Collaborations
BEYOND BREAKING GROUND
British Ceramics Biennial and Indian Ceramics Triennale Partnership 2018-2023
With shared objectives, the British Ceramics Biennial and the Indian Ceramics Triennale are key platforms for representing contemporary ceramics practice and act as catalysts for the international rise of ceramics. We aim to build an artists-led dialogue between India and the UK, exploring the relationship between notions of located ceramic traditions and migratory contemporary clay practice.
We have initiated an exchange programme with the partial support of the Charles Wallace India Trust and the British Council which follows the convention of the international artists’ residency model, with both ICT and BCB hosting artists from UK and India for a period of 6 weeks prior to their respective triennial and biennial festivals; with a UK artist in India August/September 2018 and 2021, and an Indian artist invited to the UK August/September/October 2019 and 2021.
The artists would be hosted by BCB and ICT and located within an appropriate studio facility or workspace, alongside other artists, makers, associated creative producers, curators and academics. The objective for the resident artist would be to create a body of work for exhibition/installation/dissemination at the BCB or ICT festival.
As part of the ICT 2018, BCB presented Made Out of Place an installation of work emanating from Heart:Beat project created by Joanne Ayre, Ramesh Hengadi and Rasika Hengadi following a short residency period at the Indian Institute of Craft and Design and the JKK exhibition venue.
Shirley Bhatnagar was selected to represent India at the British Ceramics Biennial in 2019 via an open call for proposals. The Charles Wallace India Trust has supported these residencies in the UK. Neha Gawand Pullawar was selected to represent the Indian Ceramics Triennale at the British Ceramics Biennial in 2023.
Art Ichol - Indian Ceramics Triennale Residency
Art Ichol, a premier arts residency in Maihar, Madhya Pradesh offered, in collaboration with the Indian Ceramics Triennale, a three month residency to an artist working in ceramics.
The first resident artist selected on the basis of an open call was Srinia Chowdhury, from Delhi.
ArtAxis
The Indian Ceramics Triennale has collaborated with the international peer-reviewed artists’ platform Artaxis, to facilitate applications by Indian Ceramics Triennale artists. Artaxis is an evolving independent network of over 650 contemporary artists from over 40 countries. ICT Artists accepted as members:
