The traditional technique of slip casting is central to my practice. I allow the process of mold making in plaster and casting with clay to inform my designs. Although this may seem restrictive, I don't always use these methods in standard ways. They have simply become the tools to achieve my ideas.
photograph by Circe Hamilton
BIOGRAPHY
Lauren Nauman graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in Ceramics & Glass in 2016. During this time she developed a new technique with her series Lines and was selected for the RJ Washington Bursary and Woo Scholarship. She also held multiple design internships and created tableware for the Tate Modern’s new building, Switch House restaurant.
After graduation, her pieces were acquired by collections at Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire, UK and Korea Craft & Design Foundation, Seoul, South Korea. She participated in multiple shows including NCECA, Saatchi Gallery’s Collect, Craft Central’s Talent! and Ceramic Art London where she was awarded the Newcomer Award, and ended her first year with the One Year On exhibition at New Designers London.
Prior to this, she completed a BA in Art Education with a concentration in ceramics at Emmanuel College in Boston, MA, USA, and was selected for a residency at Guldagergaard, the International Ceramic Research Centre.
Nauman has since exhibited at Decorex International with Future Heritage, London and the Crafts Council's A Future Made: The Miami Edit, Miami, USA; the Young Masters Art Prize where she received the Highly Commended, Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize; Collective Design and The Salon Art + Design with J.Lohmann Gallery in NYC; a Solo Exhibition, Chanced, with Sebastian Schildt Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden where a piece was added to the collection of the National Museum of Stockholm; and most recently was selected for the Parcours Céramique Carougeois Bienneal in Geneva, Switzerland and shortlisted for the upcoming International KOGEI Award in Toyama, Japan.
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EDUCATION
2014-16 M.A. Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art London, UK
2008-12 B.A. Studio Art and Art Education, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Potverdorie, Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, (Teglen Tithe Barn Ceramics Centre), January 21 - May 15th, 2022, The Netherlands
2020-21
Aubert Jansem Galerie, 1227 Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland
The International KOGEI Award in Toyama, Toyama, Japan
The State of Clay, Parsons Gallery, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
2019
Parcours Céramique Carougeois, Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland
Monochrome, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK
2018
London Design Festival at Sugarhouse Studios, 19 Collett Road, Bermondsey, London, UK
The Salon Art + Design with J.Lohmann Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, NY, NY, USA
Solo Exhibition, Chanced, Sebastian Schildt Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Collective Design with J.Lohmann Gallery, NY, NY, USA
Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Collect with Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2017
The Glorious Object, Curated by Rodger Stevens, Patrick Parrish Gallery, NY, NY, USA
British Craft: The Miami Edit 2017, with the Crafts Council and The New Craftsmen, FORM Miami, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Making It Now, Ruthin Craft Centre, Gallery 3, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Young Masters, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Autumn, with Lisa Norris Gallery, Battersea Evolution, London, UK
Future Heritage, Decorex International, Syon Park, London, UK
Young Masters Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition 2017, Gallery 8, Duke Street, London, UK
One Year On, New Designers, Business Design Centre, London, UK
Rising Stars, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey, UK
Potters Council Juried Show at NCECA, Portland, Oregon, USA
Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Collect with Flow Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2016
Showcase at Flow Gallery, Needham Road, London, UK
Talent! 2016, Craft Central, London, UK
White Canvas, Mint, London, UK
Transform Effect, Korea Craft & Design Foundation Insa-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Sculpture at Doddington Hall, Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK
Show16 Royal College of Art, London, UK
In Context, Preston Fitzgerald’s, 7 Wetherby Gardens , London, UK
The Emerging and the Established Christie's South Kensington, London, UK
AWARDS
2021 Juror’s Award, The State of Clay, MA
2017 Highly Commended, Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize
John Lewis LOVES, New Designers
Ceramic Art London’s Newcomer Winner by Ceramic Review
Tate Modern’s Switch House, finalist in tableware competition
2015 Woo Scholarship, RCA Ceramics & Glass
2012 Procaccini Award
Distinction in the Field, Emmanuel College
COLLECTIONS
Nationalmuseum Stockholm, Acquired 2018, Stockholm, Sweden
Doddington Hall, Ceramic collection, Acquired 2016, Doddington, Lincolnshire, UK
Korea Ceramic Design Association, Acquired 2016, Seoul, South Korea
RESIDENCIES
2017 Collective Matter, Sugarhouse Studios, London, UK
2014 Project Network, Guldagergaard, Denmark