Judith Devons
Ceramics, Painting, Printmaking, Photography
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About Judith
I am a printmaker, painter and ceramicist, exhibiting both locally and nationally. An important part of my practice is leading workshops for all ages and abilities, including people with physical and other challenges. I work with individuals and small groups in my north London studio, and hold larger workshops in schools, private homes and community venues. I also enjoy taking on bespoke commissions. During lockdown, I began my series of comforting hugging pots.
My Work
I explore and experiment in diverse media to create one-off works on a variety of themes. In ceramics, I am presently creating a series of 'hugging pots' - small humanised vessels that express potential withheld and nurtured alone in lockdown, waiting to be released and shared. Each pot is unique in form, colour and texture - from rough black stoneware clay to shiny crystalline green to pure white porcelain. I start each pot as a symmetrical wheel-thrown form, and then alter it by hand to create the unique and personal hugging pot. In oils, my work ranges from spiritually inspired fantasy worlds to everyday realistic scenes - at present reflecting coronavirus limitations. My screen-prints are one-off and highly experimental - on themes of memories, dreams and shadows. They often combine photography, graphic forms and painterly mark-making - always encouraging personal interpretation.
Exhibitions
SOLO SHOWS
- London:
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Gallery
- Medical Research Council headquarters
- local cafes and restaurants
- Regional:
- Trinity Arts Centre, Lincolnshire
- The City Art Gallery, Leicester
- Ferrers Gallery, Leicestershire
GROUP SHOWS
- China:
- International Science and Art Exhibition, Shanghai
- London:
- East Finchley Open Studios
- Barbican Library
- Highgate Gallery
- Ply Gallery
- Jewish Museum
- Stephens House
- Catto Gallery
- Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
- Candid Art Gallery
- Regional:
- Sutton Gallery, Leicester
- Wistow Gallery, Leicester
- New Walk Museum, Leicester
- Rugby Gallery, Warwickshire
- The Brewhouse, Staffordshire
- Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
- The Hub, Sleaford
- Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham
ART FAIRS
- Art in Action, Oxfordshire
- Granchester Fair, Cambridge
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