IAN THOMPSON

“FORMS OF REVERENCE”
2026

 

"I am a full time artist based in London. I currently work both in London and a small town in the south of France called Elne, part of Catalonia near the Pyrenees. Here I have had access to facilities and support networks that allow me to develop my work in depth. The majority of my ceramic work I make is thrown; made on either a standing kick, momentum or electric wheel. Since 2009 I have exhibited mostly in France including a range of group and single shows. I have also made a large number of works for individual clients and collectors who often commission works for their own private collections or for exhibition. This has included private and public commissions. In 2018 I completed an MA in Ceramics at the RCA that allowed me to challenge many of the ideas that I had been developing on my own in France and the work I produce now which is a combination of exhibition sculptural form, vessels and functional ware has evolved through careful development through this time returning to art college.

Currently, much of my ceramic work involves painting with oxides, slips and engobes under transparent glazes in traditions similar to those of Korea, China, Japan and Greek Archaic ware. Although, the work I make in painting and ceramics share similar common values, there are some very important distinctions that I make when working with the brush on clay form as opposed to representing naturalistic figurative subject matter on a 2d surface. My working practice will often involve developing the ceramic work and the 2d work side by side as my projects develop. My ideal at some point, is to exhibit the different practices together.

Currently, much of my ceramic work involves painting with oxides, slips and engobes under transparent glazes in traditions similar to those of Korea, China, Japan and Greek Archaic ware. Although, the work I make in painting and ceramics share similar common values, there are some very important distinctions that I make when working with the brush on clay form as opposed to representing naturalistic figurative subject matter on a 2d surface. My working practice will often involve developing the ceramic work and the 2d work side by side as my projects develop. My ideal at some point, is to exhibit the different practices together. "

 

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