Lauren Nauman American, b. 1990
Lauren Nauman’s Lines series is a captivating exploration of clay’s transformation under the intense heat of a kiln. Beginning as structures cages of wet clay, these forms undergo a profound change and once initially rigid and defined, they gradually transition from malleable mud to hardened stone.
With the form offering a little support to its shape, they twist and turn finding newer ways to exist. Frozen in time, they show glimpses of movement and fluidity they experienced during the firing behind closed doors.
Lauren Nauman graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in Ceramics & Glass in 2016. During this time she developed a new technique with her series Lines and was selected for the RJ Washington Bursary and Woo Scholarship. She also held multiple design internships and created tableware for the Tate Modern’s new building, Switch House restaurant.
After graduation, her pieces were acquired by collections at Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire, UK and Korea Craft & Design Foundation, Seoul. She participated in many shows including NCECA, Saatchi Gallery’s Collect, Craft Central’s Talent! and Ceramic Art London where she was awarded the Newcomer Award. She ended her first year with the One Year On exhibition at New Designers London.
Prior to this, she completed a BA in Art Education with a concentration in ceramics at Emmanuel College in Boston, MA, USA, and was selected for a residency at Guldagergaard, the International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark.
Nauman has since exhibited at Decorex with Future Heritage; Young Masters Art Prize where she received the Highly Commended, Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize; Collective Design and The Salon Art + Design with J.Lohmann Gallery in NYC; a Solo Exhibition, Chanced, with Sebastian Schildt Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden where a piece was acquired by the National Museum of Stockholm; Parcours Céramique Carougeois Bienneal in Geneva, Switzerland; International KOGEI Award in Toyama, Japan; The State of Clay, Parsons Gallery, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society where she received a Juror’s Award; and Potverdorie, Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, The Ceramic Center in The Netherlands.
