Ceramics Now Magazine - April 2025

Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 9 (April 2025) features the expressive work of Nora Arrieta on the cover, who explores emotional states shaped by the fast-paced environments of contemporary life. This issue looks at storytelling and legacy through a selection of writing, artist profiles, and ceramic exhibitions.

Unu Sohn reflects on Narratives in Clay at County Hall Pottery, a group exhibition that embraces personal histories and shared experience. Benjamin Evans contributes an essay on Li Hongwei, tracing the phenomenology of gravity in his sculptural work and its dialogue with space and perception in connection with the artist's recent exhibition at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum. Aleina Edwards speaks with Jenny Hata Blumenfield about her rebellious, conversational approach to the plate and her efforts to bridge craft and contemporary art, and Vasi Hirdo interviews Anna Grigson on her twenty-year journey with Sabbia Gallery, a cornerstone for contemporary ceramics in Australia.

This issue features the work of four ceramic artists: Nora Arrieta, Julia Huteau, Nandini Chandavarkar, and Valdas Kurklietis, each exploring ceramics through distinct material processes and visual languages.

The exhibitions section highlights Contemporary Danish Ceramics at Messums West, Tisbury, Graham Marks: For Joy and Grieving at HB381 Gallery, New York, Jay Kvapil: Alternate Geology at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, and The Age of Aquarius by Lemaire&Touron at SARAHCROWN, New York, among other notable shows.