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JOANNA BIRD CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIONS
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Joanna Bird is delighted to be presenting a selection of compelling new work in her twentieth year of exhibiting at Collect Art Fair .
Somerset House Strand , London WC2R 1LA
MARCH 1 st – 5 th 2023
This year , the gallery will be showing outstanding examples of work by a selection of international artists , each of whom is supremely accomplished in their field : ceramics , glass and sculpture .
Representing a range of international contemporary makers , Joanna will present their innovative and cutting-edge work within the historic context of works by masters .
The exhibition will feature several artists showing with Joanna for the first time , including ceramicists Emmanuel Boos , Hanne Heuch and Lucille Lewin , and glass artists Anthony Scala and Kaja Upelj . There will also be a range of new work in glass by Steffen Dam , Dawn Bendick and Gregory Warren Wilson , as well as new work in ceramics by Halima Cassell and Matthew Warner .
Celebrated works by Studio Pottery masters , including Bernard Leach , Elizabeth Fritsch , Lucie Rie and Norah Braden , will also be on display .
Collect is the leading international art fair for contemporary craft and design to be held at Somerset House , London , from 3rd- 5th March , with previews on 1st-2nd March .
Joanna Bird originally trained as a potter with Michael Cardew before setting up a contemporary ceramics gallery in 1994 . Over the last three decades she has built an international reputation as a leading ceramics and glass expert and is regularly consulted by private collectors and curators from museums all over the world on important acquisitions and commissions .
Joanna represents a broad stable of ceramic and glass artists , showing their work alongside important historic Collectors ’ pieces at selected London and international galleries , art fairs , and at her own gallery in Chiswick . At her gallery , she holds two annual exhibitions , as well as a variety of evening events and artist talks in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation .
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