About
Sue Paraskevaʼs multidisciplinary conceptual practice comprises of stand-alone pieces, installation, film and tableware which is collectively defined by a distinct language. Current work is rooted in traditional techniques, thrown forms made on the wheel, firing in real flame kilns and using natural wood ash and the reduction flame to add unpredictable embellishment, using the ash deposits to flow around the pieces with the flame to create individual patina during a 14 hour firing. In 2021 at Binnel Studios Paraskeva built her first wood fired kiln and future work will be fired in this way adding new depth to her work.
Throwing the finest porcelain forms and dramatically altering them, she responds to this intuitive accident and repeating this is a language she has been working on for many years. Domestic tableware is a separate area of production. Valuing the importance and enjoyment that daily use of beautiful functional ware brings.
Sue Paraskeva graduated with a BA(Hons) in 3D Design and Ceramics from Middlesex University, London. In 2000 Paraskeva began a three year residency at Quay Arts on the Isle of Wight which saw the development of her tableware, a refinement of larger porcelain works and she established regular ceramic workshops, summer schools and raku firings.
Exhibitions at Make Hauser and Wirth, New York in 2022, Saatchi Gallery London and Turner Contemporary Margate. Current and previous clients include, Osip Restaurant in Bruton, Calvin Klein Collection New York, Tom Kerridge at The Hand and Flowers, Design Museum, Toast, EE Home and March SF in the USA, and Herriott Grace in Canada.
