Rowena Gilbert

Being exposed to art all of her life (her father is Terence Gilbert, a very established fine artist), Rowena started to develop a real love of ceramics whilst at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham, from her art teacher who was a huge collector of contemporary fine art ceramics. On leaving school, she went onto study Three-Dimensional Design & Crafts at the University of Brighton, specialising in Ceramics. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in 2002, she set up her own studio in Brighton where she now works as a full-time artist.

Rowena's ceramics have featured in Sussex Life, Vogue, The World of Interiors, Elle Decoration magazines and in The Guardian, The Times and The Metro newspapers (to name a few..) Rowena was selected to become a member of The Sussex Guild of Professional Designer Makers in 2016, was a finalist for the Craft & Design Selected Awards: Ceramics in 2013 and in 2011.

My ceramic work is above all else, a celebration of the natural world informed by my daily o... [more]