Award films 2025 – Susan Halls

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Award is the British Ceramics Biennial’s headline exhibition. It invites ten selected artists 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.

About the Award films

Each film introduces the Award artists and shares how, where and why they make their work. Created by acclaimed filmmakers Lucy and Cameron of Elastic Pie Films, they reveal clay to be a rich material for storytelling, experimentation, playfulness, risk-taking and activism.

Susan Halls is part of the Award exhibition at Spode Works, open daily 10am-4pm from 6 September – 19 October 2025.

About the artist

Susan Halls’ ceramic ‘Sentinels’ are characterful individuals borne from a lifelong preoccupation with making and drawing animals.

For Award 2025, she will push them into a dynamic sculptural realm. Using each animal as a construction unit, Susan will build upwards in height and complexity, reaching a point where the sculptures become architectural, where legs and bodies become columns and arches.

See more of Susan’s work.

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