John Newdigate (1968- )





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Bio
John Newdigate is one of South Africa’s most celebrated ceramicists and artists. Living in the mountainous Overberg region of the Western Cape Newdigate strives to work in the present, recording contemporary issues in conjunction the physical landscapes, plants and animals that he encounters in his everyday surroundings. He is an exuberant colourist and specializes in painting hand-built, porcelain vessels using an original technique inspired by pricise and spontaneous mark making. Newdigate’s signature process exploits colour to its full advantage; involving hand-painting multiple layers of underglaze pigment, reserving certain areas with a wax resist and then removing surrounding pigments. This process is repeated multiple times and complex, transluscent and radiant imagery emerges from a mix of sharp and blurred lines which gives depth and perspective. A variety of themes recur in his work, most notably plants and animals that are used to make wry commentary on human emotions and interactions.
“I am an artist who chooses to paint on ceramics. My large painted porcelain vessels embrace a love of colour and depict my immediate surroundings. Recent works are a collaboration with master hand-builder Ian Garrett, who creates forms with subtle and taut curves that are an ideal surface on which to express my ideas. Working on a three dimensional surface, of which half is obscured at any one time, allows for the narrative to be revealed as the viewer circles the work. This introduces time as a fourth dimension, in which imagery unfolds as static animation”.
- John Newdigate, 2019
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2020
‘Colourground’ (in collaboration with Ian Garrett), EBONY/CURATED, Franschhoek, South Africa
2018
‘Flying Into The Wind’, Nuweland Gallery, Netherlands
2016
‘Square Clouds in a High Sky’, EBONY/CURATED, Franschhoek, South Africa
Group Exhibitions
2023
‘Ceramics Invitational; Shaping the future of Contemporary Ceramics in South Africa’, FADA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Expo Chicago, EBONY/CURATED, United States of America
2022
Also Known As Africa (AKAA), Paris, France
2021
'8X8’, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
Investec Cape Town Art Fair Digital Event, EBONY/CURATED, South Africa
‘In [the] Loop, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
2020
‘Re-Imagining Clay in South Africa in the 21st Century’, EBONY/CURATED, Franschhoek, South Africa
‘Intersect Chicago’ Online Fair, Chicago, United States of America
‘Nature Morte – The Still From Life, Rupert Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
2019
‘AKAA (Also Known As Africa)’ 2019, Paris, France
‘Investec Cape Town Art Fair’, EBONY/CURATED, South Africa
2016
‘8th Talent Award of the Nassauische Sparkasse’ Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Germany
2009
‘Potters 4 Function’, Irma Stern Musuem, Cape Town
2008
Group Exhibition, Grande Provence Gallery, Franschhoek
‘Mike Donkin’s Choice’, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch
2007
‘Greenhouse Effects’, A.R.T. Gallery, Cape Town
‘North South East West’, curated by Barbara Lindop, Johannesburg
2006
‘David Walters and Friends’, William Humphries Gallery, Kimberley
Renault Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2005
Barbar Lindop, Invited Renault Artist Exhibition, Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal
2004
Group Exhibition, Bayside Gallery, Durban
2003
Rose Korber Art Salon, Camps Bay, Cape Town
1999 – 2001
Annual Studio Exhibition, Kalk Bay, Cape Town
PUBLICATIONS
Clay Formes, CONTEMPORARY CLAY FROM SOUTH AFRICA, 2023. ISBN 978 063 977 9744
COLLECTIONS
Kilbourn Collection, Cape Town, South Africa
Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town
South African Cultural History Museum, Cape Town
William Humphries Public Art Gallery, Kimberley
Renault South Africa Corporate Collection, Johannesburg
Anglovaal Industries Corporate Collection, Johannesburg
Works by John Newdigate (1968- )
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Equal and Opposite Reaction
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Chain Reaction
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Zeitgeist I
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Rearranging the Dots
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Birds Gleaning
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Johannesburg Take Off
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Moths Responding to Synthetic Pheromones
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Garden Figments II
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Garden Figments I
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Creatures of Habit
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Artificial Intelligence
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Soft Shelled Insect
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Present Moment Transitioning to Memory
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Chaos Theory
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Action and Reaction
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Cut Flower
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Cormorants Feeding Their Young
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Plants I Hadn't Seen Before
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High Hopes
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Recent exhibitions by John Newdigate (1968- )
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'Colourground' - John Newdigate
14.03.2020 - 02.05.2020EBONY/CURATED, Bordeaux House A solo exhibition by John Newdigate, in...
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'Investec Cape Town Art Fair - Main Section'
EBONY/CURATED at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Hugh...
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AKAA Paris 2022
EBONY/CURATED participated in the 7th Edition of Also Known As Africa from 21-23...