Lucille Lewin

b. 1948, South Africa

Lucille Lewinis a South African born British artist working in porcelain and glass. Lucille Lewin’s work is the result of research into the origins of 18th century European porcelain, and the alchemists who invented it. The work references the Victorian Cabinet of Curiosities, and the early microscopic photographs of the natural world by Karl Blosfeldt. Lewin takes great inspiration from the crystal rooms at the Science Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. Lewin’s sculptural ceramic objects explore the relationship between form, chemistry and process. Lewin’s latest works in porcelain and glass are part of an ongoing series The Time Between Time which looks at how we find ourselves as humans in this chaotic world of ours.

Founder and director of Whistles (1976-2001) and Creative Director of Liberty (2007-2008), Lewin left fashion for a career in sculpture with a Diploma in Fine Art and Ceramics from CityLit (2014). She received her MA in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art in 2017. Recent exhibitions include: The Society of Designer Craftsmen, Mall Galleries, London, 2015; The Emerging & Established, Christie’s, London 2017; and Material: Earth: The New British Clay Movement, Messums, Somerset, 2017 and a solo exhibition at Connolly, London, 2017-2018.

Lucille Lewin is the winner of the Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize, 2017.