Exhibitions are fun to put together, you never really know until the end of the hang (and getting to know the work that you are showing) how it is going to look and where the impact will lie. This is a constant challenge – I love mixing it up a little and surprising people.
Exhibitions
Tea Matters
18th November - 16th December 2026
Joanna Bird cordially invites you to Tea Matters, her next winter exhibition.
Few daily rituals have shaped ceramic history like the making of tea. From the chawans of the Japanese tea ceremony to the earthenware of the English country kitchen, the vessels that attend us engage our senses in the practical beauty of the every day.
Gathered together in this exhibition are works by several contemporary makers, Sam Chatto, Amanda Coldridge, Akiko Hirai, Mark Hewitt, Petra Lindenbauer, Amanda-Sue Rope, William Plumptre and Matthew Warner, whose different sensibilities reflect the rich heritage of this shared tradition. Works by master potters Michael Cardew, David Leach, Rupert Spira and Edward Hughes will also be on display.
The exhibition will run from 18th November – 16th December 2026. The gallery will be open 10:00 – 17:00 Tuesday to Saturday and also by appointment.
A series of captivating talks and artist events will accompany the exhibition with dates to be announced.
Whether it is a moment of quiet reflection or a gesture of welcome, this exhibition celebrates the festive season and the collective enjoyment of time shared. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information, please call us on 02089959960 or email info@joannabird.com
Exhibitions
A Sense of Perspective
9th – 26th September 2026
Joanna Bird is delighted to present her latest exhibition, A Sense of Perspective, which will run from 09th – 26th September.
Ceramics, like architecture, is an art of extremes. On the one hand, it is the purest expression of form, a meditation on space, scale, angle and line. Yet it is also an art of interaction, given meaning through purpose, function and the rituals of daily use. It is in this duality that ceramics operates as a design element, with the power to elevate and transform the spaces and routines we inhabit.
The four artists of this exhibition, Emmanuel Boos, Carina Ciscato, Florian Gadsby and Sara Moorhouse, each bring a distinctive design sensibility to their practice, being well versed in site-specific commissions, installation, furniture and graphic design.
Experience the works as they might be lived with, thoughtfully arranged in the intimate setting of the gallery, and discover how they could transform and enrich your own surroundings.
The gallery will be open 10:00 – 17:00 Tuesday to Saturday and also by appointment.
Exhibitions
Tea Matters
17th November - 16th December 2026
Joanna Bird cordially invites you to Tea Matters, her next winter exhibition.
Few daily rituals have shaped ceramic history like the making of tea. From the chawans of the Japanese tea ceremony to the earthenware of the English country kitchen, the vessels that attend us engage our senses in the practical beauty of the every day.
Gathered together in this exhibition are works by several contemporary makers, Sam Chatto, Akiko Hirai, Mark Hewitt, Petra Lindenbauer, Amanda–Sue Rope, William Plumptre and Matthew Warner, whose different sensibilities reflect the rich heritage of this shared tradition. Works by master potters Michael Cardew, David Leach, Rupert Spira and Edward Hughes will also be on display.
The exhibition will run from 17th November – 16th December 2026. The gallery will be open 10:00 – 17:00 Tuesday to Saturday and also by appointment.
A series of captivating talks and artist events will accompany the exhibition with dates to be announced.
Whether it is a moment of quiet reflection or a gesture of welcome, this exhibition celebrates the festive season and the collective enjoyment of time shared. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com
Exhibitions
COLLECT 2026
Joanna Bird is delighted to be presenting a selection of compelling new work in her twenty-second year of exhibiting at Collect Art Fair.
Collect is the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design, held at Somerset House, London, from 27th February –1st March 2026, with previews on 25th–26th February. Tickets are now available to purchase on the Crafts Council website, here.
If you are unable to come to Collect in person, our display will be available on the Virtual Exhibition page of our website from 25th February. All pieces are available for sale, please get in touch with any enquiries you have.
We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com
Exhibitions
A Time for Gifts
18th November – 16th December 2025
Joanna Bird is delighted to present her next exhibition, A Time for Gifts, which will open from 18th November to 16th December 2025.
A Time for Gifts will bring together the creative visions of several contemporary artists in celebration of the festive season, featuring works and installations by: Karen Bunting, Adam Buick, Amanda Coldridge, Natasha Daintry, Sara Dodd, Florian Gadsby, Mark Hewitt, Paul Jackson, Francis Lloyd-Jones, Judith Rowe, and Matthew Warner.
Whether you’re seeking the perfect gift or simply wishing to be inspired, A Time for Gifts promises to be a unique and joyful opportunity to discover exceptional works in ceramic and glass that demonstrate the richness of contemporary craft.
The gallery is open 10.00am – 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday and by appointment.
We look forward to seeing you!
For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com
Exhibitions
Ceramic Brussels 2025, International Ceramics Fair
23rd January – 26th January 2025
With the Vernissage opening its doors tonight, JOANNA BIRD GALLERY is delighted to announce that we are exhibiting at Ceramic Brussels for the very first time. Established in 2024, Ceramic Brussels is the first international contemporary art fair dedicated exclusively to ceramics and offers a unique platform to showcase the diversity and innovation within the practice.
This year, the gallery will be showing outstanding examples of contemporary work by a selection of international artists including Emmanuel Boos, Halima Cassell, Florian Gadsby, Hanne Heuch, Hattori Makiko, Rupert Spira and Matthew Warner. Celebrated works by Studio Pottery Masters, including Norah Braden, Elizabeth Fritsch, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, Lucie Rie and John Ward will also be on display.
The fair will run from 22nd January – 26th January 2025 at 3 Rue Picard, Brussels 1000, Belgium.
VIP Preview and Vernissage – 22nd January 2025, 15:00 – 22:00.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Image right: Dark Windows by Elizabeth Fritsch, photo credit Alick Cotterill.
Exhibitions
Celebrating 30 Years of the Joanna Bird Gallery
13th November - 7th December 2024
Joanna Bird is delighted to present her forthcoming exhibition, Celebrating 30 Years of the Joanna Bird Gallery, which will run from 13th November to 7th December 2024 at the Chiswick gallery.
This exhibition is both a celebration of exceptional artists and a personal tribute to the creative community that has grown around the galery over the last three decades. Celebrating 30 Years brings together a cornucopia of works to celebrate the gallery’s longstanding relationships with artists including: Richard Batterham, Emmanuel Boos, Norah Braden, Karen Bunting, Michael Cardew, Halima Cassell, Carina Ciscato, Prue Cooper, Steffen Dam, Sara Dodd, Daniel Fisher, Elizabeth Fritsch, Florian Gadsby, Joseph Harrington, Akiko Hirai, Edward Hughes, Hyejeong Kim, Chris Keenan, Bernard Leach, David Leach, John Maltby, Sara Moorhouse, Michael O’Brien, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, William Plumptre, Judith Rowe, Lucie Rie, Annie Turner, Kaja Upelj, Edmund de Waal, Matthew Warner, Gregory Warren Wilson.
Celebrating 30 Years will offer a glimpse into the gallery’s evolving development. Drawing inspiration from her time with Michael Cardew and followed by twelve years at SOFA, USA, the gallery continues to support both emerging and established artists. Joanna has also been delighted to facilitate various commissions including Edmund de Waal’s A Sounding Line and Jacob van der Beugel‘s North Sketch Sequence at Chatsworth House. In addition, the gallery recently celebrated Emmanuel Boos as Best Artist at COLLECT 2023 and Halima Cassell’s Brookfield Properties Craft Award 2024.
Join us for a captivating talk and a special breakfast event in conversation with several artists, which will offer further insight into the breadth of artistic talent that the gallery supports. Dates to be announced.
The gallery is open 10.00am – 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday and by appointment.
We look forward to seeing you!
For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com
Exhibitions
Serendipity, Open House & Garden
26th June – 13th July 2024
Joanna Bird is delighted to present her latest exhibition, Serendipity, Open House & Garden open from 26th June to 13th July 2024.
Serendipity will include works by several artists: Norah Braden, Karen Bunting, Seth Cardew, Halima Cassell, Pippin Drysdale, Elizabeth Fritsch, Edward Hughes, Francis Lloyd-Jones, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, Lucie Rie, Rupert Spira, William Staite Murray, Louisa Taylor and Kaja Upelj
The gallery is open 10.00am – 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday and by appointment.
We look forward to seeing you!
For more information, please call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com
Exhibitions
International Ceramic Art Fair 2024, Toronto, ON
23rd May – 2nd June 2024
This year the prestigious International Ceramic Art Fair 2024 will feature Halima Cassell, represented by Joanna Bird Gallery.
ICAF 2024 focuses on the theme of gathering to explore ways in which artworks, and clay as a medium, can bring us together to create common ground. Amid political, religious, ethnic, class, and cultural divides, gathering enables us to focus on how we are united in our humanity, highlighting shared experiences and needs. Gathering encourages listening, as we share space within the action of coming together. To gather is also to collect our resources, both internal and external, for healing and survival. We gather with emotional and spiritual intention, honoring our full capacities as beings to face the challenges and opportunities we encounter. ICAF 2024 highlights Canadian and international artists who engage clay as a medium for coming together to reassert our shared bonds with each other and the earth.
Gardiner Museum
Toronto, ON
Exhibitions
A Fine Line: Modern Makers at Pitzhanger
8th May – 4th August 2024
JOANNA BIRD is delighted to present her forthcoming exhibition, A Fine Line: Modern Makers at Pitzhanger, open from 8th May to 4th August 2024.
The exhibition will take place at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ (10 minutes from the Elizabeth line).
This is a microscopic moment in time to reflect on Sir John Soane’s interests, his vision and his innovative ideas. I have chosen work that I think would amuse him, were he alive today. One of his gift s was the element of surprise: this will be the theme running through A Fine Line.
Joanna Bird
The artists are: Emmanuel Boos, Prue Cooper, Steffen Dam, Joseph Harrington, Hanne Heuch, Tom Perkins, William Plumptre, Nicholas Rena, Judith Rowe, Matthew Warner and Gregory Warren Wilson.
For more information, call us on 020-8995-9960 or email info@joannabird.com
Exhibitions
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
Exhibitions
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
Exhibitions
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
Exhibitions
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
Exhibitions
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.
Exhibitions
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.
Exhibitions
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.
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Exhibitions, Foundation
Richard Batterham, Master Potter
“This fine documentary is a deep dive into one man’s world of making, and the philosophy behind a life in pottery. The sense of accumulation – of time, of clay, of conviction – is palpable in every shot. We also hear from the magnificent David Attenborough and master chef Nigel Slater (who begins every day with his Batterham breakfast bowl). Their voices remind us that often, the most meaningful things in life are rooted in the everyday, indeed, in the dirt beneath our feet.”
– Glenn Adamson. Senior Research Scholar, Yale Centre of British Art
Joanna Bird is honoured to present Richard Batterham, Master Potter, a film made by the Joanna Bird Foundation with filmmaker Alex J. Wright, featuring Sir David Attenborough and Nigel Slater. An edited version will be on view at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Richard Batterham: Studio Potter Exhibition opening Friday, 26th November 2021 – September 2022 in Room 146.
The life and work of Richard Batterham (1936-2021) is monumental within the world of studio ceramics. Joanna celebrates her friendship with Richard which spanned 40 years through the sharing of his life’s work. Richard remains an inspiration for us all.
For more information, please visit the V&A webite.
And more more information about the Joanna Bird Foundation, or to purchase a full length DVD of the film, please click the button below.
