Past
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From the Mountains to the Sea
1 - 26 October 2024 Contemporary Applied Arts is delighted to present a new exhibition, From the Mountains to the Sea. Join us on a journey from the rugged peaks of the Dolomites to the coral reefs of Sardinia through the works of four makers who meld tradition and innovation, taking inspiration from Italy's rich... Read more -
Contemporary Nostalgia
3 - 21 September 2024 Contemporary Applied Arts is delighted to present a new exhibition, Contemporary Nostalgia. Dive into the eclectic world of seven artists working in glass, paper, textiles and ceramic. Seeking inspiration both from the natural world and their own inner one, each maker’s work is an exuberant expression of the playfulness and... Read more -
Creating Korea
6 - 24 August 2024
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Mythological
2 - 27 July 2024 Using materials as a conduit for exploring personal connections to place, history and myth, Mythological presents five artists stitching, moulding and collaging memories into shape. Olga Prinku 's Ode to Trees melds her Moldovan heritage with the ancient woodland of the United Kingdom, using her signature floral embroidery technique to... Read more
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All in the Details
4 - 22 June 2024 Dive into a jewel-toned world of intricately carved, woven and beaded treasures with All in the Details, celebrating the ways in which cultural and personal histories shape the rich colours and textures of five makers working in wood, textiles and jewellery. Presented as part of British Based: Global Origins, a... Read more -
Traces | London Craft Week 2024
Imagined Histories in Clay, Silver & Thread 13 - 19 May 2024 From our ancient past to the modern day, people have always been drawn to leaving their mark on a landscape. We have laid down stones in memory, scratched names and scribbles into surfaces and collected memories of places we have been. Working across ceramics, textiles and metal, all eight makers... Read more -
Collect 2024
CAA at Somerset House 28 February - 3 March 2024 An overview of the 19 british based makers showing for Collect 2024 International Art Fair with Contemporary Applied Arts with the disciplines of wood, glass, textiles, jewellery, metal and ceramics. Read more -
New Maker Showcase 2023
7 - 18 November 2023 In our 75th year, Contemporary Applied Arts is delighted to celebrate our newest additions with a New Maker Showcase. Running 7 -18 November, the exhibition will feature a diverse selection of Ceramics, Glass, Jewellery, Textiles, Metal, Wood and more. Each piece tells a unique story, reflecting the maker's dedication to... Read more
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Contemporary Applied Arts Celebrates 75 Years
Textiles & Glass Exhibition Showcase 3 - 24 June 2023 Contemporary Applied Arts is delighted to announce our latest exhibition, showcasing our Glass and Textile makers. Please join us in our continued celebrations of 75 years of CAA at our Glass & Textiles exhibition, which will be on view at the Marylebone gallery until 24th June 2023. The exhibition turns... Read more -
SEVEN: SEVEN DECADES, SEVEN DISCIPLINES, SEVEN MAKERS
London Craft Week at Contemporary Applied Arts 8 - 14 May 2023 'Seven' features makers Lise Herud Braten , Matthew Paré , Michéle Oberdieck , Marian Ripoll , Claire Malet , Kuniko Maeda and Margo Selby . This week-long exhibition (8 - 14 May) showcases one CAA maker for each of the applied arts disciplines of Ceramics, Wood, Glass, Jewellery, Metal, Paper... Read more -
Contemporary Applied Arts Celebrates 75 Years
Ceramics & Jewellery Exhibition Showcase 4 - 22 April 2023 MARKING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF 75 YEARS OF CAA WITH A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS CELEBRATING THE BEST OF BRITISH CRAFT. CONTEMPORARY APPLIED ARTS IS LONDON’S ORIGINAL MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPLIED ARTS GALLERY. CELEBRATING ITS 75TH YEAR, IT HAS CHAMPIONED AND PROMOTED THE VERY BEST OF BRITISH CRAFT. We are starting our... Read more -
Collect 2023 - Somerset House
The Leading International Fair for Contemporary Craft and Design 3 - 5 March 2023 Collect 2023 the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design. Read more
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New Maker Showcase
8 - 13 November 2022 Contemporary Applied Arts will be showcasing our 2022 New Maker Members during a special week event. Visitors can also join London's original multi-disciplinary gallery during our Open Weekend (12 - 13 Nov) to meet some of the Makers behind the work. This is a brilliant opportunity to learn more about... Read more -
London Craft Week
CAA celebrates LCW with Anna Gravelle and Tanya Gomez 9 - 15 May 2022 Celebrating outstanding British and international creativity, London Craft Week brings together over 250 established and emerging makers, designers, brands and galleries from around the world. Anna Gravelle is a multi-media textile artist. She is best known for reimagining the craft of tufting to add three-dimensional character to textile artworks. Working... Read more -
London Art Fair 2022
CAA at London Art Fair 2022 20 - 24 April 2022 Date & Time
Wednesday 20th April 2022
11:00 - 21:00
Location
Business Design Centre
Islington
London N1 0QH Read more -
Festive Jewellery Showcase
1 - 30 December 2021 Read more
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MONO | KATACHI - Kuniko Maeda
4 - 16 October 2021 Kuniko seeks to explore the connections between nature and humans through the use of materials and anthropomorphic forms. She works with paper – often recycled – as well as leather and card. Her practice is rooted in material processes, with a strong influence in design aesthetics informed by her subject... Read more -
Commons - The Rhythm of a Walk
9 - 26 June 2021 The Ali Holloway exhibition Commons – The Rhythm of a Walk at the CAA gallery in Marylebone highlights new work by textile artist Ali Holloway. Much of Ali’s work starts with a walk and telling the story of a landscape, either natural or manmade and how it has been... Read more -
Responses to Nature
30 September - 30 October 2020 The exhibition Responses to Nature at the CAA gallery in Marylebone highlights new work by three of our maker members – glass artist Helen Slater, jeweller Laura Ngyou and potter Nick Membery. The natural world has always been a source of inspiration for artists and an increasing number of... Read more -
Colour in Architecture – Glass by Kate Maestri
11 - 25 September 2020 Kate Maestri is an architectural glass artist who is widely respected for her ambitious made-to-commission, site-specific public and private art projects. She often works at large scale and has frequently collaborated with architects and engineers to create artworks which are integral to a building. Maestri is also known for her... Read more
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Celebrating Janice Tchalenko
21 February - 14 March 2020 Janice Tchalenko’s late work is both painterly and full of energy, the pieces singing through their exuberant mark making and a joyous use of colour. Contemporary Applied Arts is showing a carefully selected group of work from the potter’s last firings, when she had both changed her kiln and pushed... Read more -
Neil Bottle: Thirty Years in the Making - All That Remains
13 September - 19 October 2019 A new series of wall hung pieces, created as a celebration of Bottle’s 30 years working as a textile artist who skilfully combines analogue techniques with computer-aided design and digital print. The exhibition represents a milestone for the artist, repositioning his practice in a research context unconfined by the constraints... Read more -
Annie Sherburne: Birth of Flowers
1 May - 1 June 2019 A career-spanning retrospective, Birth of Flowers , featuring textile and jewellery artist Annie Sherburne . Birth of Flowers celebrated the work of textile and jewellery artist Annie Sherburne . A pioneer in felt making in the 1980s, polymath Sherburne is a devotee of the ‘slow movement’. She believes in... Read more
