KATE SCHURICHT
ABOUT
Kate Schuricht is an established British ceramic artist and a selected member of the The Craft Potters Association.
She studied Three-Dimensional Design at the University of Brighton, graduating in 1996. After an International ceramic residency in Japan, Kate set up her first studio in London. She has completed commissions for private and public collections, including British Airways, the British Embassy in St Petersburg, Craftspace and Cowley Manor, with a major show at Blackwell in Cumbria.
Her largest artwork to date was commissioned by the Director of the Ibaraki Museum in Japan and comprised 6 installations of over 150 pieces which were presented at the Cheongyu International Craft Biennale in Korea.
Kate is also a selected member of the Craft Potters Association, The Rye Society of Artists and The Sussex Guild. Her ceramics are collected worldwide and feature in a wide range of printed publications. She also runs masterclasses and one-to-one workshops from her current studio on the Kent and East Sussex border.
“I love what you do, your pottery is exquisite, and the colours are sublime.”
“I’m fascinated by taking a soft, fluid material and transforming it into a solid piece, layered with colour and imprinted with the process of firing. We can hold it in our hands and feel it’s strength, yet at the same time, know its fragility. To me, this is somehow a parallel with our human condition.”
Kate’s ceramics are renowned for their distinctive sculptural qualities, often comprising a series of repeated forms or collections. The passage of time and the ability of familiar objects to connect us with our past are continual sources of inspiration for her work in clay.
Her collections of jugs, tapered vessels and containers are conceived as small-scale installations. Wood, stone and metallic lustres are used in combination with the ceramic pieces to create a sense of balance and harmony. Applying glaze like layers of fabric to partly wrap the ceramics, Kate highlights the surface qualities of each piece, creating a subtle interplay between light and dark.
2024 16th & 17th November 2024, Art In Clay Farnham
2024 13th -15th September, Ceramics In The City, Museum of the Home, London E2
June 2024 South East Open Studios with painter Karen Birchwood, Tenterden, Kent
2024 Rye Society of Artists Spring Show at Rye Art Gallery
2024 Spring Craft Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham until 20th April
2023 Shifting Horizons, Padstow Gallery with landscape painter Karen Birchwood
2023 Ceramics in The City, Museum of The Home, London
2022 Raku, Contemporary Ceramics, London with book launch Art In Clay, Farnham
2021 Window Showcase, Greenfinch, Ticehurst
2020 Stand by Me, Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds
2019 Where the Light Dances, Joint Exhibition, Padstow Gallery
2018 Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition, Rye, East Sussex
2018 De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill with the Sussex Guild Show
2017 A Collective View, West End House Gallery, Smarden, Kent
2016 Solo Showcase, new Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2016 Ceramic Art London, Central St Martin’s School of Art
2015 to 2017 London Art Fair with Merville Galleries
2015 Art in Clay, Hatfield House
2014 Barcelona & Cologne International Art Fairs with Art Nou Millenni Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art
London Art Fair with Wolseley Fine Arts
2013 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea
Living with Ceramics, Gallery at Talbot House, London Thackeray Gallery, London 45th Anniversary Exhibition
2012 Ceramic Art London, Royal college of Arts Joanna Bird at Colefax & Fowler, London
2010 Fusion, Bir Nokta Gallery, Istanbul
2009 British Council, India
British Studio Pottery, Monnow Valley Arts Centre
2008 Juxtapositions, Blackwell, Cumbria Crafted, Winchester Discovery Centre
2007 Solo Showcase, Craft Centre & design Gallery, Leeds
2003 Carlin Gallery, Paris
2002 British Design Exhibition, Gump’s, San Francisco
2000 Coming to Our Senses, Craftspace (3-year National tour)
1999/2000 British Craft Exhibition, New York, Crafts Council
1998-2004 Showcases in Crafts Council, Islington and V&A Museum
1996-2005 Cockpit Art Open Studios, London
The Mold Making Manual – The Art of Models, Molds, and Slip Cast Ceramics, USA by Jonathan Kaplan, March 2024
Ceramic Review March/April 2022 –Article featuring Raku book & exhibition
Contemporary Raku- Stephen Murfitt, January 2022
Ceramics Monthly, USA for exhibition Stand by Me, Craft Centre, Leeds 2020
Zone One Arts, Australia – Interview and online article, May 2020
The Ceramics Book – Third Edition, Feb 2012
Handmade In Britain – Piyush Suri, Publ. Vivays Oct 2011
Ceramics, Tools & Techniques for the Contemporary Maker – Louisa Taylor, Rotovision, Aug 2011
Handbuilding Pottery Masterclass, J Warshaw 2010 Anness Publ
Creative Journeys- Article for Ceramic Review, 2008
Ceramics and Mixed Media – A & C Black, 2006
British Studio Potters Mark – Second Edition’ A & C Black, 2005
Short Film for BBC South, 2004
The Complete Practical Potter – Anness Publishing, 1999
Buyers Guide to Contemporary Ceramics – Crafts Council, 1999
Raku: Investigations into Fire – David Jones, 1999
Flowers, Design, Philosophy – by Jane Packer, 1999
2024 Seven sets of ceramics commissioned for O&A architect designed house, London
Private Commission for set of 10 raku jugs, London / India
Private Commission for ‘Revelation – Upright’, London
CICB 2013, 6 installations commissioned by Mr Kaneko, Director of The Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki, Japan
Studio Ilse commission for a Private Residence, Kensington Palace Gardens, London
Permanent Collection, British Embassy Showcase, St Petersburg
Cowley Manor, The Cotswolds
Permanent Collection at The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
British Airways collection, VIP Lounge, Heathrow Airport
Interactive ceramic & glass sensory installation commissioned by Craftspace for ‘Coming to Our Senses’ (3 year tour)
