Erica Timothy

Erica Timothy (b. 1957) is a contemporary ceramic artist, based in Bath, UK. She has been making ceramic works since 1986. Her work is sculptural and organic and her influences include Magdalene Odundo, Gabriele Koch and Barbara Hepworth.

Erica specialises in hand-coiling with grogged clay; a traditional process which requires patience and skill, but allows for the creation of shapes and forms that would otherwise be impossible to achieve with a throwing wheel. This results in an enchanting body of work.

She is inspired by nature and the beautiful forms of flora and fauna. She is also inspired by the round bodied forms of West African calabash and low-baked pots seen on her travels to Sierra Leone.

As a qualified landscape architect, her knowledge of the natural world informs her artistic practice. This can be seen in recent sculptures inspired by the seed pods of British and West African plants alike. Early work often reference the animal world, with extravagantly curved horns reminiscent of those of antelopes. Sometimes, the forms are more abstract, such as the ‘Torus’ series, or the oversized pebbles, and they are always tactile.
Her works have been exhibited in London and Bath and have been acquired by several collectors...

Erica learnt her craft at classes with the sculptor Isabel Langtry and the ceramicist Barbara Davis. She has exhibited her works in solo exhibitions and group shows in London and Bath.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath
2011 St John’s Hall, London : ‘Torus’
2005 St John’s Hall, London
1988 Freud, Covent Garden, London
1988 Woolf Soho, London
1986 Colin Swift, Covent Garden, London

GROUP SHOWS
2025 Gallery1957, London ‘Othello’s Countrymen..’
2023 Ronchini Gallery, London ‘The Redness of Art’
2018 David Simon Contemporary, Bath: ‘Diana Matthews FRSA & Erica Timothy:
Transient Space’
2011 Bermondsey Street Festival, Arts Trail, London
2010 Walcot Arts Trail, Bath
2009 Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Summer Exhibition
2005 The Harlequin Gallery, Greenwich, London
2004 The Stark Gallery, Lee, London
1990 St. John’s Hall, London
1987 The Groucho Club, Soho, London: joint show with Isabel Langtry