Biography and upcoming shows
Anne-Laure Cano is a French artist who works and lives in the UK.
Current and Upcoming exhibitions
2024
La Rajoleta - Ceramics Museum - Esplugues de Llobregat - Barcelona - Spain
Past Exhibitions
2024
Galerie Terra Viva - 2June-24 July - Saint Quentin La Poterie - France
Collect Art Fair - March - Somerset House - London - UK
2023
Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize - 3-8 Oct - 67 York Street Gallery - London - UK
The Best Design of the Year - FAD Art Prize - 5 Oct-7 Jan - Design Museum - Barcelona - Spain
Collect Art Fair - 3-5 March (Previews 1-2 March) 2023 - Somerset House - London - UK
2022
Associació Ceramistes de Catalunya - 25th October-30th November 2022 - Barcelona - Spain
Solo show at CERCO - International Contemporary Ceramics Festival - 21st Sept-6th Nov - Zaragoza - Spain
International Ceramic Triennial Art Andenne - May-June 2022 - Belgium
CERCO - International Contemporary Ceramics Prize - touring exhibition - Teruel Museum - 8th April-8th May 2022 - Teruel - Spain
2021
International Ceramics Biennial of Esplugues Angelina Alós - 28th Oct-16th Jan 2022 - Barcelona - Spain
CERCO - International Contemporary Ceramics Prize - 24th Sept-31st Oct - Zaragoza - Spain
2020
Bath Society of Artists Annual Open Exhibition - 2nd November - 3rd Jan 2021 - Bath
Prize Exhibition - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - 8 October- 16th January 2021 - Birmingham
Emergent Vision - Exhibition curated by Uncovered Collective at Safe House 1&2 - 2nd-4th October 2020 - London
CO(pe)VID 19 archive - Online exhibition of work made during isolation - https://www.2msquared.net/contact
Fronteerlockdown - Online exhibition
2019
Cluster Crafts - 6th-10th November 2019 - London
Puls Contemporary Ceramics - 19th Sept - 26th October 2019 - Brussels
London Design Festival - MINT gallery - 14th - 30th September 2019 - London
One Year In - New Designers - 26-29 June 2019 - London
Wells Art Contemporary Awards - 20 July-11 Aug 2019 - Wells Cathedral
2018
RELIC - exhibition curated by Rebecca Gouldson - Bluecoat Display Centre - Liverpool
Invited artist to show during Open Studios - Cockpit Arts - London
Summer show - Candid Arts Trust - London
Rising Stars - New Ashgate Gallery - Farnham
2017
The Artist Within, Branching Out - Exhibition In the context of The 57th International Art Exhibition - Venice
New Designers - London
Candid Arts Trust - London
2016
These Walls Must Fall - London
Art Residency
2024/2025 - La Rajoleta - Ceramics Museum - Esplugues de Llobregat - Barcelona - Spain
2020 - Leach 100 Porthmeor Residency - Art Residency as part of the Leach centenary - St Ives - UK
Membership
Royal Society of Sculptors: https://sculptors.org.uk/artists/anne-laure-cano
Homo Faber Guide: https://www.homofaber.com/en/discover/anne-laure-cano-o7eeka
Crafts Council UK: https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/directory/anne-laure-cano
Prizes and Awards
2023 - Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize - London - UK
- Longlisted for the Brookfield Art Properties Craft Award - London - UK
2021 - First Prize - International Contemporary Ceramics Prize - Zaragoza - Spain
2021 - Pujo I Bausis Prize - International Ceramics Biennial of Esplugues Angelina Alós - Barcelona - Spain
2019 - Shortlisted for the Wells Art Contemporary Awards - UK
2017 - Nominated as One to Watch emerging artist by the Crafts Council UK Creative Director - UK
2017 - Nominee for the Crafts Design Award
Collections
Asociación de Artesanos de Aragón-Permanent collection-Zaragoza-Spain
Can Tinturé Ceramics Museum – Permanent collection – Barcelona – Spain
Private collections worldwide
Press/Publication
La Revue de La Céramique et du Verre - Terres Incarnées - Maud Grillet - May/June 2024
Financial Times - The Gloopy, the bulky and the ugly - and you thought ceramics were delicate - Victoria Woodcock - April 2023
The Familiar, Found and Improvised – Ashley Thorpe - Exhibition Catalogue for Collect Art Fair 2023
Terrart - Magazine for contemporary ceramics (Spain) - PostCreacions - Ana Pujades - 2023
Ceramics Now - Anne-Laure Cano: Ussade. Esssay by Ashley Thorpe author of ‘Contemporary British Ceramics: Beneath the Surface’ - 2022
https://www.ceramicsnow.org/artworks/anne-laure-cano-ussade-2022/
The Ceramics Bible - edition 2 - Louisa Taylor -2022
Bailey, Paul, ‘One Year In’. Emerging Potters magazine.
Chandler, Barbara, ‘New Designers 2019:London show at the Business Design Centre showcases top new talent from UK design schools’. The Evening Standard.
Sims, Emma, ‘London Creative Network featured artist – Anne-Laure Cano’, Cockpit Arts.
Experiences
2020-2021 - freelance Talent Development Programme Facilitator - Crafts Council UK
2019 - Lecture for the ceramics course students - Ceramics Diploma - City Lit college - London
2014 - 2019 - Talent Development Coordinator: Crafts Council UK
2018 - now - Visual Arts Coach
2017 - Lecture for Irthi - Sharjah - United Arab Emirates
Education
2020 Project Planning for Artist by A3 project. A programme supported by the Arts Council UK
2018 - Visual Arts Coach - recipient of a-n bursary - Visual Arts Coaching Course with RD1st - accredited in June 2018
2018 - LCN - Development programme for artists in London funded by the European Regional Development Fund
2017 - Ceramics Diploma - City Lit London - Studied under, Annie Turner, Sara Radstone, Robert Cooper, Jim Gladwin, Kate Wickham