Albert Montserrat

Albert Montserrat studied Product Design and Ceramics in Barcelona, before moving to Mexico for four years to set up a studio, learning more about pre-columbian ceramics and working from scratch, making his own clay, kiln and glazes. He has since been living and working in the UK and now Spain, intensively and continuously developing his practice and researching ceramic traditions and glazes. His work is held in public collections in Spain and the UK and in private collections in Qatar, USA, UK, Spain, Mexico, Australia, Belgium and France. He won the Barcelona’s Ceramics Biennial in 2018.

Artist Statement

My main interest in ceramics is the research of glazes and their application on a large surface of thrown porcelain. I am fascinated to experiment with different ingredients and materials to find new colours and textures. The main inspiration comes from the family of oriental glazes called ‘Oil Spot Glazes’. I throw classic and simple shapes, intensively pursuing a well balanced and proportioned volume with a very special interest on the large ceramic vessels due to their statement and cultural connotations intrinsically attached to the history of humanity that the shape of the vessel possesses.

EDUCATION

Elisava (Pompeu Fabra University), Barcelona, Spain, BA (Hons) Product Design, 2006

AWARDS

2018  Ceramics Biennial “Angelina Alós” Esplugues, Barcelona, Spain. First Prize
2015  London Potters Annual Exhibition First Prize “Best in Show”
2014  London Potters Annual Exhibition First Prize “Best in Show”
2014  London Potters Annual Exhibition Visitor’s Vote

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020
‘Post Creacions’ ACC Gallery, Barcelona
‘Young Masters Art Prize’, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Cynthia Corbett Gallery
‘Summer of Ceramics’, Doddington Hall, Lincoln
‘Art in Clay’, Hatfield, London

2019
‘New Ceramics’ Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath

2018
Ceramics Biennial “Angelina Alós”, Can Tintoré Museum, Barcelona, Spain
‘Artists of Fame and Promise’ Beaux Arts Bath, UK
Centre of Ceramic Art – CoCA, York, UK
Art in Clay, Hatfield, London, UK
Potfest in the Park, Cumbria, UK
“A slice of Yorkshire Creativity”, Bils&Rye, Kirkbymoorside, UK

2017
“The Dark Side of the Moon”, Hexagon Classic Design, London, UK
“Porcelain Perfection”, Bils & Rye, Kirkbymoorside, UK
Art in Clay, Hatfield, UK
“A Whiter Shade of Pale”, Hexagon Classic Design, London, UK
Potfest in the Park, Cumbria, UK

2016
Ceramics in the City, London, UK
Bath Contemporary, Bath, UK
Art in Clay, Hatfield, UK

2015
Sculpt Gallery “The Art of Firing”, Colchester, UK
The Loughborough Hotel Gallery, London, UK
Morley Gallery, London, UK
Ceramics in the City, London, UK
Art in Clay, Hatfield, UK
RBSA Gallery ‘Prize Exhibition’, Birmingham, UK

2014
Mall Galleries, London, UK
Morley Gallery, London, UK
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, Middlesex, UK
Riverside Gallery, Richmond, London, UK

2013
National Funeral Exhibition 2013, Stoneleigh, Birmingham, UK

2011
IDEFT Institute, Guadalajara, Mexico

2010
México Nacional Ceramic Competition, Guadalajara, Mexico

2009
Brownie Coffee Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico

2008
ADI-FAD, Barcelona, Spain
Roques Blanques Cemetery, Barcelona, Spain

2007
Funermostra, València, Spain
Villegas Ceràmiques, Barcelona, Spain

ART FAIRS

2020
Art Miami
Collect, London
London Art Fair
2016
Cambridge Art Fair, Bills & Rye Gallery, Cambridge

COLLECTIONS

2020 Barcelona Design Museum, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Alcora’s Museum of Ceramics, Alcora, Spain
2018 Can Tinturé Museum, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Private Collection, Doha, Qatar
2017 Public Collection, Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumbria, UK
2013 Reliquaries, Marcs i Urnes Bach, Barcelona, Spain
2010 Trophies, Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Mexico
2008 Public Sculpture in Government Building, Josep Carreté Arquitectura, Tarragona, Spain