Antonia Salmon
Nether Edge, Sheffield
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 15 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.
Technical information
Burnished and smoke-fired stoneware in smoke-fired kiln.
History
1981 BA Hons Geography, Sheffield University
1982 Diploma in Studio Pottery, Harrow College of Art
1983-84 Travel in the Middle East and India
1985-89 First studio in Barbican Arts Group, London
1990 Second studio established in Sheffield
Solo Exhibitions
1987 ,’90,’95 Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
1991 Contemporary Ceramics, CPA, London
1992 Bettles Gallery, Hampshire
1993 Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
Gallery Argile, Brussels, Belgium
The Harlequin Gallery, London
1996 Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
1997, ’99 Hart Gallery, London
1998 Hart Gallery, Linby, Nottinghamshire
Selected Recent Group Exhibitions
1994 Bonhams, Decorative Arts Today, London
1994, ’95 Hugo Barclay Gallery, Brighton
1995 Primavera, Cambridge
Winchester City Art Gallery, Hampshire
1996 Mappin Art Gallery Sheffield
1997 The Barbican Arts Centre, London
Gumps, San Francisco, Cal. USA
1998 Rufford Craft Gallery, Nottinghamshire
Babel Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 Collection Gallery, Ledbury, Herefordshire
2000 Oxford Gallery, Oxford