Andrew Temple Smith

Andrew creates minimalist ceramic forms using porcelain and high fired stoneware. He employs a colour palette from pure white through to vivid primary colours. He enjoys both the technical challenge of ceramics and the tactile quality of the finished surface.

Andrew’s work is divided into a number of different series which vary from forms made on the wheel which reference traditional pottery to abstract sculptural pieces. Some are intended as large single pieces while others form groups of related objects where no two are alike.

Evidence of process is an important consideration and the memory of the hand is still visible in the final works and is a vital part of their nature. Working with the minimal use of tools allows Andrew to investigate the balance between control and the element of chance and how these seemingly opposite qualities can be combined in a complementary way.

Environmental Sciences BSc Hons, University of East Anglia

MA Ceramics Design, Bath Spa University (distinction)

2022
Made for the Rhythm, Pound Arts Corsham

2020
Bath Society of Artists Exhibition

2017
Gallery Nine, Bath

2016
Shades of Clay, Kunsthuis Gallery
Zwart-Wit, Kunsthuis Gallery

2015
Spring Show, Gallery Nine, Bath
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

2015
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists: Hidden Treasures craft exhibition
Modern ArtBuyer

2014
Nottingham University: Lustre
Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum: Unfolding, new graduates in clay
Business Design Centre: New Designers, Islington
44AD Gallery: Contemporary Art Fair, Bath
Intrigue Emporium: Autumn Show, Shoreditch
Bovey Tracey: Contemporary Crafts Festival

2013
Bath Abbey: Hospitality Exhibition
44AD Gallery: Out of the Dark Exhibition, Bath

2012
Holburne Museum: MA Collaboration Show