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 – May 2026 (Issue 19)
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 19 (May 2026) features the work of Daniela Bergschneider on the cover. Combining porcelain and hand-dyed textiles, Bergschneider’s works suggest living structures in which hard and soft materials evoke bones, skin, breath, and tactile sensation.
This issue brings together essays, interviews, and reviews that reflect on ritual, material memory, cultural inheritance, and the act of making. Monica Monaia writes on Andile Dyalvane’s iNgqweji, considering how clay becomes a site of spiritual and cultural connection. In The Narrative Lies in the Material, Marthe Yung Mee Hansen speaks with Norwegian artist Nina Malterud about process, pedagogy, and the enduring language of clay. Heidi McKenzie reflects on Linda Rotua Sormin’s Uncertain Ground at the Gardiner Museum, while Beth Williamson examines Julia Phillips’ exhibition Inside, Before They Speak at the Barbican. Heather Jo Davis contributes an essay centered on identity and the philosophical dimensions of making.
This issue presents featured artists Daniela Bergschneider, Christine Coste, Jin Hee Kwon, and Sarah Gross.
The exhibitions section highlights Magdalena Suarez Frimkess at David Zwirner, Los Angeles; Sharif Bey at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, New York; Arina Antonova at Galerie Dix9 Hélène Lacharmoise, Paris; Camila Capra at Abra Espacio, San José; Lotte Westphael at Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris; Chenlu Hou and Chiara No at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield; and Forms From The Subsoil at Sala de Arte CCU, Santiago, Chile.
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Ceramics Now Magazine – April 2026 (Issue 18)
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 18 (April 2026) features the work of Gaku Nakane on the cover, recipient of the Grand Prize at the Kikuchi Biennale XI: The Present of Ceramics, held at the Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum in Tokyo.
This issue brings together essays that explore ceramics through memory, ornament, ecology, and material history. Chenoa Baker reflects on Syd Carpenter’s practice in a review spanning three exhibitions in Philadelphia that position her work within a broader conversation on land, memory, and collective care. Unu Sohn and Katherina Perlongo report from Ceramic Brussels 2026, offering perspectives on the fair’s third edition and its focus on Spain. Sarah Rothwell examines the language of ornament in Frances Priest’s exhibition at Blackwell, while Tana West considers ecological narratives and alternative futures in a review of Undergrowth at County Hall Pottery. Finally, Kelly Parks reflects on early clay structures built by bees in The First Ceramicists, proposing a broader understanding of ceramic practice.
This issue also presents featured artists Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng, Jeanne Rimbert, and Faye Papargyropoulou.
Featured exhibitions include Kikuchi Biennale XI: The Present of Ceramics at the Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum, Tokyo; Eugene Ofori Agyei at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, New York; YehRim Lee and Chase Travaille at LaiSun Keane, Boston; Janet Abrams at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe; Toshiaki Noda at Alison Bradley Projects, New York; Heidi Bjørgan and Kari Dyrdal at Taste Contemporary, Geneva; Janny Baek at Joy Machine, Chicago; and Marie Ducaté at Musée Ariana, Geneva.
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Ceramics Now Magazine – February 2026 (Issue 17)
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Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 17 (February 2026) features Masayoshi Oya’s work on the cover, presented in Tales of the Hand at the Vandalorum Museum of Art and Design in Värnamo. Rooted in Japanese craft traditions and shaped by his practice in Sweden, Oya’s ceramics emphasize gesture, pattern, and the handmade as a counterpoint to industrial standardization.
This issue brings together essays and reports that trace how ceramics moves between myth, exhibition-making, film, and slow, embodied practice. Aurelija Seilienė reflects on the Martinsons Award 2025 exhibition, moving from prehistoric goddesses to contemporary mythical figures. Katherina Perlongo writes about Ceramics un-limited world at SKB Artes in Bolzano. Benjamin Evans reports on the third International Ceramic Film Festival of Manises. Vince Montague explores new perspectives in New Japanese Clay at the Asian Art Museum, while Viera Kleinová reviews Linda Viková’s exhibition I Will Give You Everything. William J. O’Brien contributes a reflective essay, “Clay is the medium. Slow revolution is the goal,” that centers on touch, process, and ethical making.
This issue also presents featured artists Kathy Erteman, Paolo Porelli, and Nanxi Jin.
Featured exhibitions include Masayoshi Oya: Tales of the Hand at Vandalorum, Värnamo; HOMO CERAMICUS at the Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Icheon; Nils Erik Gjerdevik at CLAY Museum Denmark; Woody De Othello at Pérez Art Museum Miami; Undergrowth at County Hall Pottery, London; Paul Scott and Caroline Slotte at HB381 Gallery, New York; and Bouke de Vries: UNBROKEN at the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarden.
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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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