Martin Smith (potter)
Professor Martin Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950 |
| Nationality |  United Kingdom |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Royal College of Art |
| School or tradition | Royal College of Art |
Martin Smith is professor of ceramics and glass at the Royal College of Art in London.
He studied at Bristol Polytechnic (1971–74) and completed his MA at the Royal College of Art (1971–77) where studied the technique of raku. He worked from a studio in Suffolk, later moving to London. His ceramics are represented in public collections including those of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Stedelijk Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
A key figure in British ceramics,[1][2] he taught at Loughborough College of Art & Design (1983–85) and Camberwell College of Art (1986–89). He joined the Royal College of Art in 1989 and was appointed professor of ceramics and glass in 1999.[3]
Smith is part of a group of potters, including Elizabeth Fritsch, Alison Brittan, Ewen Henderson, Gordon Baldwin and Richard Slee who make a small number of sculptural pieces that they tend to exhibit on plinths[4]