The call out for Award 2027 will be in summer 2026
Award is the British Ceramics Biennial’s headline exhibition, celebrating the vitality of contemporary ceramics practice in the UK with ten artists selected from an open submission process.
BCB invites applications from UK-based individual practitioners, collaborators or collectives who use clay as their primary material. The Award exhibition seeks to have a positive impact on the practice of the exhibiting artists. We seek to support artists who want to make best use of the opportunity, who may wish to tread new ground, use the momentum of the exhibition to focus or make a step change in their practice or to present work in ways it hasn’t previously been experienced.
“Award offers a space for artists to build upon their expertise to say something new. As the UK’s leading exhibition of contemporary ceramic and clay, we seek to make experimentation, risk-taking and ambition central to Award. The abundant ways of working with clay make it an extraordinary material for sharing ideas, provocation, storytelling and activism. For this headline exhibition of the British Ceramics Biennial, we welcome those with established artistic careers to explore and expand the boundaries of their practice.”
Clare Wood, Artistic Director & Chief Executive, British Ceramics Biennial & Award Panel Member
What are the ambitions of Award?
- To present ambition and creative risk-taking within contemporary ceramics
- To celebrate the talent and achievements of artists
- To give a platform to artists with a compelling idea or opinion they want to express
- To be diverse and inclusive, reflecting the richness of ceramics practice
Award 2025
See the artists selected for Award 2025.
The winner of Award 2025 is Jo Taylor with her work, (Not) Guilty Pleasures. Read the article here.
