Every location has its own history, culture and community inherently marked by human experience. Fuller reflects upon a notion of place which is forged through industrialisation and our dependence on raw materials. His work explores the complex layers of our society and infrastructure, in order to critique and understand the context in which we live.
His experience in landscape and within industrial settings has created a strong sense of place in his practice, to fuel his fascination of abstraction, construction and disruption of form. Using clay and other materials as a vehicle, he expresses his perceptions of landscape and the ambiguous relationship between humans and the natural environment. He manifests his thoughts and concerns through processes of construction and the physicality of making.
Luke Fuller graduated in Ceramics & Glass from the Royal College of Art in 2020, being awarded the Charlotte Fraser Scholarship for outstanding work. Since completing his BA in 3D Design & Craft at the University of Brighton in 2018, he has won several prestigious prizes and bursaries, including New Designer of the Year at the Business Design Centre, 2018; and the Nagoya University of Art, Grand Prize, 2018. Fuller has shown work internationally at various exhibitions including 'The Power of Material: From Virtual to Physical', The Design Museum, London, UK; FOG Design+Art in San Francisco, US; PAD London, UK; British Ceramics Biennial, UK. His work features in notable private and public collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK.
Photography: Teddy Freeman
Education
2020 MA Royal College of Art, Ceramics & Glass
2018 BA (Hons) University of Brighton, 3D Design & Craft, First Class Honours
Public Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London, UK
Upcoming Exhibitions
2022 Sokyo Gallery, Lisbon (May)
2022 The New Guard, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris (May)
2022 Masterpiece London, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London (30th June - 6th July)
2022 Galerie Du Don, France (18th September - 27th November)
2022 PAD London, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London (10th - 16th October)
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Next of Europe, Homo Faber, Venice
2022 COLLECT, Somerset House, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2022 FOG Design+Art, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, San Francisco
2021 Terra-form (Solo Show), Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2021 The Power of Material: From Virtual to Physical, The Design Museum, London
2021 Outside In, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2021 COLLECT, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Online
2020 Tectonics, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2020 FOG Design+Art, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, San Francisco
2019 PAD London, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2019 Fresh, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent
2019 Masterpiece London, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2019 COLLECT, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 PAD London, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2018 Designblok, Prague International Design Festival, Prague
2018 Craeftigue, London Design Fair, London
2018 TRANS-FORM, Mint Gallery, London
Awards
2018 Business Design Centre New Designer of the Year Award
2018 Craeftiga Finalist in Association with Hole & Corner
2018 Franz Rising Star Scholarship
2018 Nagoya University of Art, Japan, Grand Prize
2018 Charlotte Fraser Scholarship
2018 The Anna Maria Desogus Memorial Graduate Award
2018 The Richard Seager Bursary Award
2017 The Anna Maria Desogus Memorial 2nd Year Award
Press / Bibliography
2022 TLmag, All is Landscape, Issue No.36
2019 Crafts Magazine, Talent Spot, Issue No. 281
2019 Ceramic Review, One To Watch, Issue No. 300
Online
2022 Trendland, Luke Fuller's “Terra-form” at Sarah Myerscough Gallery, by Katarzyna Suzuki
2021 The Design Edit, Luke Fuller - In The Studio (Video)
2021 The Design Edit, Class of 2020- Luke Fuller
2020 Emerging Potters, RCA Special Edition Issue 20
2020 TL Magazine, Sarah Myerscough Gallery: Tectonics
2019 The Design Edit, British Ceramics Biennial, written by Grant Gibson
2018 Hole & Corner, New Designers - The Ones To Watch From Week One