Nicholas Rena

Nicholas Rena‘s austere and imposing vessels are underpinned by a Modernist rationality. In his exploration of the formal possibilities of the vessel, he creates fine tensions between outer mass and inner volume. His <Transit Space> series of vessels are thin-walled, slip-cast forms, characterised by taut lines, slow curves and crisp flaring lips. The flaring shapes of vessels that are open at each end also suggest the production of acoustic sound. Surfaces are left uncoloured, pure and bone-white with a soft wax sheen. His ‘Habits of the Saints’ series of vessels are thick-walled, press moulded forms with strongly coloured surfaces.

Born in 1963, Rena studied Architecture at Cambridge University and Ceramics and Glass at The Royal College of Art, London. His work is in the Crafts Council Collection, London; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris; and the National Crafts Museum, Copenhagen.
He was shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for the Applied Arts: Ceramics in 2001.

Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2008 Exhibition

'The Given's The Given'

5 June to 13 July 2008

Jerwood Space
171 Union Street
London SE1 0LN

previous exhibitions

14 September to 10 November 2007

24 October to 22 November 2003

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