Felicity Aylieff
British ceramicist, professor and fellow at RCA London
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Felicity Aylieff (born 1954, Edlesborough, Bedfordshire, England) is a British ceramic artist, potter and educator, renowned for her large-scale porcelain works and her long-standing collaboration with porcelain workshops in Jingdezhen, China.[1] She is Professor of Ceramics & Glass at the Royal College of Art, London.[1] Her work is held in numerous international private and public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.[2]
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Early life and education
She studied at Bath Academy of Art 1972-8 (three-dimensional design, ceramics) where she earned a First Class Honours degree.[3][4] She completed a postgraduate teaching year at Goldsmiths College in 1978–79.[4] From 1993 to 1996, she undertook MPhil research at the Royal College of Art, focusing on the integration of glass and porcelain inclusions in clay bodies, under a project titled The Elusive Body.[4]
Career
After her postgraduate studies, Aylieff held various teaching positions: at Bedales School (1979–82), as a visiting lecturer at institutions such as Loughborough University, Glasgow University, Goldsmiths College and Cardiff University; associate lecturer at Bath College of Higher Education; then from 1989 to 2001 as full-time faculty at Bath Spa University.[3] In 2001 she joined the Royal College of Art, becoming Senior Tutor in the Ceramics & Glass programme.[3] She was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Art in 2008.[3] In 2019, she stepped aside from day-to-day leadership to focus on her research and practice; she holds the title of Professor, Ceramics & Glass and Research.[3] Her work has been widely exhibited in the UK and internationally in both solo and group exhibitions.[5] Notable exhibitions include Sense and Perception (2002, Manchester City Art Gallery)[6], Out of China (One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London)[7], Working to Scale[8], New Work: An Evolution[9], and Expressions in Blue: Monumental Porcelain at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens (2024-2025).[2] Felicity Aylieff is represented by Adrian Sassoon, London.[2]
Exhibitions
- Expressions in Blue: Monumental Porcelain at Petworth House and Park (2026)[10]
- Expressions in Blue: Monumental Porcelain at The Weston Gallery & outdoors, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2025)[11][12]
- Expressions in Blue: Monumental Porcelain at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens (2024–2025)[13][2]
- Adrian Sassoon at Parham House at Parham house (2021)[14][15]
- Treasures from Chatsworth at Sotheby's London and New York (2019)[16]
- The Perfect Place to Grow at The Royal College of Art, London (2012)[17]
- Porcelain City Jingdezhen at T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, Victoria and Albert Museum (2011)[18]
- Working at Scale at Contemporary Applied Arts, London (2009)[19]
- Out of China: Monumental Porcelain at One Canada Square, London (2007)[20]
- Sense and Perception at the Manchester Art Gallery (2002)[6]
- The Elusive Body at the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath (1996)[21]
Collections
Her work is held in numerous public and private collections around the world, including:
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London[22]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA[23]
- Chatsworth House, Derbyshire[24]
- National Museum Cardiff, Wales[25]
- Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales[26]
- Crafts Coucil, England[27]
- Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire[28]
- Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester[29]
- National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh[30]
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA[31]