Matt Sherratt
From earth bound materials to framing space, my work explores deep questions of existence, of why there is something and not nothing.
Matt Sherratt trained at Loughborough College of Art and Design graduating in 1992 with a First Class BA Hons Degree in Ceramics. In 2004 he gained an MA in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art. He has been resident artist at the National Portrait Gallery and South Hill Park in Bracknell, and taught at the City Lit College in Covent Garden London for over ten years.
Matt uses a form of meditative practice to allow himself to be present and attentive to the creative process. Using a variety of techniques including coiling, hand building, modelling and the pottery wheel, Matt says that by attending to the ‘nothing’ he allows ‘something’ to form. His ceramic sculptures frame spaces, flowing between surface and space, edge and void. Contrasting finishes that hold and reflect light accentuate the qualities within his work. A lustre glaze will bounce light while a terra-sigillata surface absorbs light, either dramatically or sensitively, through minimal colour.
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