Ceramics exhibitions, UK
Here you’ll find ceramics and pottery exhibitions all round the UK. Got a thing with ceramics? You’re in the right place.
-
Undergrowth, County Hall Pottery, London
13 January - 8 March
Undergrowth is a group exhibition exploring the rich metaphorical and material potential of the ecological layer that exists beneath taller plants and trees. Bringing together ceramic and metal works in a tactile, multi-dimensional installation, the exhibition considers undergrowth as both a biological system and a metaphor for the hidden forces that quietly shape our world.
-

Takuro Kuwata, Tea Bowl Punk at Warwick Arts Centre
31 October - 15 March
The Mead Gallery is proud to present the first UK solo exhibition of internationally celebrated Japanese ceramic artist Takuro Kuwata. Renowned for his radical approach to traditional ceramics, Kuwata fuses traditional Japanese pottery techniques with bold and experimental sculptural processes.
-

Beneath the Surface: Material and Meaning, Hub, Sleaford
6 December - 15 March
A new exhibition celebrating 25 years of Design-Nation at Hub. It brings together selected works by 26 leading UK artists and makers selected from Design-Nation’s portfolio of members. Makers working with ceramics: Adele Howitt, Belgin Bozsahin, Cosmin Ciofirdel, Debbie Barber, Elaine Lim Newton, Jemma Gowland, Julie Massie, Kim Colebrook, Mary Johnson, Rosa Wiland Holmes, Steinunn Bjarnadottir, Valerie Bernardini.
-

Design Nation NW at Manchester Craft & Design Centre
16 January - 21 March
DNNW X MCDC is an exhibition in collaboration with Design-Nation, showcasing a collection of their North West members. Ceramicists: Anne Haworth, Tone von Krogh, Rachel Peters, Beverley Sommerville, Aneliya Stoyanova, Alison Waters, Emma Westmacott and Jean White
-

Lise Herud Braten: All is silent but the wind, London
5 - 28 March
Lise’s primary interests lie in creating decorative and sculptural forms with highly textured, expressive surfaces. The work is deeply rooted in the rugged landscape she grew up in in Norway, imbuing a sense of place, timelessness and quiet beauty within each piece, as if they were found, rather than made.
-

Anglian Potters Undercroft Spring Exhibition, Norwich
14-29 March
This exhibition will take place in Undercroft Gallery in the heart of Norwich from March 14th to 29th, every day except Mondays.
-

Frances Priest: Motif | Line | Colour at Blackwell, Cumbria
7 November - 11 April
Explore the ceramic work of celebrated Edinburgh-based artist Frances Priest at Blackwell - the Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3JT. This will showcase ceramics created throughout 25 years of her practice, featuring rarely seen pieces from her personal collection and brand-new work inspired by the house.
-

Mould by Proof of Concept, Aram Gallery, London
6 March - 18 April
Mould explores the craft of moulding across ceramics, plastics, metals and other materials, uncovering the potential at each stage of casting, forming and finishing. Artists include Emma Louise Payne.
-

Chloe Charrington, Tim Lake, Nicola Gillis, Jane Cairns, Rachel Wood, Bevere Gallery, Worcester
7 March - 25 April
Chloe Charrington, Tim Lake, Nicola Gillis, Jane Cairns and Rachel Wood. The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm.
-

Ceramic Odyssey 2126, County Hall Pottery, London
17 March - 3 May
A curated exhibition that imagines the future of ceramics through the lens of bio-futurism. The exhibition explores how ceramic practice might evolve in the year 2126, in a world where human ingenuity, living organisms, and material intelligence are deeply intertwined. Curator: Jihyun Kim
-

Anglian Potters Spring Up, Ferini Gallery, Pakefield
3 April - 4 May
This seaside ceramics super-show takes place in Pakefield, Suffolk. The Ferini Art Gallery address is 27 All Saints Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft NR33 0JL and the exhibition is open from 3rd April to 4th May 2026 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays.
-

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal & Axel Salto, Hepworth Wakefield
22 November - 4 May
In partnership with CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Denmark and Kunstsilo, Norway, The Hepworth Wakefield will bring Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto to the UK in November 2025.
-

Fired Legacies: The Ceramic World of Rich Miller, Watts Gallery, Surrey
16 April – 28 June
In his first major solo exhibition, ceramicist Rich Miller delves into his own heritage and an exploration of British colonial history, examining the complexities of migration and the lasting cultural influences woven into the fabric of British society. Through the medium of clay, this exhibition unearths the narratives of trade, labour and identity that have shaped contemporary Britain.
Subscribe to my newsletter
The Monthly Mug is my monthly email newsletter. You'll keep up to date on upcoming ceramics events as well as exhibitions around the UK and fabulous independent shops and galleries I have discovered along the way. I won't bombard you - one email per month as we all get too much email as it is!
Just tap the button and you’ll be taken to an Email Octopus page to sign up.

