Antonia Salmon
Antonia Salmon was brought up in a household dedicated to modern sculpture and architecture, and her childhood was infused with an awareness of form and space. This is the abiding focus of her work in ceramics.
After studying Geography at Sheffield University she trained at Harrow School of Art in Studio pottery. A year spent studying in the Middle East and India made a deep impression on her approach to work and, soon after her return to England in 1984, the first workshop was set up in Barbican , London. By 1989, in search of a life nearer open countryside she moved to Sheffield where she still lives. Her work in ceramics is now widely exhibited in Britain, mainland Europe and the USA.
For 25 years Antonia has been experimenting with different stoneware clays, burnished and smoke fired surfaces. Whether inspired by the landscape, Classical and 20th Century sculpture or ancient handtools, Antonia is concerned with the search for pure strong forms that reflect certain qualities of being. This may be exploring a form that reflects the feeling of holding or the sense of both movement and of stillness within one form. There is the wish that each work may stand as if poised in space, providing a contemplative element and inviting one to reach out and touch.
SOLO SHOWS
1987 Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
1990 Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
1991 Contemporary Ceramics, CPA, London
1992 Bettles Gallery, Hampshire
1993 Aberystwth Arts Centre, Wales
1993 Galerie Argile, Brussles, Belgium
1993 The Harlequin Gallery, London
1995 Cecilia Colman Gallery, Gallery
1996 Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
1996 Harley Gallery, Webeck, Nottinghamshire
1997 Hart Gallery, London
1997 Bettles Gallery, Hampshire
1998 Hart Gallery, Linby, Nottinghamshire
1999 Hart Gallery, London
2000 Candover Gallery, Hampshire
2001 Hart gallery, London
2003 Hart Gallery, London
2004 Contemporary Studio Pottery, Devon
2005 Hart Gallery, London
2007 Contemporary Ceramics, London
SELECTED RECENT GROUP SHOWS
1993 - 1998 Chelsea Crafts Fair, London
1994 Bonhams, Decorative Arts Today, London
1994&5 Hugo Barclay Gallery, Brighton
1994-1999 & 2001 `Earth and Fire`, Rufford Ceramics Centre,Nottinghamhire
1995 Primavera, Cambridge
1995 Winchester City Art Gallery, Hampshire
1996 Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1997 The Barbican Arts Centre, London
1997 Gumps, San Fransico, USA
1998 Rufford Craft Gallery, Nottinghamshire
1998 Babel Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 Collection Gallery, Ledbury, Herefordshire
2000 Oxford Gallery, Oxford
2001 Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset
2002 Derek Topp Gallery, Derbyshire
2001 & 2003 S.O.F.A., Chicago
2004 ' Collect', V&A Museum, London
1986 - 2007 Ceramic Art London, RCA, London
MEMBERSHIP
Crafts Council Selected Index
Fellow of Crafts Potters Association
Society of Designer Craftsmen
