Edmund de Waal
Works available
In the still air
2009
Sixty-six porcelain vessels in five celedon glazes
87.5 × 57.5 cm / 34 ¼ x 22 ⅜ ins
Something understood
2008
37 thrown porcelain vessels
Patinated steel and white lacquer channel
202 × 8 x 12 cm / 6ft7 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 4 3/4 ins
another word for dark
2010
Black steel shelf with 49 thrown porcelain vessels; black glazes, gold leaf.
180 × 27cm / 71 × 10 1/2 ins
Biography
Edmund de Waal is currently Professor of Ceramics at the University of Westminster. He studied ceramics in the UK and Japan and his work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Since the late 90s, rather than producing individual objects De Waal has been working with installations of multiple pots he refers to as 'cargoes'. These pieces often respond to particular architectural spaces and are made in porcelain, which he sees as representing a common thread or matrix between the cultures of east and west. His work is represented in collections in the UK, America, Canada, Korea and Australia.
Recent solo exhibitions have included Water-shed, Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum (2010); Signs & Wonders, Victoria & AlbertMuseum, London (2009) and group exhibitions The Artists' House, New Art Centre, Roche Court (2010); Kettle's Yard at Tate, Tate Britain (2009).