Matthew Chambers started his ceramics journey in 1993 as an assistant potter to Philip Wood in Somerset, UK. He later earned a 1st class degree in ceramics from Bath School of Art and an MA from the College of Art, beginning in 1999 until final graduation in 2004. Since then Matthew has been based on the Isle of Wight, currently at Binnel Studios on the southern tip of the island in St Lawrence. He has showcased his sculptures in numerous exhibitions globally, including the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Homo Faber in Venice, the Museum Westerwald in Germany, and the World Ceramic Centre Korea.
His work is featured in various public and private around the world, including prestigious institutions including the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the National Museum of Scotland, the Musée Ariana in Geneva, the Sèvres Museum in Paris, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Ulster Museum, Belfast
Photo by Simon Avery
Education
2002 - 2004 MA Ceramics, Royal College of Art, London
1999 - 2002 BA hons (1st) Ceramics, Bath School of Art, Sion Hill, Bath
1993 - 1999 Apprentice and Employee for Philip Wood, Somerset
Awards
2013 Award shorlist and exhibition at the British Ceramics Biennial, UK
2009 Shortlist and exhibition for the Westerwald Prize, Keramikmusem, Germany
2009 Diploma at the 5th World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea
2006 Ceramic Review Prize Awarded at Ceramic Art London, UK
2002 Poole Pottery Award at New Designers, UK
Museum Collections
2023 Ulster Museum, Belfast
2019 Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2017 Musee Arianna, Geneva
2014 Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres
2013 National Museums, Scotland
2012 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Public Commissions/Collections
Jonathan Anderson and Loewe
Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street, London
Rocco Forte Hotel Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt
Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Cruise Liners: Norwegian Lines, P&O, Saga
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Art[s] Gallery, group exhibition, Noordwijk, Netherlands
2025 Focus/25: The Longer View, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, with Cavalierofinn
2025 Stockwell Studios for London Craft Week, with Cavalierofinn
2025 Collect 2025, Somerset House, London, with Cavalierofinn
2024 PAD, Berkley Square, London, with Portuondo
2024 New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall (solo)
2024 Group exhibition, Galerie de l'ancienne Poste, France
2024 Contemporary Ceramic Centre, Bloomsbury, London (solo)
2023 Winter, Cromwell Place, London, with Cavalierofinn
2023 Galerie de l’ancienne Poste, France (solo)
2023 Exhibition with painter David Firmstone, Campden Gallery, Cotswolds
2022 Masterpiece London, with Portuondo
2022 New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall (solo)
2021 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Alveston Fine Art, Notting Hill, London
2021 Mandorla, Campden Gallery, Cotswolds (solo)
2021 Artefact, Design Centre Chelsea with Cavalierofinn
2021 Contemporary Ceramic Centre, Bloomsbury, London (solo)
2020 New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall (solo)
2020 Collect 2020, Somerset House, London, with CavalieroFinn
2019 Collect 2019, Somerset House, London, with CavalieroFinn
2018 HomoFaber, Venice, Italy, with CavalieroFinn
2018 Hangzhou Contemporary Ceramic Art Biennial, China
2018 Hexagon Classic Design, London
2018 New Caftsman Gallery St Ives, Cornwall
2018 Ensembles, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London (solo)
2018 Collect 2018, Saatchi Gallery, London, with CavalieroFinn
2017 Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (solo)
2017 PCC Geneva, Galerie Ligne Trieze (solo)
2017 PAD art fair, Berkley Square, London with Portuondo
2016 Mouvements Modernes, Rue de Seine, Paris (solo)
2016 Concentricity, New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives (solo)
2016 Masters of Their Material, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2016 Form Tone Texture, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
2015 Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (solo)
2015 Puls Ceramics, with Sara Flynn, Brussels, Belgium
2014 New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall (solo)
2014 Cavalierofinn at Belair House, London
2014 PAD art fair, Paris, with Mouvements Modernes
2014 A British Continuum, Lloyds Club, Tower Hill, London,
2013 Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (solo)
2013 Mineral Design, Le Lieu De Design, Paris, with Mouvements Modernes
2013 CavalieroFinn open house exhibition, Herne Hill, London
2013 British Ceramics Biennial Award Exhibition, Stoke-on-Trent
2012 Mouvements Modernes present ‘Ensembles’, Galerie Dutko, Paris (solo)
2012 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2012 New Craftsman, St Ives, UK (solo)
2012 Dessiner Le Vide, Biennale Vallauris, France
2012 Collect, The Saatchi Gallery, London, with Cotemporary Applied Arts
2011 BRAFA - the Brussels Fine Art and Antiques Fair, Belgium
2011 Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (solo)
2011 Through 50, Contemporary Ceramic Centre, Bloomsbury, London
2010 Mouvements Modernes present ‘Fables Contemporaines’, Galerie Dutko, Paris
2010 La Galleria, Pall Mall, London (solo) with Catharine Miller and Stephen Lacey
2009 Westerwald Prize Exhibition, Westerwald Ceramics Museum, Germany
2009 Focus Exhibition at Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2009 The 5th World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea
2008 Quay Arts, Isle of Wight UK (solo)
2007 Effervescence, The Sussex Barn Gallery, Chichester
2007 The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London
2006 The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2005 The Crafts Council at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2005 The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire