Ceramics Now Magazine is a leading digital publication dedicated to contemporary ceramics, offering a curated selection of in-depth articles, artist profiles, news, and exhibition highlights from around the world—all in an ad-free format. Each issue, spanning 100-120 pages, provides insights into the latest trends, perspectives, and critical discussions that shape the field. Published monthly, with breaks in December and August, the magazine is a go-to resource for staying connected with the ceramics community.
Ceramics Now Magazine – January 2026 (Issue 16)
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The January 2026 issue of Ceramics Now Magazine features the work of Xanthe Somers on the cover. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Somers creates vibrant, hand-built sculptures that fuse ornamentation and political critique. Engaging with Zimbabwean craft traditions, her work questions overconsumption, environmental injustice, and the enduring legacies of colonialism.
This issue brings together essays, reviews, and special features that examine how ceramic artists work with history, identity, and material innovation, from poetic reflections on legacy to bold acts of social critique. Alessandra Lami reflects on the poetic sculptural language of Gordon Baldwin in a major exhibition at Officine Saffi, Milan. Laura Curcio examines the role of material intelligence in Australian contemporary craft through the lens of Sydney Craft Week. Lori-Ann Touchette writes on Johan Creten’s exhibition Tremore Essenziale at Alfonso Artiaco in Naples, and Beth Williamson reviews Lindsey Mendick’s recent show Growing Pains: You Couldn’t Pay Me to Go Back. Unu Sohn rounds up ceramic highlights from London’s Frieze Week, and a special feature introduces the ten laureates of the 2026 ceramic brussels Art Prize.
This issue also presents the work of five featured artists: Laura Dirksen, Xanthe Somers, Javaria Ahmad, Jason Lee Starin, and Katie Strachan.
Featured exhibitions include Martin Woll Godal at Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal; Jim Melchert at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco; Samuel Sarmiento at Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York; Anne Marie Laureys and Costanza Gastaldi at Taste Contemporary, Geneva; Irene Nordli at HB381 Gallery, New York, and more.
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Ceramics Now Magazine – 15-Year Anniversary Edition
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Ceramics Now Magazine – 15-Year Anniversary Edition celebrates fifteen years of Ceramics Now through a special, artist-driven issue spanning 150 pages. Shaped by an open call that received over 950 applications, this edition brings together 24 selected artists whose practices reflect the diversity, urgency, and imagination of ceramics today.
Featured artists: Amber Rane Sibley, Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Andile Dyalvane, Linda Nguyen Lopez, Jovan Matić, Erin Berry, Tim Fluck, Céline Arnould, Heidi Bjørgan, Ahrong Kim, Yinchen Li, Toni De Jesus, Chiao-Chih Lu, Mark Goudy, Andréa Keys Connell, Yuka Nishihisamatsu, Theo Ouaki, Nick Ervinck, Tümay Erman, Ariana Heinzman, Barbara Léon Leclercq, Yaerin Pyun, Ana Buitrago, Renqian Yang. On the cover: Jovan Matić.
The selection brings together figurative and abstract sculpture, experimental vessels, glaze-driven work, digital and hand-built processes, and pieces that respond to the body, home, memory, identity, and everyday life. Alongside established artists, this edition introduces emerging voices that appear in Ceramics Now for the first time, reflecting what the publication has always stood for: discovery, openness, and the importance of giving space to new work and new perspectives.
This anniversary edition offers a snapshot of a field that remains restless, generous, and continually redefined by those who work within it. It marks fifteen years of Ceramics Now by bringing together artists whose work points toward what ceramics can still become, shaped by those who continue to test the limits of the material and find new ways to speak through clay.
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 15 (November 2025)
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 15 (November 2025) features the work of Johannes Nagel on the cover. In his recent exhibition at Taste Contemporary in Geneva, Nagel pushes the limits of the ceramic vessel, working with diverse casting processes to create bold, unexpected forms. Drawing on years of familiarity with his practice, Wolfgang Lösche writes about the energy and immediacy in Nagel’s work.
This issue brings together essays, interviews, and profiles that trace the role of ceramics in shaping narratives of care, collection, and community. Debra Sloan examines the return of ceramics to the Vancouver Art Gallery. In Silent Earth, Japanese artist Kato Mami discusses her poetic practice, which reflects on impermanence, emotion, and rhythm. Jennifer Zwilling and Josie Bockelman reflect on Clay as Care at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, while Susannah Israel revisits the creative spirit of The Archie Bray Foundation, capturing its magic across generations.
This issue presents the work of five ceramic artists: Florence Corbi, Danielle O’Malley, Studio FraJas, Anca Vintilă Dragu, and John Rainey.
The exhibitions section highlights Body Vessel Clay at the Ford Foundation Gallery, New York; Manu-Facture: The Ceramics of Lucio Fontana at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; What Holds: Ceramic Boxes and the Language of Containment at Vessels + Sticks, Toronto; Francesco Ardini at Limbo Contemporary, Milan; and La Première Fois – The First Time at Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal.
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 14 (October 2025)
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 14 (October 2025) features the work of Jo Taylor on the cover, winner of the British Ceramics Biennial’s 2025 Award Prize. Her work reimagines Rococo ornament through theatrical curves, asymmetry, and unapologetic exuberance.
This issue brings together exhibitions and essays that reflect a wide range of ceramic expression, from international biennials and exhibitions to reflective essays on legacy and material. Vasi Hirdo reports from the 2025 British Ceramics Biennial, exploring themes of exuberance and resilience. Doug Navarra offers a poetic reflection on Wayne Ngan, situating his contemplative forms within a dialogue between material and presence. Marc Leuthold writes on Crashing Ceramics, an exhibition at Taoxichuan Longquan Wangou Museum, while Karolina Wolska-Pabian covers The 1st International Triennale of Ceramic Sculpture in Poland.
This issue features artists Isys Hennigar, Luke Huling, Adam Chau, and Anaïs Lelièvre, whose practices explore material, form, and narrative through distinct approaches that span sculpture, digital media, and immersive installation.
Featured exhibitions include Languages at Sculpture Space NYC, New York; Pernille Pontoppidan Pedersen at Galerie Maria Lund, Paris; Lin Wang at HB381 Gallery, New York; Form of Content at Alison Bradley Projects, New York; At the King’s Table at Queen Sonja Art Stable, Oslo; Phoebe Collings-James at KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, and more.
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 13 (September 2025)
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 13 (September 2025) features the work of Ayaka Terajima on the cover. In her recent exhibition Spacey Clay at nouveaux deuxdeux in Munich, Terajima merges spiritual symbolism, mass-produced materials, and mythic figuration to craft vessels that meditate on consumption, transformation, and celestial cycles. This issue brings together articles that highlight biennials, institutions, and artists shaping today’s ceramic discourse.
Katherina Perlongo covers Premio Faenza 2025, the 63rd International Biennial of Contemporary Ceramics in Italy, and also writes about Formed by Ceramic Salon, a project that maps Berlin’s vibrant and diverse ceramic scene. James Young reflects on the elemental power of Koichiro Isezaki’s Bizen-fired vessels at Goldmark. Christina Rauh Oxbøll writes about Michael Geertsen’s collaboration with Royal Copenhagen, and Elaine Henry offers insights from NCECA 2025, reflecting on diversity, legacy, and a growing sense of community.
This issue features artists Carolein Smit, Michelle Solorzano, Arina Antonova, Joon Hee Kim, and Vincent Frimpong, whose practices span storytelling, symbolism, and material transformation.
Featured exhibitions include Energy Transfer. Parallel Narratives in Norwegian Ceramics 1895–2025 at the Center for Ceramic Art Ringebu; Spacey Clay by Ayaka Terajima at nouveaux deuxdeux, Munich; A Roadmap to Stardust at the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco; Resident Artist Exhibitions at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia; Cammi Climaco at Geary Contemporary, New York; Heather Gibson at County Hall Pottery, London, alongside other shows.
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 12 (July 2025)
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 12 (July 2025) features the work of Kristy Moreno on the cover. Rooted in feminist iconography and personal lineage, her sculptural vessels depict powerful female figures joined in solidarity, resistance, and love. This issue brings together articles that reflect on representation, collective memory, diaspora, and expanded approaches to ceramic practice.
In Shaping Visibility, Monica Monaia reflects on representation in South African ceramics, examining the historical and contemporary contributions of Black and multiracial ceramicists. Cammi Climaco writes about Michelle Im’s solo exhibition, “Hello, Goodbye” at DIMIN New York, addressing themes of diaspora, ritual, and the labor of care. Emma Park highlights key moments from London Craft Week and Ceramic Art London 2025, and Nigel Atkins examines Fragments of History, Pekka Paikkari’s site-responsive installation at the Ensérune Oppidum and Archaeological Museum in Southern France. In Post-Discipline and Post-Ceramics, Graciela Olio raises urgent questions about identity, form, and pedagogy from a Latin American perspective.
This issue features artists Kristy Moreno, Jane Yang-D’Haene, and Mohamad Soudy, whose practices reflect a broad spectrum of conceptual and material exploration.
Featured exhibitions include Perrine Boudy at Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels; Sasha Feldman at Ki Smith Gallery, New York; Kazuhito Kawai at KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo; Anne Wenzel at Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris; and the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Ontario, alongside other shows.
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