Julian Stair
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Julian Stair OBE
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Julian Stair OBE is one of the UK’s leading potters. He studied at Camberwell School of Art and the RCA. He has exhibited internationally for more than five decades and his work is represented in over 30 international public collections including the V&A; British Museum; American Museum of Art & Design, New York; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Kolumba Museum, Cologne; Grassi Museum, Leipzig; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Recent solo exhibitions include Mr. Hamada Walking (Old Hamada’s House, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan, 2024), Art, Death and the Afterlife (Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, 2023), Equivalenze (Fondazione ICA Milano, Italy, 2019), Equivalence, (Corvi-Mora Gallery, London, 2018, Quotidian (Corvi-Mora Gallery, London, 2014-15), and Quietus: The Vessel, Death and the Human Body (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; National Museum Wales Cardiff; Winchester Cathedral; Somerset House, London; Manchester Cathedral (2012-2016). Recent group exhibitions include lights embracing, shadows touching (ACG Villa, Kyoto, Japan, 2024); Extinction Collection (UK national touring exhibition, 2024); Frieze Art Fair (London 2014-2024); The Inevitability of Vessels: Julian Stair and Shoji Kamoda (Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, 2024); Lustauf Lustheim: Meissen Inspired Modern Ceramics, (Schloss Lustheim, Munich 2022). A regular contributor to ceramic publications since the 1980s, Julian is also an authority on the history of English studio ceramics. In 2022 he was awarded an OBE in 2022 for services to ceramics and in 2024 Yale University Press published a monograph on his work, ‘Julian Stair: Memory, Material, Ceramics’.
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Featured Works
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Available Works
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Exhibitions
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Videos
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Art, Death & Afterlife
Julian Stair: Exhibition Film September 12, 2026Read more -
Of The Body & Clay
Martina Margetts with Julian Stair, Mella Shaw & Jonathan Keep June 6, 2024Current environmental and anthropological contexts are enlivening the creative interplay between clay and the figure. Earthly Bodies at Sarah Myerscough Gallery explores the latest ceramic...Read more
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Publications
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Related Content
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PAD London
Group Presentation 15 - 18 Oct 2026Read more -
Art, Death & Afterlife
Julian Stair: Exhibition Film Sep 12, 2026Read more -
Perch
Group Exhibition 27 Jun - 7 Aug 2026Read more -
Art, Death & Afterlife
Julian Stair: Sainsbury Centre Mar 9, 2026Created in response to the global pandemic, ‘Art, Death and the Afterlife’ explores contemporary society’s relationship to death and ritual. Responding to rich variety of...Read more
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Of The Body & Clay
Martina Margetts with Julian Stair, Mella Shaw & Jonathan Keep Jun 6, 2024Current environmental and anthropological contexts are enlivening the creative interplay between clay and the figure. Earthly Bodies at Sarah Myerscough Gallery explores the latest ceramic...Read more -
London Craft Week 2024 Highlights
Jun 4, 2024Sensual, sculptural and tactile, it’s easy to draw parallels between the human body and ceramics, not least because some of the earliest ceramics are ritualistic...Read more -
9 Must-See Collectible Design Shows to Check Out in May
May 9, 2024A bewitching trove of contemporary ceramics has gone on view at Sarah Myerscough Gallery in London’s new group exhibition. The Mayfair space’s third major showcase...Read more
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