Ceramics exhibitions, UK
Here you’ll find ceramics and pottery exhibitions all round the UK. Got a thing with ceramics? You’re in the right place.
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Mould by Proof of Concept, Aram Gallery, London
6 March - 18 April
Mould explores the craft of moulding across ceramics, plastics, metals and other materials, uncovering the potential at each stage of casting, forming and finishing. Artists include Emma Louise Payne.
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Chloe Charrington, Tim Lake, Nicola Gillis, Jane Cairns, Rachel Wood, Amanda Coldridge, Jennifer Alford, Bevere Gallery, Worcester
7 March - 25 April
Chloe Charrington, Tim Lake, Nicola Gillis, Jane Cairns, Amanda Coldridge, Jennifer Alford and Rachel Wood. The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm.
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New Members of the Craft Potters Association 2, Contemporary Ceramics, London
2 - 25 April 2026
Adele Howitt, Jihyun Kim (pictured), Miae Kim, Russell Kingston, Liz O’Dwyer, Omer Oner, Ella Porter, Jo Walker, Deiniol Williams and Michelle Young-Hares.
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"Brain Tumour Book" by Leah Jensen, Fitzrovia Chapel, London
17-26 April
Cavaliero Finn is proud to present, "Brain Tumour Book" a solo exhibition by Leah Jensen featuring artwork that chronicles the artist's journey through her recent brain tumour diagnosis and treatment. During her long stay in hospital,she was unable to work with clay, a medium for which she is critically acclaimed. Instead, she turned to embroidery.
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The Memorial of Microbes, Stryx Gallery Birmingham
24-30 April
Peer into the microscopic world through the tactile medium of clay. Artist Mellissa Monsoon presents a solo exhibition that bridges the gap between laboratory science and contemporary ceramic art. This new ceramic works serves as physical monuments to the invisible organisms that sustain our ecosystems, our bodies, and our food systems.
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Letters From The West by Ella Bua-In, Klei, London
1 - 30 April
In Ella's words; "Letters from the West" is a collection of illustrated ceramic works inspired by the life and landscape of my home in West Wales. Each piece holds a fragment of that place; from plants growing in ancient woodlands, to seaweed and shells shifting with the tide, to the birds that hop through my garden.
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Ceramic Odyssey 2126, County Hall Pottery, London
17 March - 3 May
A curated exhibition that imagines the future of ceramics through the lens of bio-futurism. The exhibition explores how ceramic practice might evolve in the year 2126, in a world where human ingenuity, living organisms, and material intelligence are deeply intertwined. Curator: Jihyun Kim
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Anglian Potters Spring Up, Ferini Gallery, Pakefield
3 April - 4 May
This seaside ceramics super-show takes place in Pakefield, Suffolk. The Ferini Art Gallery address is 27 All Saints Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft NR33 0JL and the exhibition is open from 3rd April to 4th May 2026 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays.
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Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal & Axel Salto, Hepworth Wakefield
22 November - 4 May
In partnership with CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Denmark and Kunstsilo, Norway, The Hepworth Wakefield will bring Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto to the UK in November 2025.
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Sara Moorhouse at Beaux Arts Bath
13 April - 9 May
New ceramics from Sara Moorhouse at Beaux Arts Bath.
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Soda, Porcelain, Vessel, Contemporary Ceramics, London
30 April - 23 May
New ceramics by Jack Doherty. As his working practice approaches fifty years, Jack Doherty’s work has become simpler and more focused. By stripping away what he considers unnecessary, Jack’s process now involves just one clay, one colouring mineral, and a single firing - 'Soda, Porcelain, Vessel'
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Of The Rubble at Ruup & Form, London
17 April - 29 May
In Of The Rubble (rudera), Bridget Harvey explores ‘what remains’. Fragments, waste, the often-overlooked materials. For Bridget these are beginnings. The exhibition considers post-human landscapes and how repair, reuse and transformation might shape what comes next.
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David Pointer & Kathryn Thomas at Scaplen’s Court, Dorset
23 May - 7 June
A collaborative exhibition by David Pointer & Kathryn Thomas. An immersive dialogue between ceramic sculpture and painting, inspired by light and horizon set in an historic venue on the Dorset coast. Part of Dorset Art Weeks.
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Lara Scobie, Incised, Contemporary Ceramics, London
28 May - 20 June
Lara Scobie is an Edinburgh based ceramic artist specialising in individual slip-cast vessels and bowls made in porcelain and parian clay. Focusing on the dynamic between form and pattern her work explores the cohesive integration of drawing, surface, mark making and volume.
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Pots For Flowers, Clay College, Stoke
24 April - 28 June
Clay College Stoke is delighted to unveil its spring/summer exhibition, ‘Pots for Flowers’, a celebration of floral-inspired ceramics created by six renowned professional potters from across the UK. Opening this April at the Clay College Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, the exhibition brings together a curated collection of vessels and decorative pieces designed with flowers in mind. Gallery Opening Hours: Monday: Closed, Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 3pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11am – 3.30pm
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Fired Legacies: The Ceramic World of Rich Miller, Watts Gallery, Surrey
16 April – 28 June
In his first major solo exhibition, ceramicist Rich Miller delves into his own heritage and an exploration of British colonial history, examining the complexities of migration and the lasting cultural influences woven into the fabric of British society. Through the medium of clay, this exhibition unearths the narratives of trade, labour and identity that have shaped contemporary Britain.
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Plant Pots, Clay Studio, Manchester
12 June - 31 July
Have you heard? This June, Clay Studio Manchester are inviting local ceramicists to take part in their Plant Pot Exhibition & Sale. @greenandgroundeduk will be transforming Clay into a lush urban jungle, filled with plants and succulents, all available to buy alongside your new plant pot. Please email images of your plant pots along with your contact details to info@claystudio.co.uk Submission deadline: 15th May 2026
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