Tamsin van Essen
London, United Kingdom
About
Tamsin van Essen is a British designer based in London. A graduate of the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins, she specialises in conceptual design and has recently been using the medium of ceramics to explore scientific, medical and social historic themes. Material experimentation is a strong characteristic of her work, probing how the material qualities of ceramics can be altered through unusual additions, and creative intervention into standard industrial and craft production processes. Her work sits at the interface between art and design, with one-off collectables and conversation pieces.
- Awards:
- Wellcome Trust Design for Science competition 2007
Chartered Society of Designers Student Design Award 2006
William Atkinson Scholarship, Central Saint Martins 2006
Permanent Collections:
CNAP, Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, France
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Wellcome Collection, London, UK
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum, London, UK
Coverage in books:
'The Workshop Guide to Ceramics' D. Hooson & A. Quinn Thames & Hudson 2012
'The Pot Book' Edmund de Waal, Phaidon 2011
'Design & Design Book of the Year' (Vol. 2) Index Books 2009
'Fragiles: Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics' R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, S. Grill, Gestalten 2008
'Trends 2009/10' K. Tallon, Anova Books 2008
'Handled with Care: contemporary ceramic design' Designboom 2008
'Ceramic Design Course' A. Quinn, Quarto Publishing Ltd 2007
'The Visual Communication of Science: design4science' Wheeler & Long, Gmelin Press 2007
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Resumé
Education:
2012: MA Ceramics & Glass Royal College of Art, London
2007: BA Ceramic Design (1st) Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
1998: BA Physics & Philosophy (2:1) Balliol College, Oxford University
Exhibitions:
2012
When I Woke - Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Wales 6 Oct - 17 Nov 2012
Rupert Cavendish Antiques - Pop-up with Flow Gallery, London 25 Sept - 2 Oct 2012
Mint: Spatial Surprise - Mint, London 14-23 Sept 2012
Bone - Florence Nightingale Museum, London 19 July - 30 Aug 2012
Show RCA 2012 - Royal College of Art, London 20 June - 1 July 2012
Collect -Saatchi Gallery, London 11-14 May 2012
Paradise - Ventura Lambrate, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan 17-22 April 2012
Peaux d'Âmes - NextLevel Galerie, Paris 15 March - 5 May 2012
Ceramic Art London - Royal College of Art, London 24 - 26 Feb 2012
Mirrors & Candles - Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Tielrode, Belgium 5 Feb - 8 April 2012
2011
Work in Progress Show - Royal College of Art, London 1-9 Dec 2011
Virus - The Barn, St. John's College, Oxford 10 Sept - 9 Oct 2011
Le Décor est Planté - Fondation Bernardaud, Limoges 22 June 2011 - 30 March 2012
FLUX - Wallspace, London 22 June - 8 July 2011
Ceramic Art London - Royal College of Art, London 25-27 Feb 2011
2010
Work in Progress Show - Royal College of Art, London 26 Nov - 3 Dec 2010
Skin - Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London 10 June - 26 Sept 2010
2009
CraftDesign - DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague 16-31 Dec 2009
Okolo - Design Supermarket, Prague 10-13 Dec 2009
White Out - Spring Design & Art, Brooklyn, NY 15 Oct - 30 Nov 2009
Nature and Other Anomalies - Commissaires, Montreal 24 Sept - 30 Nov 2009
Design for Science - Reitoria da Universidade do Porto 17 Sept - 28 Nov 2009
'Wish List' Li Edelkoort - Pierre Bergé, Salles des Beaux Arts, Brussels 10-13 Sept 2009
Al-Sabah Art & Design Gallery Kuwait 13 June - 11 July 2009
Collect - Saatchi Gallery, London 15-17 May 2009
Kirkcaldy Museum Fife 9 May - 21 June 2009
Working Title - Designersblock, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan 22-27 April 2009
Small Show Huge Talent - Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London 22 -29 March 2009
Maison & Objet - Paris-Nord Villepinte, Paris 23-27 Jan 2009
Medical Museion Copenhagen 21 Jan - 12 April 2009
2008
Galerie Sofie Lachaert Tielrode, Belgium 23 Nov 2008 - 11 Jan 2008
Tina B. - Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague 25 Sept - 15 Oct 2008
Designersblock - Covent Garden Piazza, London 18-21 Sept 2008
Kithkin Window - Selfridges & Co, Duke Street, London 5 Sept - 25 Oct 2008
Object as Muse - Crafts Council, Winchester Discovery Centre 8 Aug - 19 Oct 2008
Galerie Vernon (solo show) Prague 23 June - 14 Sept 2008
Pulse - Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London 1-3 June 2008
Some Rights Reserved - Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan 16 - 21 April 2008
Fragiles - Gallery 113, Kortijk, Belgium 15 Feb - 9 Mar 2008
Nobel Museum Stockholm 6 Feb - 31 Aug 2008
Art Hand Design - Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London 14 Jan - 20 Feb 2008
Interiors Birmingham - Future Trends, NEC Birmingham 20 - 23 Jan 2008
2007
Design Miami Marcy Building, Miami, Florida 6 - 9 Dec 2007
Museum of Science and Industry Manchester 10 Nov 2007 - 2 Jan 2008
100% Design Tokyo - KithKin, Container Ground, Jingu Gaien Aoyama, Tokyo 31 Oct -1 Nov 2007
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum (solo show), Lambeth High Street, London 1-19 Oct 2007
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (solo show) Blackfriars Lane, London 27 Sept 2007
New Designers Selection - Oxo Tower Gallery, London 20-23 Sept 2007
KithKin Presents - Designersblock, Shoreditch High Street, London 19-23 Sept 2007
Designboom: Handled with Care - Designersblock, London 19-23 Sept 2007
Sunderland Museum Sunderland 18 Sept - 28 Oct 2007
New Designers - Business Design Centre, Islington, London 5-8 July 2007
Atoms to Art - University College London 28 June 2007
Central Saint Martins Degree Show London 16-21 June 2007
Pulse - Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London 3-5 June 2007
CSM Design Innovation - The Innovation Centre, Red Lion Square, London 14-18 May 2007
Xhibit 07 - The Arts Gallery, Davies Street, London 15 March-13 April 2007
Direction 2007 - Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London 22 Jan - 17 March 2007
