2025 British Ceramics Biennial
The UK’s largest ceramics event returns - The 2025 British Ceramics Biennial is a free, six-week celebration of contemporary clay and creativity.
The 2025 British Ceramics Biennial is a free, six-week celebration of contemporary ceramics that will feature the work of over 60 artists. Spode Works – the post-industrial site of the original Spode factory – will be animated by exhibitions, screenings, talks and events, shining a light on Stoke-on-Trent’s industrial heritage and creative spirit.
Programme highlights:
BCB’s flagship exhibition, Award, bringing together new work by 10 leading artists competing for the £10,000 BCB Award Prize. They include Jane Perryman, whose plant-dyed ceramics chart her 20-year rewilding of an agricultural wasteland, and Daniel Silver who examines the human experience through his ceramic and oil paint sculptures.
The new wave of artists working in clay introduced through Fresh. -Playscape: an experimental rammed earth architecture project with Tuckey Design Studio that will transform construction clay spoil and aggregate into a children’s play space.
BCB’s first Clay Films programme showcasing the work of 10 Global Majority artists working in film and clay – an area of practice which has to date received little exposure.
Josie KO’s The Chimney Princess for the BCB People & Place Commission, in which she explores the role of Black women in Stoke-on-Trent and creates a new goddess for the city.
Clay Conference examining the opportunities, challenges and environmental impact of re-using clay sourced from UK construction spoil. -Slip Tales: a contemporary response to Staffordshire’s heritage of slip decoration shown in a display of tableware made by local communities.
Raverina’s Dance Floor: an interactive, sensory art installation by Carolina Garfo inspired by the ceramic practices of the Algarve in Portugal.
New work from rising ceramic stars Tim Fluck, Caroline Gray, Andrea Leigh, Chi Onwordi and Krzysztof Strzelecki created during their Fresh Talent Residencies. Throughout the British Ceramics Biennial there will be a diverse talks and events programme through which visitors can explore and experience clay for themselves and share ideas and inspiration.
Communications & Audiences Manager: Kate Royle, kate@britishceramicsbiennial.com Communications Assistant: Alex Rabishaw, alex@britishceramicsbiennial.com