Agalis Manessi is a ceramic artist working from studios in London and Corfu, where she was born. She uses the historical medium of maiolica and her work is inspired by subjects and images observed in churches, museums and galleries. She has exhibited widely in the UK, recently at Messums Wiltshire and Ceramic Art London, and also across Europe. Manessi is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association and Brother of the Art Workers’ Guild. A Journey Painted in Clay, a monograph celebrating 50 years of working in ceramics, will be published by Unicorn Press in the autumn.

Albert Montserrat studied Product Design and Ceramics in his hometown of Barcelona. He spent four years in Mexico to learn about pre-Colombian ceramics and then set up his studio in the UK in 2012. Glazes are his passion and his large porcelain vessels offer the best opportunity for his glazes to develop and express themselves. His inspiration comes from the classic shapes of Roman amphoras, Greek and Egyptian vessels and Korean Moon Jars, and he contrasts the classic shapes with new and sophisticated materials.

Alison Britton is a leading British ceramicist with an international reputation. She studied ceramics at the Central School of Art followed by three years at the Royal College of Art, and she was part of a group of groundbreaking female graduates from the RCA in the late 1970s whose work focused on reinterpreting the vessel as an abstract art form. Britton was awarded an OBE in 1990 in recognition of her achievements as both an artist and widely published writer. Her work is in many private and public collections across the world. Her retrospective exhibition, Content and Form, was shown at the V&A in 2016.

Andrew Logan challenges convention, mixes media and plays with our artistic values. From the start, his work has inventively used whatever was to hand to transform real objects into new and different versions. His artistic world includes fauna, flora, planets and gods, embodying fantasy in a unique way. Born in Oxford in 1945, Logan originally qualified in architecture before working across the fields of sculpture, stage design and interior design. From his early fame amongst London’s fashionable crowd, he has become an influential artist of international stature, with exhibitions as far afield as Mexico and Russia.

Andrew Wicks graduated from the Royal College of Art Ceramics & Glass MA course in 1997 and was awarded a Setting Up Grant by the Crafts Council in 1999. Wicks worked in slip-cast porcelain for over 10 years, but taught himself to throw in porcelain clay in 2006. Usually working in groups of vessels, he enjoys the visual relationship between the forms. His textured surfaces are inspired by nature’s patterns, such as fossils, coral reefs and plant forms. His work has been featured in many ceramic exhibitions in the UK, Europe and the United States.

Aneta Regel creates abstract ceramic sculptures that reference the trees, rocks and riverbeds that surround her, capturing their natural forms and rhythms. In addition to clay and layers of glaze, she also uses volcanic rock materials, basalt and granite in her pieces, resulting in complex surfaces and textures. Regel is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and member of the Fellow Craft Potters Association. Her work is in the collections of the World Ceramics Museum in Korea, Westerwald Museum in Germany, and Handelsbankens Konstförening in Sweden.

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Anna Barlow is a British ceramic artist currently living and working in London. Having studied ceramics at Bath Spa University, she began her own practice in 2006. Barlow is known for her ice cream-themed sculptures that reflect her interest in the rituals of food, capturing the fleeting moments in the life of decaying ice-creams. Her work has been shown both nationally and internationally.

Anna Silverton graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1987 with an MA in Ceramics and Glass. She subsequently lived in New York, where she taught and had a studio at Syracuse university. On her return to the UK in 1993 she set up her studio in London, with the help of a Crafts Council Grant. She currently lives and works in Ramsgate, Kent. Well-known for her finely wheel-thrown porcelain vases and bowls, Silverton has exhibited in the UK and has had public/architectural commissions around the world.

Ashraf Hanna is an Egyptian-born British artist, currently living in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales. Growing up in Egypt, Hanna was surrounded by classical pottery forms. He studied at El Minia Faculty of Fine Arts where he started to closely observe these well-considered and executed forms during drawing classes. The long hours spent in the drawing studio became a time of meditation, freeing his mind from preconceptions of functional pottery. Since then, Hanna has always considered pottery forms as a vehicle of creativity worthy of contemplation.

Barnaby Barford seamlessly works across drawing, sculpture, film, installation and painting. His art compels us to re-examine the overlooked or disregarded aspects of our surroundings. Whether it’s through shops, apples, flowers or words, he holds a mirror up to society, inviting reflection on inequalities, obsessions and ingrained belief systems. Represented by David Gill Gallery, Barford’s work has gained global recognition, showcased in prominent exhibitions. His pieces adorn numerous public and private collections, solidifying his standing as an influential artist with a keen eye for societal critique.

Bisila Noha is a Spanish-born, London-based ceramic artist. With her work she aims to challenge western views on art and craft, questioning what we understand as productive and worthy in capitalist societies, and to reflect upon the idea of home using personal experiences from different pottery communities. Noha co-directs Lon-art Creative, an arts and activism organisation that offers a platform for everyone to create, collaborate and reflect upon social issues through the arts, and is part of Design Can, a campaign to make the design industry more inclusive and diverse.

Born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Bouke de Vries studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven, and Central St Martin’s, London. After working in fashion, he switched careers and studied ceramics conservation and restoration at West Dean College. Using his skills as a restorer, his artworks reclaim broken pots. He doesn’t reconstruct them, but deconstructs them: instead of hiding the evidence of the ceramic objects’ breakage, he emphasises their new status, instilling novel virtues and values to move their stories forward.