The structure balance and purity of form, combined with the strength of the material produces their quiet but powerful emotional impact.

Ceramic Artist Angela Verdon

Forthcoming Events

2024 - Ceramic Arts Fair. Hepworth Museum. Wakefield June
2024 - U.K - Japan Potters Exchange Exhibition Kyoto November


Education

1971 - 1974 - MA Ceramics and Glass. Royal College of Art. London
1968 - 1971 - BA (Hons) Ceramics. Wolverhampton University


Work

1976 - 86 - Studio workshop at Gladstone Pottery Museum
1986 - 2017 - Working in studio in Derby


Exhibitions

2020 - Objects Redux Studio Craft in Context piece included. Solo Show Djanogly Gallery. University Park. Nottingham
2019 - Porcelain & Print: Verdon & Vargo White Box Gallery, Blackheath Line Colour Form - Angela Verdon & Dennis Farrell Valentine Gallery, Stoke on Trent
2009 - 2019 - Open Studio Exhibition. Derby
2015 - Gallery Topp Rowsley. Bevere Gallery Worcestshire
2014 - Ceramic Art London
2013 - Friendship forged in Fire. British Ceramics in America
In-Situ (touring) Djanogly Nottingham
2012 - Artsystems Wickham Australia
In-Situ The Civic Barnsley
2009 - Art of Royal Crown Derby, Cork Street London
St. Joseph Gallerie Netherlands
2007 - Ceramic Arts London. Ceramic Review Prize Winner
2006 - Rufford Ceramic Centre (two person)
Derby city Museum and Art Gallery (solo)
2005 - Ceramic Art London
2003 - International white Porcelain St. Joseph Gallerie, Netherlands British Ceramics Graham Contemporary New York USA
2002 - Ceramic Annual Williamson Gallery, Scripps College USA
2000 - Gallery Timothy Tew Atlanta USA (solo)
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1999 - Graham Gallery (Two person)
1998 - Papering Djanogly Gallery Nottingham
Wohnen und Kunst Hamburg
1997 - Inax Gallery Tokyo
1996 - Keramik Galerie Hilde Holstein Brehen Germany
1995 - Galerie Cristine Debras Yves Bical Brussels
Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Koln
1993 - Shipley Art Gallery Gateshead
Gallery L Hamburg
1992 - Pilkington Glass Museum (solo)
Angel Row Gallery (solo)
1991 - Cleveland Crafts Centre Middlesbrough (touring)
1990 - Fina Gomez Collection Museum of Decorative Arts Paris
1986 - Graham Gallery New York (solo)
1980 - Hanley Museum Stoke on Trent
1979 - Oxford Gallery (solo)
1977 - Atmosphere London (solo)
Gladstone Pottery Museum Stoke on Trent (solo)
2021 - Art in Clay, Windsor Open exhibition Tarpey
2022 - Reflections, Group Show Tarpey Gallery Castle Donnington
2023 - Selected Member of CPA London
2024 - Ceramic Art London. Olympia


Commissions | Residencies

2008 - Quad Visual arts and Media Centre Installation
2006 - Arts Council Grant for exhibition research funding
2004 - Ceramic Residency Rufford Craft Centre UK
2000 - Year of the Artist Award. Residency Royal Crown Derby
1994 - European Ceramic work Centre Hertogenbosch Netherlands Inax
1992 - European Prize Winner. 3-month residency in Japan
1990 - 1992 - Northern Arts Cleveland Crafts Centre Residency Middlesbrough 1996 - 1997 - West Midlands Arts / Crafts Fellowship
Glastone Pottery Museum Stoke on Trent
2024 - Winter six week Residency at International Ceramic Centre. Kecskemet. Hungary


Permanent Collections

Metropolitan Museum New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art California
Grassi Museum for applied Art. Leipzig collection
Hanley Museum Stoke on Trent.
Gladstone Pottery Museum Stoke on Trent
Ulster Museum Belfast
Derby Museum and Art Gallery Cooper Hewitt Museum New York
Indianapolis Museum Indiana USA
The Sibler Collection California
Nottingham Castle Museum
Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Cologne Germany
Museum Bellerive Zurich Switzerland
Besser Collection of British Ceramics USA
Charles Wustum Museum of Fine Arts Wisconsin USA
Jacobs and Mason Collection Virginia USA
Mint Museum of Art and Design North Carolina USA Work in numerous public private, National International Collections Featured in various publications and magazines


Book & Publications

Art and Architecture journal 2009 No 68/69.
The Potters Manual - Kenneth Clark, Macdonalds ISBN 0356 093875.
Studio Ceramics - Peter Lane, Collins ISBN  0041 1862 6 .
Pottery Decoration - A C Black .
Ceramic Form : Design and Decoration - Peter Lane, Collins ISBN 00412102 3.
Collection Fina Gomex Catalogue - ISBN 2 901 422-31-4.
A Dictionary of British studio Potters - pat Carter, Scola Press.
Ceramic Manual - Graham Flight, Collins .
Contemporary Porcelain - Peter Lane,ISBN 7136 39563 .
Clay and Glazes  in Studio Ceramics - David Scott, ISBN 86126138 .
Contemporary Studio Porcelain -  A  and C Black , ISBN  07136 663 74 .
Porcelain and Bone China - Sasha Wardell, ISBN 1 86126 693 6 .
Ceramic Review - April 2006 .
Ceramics , Art and Perception - September 2003 International Issue No 53 .
NVK Keramiek - October 2003 .
Klei - November 2003 .
Neue Keramik - November/ December 2003 .
Ceramic monthly USA - April 2002 .
Ceramics , Art and Perception - International Issue No 47 January 2002 .
Architects Journal - Focus September 2000.
Revista International Ceramica - No 66 1998 .
Ceramics , Art and Perception - International Issue No 12 1995 .
Ceramic Monthly  USA -  March 1994 .
Ceramic Review - July / August 1993 .
New York Times -  12 November 1992 .
Art Review - July / August 1992 .
Ceramic Review - Issue 316 July/August 2022 .