E: joytrpkovic@gmail.com
W: www.joytrpkovic.co.uk
Instagram: @joytrpkovic
My work is inspired by marine forms, fossils and bones. It stretches the possibilities of entirely hand-built, high-fired porcelain. Wall pieces comprise collections of paper-thin delicate rays and squid-like sculpture shoals assembled in bespoke translucent perspex box frames. I am concerned with the fragility of the marine environment, and the fragility of my assembled invented sea creatures references that. Pinch bowls are made in either speckled iron-spot stoneware or porcelain with glass and lustres. I have recently used Parian porcelain to make large free-standing white funghi sculptures.
Memberships
Fellow, Society of Designer Craftsmen
Recent Exhibitions/Events
2018 Mint Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2018 Handmade at Kew, Kew Gardens
2018 London Potters In Design @ Battersea, Battersea Power Station, London
2018 Hand of the Maker, Society of Designer Craftsmen, Chelsea College of Art, London
2018 Primavera, LP Selected Exhibition, The Ice House, Holland Park, London W8
2018 Flux, Chelsea College of Arts, London SW1
2018 Art Rooms, International Contemporary Art Fair, Melia White House, London NW1
2017 Mint Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2017 Handmade at Kew, Kew Gardens
2017 Flux, Chelsea College of Arts, London SW1
2017 Mint Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London
2017 London Potters Local, Normansfield Theatre, Teddington
2017 The Sculpture Park, Churt, Surrey
2016 Handmade at Kew, Kew Gardens
2016 Mint Gallery at Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2016 Argilla Italia, International Ceramic Festival. Faenza
2016 Society of Designer Craftsmen, Mall Galleries, London
2016 Nautilus, Madeinbritaly Gallery, London W9
Commissions
Ongoing commission for porcelain vessels for Shanghai and Singapore
Porcelain Shards wall piece for London client
Group of Midas pinch bowls for London gallery
Prizes and Awards
2017 Finalist: Small Porcelain Competition, White Noise, Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia
2013 Finalist, International Ceramics Competition, Alcora
2011 CICA 2nd Prize International Ceramic Competition, Museum of Ceramics, Alcora, Spain
2010 Finalist, International Ceramics Competition, Alcora
Museums/Collections
Contemporary Ceramics Collection, Museum of Ceramics, Alcora, Spain
Southampton Museum and Art Gallery
Galleries/Retail Outlets
Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
Palace Green Gallery, Hatfield
Gallery 55 Hartley Wintney
Handmade Interiors, London
