Photo: Sam Barclay
Lisa Ommanney is a UK based ceramic artist making functional and sculptural hand built pieces. She studied Fine Art at London Guildhall University.
Her overarching aesthetic is informed by the relationship between the human and natural worlds, the synergies and dissonance between the two. The coexistence of these worlds, and specifically the parallels between their visual languages - pattern and repetition, growth and decay - form the spectrum within which she works: rustic and organic forms, earthy tones, soulful objects that resonate with a sense of the human.
She has a strong interest in ancient and prehistoric ceramics from across the globe. Much of her work is built with rough, groggy clays, and she leaves traces of the making process on each piece. Alongside her preference for the rustic and the natural, she also enjoys precision work, designs that require a level of rigour, pushing the limits of handbuilding techniques.
EXHIBITIONS
‘SEEDS’ Hypha Studios, September-October 2023
‘Fantasyland’ Thrown Contemporary, March-May 2022
‘Claymakers’ Kobi & Teal, August-October 2019
‘From this Land’ Thrown Contemporary, May-June 2019
‘Origins’ Thrown Contemporary, June 2018
‘Keramos’ Prick London (as part of London Design Festival), September 2017
‘Ceramics274 x Playground’ Playground London, April/May 2017
‘Signed & Numbered’ Lacey Contemporary, December 2016
‘State of Clay’ Milliken Showrooms (as part of London Design Festival), September 2016
Winter Show The Kiln Rooms, December 2015
AWARDS
Jameson Works Bursary (Winner, 2015)
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