Curatorial Walkthrough – Body Vessel Clay

Join exhibition curator Dr. Jareh Das on Friday, September 12th, from 11am-12pm for a curatorial walkthrough of Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art.

The exhibition challenges dominant narratives in ceramics history by celebrating matrilineal, Indigenous African pottery techniques and clay’s enduring presence as both an artistic and functional form of expression. Dr. Das’s revelatory curation will immerse visitors in a contemplative space for reflecting on the layered histories of ceramics and the radical potentials of form, gesture, and the material memory of clay. The transformative qualities of the featured works become amplified in conversation with each other across generations, redefining and pushing the boundaries of ceramics.

This event is presented as part of the gallery exhibition Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art on view September 10 through December 6, 2025.

About the Curator

Dr. Jareh Das is an independent curator working between the UK and West Africa. Her work explores the intersections of modern and contemporary art, as well as performance. Das holds a PhD in Curating Art and Science: New Methods and Sites of Production from Royal Holloway, University of London, where her research explored live art practices within the context of visual arts. Her curatorial and writing practices privilege embodied knowledge and move fluidly across exhibitions, performance, and critical texts. Between 2020 and 2024, she developed and led curatorial research projects with institutions across Europe and West Africa, including Camden Art Centre, Deptford X Festival, and Galerie Atiss Dakar. Her writing spans exhibition catalogues, academic journals, magazines, and artist monographs, engaging closely with the practices of living and overlooked artists, as well as experimental forms of criticism. Das is currently working on her first book on Black women ceramicists and artists who work with clay.