Famous Contemporary Ceramics Artists

Artists and artisans working with ceramics have steadily contributed to the art world for centuries.

Famous contemporary ceramics artists.

Dishware vases and sculptures that every design aficionado will admire. Top 10 contemporary artists working with ceramics. From the ancient times till today ceramics has arguably been amongst the few mediums to have persevered through thousands of years the oldest known ceramic artifact is dated as early as 28 000 bce during the late palaeolithic period. The word craft feels so provincial and unambitious.

This perseverance has of course met with iterations and evolutions that have allowed it to stay relevant in our contemporary world. By sara tardif f. None of these artists working with ceramics and porcelain could ever be pigeonholed in a category so small and unimaginative. Here we explore the groundbreaking work of some of these avant garde contemporary ceramic artists.

He uses a mixture of graphic patterns dramatic angles and combinations of layers to form his perspective defying pots as he calls them. The ceramic vessels of brooklyn based artist cody hoyt are some of the most intriguing and unconventional in contemporary art today. From prehistoric pottery to ancient greek amphoras from the rise of porcelain in asia and europe to the arts and crafts movement in england and the u s ceramic traditions have long fascinated artists and infiltrated their practices in the contemporary art world this was never more clear. These 10 ceramic artists are giving pottery a modern update.

Jul 5 2014 10 12am.