The acclaimed Ceramic Art London fair, now in its 22nd year, returns to Olympia from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th May 2026, with a private view on Thursday 7th May. Hugely respected in the contemporary ceramics world, and always oversubscribed, it is Europe’s leading showcase for makers to sell their work.
Previous careers by female makers at the fair include: physicist, nurse, animator, textile designer, advertising, librarian. Many now have work in public collections.
In 2026, 68% of artists at Ceramic Art London are women
Women are more likely to buy work by women artists according to The Art Basel and UBS Report on Global Collecting 2025
Largest and highest-priced item is £12,500 from USA-based artist, Landis Carey, who is exhibiting at the fair for the first time. She suffered from synaesthesia and now makes ceramic pieces for hospitals
Ex nurse, Sarah Walton uses her tactile qualities to make bird baths. Her ceramics are represented in 15 UK museum collections and numerous private ones, and she is heavily inspired by life experiences
Loraine Rutt is a cartographer ceramicist who produces accurate ceramic maps and globes and sold a special piece to Apollo 15 astronaut Col. Al Worden who mapped the moon.
Exhibitor Carolyn Tripp works for a social enterprise in Haringey, which helps with mental health issues “recovery through creativity” which is cheaper than the cost of sectioning people
Launching at CAL, will be The Eileen Lewenstein Prize. This new award celebrates excellence in critical writing about ceramics. Named after the first co-founding editor of Ceramic Review and the Craftsmen Potters Association (now Craft Potters Association), Eileen Lewenstein was a trailblazing writer, lecturer, potter and photographer with a strong interest in socialist politics.
Great talks by great women, ranging from Kate Malone and Dame Zandra Rhodes, to Felicity Aylieff and curators from the V&A, Watts Gallery, and Leach Pottery – these are all free with entry to the fair
Get Hands On and learn hand building skills with the London Potters across the weekend, with a special Sunday session led by The Great Pottery Throwdown’s Princess Fingall.
Tickets are priced at £22 and are available from: www.ceramicartlondon.com.