Mitch Pilkington English
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White Round Sculpture, 2022
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Low Green Stoneware Vessel, 2021
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Low Grey Stoneware Vessel, 2021
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Low White Stoneware Vessel, 2021
Born in Kent, Mitch Pilkington studied Ceramic Design at Falmouth School of Art during the early 1990s and now lives in North Devon working from her home studio. Mitch's work has evolved over the years and in Mitch's own words, 'it is the process of hand-building which drives my passion for creating sculptural ceramics'. Drawn to the organic, natural forms of coastal forays and the worn, dry spirals of weathered conch shells, gathered on warm Caribbean beaches, Mitch's sculptures are hand-formed and intuitive in their construction. The rhythmic, meditative and mindful process of coiling and the many hours of scraping and sculpting means each piece is an emotional response to the clay and the day. This provides Mitch 'with a creative salve for dealing with life's challenges' and gives an underlying quality to her work which imbues each piece with a unique sense of calm, serenity and connection.
Mitch has exhibited widely throughout the UK and was featured in Emerging Potters magazine in 2019, as well as in Ceramic Review's 'One to Watch' in 2019.
Drawn to the organic, natural forms of coastal forays and the worn, dry spirals of weathered conch shells, gathered on warm Caribbean beaches, Mitch communicates the sculptural qualities of these influences.
Her ceramics are instinctively hand-formed in an emotionally, intuitive and mindful process, providing her with the emotional salve to life's challenges. Each piece is an emotional response to the clay. Within her work Mitch tries to create a haptic aesthetic that communicates a sense of calm, serenity and connection.
Notable:
Crafts Council – Selected for Hothouse Jan 2019
Winner of Rising Stars Award 2019, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham April 2019
Emerging Potters Magazine, issue 19 July-Sept 2019
One to Watch – Ceramic Review (issue 299) Sept/Oct 2019
Harpers Bazar, Jewellery shoot Nov 2020
Selected for Ceramic Art London 2020 (now rolled over) March 2020
Craft Potters Association – Selected Membership Jan 2021
Planned for 2021:
Devon Guild, Bovey Tracey March/May 2021
Celebrating Ceramics, Oxford July 2021
Art in Clay, Windsor Racecourse Aug 2021
Hothouse ‘Form Made From’, Oxo Tower, London TBC
Ceramic Art London TBC
Oxford Ceramics Fair Oct 2021
Art in Clay Farnham Nov 2021
2020:
Spring Exhibition, The Stratford Gallery, Stratford-Upon-Avon Jan-March 2020
Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham March/July 2020
Flux Bristol 2020-
Solo Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham March-July 2020
Summer Exhibition, Tonic Gallery, Salcombe June-Oct 2020
Harpers Bazar, Jewellery shoot Nov 2020
Winter Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham Sept 2020-
Henry Saywell Art, London Sept-Dec 2020
2019:
Leeds Craft and Design Gallery Feb-Dec 2019
Rising Stars 2019 Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham Mar-June 2019
Hepworth Wakefield Ceramics Fair, Wakefield May 2019
Contemporary Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey, Devon June 2019
Earth and Fire Ceramics Fair, Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottingham June 2019
New Designers, One Year In 2019, British Design Centre, London June 2019
Clay – A festival of Ceramics, Barnstaple, Devon June 2019
Tonic Art Gallery, Summer Exhibition July-Oct 2019
Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry Gardens, Oxford July 2019
Art In Clay, Hatfield House August 2019
Oxford Ceramics Fair, Oxford October 2019
Magpie Contemporary Art Winter Exhibition Nov 2019
The Park Gallery, Cheltenham Nov 2019-2020
The Stratford Gallery Winter Exhibition Nov-Dec 2019
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WHERE ROCKS BECOME SEA | Autumn–Winter Show
4 Nov 2023 - 6 Jan 2024Gallery show of contemporary art for sale, featuring new paintings by artists Sara Dudman, Masako Tobita, and ceramics by Peter Hayes, Charlotte Jones, Mitch Pilkington, Antonia Salmon, Paul Wearing, and prints by Melvyn Evans and Trevor Price, and sculptures by Tommy Rowe and Michael Thacker. With supporting works by leading 20th Century modern artists: Terry Frost, Barbara Hepworth, Victor Pasmore and Joe Tilson. Artworks also available for sale by St Ives and British Artists: Wilhelmina BARNS-GRAHAM, Peter BLAKE, Sandra BLOW, Patrick CAULFIELD, Lynn CHADWICK, Maurice COCKRILL, Terry FROST, Barbara HEPWORTH, Patrick HERON, David HOCKNEY, Bryan INGHAM, Albert IRVIN, Margaret LOVELL, Henry MOORE, Ben NICHOLSON, Victor PASMORE, Bryan PEARCE, Tommy ROWE, William SCOTT, Joe TILSON.Read more -
COLLECT | MODERN ART
9 Sep - 4 Nov 2023Gallery exhibition of Modern St Ives and British art for sale, featuring art – paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures – by leading 20th Century artists, including: Wilhelmina BARNS-GRAHAM, Peter BLAKE, Sandra BLOW, Patrick CAULFIELD, Lynn CHADWICK, Maurice COCKRILL, Terry FROST, Barbara HEPWORTH, Patrick HERON, David HOCKNEY, Bryan INGHAM, Albert IRVIN, Margaret LOVELL, Henry MOORE, Ben NICHOLSON, Victor PASMORE, Bryan PEARCE, Tommy ROWE, William SCOTT, Joe TILSON.Read more -
SAFE HARBOUR: SUMMER COLLECTION: 1
2 Jul - 24 Sep 2022Welcome to the first of a two-phase uplifting and enervating curated Summer show featuring fresh, new artworks by eight leading award-winning contemporary artists. Celebrating the joys and beauty of summertime...Read more -
CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS: FORM THROUGH FIRE
Celebrating the very best of contemporary ceramic practice in the UK today 4 Sep - 22 Oct 2021Celebrating the very best of contemporary ceramic practice in the UK today, this major show at Cornwall's award-winning Porthminster Gallery in St Ives features fresh and experimental works by invited...Read more -
CONTAINED
New contemporary ceramics by leading UK and International ceramicists 12 Mar - 9 Apr 2021The Porthminster Gallery in St Ives has a strong reputation for showing quality ceramics by emerging and collected names and is delighted to launch its 2021 season of shows with ‘Contained’, a curated selection of new ceramic 'vessel' forms for Spring by artists showing for the first time with the gallery in St Ives:Read more
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