Artist Statement
I have always been concerned with space, both within and around a form. I am attempting to express both centredness and dynamism within one abstract form. There is a tension between finding a clarity of line and underlying geometry, with the random surface marking from smoke-firing which is important to my creative process. I hope that each work will sit with poise and possess an enduring quietness and liveliness.
I aim to capture an essence or quality that may be perceived or implicitly sensed rather than articulated. I am attempting to express experiences of nature: listening to sounds of wind, water or silence; walking through landscape; touching the rocks; smelling the moorland peat or mosses near to my home in Yorkshire. I want to do this with simplicity, with a regard for the nature of my medium, so that when you look at a finished sculpture you might feel ‘yes, of course that is how it could be’.
Other influences: Ancient cultures, Mid 20th century sculpture, eg Epstein, Gill.
Career path After completing a Geography degree I trained at Harrow Art School in Studio Pottery. Before setting up the workshop I travelled in the Middle-East and India for one year, returning to London with a wealth of impressions and drawings. In 1985 I set up the first workshop, experimenting with smoke-firing. By 1989 I had moved to Sheffield where I currently live and work, continuing to explore new forms suitable for smoke-firing.
My work is represented in private and public collections throughout the UK, Europe, USA, Japan and China.
CV & Education
Solo exhibitions
2008 - Antonia Salmon, Stour Gallery, Warwickshire
2007 - Solo Show, Contemporary Ceramics, London
2005 - Solo Show, Hart Gallery, London
2003 - Antonia Salmon new work, Hart Gallery, London
2003 - Antonia Salmon new work, Hart Gllery, Islington , London
2001 - Hart Gallery, London
2000 - Candover Gallery, Hampshire
1999 - Hart Gallery, London
1998 - Hart Gallery, Linby, Nottinghamshire
1997 - Bettles Gallery, Hampshire
1997 - Hart Gallery, London
1996 - Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
1996 - Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
1995 - Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
1993 - Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
1993 - Galerie Argile, Brussels
1992 - Bettles Gallery, Hampshire
1991 - Contemporary Ceramics, London
1990 - Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
1988 - Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
Group exhibitions
2008 - Group show, Bevere Gallery, Gloucestershire
2007 - Art in Action, Waterperry House, nr Oxford
2004 - 'Collect', V & A Museum, London
2001 - Alpha House Gallery, Dorset
2000 - Oxford Gallery, Oxford
1999 - Collection Gallery, Herefordshire
1998 - Babel Gallery, Amsterdam
1998 - Rufford Craft Gallery, Nottinghamshire
1997 - Barbican Art Gallery, London
1997 - Gumps, San Franscisco, USA
1996 - Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1995 - Hugo Barclay Gallery, Brighton
1995 - Primavera, Cambridge
1995 - Winchester City Art Gallery
1994 - European Ceramics, Knaresborough
1994 - Hugo Barclay Gallery, Brighton
1994 - Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham
1993 - Pyramid Gallery, York
1993 - Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
1992 - Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
1991 - Ruthin Crafts Centre, Touring Show
1990 - Contemporary Ceramics, London
1990 - Prema Arts Gallery, Gloucestershire
1988 - St Pauls Cathedral Crypt, London
