Matthew Chambers,
Born in London in 1975, Matthew Chambers graduated from the renowned Royal College of Art in 2004. In 2006, his work was recognized with the Ceramic Review prize at Ceramic Art London. In 2009, he was honored at the 5th World Ceramic Biennial in Icheon, Korea, and selected the same year for the Westerwald Prize of the Keramikmuseum, Germany. These years saw the emergence of striking stoneware pieces with circular shapes that immediately bring to mind the "optical eye" of a camera lens.
« Optical art is not far off. The eye is immediately drawn in, pulled by the effects of these spirals which, however, are not spirals at all. Matthew Chambers' volumes are alternately concave and convex. In recent years, he has tended to create a diminishing, funnel-like movement, drawing the viewer's gaze inwards to the work's darkest depths.
His recent sculptures take the opposite approach, expanding outwards. »
Guillaume Morel, journaliste et critique d’art, extrait du catalogue de l’exposition 2023 à la galerie.
Cité en 2023 par Artprice parmi les artistes qui « ravivent aujourd’hui l’image de la céramique », Chambers est assurément un acteur majeur de la céramique contemporaine. Les œuvres de Matthew Chambers sont présentes dans les grandes collections privées et publiques telles que le Victoria & Albert Museum à Londres, le Musée Ariana de Genève et le Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres.
Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste offered him his first major solo exhibition in France in 2023, and has represented his work exclusively in France ever since.
Public and private collections
- Ulster Museum, Belfast
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Musée Ariana, Genève
- Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres, France
- National Museums, Scotland
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Jonathan Anderson and Loewe
- Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street, London
- Rocco Forte Hotel Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt
- Royal Brompton Hospital, London
- Cruise Liners: Norwegian Lines, P&O, Saga
Solo exhibitions at the gallery
Matthew Chambers exposition 2026
Matthew Chambers,
Publications
Main recent exhibitions
2026
Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Toucy, France (solo)
Ceramic Art London, Olyimpia West, London
2025
Art[s] Gallery, group exhibition, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Focus/25: The Longer View, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, with Cavaliero Finn
Stockwell Studios for London Craft Week, with Cavaliero Finn
Collect 2025, Somerset House, London, with Cavaliero Finn
2024
PAD London, with Portuondo Gallery
Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, Summer Group Show, Toucy, France
Ceramic Centre, solo exhibition, London
2023
Galerie de l'Ancienne Postesolo exhibition, Toucy, France
2021
« Revolve and Twist », Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
2020
New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
Collect 2020, London, avec Cavaliero Finn Gallery
2018
Hangzhou Contemporary Ceramic Art Biennial, China
Ensembles, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
2017
Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
PCC Geneva, Galerie Ligne Treize
2016
Mouvements Modernes, Rue de Seine, Paris
2015
Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
Puls Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
2012
Mouvements Modernes, « Ensembles », Galerie Dutko, Paris
