of the Ceramic Art London
Organising Committee, Peter Beard,
comments: “2016 marks an especially
exciting year for Ceramic Art London
and we’re delighted to announce the
new collaboration with Central Saint
Martins. The rise in popularity of
ceramics over the past year has been
perceptible across the mainstream
media as much as in public and
commercial contemporary art spheres,
and we’re hoping this will encourage
an even more diverse audience to
experience the fair this year.”
With a refreshing dearth of gallerists or
middlemen, Ceramic Art London offers
the chance for collectors and the public
to buy straight from the makers. A mustvisit for hardcore fans and the ceramiccurious alike.
Ceramic Art London 2016 runs from
8 - 10 April, Central Saint Martins, 1
Granary Square, London, NC1 4AA.
For more information and tickets
please visit www.ceramics.org.uk
Myung Nam An, Beetle Series - Male Stage
Beetle, Slip casting and hand building, 90 x
50 x 15 cm. Courtesy of Ceramic Art London
Elke Sada, Panurus biarmicus
(Hallstattpiece), red, grogged clay,
handbuilding, partly glazed. Courtesy of
Ceramic Art London
Emily Gardiner, That Monday Feeling (Group Shot),
Variable Glaze Protrusions, Large 23 x 15 cm, Small 16
x 11 cm. Courtesy of Ceramic Art London