7 Contemporary Ceramicists to Collect
Ceramicists continue to push this centuries-old medium forward, discovering new shapes, new techniques, and new subjects to capture in clay.
From Cody Hoyt’s angular vessels to Roberto Lugo’s activist portraits, discover fresh pieces to add to your space. To buy any of these works, you can click on the image to contact the gallery directly.
Linda Lopez
Through her playful, porcelain “dust furry” sculptures, Lopez shows that inanimate objects can have personalities of their own.
$1,500–2,300
Cody Hoyt
Hoyt combines hand-marbling with slab-based construction to create angular, colorful wonders—and some are as small as four by five inches.
$585
Katie Stout
From hand-pinched clay lamps to mirrors supported by acrobatic nudes, Stout’s ceramics are filled with a whimsical sense of humor.
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Jo Taylor
For her swirling structures, Taylor finds inspiration in architectural ornamentation, from elaborate plaster ceilings to wrought iron gates.
£1,000–2,500
Roberto Lugo
Lugo imbues his pottery with social activism, using the shapes of Victorian era fine china to portray people of color, from Kendrick Lamar to Gwendolyn Brooks.
$700–20,000
Merete Rasmussen
Rasmussen twists and curls her clay sculptures by hand, creating looping abstractions that are reminiscent of biological forms and mathematical equations.
$8,000–15,500
Rose Eken
For her most recent series, Eken recreated everyday objects from counter-culture movements around the world, including cell phones, champagne bottles, and lemons (an antidote for tear gas).
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