About the exhibition

What is Ceramic Contemporaries 4?
Ceramic Contemporaries 4 was organised by the National Association of Ceramics in Higher Education (nache) in collaboration with Aberystwyth Arts Centre. It is the latest in a series of triennial exhibitions intended to support ceramists early in their careers, and is often considered to be a ‘snapshot’ of a new generation in ceramics. The exhibition generally attracts press coverage and many past exhibitors have now become prominent in their field. Further information about past Ceramic Contemporaries exhibitions is available from the nache web site: www.nache.org.uk

How Ceramic Contemporaries 4 was selected
Ceramic Contemporaries is open to current students and recent graduates up to five years after completing any clay-based course in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Each applicant submits up to 6 slides of their work, and an independent panel of selectors is invited to choose the exhibition from these slides. There were 275 applications to Ceramic Contemporaries 4. The selectors were: critic and writer Tanya Harrod, artist Andrew Lord, senior designer at Wedgwood Keely Traae, and writer and potter Edmund de Waal. The selection process was ‘blind’; i.e. the selectors had no access to names or origins of applicants. The catalogue includes short reports by the selectors.