Felicity Aylieff


Felicity Aylieff is a British ceramic artist, potter and educator, renowned for her large-scale porcelain works and her long-standing collaboration with porcelain workshops in Jingdezhen, China. She is Professor of Ceramics & Glass at the Royal College of Art, London. Her work is held in numerous international private and public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.

Early life and education

She studied at Bath Academy of Art 1972-8 where she earned a First Class Honours degree. She completed a postgraduate teaching year at Goldsmiths College in 1978–79. From 1993 to 1996, she undertook MPhil research at the Royal College of Art, focusing on the integration of glass and porcelain inclusions in clay bodies, under a project titled ''The Elusive Body.''

Career

After her postgraduate studies, Aylieff held various teaching positions: at Bedales School, as a visiting lecturer at institutions such as Loughborough University, Glasgow University, Goldsmiths College and Cardiff University; associate lecturer at Bath College of Higher Education; then from 1989 to 2001 as full-time faculty at Bath Spa University. In 2001 she joined the Royal College of Art, becoming Senior Tutor in the Ceramics & Glass programme. She was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Art in 2008. In 2019, she stepped aside from day-to-day leadership to focus on her research and practice; she holds the title of Professor, Ceramics & Glass and Research. Her work has been widely exhibited in the UK and internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. Notable exhibitions include Sense and Perception, Out of China, Working to Scale, New Work: An Evolution, and Expressions in Blue: Monumental Porcelain at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens. Felicity Aylieff is represented by Adrian Sassoon, London.

Exhibitions

Her work is held in numerous public and private collections around the world, including: