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Assistant Professor in Ceramics at Iowa State University

Assistant Professor in Ceramics at Iowa State University, Ames, IA Posted on August 5, 2026 The Department of Art and Visual Culture in the College of Design at Iowa State University is offering a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Ceramics starting August 16, 2027. Qualified candidates for this studio-based position […]

Ceramics Studio Manager at Minot State University

Ceramics Studio Manager at Minot State University, Minot, ND Posted on August 15, 2026 The Department of Art at Minot State University invites applications for a ceramics studio manager. The successful candidate must have current and significant experience with studio processes, materials, and technology and a commitment to maintaining an open, accessible and safe learning […]

Kirsten Spuijbroek: Selected works, 2022-2025

Kirsten Spuijbroek: Selected works, 2022-2025 After the fire and Passage, 2025 Gates stand as guardians of emotional wellbeing, marking the boundary between comfort and growth. They hold the tension of choice, the moment when one must decide whether to remain in the familiar or step into the unknown. To pass through is to face fear, […]

Kirsten Spuijbroek

Kirsten Spuijbroek Kirsten Spuijbroek (b. 1981) is an artist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She studied Product Design at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, graduating with a BA in 2009, and previously attended the Hout- en Meubileringscollege in Amsterdam. Spuijbroek’s work explores difficult and often unspoken aspects of human experience, with a particular focus on […]

Kneaded. Shaped. Fired. 47th Tendencies Exhibition

2026 Tendencies exhibition is the 47th edition of a series of annual presentations that began in 1970, when Norwegian artist Erik Pløen proposed a yearly craft exhibition to Galleri F 15’s then-director, Lars Brandstrup. The exhibition is on view June 20th through October 11th at Galleri F 15 in Moss, a […]

Heide Nonnenmacher: Selected works, 2020-2025

Heide Nonnenmacher: Selected works, 2020-2025 My work grows out of a fascination with the natural structures that surround me and with the ancient geological history of Nattheim, where I live and work. Around 150 million years ago, this region was part of the Swabian Jurassic Sea. Its corals, sponges, radiolarians, and other marine organisms, preserved […]

Heide Nonnenmacher

Heide Nonnenmacher Heide Nonnenmacher (b. 1951, Stuttgart) is a ceramic artist based in Nattheim, Germany. She studied art at the University of Education in Schwäbisch Gmünd from 1971 to 1974 and established her own studio in 1982. Throughout her career, she has participated in multiple international residencies and exchanges, including artist residencies in Shigaraki, Japan […]

Astrid Sleire: Selected works, 2025-2026

Astrid Sleire: Selected works, 2025-2026 Folded Constructions, 2026 Astrid Sleire’s works highlight the constructed and assembled – architectural qualities. In the exhibition Folded Constructions, Astrid Sleire explores the movements of the material and how the shape can create a space for new possibilities. She aims to strike a balance between construction and expression, between the […]

Astrid Sleire

Astrid Sleire Astrid Sleire (b. 1961) is a Norwegian ceramic artist who graduated from The National College of Art and Design in Bergen in 1988. Her practice explores abstract sculptural forms that balance construction and fragility, often referencing architecture and landscape in transformation. Working in her studio in Bergen, she pursues an explorative and material-conscious […]

We’re hiring: Freelance Editorial Assistant at Ceramics Now

We’re hiring: Freelance Editorial Assistant at Ceramics Now Posted on August 12, 2026 Ceramics Now is looking for a Freelance Editorial Assistant to help us publish artist profiles and introduce the work of more ceramic artists to our international readership. Artist profiles are an important part of Ceramics Now, but preparing them for publication requires […]

The week’s news in the ceramic art world – August 12, 2026

The week’s news in the ceramic art world – August 12, 2026 👌 We’re hiring! Ceramics Now is looking for a Freelance Editorial Assistant to help us publish artist profiles and introduce the work of more ceramic artists to our international readership. This is a remote freelance position for approximately 8 hours per week, with […]

Ross Junior Owusu: Selected Works, 2025-2026

Ross Junior Owusu: Selected Works, 2025-2026 Becoming Giants (ancestral pride), 2026 Scale and repetition give Becoming Giants its sense of presence. Small modular elements are built into larger vertical structures, turning individual gestures into forms that feel monumental and connecting them to ideas of ancestry and inheritance. The series reflects on how ancestry is carried […]

Ross Junior Owusu

Ross Junior Owusu Ross Junior Owusu is a Ghanaian mixed-media artist working between the United States and Ghana, whose practice spans ceramics, performance, and assemblage. Rooted in contemporary craft, his work examines identity, migration, and cultural memory, focusing on how identities are carried, reshaped, reconstructed across shifting geographies and asking what is picked up, and […]

Anton Alvarez: The Colour of Gravity at Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki

Anton Alvarez: The Colour of Gravity is on view at Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki August 7-30, 2026 Helsinki Contemporary is pleased to present Swedish Chilean artist Anton Alvarez’s first solo exhibition in Finland. The Colour of Gravity presents striking ceramic sculptures that play with the human scale and challenge our perceptions of craftsmanship and the use […]

Delft’s Ceramic Conversations: Common Ground, Market Days, Urban Blue

By Julia Ellen Lancaster Having travelled to Rotterdam Centraal on the Eurostar, it’s an easy ten-minute hop on the Intercity Sprinter to my destination of Delft. This picturesque Dutch city in South Holland, set between Rotterdam and The Hague, is known as the birthplace of Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer and the iconic Delft […]

Ceramics NowAug 6, 2026

Paolo Porelli and Mattia Vernocchi: Contemporary Ceramics from Italy at Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Siegburg

Paolo Porelli and Mattia Vernocchi: Contemporary Ceramics from Italy is on view at Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Siegburg July 11 – August 30, 2026 Divenire: tra materia, storia e naturaBecoming: between matter, history and nature In this exhibition, the Italian ceramic artists Paolo Porelli and Mattia Vernocchi present two forms of expression with distinct artistic connotations that […]

Ceramics NowAug 5, 2026

The City That Makes: Jingdezhen

Notes from the 52nd IAC Congress, satellite exhibitions and the 2026 Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale By Olivia Fero There is a street in Jingdezhen for glaze and a street for bisque, a street for tiles, a street for tools, a street for decals. Whole districts specialise the way organs specialise: underglaze painting here, porcelain […]

Ceramics NowAug 5, 2026

Art of the “Formless”: The Ceramics of Charles Bound

By Stephen F. Eisenman Belated discovery of a mature artist I first came across Charles Bound’s work in September 2024, at Contemporary Ceramics on Great Russell Street in London, opposite the British Museum. I’d visited the gallery from time to time over the years, but after I moved to England in Spring 2024, my attendance […]

Ceramics NowJul 30, 2026

Gabriel Chaile: Archaeology of Memory at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Gabriel Chaile: Archaeology of Memory is on view at Whitechapel Gallery, London April 1 – September 6, 2026 Whitechapel Gallery presents a new commission from Argentinian Lisbon-based artist Gabriel Chaile (b. 1985, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina). Archaeology of Memory (Arqueología de la Memoria) offers audiences a significant opportunity to engage with Chaile’s work, following […]

Ceramics NowJul 29, 2026

Xanthe Somers & Yacout Hamdouch: Poetic Threads | Spotlight: James Barnor at October Gallery, London

Xanthe Somers & Yacout Hamdouch: Poetic Threads | Spotlight: James Barnor is on view at October Gallery, London July 2 – August 15, 2026 October Gallery continues its season of Contemporary African Art, with a stimulating exhibition that pairs new works by Zimbabwean ceramicist, Xanthe Somers, with colourful paintings by Moroccan artist Yacout Hamdouch, who […]

Ceramics NowJul 28, 2026

Anna Maria Maiolino: Poetic Earth at MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon

Anna Maria Maiolino: Poetic Earth is on view at MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon March 25 – August 31, 2026 Curators: João Pinharanda and Sérgio Mah MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology presents Poetic Earth, a major exhibition by Anna Maria Maiolino, one of the most acclaimed and influential […]

Ceramics NowJul 27, 2026

Where Form Meets the Boundless

By Amy Gogarty In Vancouver, Jig Art has a reputation for presenting art, including ceramics, that builds cultural bridges. While the gallery showcases artists from diverse backgrounds, much of their focus in on ethnically Chinese artists. The Greater Vancouver Region is one of the most multi-cultural in North America, with visible minorities representing over 50% […]

Ceramics NowJul 27, 2026

Phantasms and Frequencies: liminal sculptures by Julia Ellen Lancaster

By Ashley Thorpe Julia Ellen Lancaster has become highly regarded for creating clay sculptures that are as complex as they are intuitive. For Phantasms and Frequencies, a solo exhibition held from 18 June – 5 July 2026 at the Liminal Gallery in Margate, UK, she created a painterly series of free-standing and wall-based sculptures that […]

Ceramics NowJul 24, 2026

Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History at the American Museum of Ceramic Art

Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History is on view at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA June 27 – November 29, 2026 Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History is on view June 27–November 29, 2026 at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA. AMOCA’s exhibition Fractured Foundations coincides with […]

Ceramics NowJul 21, 2026

The week’s news in the ceramic art world – July 20, 2026

The week’s news in the ceramic art world – July 20, 2026 🙌 Last month, we announced an open call for Ceramics Now Annual, a new flagship publication launching this December (when we also celebrate 16 years of Ceramics Now). Published in print and digital editions, the Annual will feature at least 20 artists selected […]

Ceramics NowJul 20, 2026

Anna Milczanowska: Blooming. A Story About Earth at Craftica Gallery, Warsaw

Anna Milczanowska: Blooming. A Story About Earth is on view at Craftica Gallery, Warsaw June 24 – August 5, 2026 Craftica Gallery is pleased to present Blooming. A Story About Earth, a solo exhibition by Anna Milczanowska, whose pit-fired ceramic sculptures explore questions of growth, transformation, and material memory. Bringing together a new body of […]

Ceramics NowJul 17, 2026

Mia Akrap: Stronger Than Bone at TROTOAR Gallery, Zagreb

Mia Akrap: Stronger Than Bone is on view at TROTOAR Gallery, Zagreb June 10 – September 5, 2026 Curator: Gabriella Rebello Kolandra Trotoar is pleased to present Stronger Than Bone, a new solo exhibition by Mia Akrap. Working across ceramics, sculpture, and installation, Akrap draws on autobiography, memory, and feminist perspectives to explore questions of […]

Ceramics NowJul 14, 2026

Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2026: Earth Makes

Clay, land, and planetary imagination in South Korea’s leading ceramics biennale From September 18 to November 1, 2026, the 13th edition of the Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale unfolds across Gyeonggi Province, South Korea’s historic heartland of ceramics. Anchored in Icheon, Gwangju, and Yeoju—three cities closely tied to clay, kilns, and ceramic production—the Biennale has, since its […]

Ceramics NowJul 13, 2026

Production Potter at Farmhouse Pottery, Woodstock, Vermont

Production Potter at Farmhouse Pottery, Woodstock, Vermont Posted on July 10, 2026 Location: Woodstock, VTType: Full or Part Time Positions AvailableSalary Range: $20 – $22/ hour Primary Responsibilities:• Production Pottery• Customer Interactions• Wheel Workshops Production Pottery:• Throw, hand build and finish the assigned pottery pieces in a timely manner at our standing wheels• Maintain the […]

Ceramics NowJul 10, 2026

Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2026: Earth Makes

Clay, land, and planetary imagination in South Korea’s leading ceramics biennale From September 18 to November 1, 2026, the 13th edition of the Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale unfolds across Gyeonggi Province, South Korea’s historic heartland of ceramics. Anchored in Icheon, Gwangju, and Yeoju—three cities closely tied to clay, kilns, and ceramic production—the Biennale has, since its […]

Ceramics NowJul 10, 2026