Ceramic Highlights at the Salon Art + Design Show 2024
The Salon Art + Design fair brings together top galleries showcasing innovative contemporary, modern, and vintage design. This year, MoCA/NY highlights 19 galleries featuring ceramic art—from sculptural vessels to functional stoneware lighting—demonstrating the versatility of clay in today’s interiors.
By: MoCA/NY
November 13, 2024
Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue New York, NY
Since 2016, the Salon Art + Design fair has partnered with Dia Beacon to present leading galleries in contemporary, modern, and vintage furniture, design, and art from around the globe. Produced by Sanford L. Smith + Associates and now under the direction of Executive Director Nicky Dessources, this year’s fair hosted 50 esteemed exhibitors. Like interior designers who create innovative, eclectic spaces for their discerning clients, Salon Art + Design invites exhibitors to craft immersive settings that reflect the vibrant, evolving ways we decorate and live with art today.
MoCA/NY spotlights 19 galleries showcasing ceramic design and fine art, emphasizing the versatility and artistry of clay in both functional and decorative forms. From porcelain tables and wall art to stoneware light fixtures, vessels, and sculptures, ceramics were featured prominently. Highlights include J. Lohmann Gallery’s display of nine contemporary ceramicists’ sculptures, Gallery Fumi’s comprehensive booth showcasing Jeremy Anderson's stoneware lamps, light fixtures, tables, benches, sconces, mirrors, and more, and Ippodo Gallery’s diverse array of vessels and sculptural ceramic forms. Scroll through to discover how ceramics are redefining the world of design.
Ashwini Bhat, Superbloom series at Salon Art + Design
Anina Major at Salon Art + Design
Ashwini Bhat, Superbloom 2, 2024, Glazed ceramic sculpture on a cushion handcrafted in Nepal, 12 x 9 in. - Photo courtesy: Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Photographer: John Janca
Anina Major, Red Bays, 2024, Glazed stoneware, sand, gold leaf 11 x 9 in. - photo courtesy: Shosana Wayne Gallery
Anina Major, Jellyfish, 2024, Glazed stoneware, sand, sea glass 6 x 7 in. - photo courtesy: Shosana Wayne Gallery
Anina Major, Jellyfish, 2024, Glazed stoneware, sand, sea glass 6 x 7 in. - photo courtesy: Shosana Wayne Gallery
Sandra Davolio | Jongjin Park | Toni De Jesus | Merete Rasmussen | Ahryun Lee | Erna Aaltonen | Heeeun Jun | Sangwoo Kim
Sandra Davolio, Vessel with Blue Edges V, 2023 Porcelain, C. 15.7 in. h x 8 in. diam. & Coral Flower I, 2023, Porcelain
Jongjin Park, Blue Patchwork, 2023, Porcelain, C. 11.4 in. h x 9.8 in. w x 6.2 in. d - Photo courtesy: J Lohmann Gallery
Jongjin Park, Yellow Patchwork, 2023, Ceramic, C. 11.7 in. h x 10.2 in. w x 6.2 in. d - Photo courtesy: J Lohmann Gallery
Toni De Jesus, Noble Mayflower Vase, 2024, Porcelain, C. 16.5 in. h x 9.4 in. w x 9 in. d & Fleabane Vase, 2024, Porcelain, C. 14.2 in. h x 8.7 in. w x 8.7 in. d
Merete Rasmussen, Flowing Blue, 2022, Ceramic, C. 21.7 in. h x 20.9 in. w x 5.9 in. d - Photo courtesy: J Lohmann Gallery
Merete Rasmussen, Multilayered Orange, 2024, Ceramic, C. 15.7 in. h x 15.7 in. w x 13.8 in. d - Photo courtesy: J Lohmann Gallery
Ahryun Lee, Goldie, 2024, Porcelain, C. 19.6 in. h x 13 in. w x 9.8 in. d & Dazzle, 2024, Porcelain, C. 16.7 in. h x 11.8 in. w x 9 in. d
Erna Aaltonen, Lennox, 2024, Ceramic, C. 9.5 in. h x 7.7 in. diam. - Photo courtesy: J Lohmann Gallery
Erna Aaltonen, Meara, 2024, Ceramic, C. 9 in. h x 7.8 in. diam. - Photo courtesy: J Lohmann Gallery
Heeeun Jun, Geometric Line Vessel, 2024 Ceramic, C. 16 in. h x 9 in. diam.
Sangwoo Kim, Sprout, 2023, Ceramic, C. 11 in. h x 18.5 in. w x 12.2 in. d - Photo courtesy: J Lohmann Gallery
Sangwoo Kim, Spring, 2022, Ceramic, C. 12.1 in. h x 18.9 in. w x 9.8 in. d Photo courtesy: J Lohmann Gallery
Installation at Salon Art + Design 2024 - Photo courtesy: Todd Merrill Studio
Molly Hatch, Attune, USA, 2024, 107 earthenware plates with underglaze, glaze, and 22 K gold luster, 96” H x 77” W x 1.5” D - Photo courtesy: Todd Merrill Studio
Installation at Salon Art + Design 2024
Christopher Russell, Statuesque Yellow Vessel, 2024, Glazed Ceramic, 27h x 17w x 17d in
Alice Riehl, Dent-de-lion, FR, 2024, Porcelain, 57h x 85w in
Installation at Salon Art + Design 2024 - Photo courtesy: FAINA Gallery
FAINA by Yakusha, Tiara Vase Small, fireclay, encrusted with topaze (47.2 carats), 510 X 260 X 320 mm & Tiara Vase Medium, 510 x 250 x 430 mm
FAINA by Yakusha, Sontsehryv Land of Light, Ztista - a blend of paper, clay, hay, and other live elements, 910 x 575 x 690 mm - Photo courtesy: Victoria Yakusha Gallery
Lola Montes - Installation at Salon Art + Design 2024
Lola Montes, Guardia del corpo, Italy, 2024 Hand-painted terracotta tiles mounted on steel support Piece unique 40 x 40 x 8 cm - Photo courtesy: Nilufar Gallery
Lola Montes,Vai via, Italy, 2024 Hand-painted terracotta tiles mounted on steel support Piece unique 40 x 40 x 8 cm - Photo courtesy: Nilufar Gallery
Installation at Salon Art + Design 2024 - Photo courtesy: Bossa Furniture
Ilona Golovina, Vessel, Sculpture clay, terra sigillata. Pit fired. Approx H 8 in. x Diameter 9 in. - Photo courtesy: Bossa Furniture
Ilona Golovina, Jar, 2024, Sculpture clay, terra sigillata, various combustible materials. Pit fired, H 12 in. x Diameter 11 in. - Photo courtesy: Bossa Furniture
Chris Gustin | David Haskell | Robbie Heidinger | Rosanne Sniderman
Chris Gustin,Sculptural Vessel # 0221, USA 2002, Glazed stoneware. Unique, wood-fired sculptural vessel. h. 43" w. 34" d. 33"
David Haskell, 4 pc. Bronze Assemblage Sculpture #1, 2023, Cast bronze with hand-applied patina, h. 13" w. 8.25" d. 5.75" & 4 pc. Open Assemblage Sculpture, 2024, Glazed ceramic, h. 17" w. 11.5" d. 6"
Robbie Heidinger, Glacier Vase #1, 2022, Glazed stoneware, h. 9.5" w. 14.5" d. 7" - Photo courtesy: Donzella LTD
Rosanne Sniderman, Untitled Bowl 13, 2024, Glazed stoneware, h. 11.75" w. 15.5" d. 15" - Photo courtesy: Donzella LTD
Nakashima Harumi, Absurdity, 2018, sometsuke (cobalt) blue-and-white-glazed porcelain, 22 1/2 x 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. & Kino Satoshi, Thin, curling celadon-glazed ribbon-like sculpture, 2023, seihakuji (bluish white)-glazed porcelain,13 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.
Miyanaiga Tozan I (Rikichi), Wind that Carries Away Misfortune, Glazed porcelain, 1989 & Takeuchi Kōzō, Modern Remains Precipice, 2021, porcelain and stoneware, 14 1/8 x 28 1/2 x 9 in.
