Collect 2024

Joanna Bird is delighted to be presenting a selection of compelling new work in her twentieth year of exhibiting at Collect Art Fair.

Collect is the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design, held at Somerset House, London, from 1st–3rd March 2024, with previews on 28th–29th February.

Early Bird Tickets are now available to purchase on the Crafts Council website, here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Messages from the workshop – Prue Cooper and Joanna Bird in conversation

Wednesday 13th December, 6.30–8.30 pm.

Please join us for a fascinating evening with potter Prue Cooper, in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation.

Prue’s dishes are meant to be used and enjoyed, slip decorated press-moulded earthenware is an approachable and friendly medium. The designs reflect her view of life, celebrating friendship and the sharing of simple pleasures. Some dishes have inscriptions, which are not separate from the designs but integral to the whole both in form and meaning. The overall design echoes the sense of the words (as a tune echoes the sense of the lyric).

Work by Prue is on view as part of our current exhibition, The Joy of Things to Come, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Donations welcomed towards the Joanna Bird Foundation.

RSVP is essential for all events.

Martina Margetts and Pam Su in conversation

Wednesday 22nd November, 6.30–8.30 pm

Please join us for a conversation between Martina Margetts, writer, curator, lecturer, former Editor of Crafts and Senior Tutor in Critical & Historical Studies with the artist Pam Su, in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation.

Work by Pam is on view as part of our current exhibition, The Joy of Things to Come, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Drinks and canapés will be served. Donations welcomed towards the Joanna Bird Foundation.

RSVP is essential for all events.

The Joy of Things to Come

Joanna Bird is delighted to present her latest exhibition, The Joy of Things to Come, open from 15th November to 15th December 2023.

Just in time for the festive season, this exhibition should whet your appetite for special presents as it shows our glorious range of beautiful tableware in ceramics and glass, as well as fine Italian linen.
These works will certainly bring joy to your lives and lift the spirits for the holiday season.

The Joy of Things to Come will include works by several artists: Dawn Bendick, Alan Caiger-Smith, Prue Cooper, Pippin Drysdale, Lobmeyr Glass, Hanne Heuch, Francis Lloyd-Jones, Tom Perkins, Judith Rowe, Anthony Scala, Pam Su, Louisa Taylor, Miranda Thomas, Matthew Warner, Gregory Warren Wilson.

Also works by past masters: Alan Caiger-Smith, Edward Hughes, William Staite Murray, Lucie Rie and Charles Vyse will be exhibited.

The gallery is open 10.00am – 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday and by appointment.

Evening events and talks with be held in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation. See our events page to find out more!

We look forward to seeing you!

For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

The Joy of Things to Come

Last Hurrah!

Wednesday 19th July 2023, 6 pm

Please join us on the exhibition closing night  for a talk and tour of the house and garden.
An evening not to be missed!

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Suggested donation of £5 towards the Joanna Bird Foundation.

RSVP is essential for all events.

Last Hurrah!

William Plumptre in conversation with Joanna Bird

Wednesday 28th June 2023, 6.30 – 8.00pm

 

Please join us for a conversation with ceramicist William Plumptre.

Following his ceramic design studies at Chelsea College of Art, William Plumptre travelled to Japan where he learned with the Japanese National Treasure, Tatsuzō Shimaoka. He returned to England and established his first pottery in 1987, and since 1994 Plumptre has been working from his studio in the Lake District.

Work by William is on view as part of our current exhibition, Rites of Passage, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Suggested donation of £15 towards the Joanna Bird Foundation.

RSVP is essential for all events.

Akiko Hirai and Gregory Warren Wilson in conversation

Wednesday 21st June 2023, 6.30 – 8.00pm

Please join us for an artist talk, featuring Akiko Hirai and Gregory Warren Wilson.

Akiko makes a variety of wares, drawing from the Japanese tradition of allowing the clay to influence her in how she decorates and fires her work. The interaction between object and viewer enables the viewer to discover the language of her practice in their own way. Her unique approach to ceramics has been highly acclaimed, her work is much in demand internationally.

Gregory Warren Wilson is an artist and prize-winning poet. His work in glass plays with the translucent nature of the material, using multiple layers of hand-cut sections glass and tesserae to allow light to interact with the colours spatially. His designs sometimes take as their starting point a fragment of poetry, resulting in a glasswork that exists in its own right while alluding to the original literary source.

Works by Akiko and Gregory are on view as part of our current exhibition, Rites of Passage, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com.

Suggested donation of £15 towards the Joanna Bird Foundation.

RSVP is essential for all events.

Three Artists in Conversation

Wednesday 14th June 2023, 6.30 – 8.00pm

Please join us for our first talk of our latest exhibition, Rites of Passage, featuring Julian Stair, Carina Ciscato and Matthew Warner in conversation.

Julian Stair OBE is an English potter and historian who works in London, and studied at Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art. His work ranges from modest homeware to monumental vessels, but retains his unique modernist style throughout. Julian’s essays have been published by the Courtauld Institute, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Tate Gallery and the Yale Centre for British Art.

Carina Ciscato is a Brazilian potter from São Paulo, who moved to South London in September 1999, where she worked in the studio of Julian Stair and Edmund de Waal. Her work captures the fluidity of clay as she masterfully alters and re-assembles the thrown forms with a natural sense of balance, form and material.

Matthew Warner completed his BA at Camberwell College of Art in 2010. He went on to study under Julian Stair and now works from his studio in South East London. He takes inspiration from the work of the 18th century potter, Josiah Wedgwood, and from historic cultural research.

Works by Carina and Matthew are on view as part of our latest exhibition, Rites of Passage, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Suggested donation of £15 towards the Joanna Bird Foundation.

RSVP is essential for all events.

Rites of Passage 2023

Joanna Bird is delighted to present her latest exhibition, Rites of Passage, open from 8th June to 19th July 2023.

This exhibition brings critical insight into the evolution of twentieth-century ceramics from the British tradition. It centres around innovations in style and an artistic inheritance passed from master to apprentice. The incorporation of works by artists from continental Europe and Japan allows visitors to discover the diverse and intersecting influences on artistic development, and Joanna draws out the cultural lineages embedded in contemporary works through careful curation and juxtaposition with historic pieces

Rites of Passage will include works by several contemporary artists: Emmanuel Boos, Carina Cisato, Hanne Heuch, Akiko Hirai, Tom Perkins, William Plumptre, Matthew Warner and Gregory Warren Wilson. Also exhibited are works by past masters: Richard Batterham, Michael Cardew, Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie.

The gallery is open 10.00am – 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday and by appointment. An illustrated catalogue will also be available.

Evening events and talks with be held in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation. See our events page to find out more!

We look forward to seeing you!

For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Rites of Passage 2023

Collect 2023

Joanna Bird is delighted to be presenting a selection of compelling new work at Collect Art Fair.

Collect is the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design, held at Somerset House, London, from 3rd–5th March 2023, with previews on 1st–2nd March.

Early Bird Tickets are now available to purchase on the Crafts Council website, here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Collect 2023

Artist Lucille Lewin and Curator Preston Fitzgerald in conversation

Monday, 5th December 2022, 6.00 – 8.00pm

Please join us for our final talk of 2022, featuring artist Lucille Lewin and curator Preston Fitzgerald in conversation with Joanna Bird.

Lucille Lewin is an artist from South Africa, who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2017. Her work focuses on fine porcelain elements which are fractured metaphors for human experience through time.

Preston Fitzgerald is a curator of contemporary ceramics as well as a collector of contemporary crafts. He curates an annual exhibition of ceramics and glass with students from the MA course at the Royal College of Art, and also serves as a judge of the Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize.

Work by Lucille is on view as part of our autumn exhibition, Point of Balance, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Glass Artists Dawn Bendick and Gregory Warren Wilson in conversation

Thursday, 1st December 2022, 6.00 – 8.00pm

We are very pleased to announce our upcoming Evening Event in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation, with glass artists Dawn Bendick and Gregory Warren Wilson in conversation with Joanna. Join us for an evening of discussion and insight into these outstanding artists and their practice.

Dawn Bendick is an artist working with time, light and multitone glass based in the UK. Her project titled ‘Time Over Time’ considers how the changing properties of a material can signal the passage of time. Using a combination of natural and artificial lights to tap into our peripheral senses, Dawn questions how we can bring awareness to the change in seasons, atmospheric light and weather.

Gregory Warren Wilson is an artist and prize-winning poet. His work in glass plays with the translucent nature of the material, using multiple layers of hand-cut tesserae to allow light to interact with the glass spatially. His designs sometimes take as their starting point a fragment of poetry, resulting in a glasswork that exists in its own right while alluding to the original literary source.

Work by Dawn and Gregory is on view as part of our autumn exhibition, Point of Balance, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Brunch with Florian Gadsby

Saturday, 19th November 2022, 11.00am – 1.00pm

We are delighted to invite you to brunch at our Chiswick gallery with acclaimed potter Florian Gadsby. This is a unique opportunity to meet and chat to one of our outstanding artists about his work and philosophy. Gaining insight into Florian’s practice as a potter while enjoying breakfast treats will be a Saturday morning well spent!

Florian Gadsby is a ceramicist working in North London. Having apprenticed with Lisa Hammond at Maze Hill Pottery for three years, Florian went on to work with Ken Matsuzaki in Mashiko, Japan, for six months. There he learnt how to use the traditional Japanese kick-wheel to make his established shapes, as well as how to glaze and fire in both the oribe and shino styles.

To book a ticket for brunch with Florian, please click here.

Work by Florian is on view as part of our autumn exhibition, Point of Balance, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

An Illustrated Talk by Halima Cassell MBE, FRSS

Tuesday, 8th November 2022, 6.00 – 8.00pm

We are pleased to announce our upcoming Evening Event in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation: an illustrated talk by artist and sculptor Halima Cassell MBE, FRSS. Known for her dynamic geometric motifs, which she carves into clay and later fires or casts, Halima’s work is largely inspired by her Pakistani heritage, her fascination with African patterns, and her knowledge of Islamic architectural principles. Join us for the exciting opportunity to hear Halima speak about her work and process.

Work by Halima is on view as part of our autumn exhibition, Point of Balance, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

All talks begin at 6.30pm. Canapés and wine will be served.

Entry donations welcome.

Point of Balance

12th October – 16th December 2022

JOANNA BIRD is delighted to present its Autumn Exhibition, Point of Balance. The Exhibition will run from 12th October – 16th December. Our Chiswick gallery open viewing days are Tuesday to Saturday, 10.00am – 5.00pm; other days by appointment. Please email info@joannabird.com or call us on 020-8995-9960 to schedule an appointment with Joanna.

For this exhibition, each artist was asked to respond to the title theme in their own individual ways. These texts have been designed within a beautiful catalogue. The catalogue is available to purchase for £5 plus P&P. The artists include: Dawn Bendick, Halima Cassell, Joanna Constantinidis, Steffen Dam, Pippin Drysdale, Elizabeth Fritsch, Florian Gadsby, Sun Kim, Lucille Lewin, Tom Perkins, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, Lucie Rie, Rupert Spira, Kaja Upelj, Charles Vyse, Matthew Warner and Gregory Warren Wilson.
We do hope you can come and enjoy the exhibition.
Point of Balance

Artists Karen Bunting and Francis Lloyd-Jones in conversation with Joanna

13th July 2022, Wednesday 6.00 – 8.00pm

We are pleased to announce our upcoming Evening Event in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation, with artists Francis Lloyd-Jones and Karen Bunting in conversation with Joanna. Join us for a rare opportunity to hear son of potter David Lloyd-Jones speak about his beautiful soda glazing in the company of Karen, who has know him for many years

Work by Karen and Franics is on view as part of our summer exhibition, The Sunlight on the Garden, in our Chiswick gallery and on our website.

For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com

Artists Karen Bunting and Francis Lloyd-Jones in conversation with Joanna

Work by BA Graduates in Stone Carving from City & Guilds London Art School

We are delighted to be presenting work by Morgan Edwards, Steffan Lomax and Imogen Long – BA Graduates in Stone Carving from City & Guilds London Art School as part of our summer exhibition, The Sunlight on the Garden, from Tuesday 5th July.

Please join us for a welcoming Evening Event, in association with the Joanna Bird Foundation, on Wednesday 6th July, 6.00 – 8.00pm. The graduates will be attending and there will be a Q&A session at 7.00pm. Please RSVP if you would like to attend. All donations for the Joanna Bird Foundation are welcomed.

Work by BA Graduates in Stone Carving from City & Guilds London Art School

Steffen Dam’s solo exhibition – Come Fly with Me

13 May – 30 December 2022, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark

We are pleased to share our artist, Steffen Dam’s new solo exhibition, ‘Come Fly with Me’, is now open at the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark from 13 May – 30 December 2022. Steffen has created a beautiful airship that takes us through the screen to his wizard’s view of the world.

Steffen Dam’s solo exhibition – Come Fly with Me

COLLECT – the SELECT

At our Chiswick Gallery, we have reimagined our COLLECT 2022 display at Somerset House by restaging the work of several of our celebrated artists in a more domestic setting.

‘COLLECT – the SELECT’ comprises ceramics, glass, bronze, lacquer, photography, and much more, and will run from 16th March until 12th April 2022 (Mondays to Thursdays from 10am to 5pm, and all other days by appointment), with an after-party on the final day from 12pm to 8pm. Please RSVP to attend via info@joannabird.com or +44 (0) 20 8995 9960.

Exhibiting artists include Silvia Aguirre, Svend Bayer, Dawn Bendick, Hélène Binet, Karen Bunting, Michael Cardew, Halima Cassell, Vittorio Costantini, Steffen Dam, Pippin Drysdale, Elizabeth Fritsch, Akiko Hirai, Edward Hughes, David Leach, Hattori Makiko, Jim Malone, Geoffrey Mann, William de Morgan, Nason Moretti, James Oughtibridge, Tanja Pak, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, Lucie Rie, Rupert Spira, Miranda Thomas, Matthew Warner, Gregory Warren Wilson, Philip Wood, and Yali Glass.

#COLLECTtheSELECT

COLLECT – the SELECT

Joanna Bird at COLLECT 2022

Joanna Bird at COLLECT 2022