My name is Clara Holt, I am an Italian artist based in Milan.
I mainly deal with printmaking and ceramics.
I realize indoor and outdoor hand-painted tile murals, and throw functional pots on the wheel.
Some pieces are decorated with the sgraffito technique on the raw piece. I apply a layer of colored slips to leather hard pottery and then scratch off parts of the layer to create contrasting images, patterns and texture and reveal the clay color underneath.
Some other pieces are handmade and bisque fired. Then I decorate them using oxides and pigments, I glaze and fire them again, to make them water safe and food safe.
I have always had a passion for classical literature, Greek epics and the surrealist current, which guides my research and personal interpretation of my subjects. Each piece is a one-off, illustrated with a drawing inspired by places, mythology or childhood stories.
I am open to collaborations with other artists and available to work on commission. See my works in progress on Instagram.
Find here my Domestika online course: “Decoration and Illustration on ceramics”.
Exhibitions:
“Good Vibrations”, Ofr Grande Galerie, Paris, April 2024
“Vessel (no) Vessel”, ESH Gallery, Milan, Italy, April- May 2024
“Plates with Purpose”, Messums West, UK, Mar-Apr 2024
“Scopa”, curated by The Curators + The Socialite Family, Paris, January 2024
"Thrown Contemporary Winter Exhibition 23-24”, London, November 2023
“Tensioni superficiali”, ESH Gallery, Milan, Italy, November 2023
"Colour Me Intrigued", Mmmerit Gallery, Timișoara, Romania, November 2023
THE OTHERS ART FAIR, Turin, November 2023
MEPAINTSME annual exhibition, July - September 2023
“The Factory Art Exhibition”, Djupavik, Iceland, June 2023
“[C]2 Contemporary Studio Ceramics”, ESH Gallery, Milan, June 2023
“Clara Holt: Nothing but stories”, solo Exhibition at Opera Gallery, Milan, June 2023
“Águas de março”, exhibition for Milan Design Week, Bota Fogo Ceramic Atelier, April 2023
Collect 2023, London, UK, March 2023
Christian Dior Fashion Week Event, Dior Boutique, Milan, February 2023
Christian Dior Chrismas Event, Dior Boutique, Milan, December 2022
WelcHome, Spazio Giallo, Rome, December 2022
Thrown Contemporary Winter Exhibition 22-23, London, 2022
Brillo Magazine nr. 13, 2022
European Ceramic Festival "Terralha",Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France, July 2022
“Il tempo: le sue parole per terra”, Vasiliki Kouzina, Milan, June 2022
Thrown, The Wild Collective, Omved Garden, London, May 2022
“Lieti fini + Santi Subito”, Ciasmo, Milano, April 2022
Immagine grafica per Wild Bowls, Spiazzi, Venezia, 2022
Thrown Contemporary Winter Exhibition 21-22, London, 2021
“1000 Vases“, Galerie Joseph, Paris, 2020
Publications:
VO+ Jewelry Magazine, Issue 167, January 2024
CMF DIRECTIONS 2024/25, Colour Hive, September 2023
“Carnet d’Inspiration Culinaire” realized by Région Bretagne, September 2023
"Mondays in studio 24: Clara Holt”, May 2023
“Clara Holt Reimagines Ancient Myths and Decorative Traditions in Vivid Ceramic Vessels”, Colossal, April 2023
“Nel magico mondo della ceramica”, Io Donna, Corriere della sera, 28 August 2021
Apero Art Catalogue, April 2020