Loading Anagama Kiln 2025, Oxford Anagama Kilns @ElliottDenny

Cacúlo (2025), Ruthin Craft Centre @DewiTannantLloyd

What the body holds (2025) @DewiTannatLloyd

There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip (2016) @DewiTannantLloyd

Ceramic Review, front cover, Issue 334 @DewiTannantLloyd

CV

1995, England, UK

Lives and works in Cardiff, Wales

Member

Fireworks Clay Studios, Cardiff since 2020

Craft Potters Association, London since 2023

Homo Faber Guide

Education

2015-2018, Cardiff Metropolitan University, BA (HONS) Ceramics, First-Class Honors

2013-2014, City College Brighton and Hove, UAL Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design – Foundation Studies (QCF), Distinction

2008-2013 Ifield Community College

Awards and Funding

2016, The Morgen Hall Studentship Award, Cardiff Metropolitan University

2017, Level 5 Ceramics Award for Technical Excellence, Cardiff Metropolitan University

2018, The Alan Barrett-Danes Technical Excellence Award, Cardiff Metropolitan University

2019 FRESH Award, British Ceramic Biennial

2020 Stabilisation Fund, The Arts Council of Wales

2023 International Opportunities Fund, Arts Wales International, The Arts Council of Wales

2023 A-N Artists Bursaries, The Artists Information Company

2023 Cost of Living Grant, The Arts Council of Wales

2023 International Opportunities Fund, Arts Wales International, The Arts Council of Wales

2024 Create Fund, The Arts Council of Wales

 

Solo Exhibitions

2020, Projeto Vaso de Altar, Igreja dos Prazeres, Madeira

2023, Cacúlo, Solo Exhibition, MUDAS – Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira, Madeira

2024-2025 Cacúlo, Touring, Llantarnam Grange – Arts Centre, Cwmbran

2025 Cacúlo, Touring, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin

  

Selected Exhibitions | Trade Shows

2016, There’s many a slip twixed cup & lip, Oriel 2, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff

2016, Överföra, IKEA, Cardiff

2017, Ceramic Exhibition, Ken Stradling Collection, Bristol

2017, A Growing Exhibition, Incspot Arts and Crafts Centre, Cardiff

2018 Degree Show, Cardiff Metropolitain University, Cardiff

2018 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London

2018 Art in Clay, Hatfield

2018 Jane Philips Award Graduate Show, Mission Gallery, Swansea

2018 TRANS-FORM, Mint, London

2019, Maker in Focus, Mission Gallery, Swansea

2019, Craft Festival, Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff

2019, FRESH, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent

2019, Seen and Unseen, Dog Series, Ingrid Murphy, Wales

2019, Pyrophyte Exhibition, Arcade/Campfa, Cardiff

2021, FRESH Talent Award British Ceramic Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent

2021, ‘Pela Paisagem Dividida, Retalhada’, Galeria dos Prazeres, Madeira

2022, Queer Reflections, On your face Collective, Glynn Vivian, Swansea

2022, Our visual journal of queer History, Sahar Saki, Umbrella, Cardiff

2022, Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London

2022, Collect, Ruthin Craft Centre, Somerset House, London

2022 State: Form and Materiality, Umbrella, Cardiff

2022, Contemporary on the Mezzanine, The Decorative Fair, 155a Gallery, London

2022, London Craft Week, 155a Gallery, Design Centre, London

2022 Breaking with Tradition, Burton at Bideford, Bideford

2022, Familiar Falls, Arcade Campfa, Cardiff

2023, Vessels and Vases, Design Miami, J. Lohmann Gallery, Miami

2023, Vaso de Altar. Flores e liturgia a partir da ceramica de José Manuel Gomes, Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal, Madeira

2024, Ceramic Art London, Olympia West, London

2024 The Journey of Life, Michelangelo Foundation, Homo Faber, Venice

2024 Salon Design + Art, J. Lohmann Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York

2024-2025 Catalyst, Umbrella/Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff

2025 New Members of The Craft Potters Association, Contemporary Ceramics, London

2025 Bergdorf Goodman x Salon Art + Design, J. Lohmann Gallery, New York

2025 New Members of the Craft Potters Association, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London

2025 After Ash, County Hall Pottery, London

 

Residencies and other projects

2025 Oxford Anagama Kilns x County Hall Pottery, 71st Anagama Firing, Oxford, UK

2023 Residencies in Madeira, MUDAS, Madeira, Portugal

2021 Guldagergaad International Ceramic Residency, Denmark

2018-20 Member of Cardiff School of Art & Design's Graduate Incubation Unit

2017 Global Perspectives, South Korea

2017 LaPedrix Ceramic Studio, France

2016 Pop up play - Forest of Plinthss

 

Collections

MUDAS - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira

Nantgarw China Works Museum

Private collections

Publications | Press | Interviews

2018 Ceramics Degree Catalogue (p. 3-6)

2020 Madeirenses Lá Fora, Ep.6, RTP Madeira, TV Interview (minute 09:46)

2020 Cerâmica contemporânea entra na Igreja dos Prazeres, Paula Henriques, Diário de Notícias Madeira 

2020 Madeira Viva 2020, Ep. 27 (part 1), RTP Madeira, Live Interview (minute 41:42)

2020  Toni de Jesus inaugurou exposição de cerâmica artística nos Prazeres, Eugénio Perregil, Diário de Notícias Madeira 

2020 Rádio Calheta, Madeira, Radio Interview

2020 Casa das Artes 2020, Ep. 9, RTP Madeira, TV Interview (minute 19:18)

2020 Ceramic Art London 2020 – the new talent to look out for, Homes and Gardens

2021 Hora dos Portugueses, Ep.13 temporada 7, RTP, TV Interview (minute 15:25)

2023 Verão Cá Dentro 2023, Ep.52, RTP Madeira, Live Interview (minute 26:25)

2023 Casa da Artes 2023, Ep. 28, RTP Madeira, TV Interview (minute 20:10)

2023 Where We Stand: Toni De Jesus, Anna Carnick, Design Miami

2023 Stories Bring Us Together, Design Miami, Online Article

2023 Sneak Peek: Design Miami/2023, Design Miami, Online Article

2023 Homo Faber Guide, Profile Feature

2023 Contemporary British Studio Pottery: forms of expression, Ashley Thorpe, The Crowood Press (p. 134-141)

2023 Design Miami/2023: What you need to know, Condo BlackBook, Online Article

2023 Nouveau Niche, Design Miami, Online Article

2024 Home Grown, Elise Taylor, Vogue USA, March Issue, Page 124

2024 Ceramic Highlights at the Salon Art + Design Show 2024, MoCA/NY, Online Articule

2024 Salon Art + Design Announces Its 13th Edition with New Exhibitors and Dynamic Programming Under Fresh Leadership, Art & Object, Press Release

2024 Cacúlo, In Context | Em Contexto | Mewn Cyd-destun, Lawn Creative (Part 1)

2024 Design highlights 2024: ‘This is sorcery level craft!’, Adam Nathaniel Furman, The Guardian

2025 New Year, New Discoveries, Antique Art!, Isabelle Kellogg, LuxuryFacts, Online Article 

2025 Ceramic Review, Issue 334 July/August, The exploding teacup, Andre Hess, (front cover, p.4, 12-18, back cover)

2025 After Ash: In Conversation with Toni De Jesus, County Hall Pottery

2025 Ceramic Review, Issue 335 September/October, (p.66, back cover)

2025 Cacúlo, Touring | Em Tour | Ar Daith, Lawn Creative (Part 2)