Alma Berrow British, b. 1992
Biography
Alma Berrow, Homegrown, 2022
Alma Berrow’s (b. 1992, United Kingdom) works are often inspired by intimate day-to-day experiences from her formative years. Her nostalgic and sometimes uncanny artistic vocabulary is inextricably linked to personal memory. Berrow’s practice re-investigates the genre of still life through portrayal of contemporary taboos and zeit-geist revealed by the ubiquitous pocket litter left behind. Berrow succeeds in her ability to transform ordinary objects into art pieces that are both humorous and other-worldly beautiful.
Berrow lives and works in London, previously attending Falmouth University for Art and Textiles. It was over her first lockdown, due to Covid-19, that she began to explore ceramics as her primary medium. Since then, Berrow has participated in a number of solo and group shows, including “Seeing Red” Philips, London (2024); “Echo” LAMB, London (2023); “Smooth Sailing” Sapling, London (2023); “From Dust you came and to Dust you shall return” Galería Hilario Galguera, Mexico City (2022); No More Than Five, LAMB, London (2022)
In 2021, Berrow was part of Sotheby’s (Women) Artists auction, with her work presented alongside works by Lavinia Fontana, Dorothea Tanning, Cindy Sherman and Helen Frankenthaler.
Works
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don't look too good nor talk to wise, 2024 -
Take a Pew, 2024
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The chairman, 2023
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Sweet rot, 2023
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Sticky pages, 2023
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No time to floss, 2023
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30.8.23, 2023
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Free of strife, 2023
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Forget Me Not, 2022
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Homegrown, 2022
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Everything I Hate About You, 2022
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Humble Beginnings, 2022
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SLAA, 2022
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Light My Fire, 2022
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A Good Trip, 2022
Exhibitions
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Alma Berrow: The Opening of a Crisp Packet
6 Mar - 26 Apr 2025 LAMBLAMB is pleased to present The Opening of a Crisp Packet – A Show about Storytelling , an installation of new ceramic works by Alma Berrow (b. 1992, United Kingdom)....Read more -
Take a Seat
3 Oct - 15 Nov 2024 LAMB· Saelia Aparicio · Jess Allen · Alma Berrow · Marco Bizzarri · Jenny Holzer · James Lomax · Christabel MacGreevy · Elias Peña Salvador · Emma Sheehy · Orfeo...Read more -
Cerámica Suro: A History of Collaboration, Production, and Collecting in Contemporary Art
Fundación Casa de México en España 5 Mar - 16 Jun 2024Curated by Viviana Kuri Haddad , the exhibition is made up of 205 pieces by 67 artists of 14 nationalities.Read more -
Surrealism and Witchcraft
17 Nov - 20 Dec 2023 LAMB· Alma Berrow · Bea Bonafini · Leonora Carrington · Harriet Gillett · Ariane Hughes · Tali Lennox · Paula Rego · Nooka Shepherd · Paula Turmina · Sophie von...Read more -
Alma Berrow: Echo
5 - 28 Oct 2023 LAMBAlma Berrow’s installation Echo appears as a functional, run-of-the-mill bathroom installed within the gallery space. Viewers are invited to physically step into the work, and on closer inspection, minute details...Read more -
Cerámica Suro: A History of Collaboration, Production, and Collecting in Contemporary Art
Dallas Contemporary 20 Apr - 31 Dec 2023cerámica suro: a story of collaboration, production, and collecting in the contemporary arts is the first comprehensive american presentation of the private collection amassed by josé noé suro, owner of...Read more -
Still Life / Still Living
Group exhibition featuring: Pippa El-Kadhi Brown, Alma Berrow, Clara Hastrup, Marina Woisky, Maria Livman, Bruno Moutinho, Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Anderson Borba, Alexandre da Cunha, Fernando Marques Penteado and Tiago Mestre. 25 Mar - 1 Apr 2023 LAMBLAMB Gallery and PALMA are pleased to present "Still Life/Still Living," an exhibition that invites viewers to witness an unconventional gathering of sculptures seated around a table, as if they were dinner guests.Read more
The sculptures on display have been created by various artists from diverse cultural and aesthetic backgrounds, yet they share a common space in the exhibition, engaging in unexpected and intriguing conversations. Each piece is carefully placed around or near the table to create a harmonious yet unpredictable arrangement, much like the interactions between real-life dinner guests.
By creating this dynamic living environment, the exhibition explores the concept of still life in contemporary art, pushing beyond our traditional perceptions of the genre, which typically feature inanimate objects arranged in a static composition.
Featuring emerging artists Pippa El-Kadhi Brown (b. 1996), Alma Berrow (b.1992) Clara Hastrup (b.1990), Marina Woisky (b. 1997), Maria Livman and Bruno Moutinho as well as established artists Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato (1900 - 1995), Anderson Borba (b. 1972), Alexandre da Cunha, (b. 1969) Fernando Marques Penteado (b. 1955) and Tiago Mestre (b. 1975), the exhibition reflects LAMB Gallery’s ethos to encourage and develop curatorial dialogues between multi-generational artists from Latin America and Britain. -
'No More Than Five' by Alma Berrow
26 May - 18 Jun 2022 LAMBRead more
Press
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Alma Berrow Talks to Glass about Folklore, Leaving London and Scampi Fries
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The Queen of Clay: Alma Berrow is the Hot New Artist on the Scene
Backgammon boards, surrealist cigarettes and ceramic knickers, Alma Berrow has the social set head over heels for hedonism…Harriet Kean, Tatler, October 25, 2023 -
Studio Visit: Alma Berrow
In her North London studio, ceramicist Alma Berrow speaks to Rose Dodd about cigarettes, pastry cheffing and imbuing the essence of human sentiment through clayRose Dodd, Sleek Magazine, August 7, 2023 -
The Ashes of Alusive Time
A look inside the intriguing ceramics of Alma BerrowLorraine de Thibault, Emergent Magazine, January 4, 2023 -
Alma Berrow: After Party
A new series of hand-painted porcelain sculptures by Alma Berrow are on view in the exhibition, ‘For dust you are and to dust you shall return’, in the project space of Galeria Hilario Galguera in Mexico City.Blaire Dessent, TL Magazine, December 9, 2022 -
Potty For It: The New Wave Of Ceramics That Have Reached Cult Status
As designers blur the lines between art and function, it seems everyone's got the hots for pots.Clementina Jackson, Elle, October 6, 2022 -
The Ceramists Ushering in a New Era of Surrealism
These makers are finding beauty and strangeness in the everyday, producing winking renderings of prawns, ashtrays and moreAmanda Fortini, The New York Times, February 16, 2022
