Statement
I create porcelain and bone china works that explore ambiguity through colour, surface, and form. Using casting, hand-building and printmaking processes, I make one-off works - both sculptural and two-dimensional - guided by an intuitive making and close attention to the material.
Influenced by still-life painting, found objects, and the shifting atmosphere of an ancient local woodland, I work with a restrained palette, allowing surface to carry much of the work’s meaning. My work moves between sculptural form, vessel and image, encouraging close looking and unexpected associations.
Each piece resists a fixed reading, holding a quiet, suggestive space between stillness and movement.
Biography
Anne Gibbs is a contemporary ceramic artist based in Cardiff. Originally trained in printmaking, she creates abstract sculptural works primarily in porcelain and bone china, exploring colour, surface and form through casting, hand-building and printmaking processes.
In 2023, she received the National Eisteddfod of Wales Purchase Prize, resulting in the acquisition of five works for the permanent collection of National Museum Cardiff. She was also awarded a Creative Wales Award from the Arts Council of Wales in 2015. Recent selections include the RWA 173 Annual Open and Wales Contemporary (2026) and the ING Discerning Eye (2025). Her work is held in public collections, including The Clay Studio Philadelphia.
CV
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Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Shift : Canfas Gallery, Cardigan, Wales
2017 A language of Clay: Still. The Mission Gallery, Swansea. National Touring Exhibition throughout Wales
2009 Anne Gibbs, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026 RWA, 173 Annual Open, Bristol
2026 Wales Contemporary, Milford Haven
2025ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2025 Craeftwork, The Camden People’s Theatre window, London
2025 Theatre of Objects, Turner House Gallery, Penarth, Wales
2024 Significant Forms, Canfas Gallery, Cardigan, Wales
2024 Joined up, Makers Guild Wales
2023 Uncommon Beauty-Objects of Curiosity & Wonder, Makers Guild Wales
2023 Cure 3, Bonhams, London
2022 Without Borders, International Touring Exhibition - Wales, Kyoto, Nagoya, Venice
2022 It’s the Thought That Counts, Aberystwyth Ceramics Centre
2022 Lifting the Lid 2, University of South Wales
2021 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Japan
2021 Without Borders, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales
2020 Cure 3, Bonhams, London
2020 A Language of Clay, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, UK
2020 Lifting the Lid, Art Spot Korin Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2020 London Art Fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London
2019 Young Masters Prize 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London
2018 Is It Useful? Unit Twelve Gallery, Stafford
2018 Collect, represented by Ruthin Craft Centre, Saatchi Gallery, London
2017 Gallery in the Box, Llantarnam Grange, Arts Centre, Wales
2016 Sweet Gongs Vibrating, San Diego Arts Institute, USA
2015 Award, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke on Trent, UK
2015 Fragile? National Museum Cardiff, Wales
2015 The Sensorial Object, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, Wales
2015 Collect, represented by Ruthin Craft Centre, Saatchi Gallery, London
2015 Welsh Connections, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
2015 Oriel Queens Hall Gallery, Narbeth, Wales
2014 Oriel Davies Open, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales
2014 Fourteen, Llantarnam Grange, Arts Centre, Wales
2014 Maker in Focus, The Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales
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2024 - Mentoring service to graduate artists.
2024 - Artist talk and demonstration. Cardiff School of Art & Design.
2023 - Artist talk. Hereford College of Arts, BA Contemporary Design Crafts and BA Jewellery Design
2019-2020
Visiting artist, drawing/clay Masterclass, Criw Celf Denbighshire, Wrexham
Tutor, clay workshops, Arts & Education Network: South East
Mentor/tutor clay/print workshops, Inside Out Cymru, Blackwood
2019
Drawing/clay course, Criw Celf, Cardiff,Summer school ,Llanover Hall Art Centre, Cardiff
2018-2019
Tutor, clay workshops, Criw Celf, South East, Cwmbran
Lecturer, tutorials and workshops, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff
Visiting lecturer, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Swansea
2007-2019
Tutor, tutorials, workshops, Coleg Sirgar, School of Art, Carmarthen
2014-2018
Visiting lecturer, tutorials, workshops, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff
2012-2017
Visiting tutor, Hereford College of Arts, Hereford, England
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2002-2004 MA Ceramics, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
1997–1999 PGCE (FE) University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
1991-1994 BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
1990-1991 Foundation Certificate, Portsmouth College of Art & Design
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2023 Purchase Prize, The National Eisteddfod of Wales, Boduan
2018 Gweithdy Gallery, St Fagan’s National Museum of History, Cardiff
2015 Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales, Research & Development
2012 Gold Medal for Craft & Design, The National Eisteddfod of Wales, Cardiff
2009 & 2010 Travel Awards to Philadelphia, USA, funded by Wales Arts International
2009 Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales, Research & Development
2006 Creative Development Award, Arts Council of Wales
2005 Selected for Third World Ceramic Biennale, Korea International Competition
2004 Selected for First European Ceramic Competition, Athens, Greece
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2014 Design Wales Forum, Makers using Technologies, two-month residency, Cardiff
2013 Heatherwick Studios, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, three-month residency, Wales
2009 The Clay Studio, two-month residency, Philadelphia, USA
2009 Cove Park, one-month residency, Scotland
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2023 National Museum Cardiff, Wales
2017 Ceramic Gallery Aberystwyth, Wales
2015 Carmarthen County Museum, Wales
2014 National Museum Cardiff, Wales
2009 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
2005 Icheon World Ceramic Centre, Korea