Tristan Hoare is delighted to present New Works by Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye, curated with Leonie Mir. This will be her first solo exhibition in London since 2003.

 

Siesbye is known for her minimalist ceramic vessels glazed in saturated pigments with delicate detailing around the mouth. Her modernist works resemble ancient artefacts, whose simple design lends her pieces a unique, timeless quality. She makes around 30 bowls a year, many of which are produced in vibrant colours which resonate through the shapes and intensify the forms. Siesbye’s works are the result of a life dedicated to kneading clay to the correct texture, adjusting enamel recipes to obtain the perfect colour, refining curves, bellies, and long lips, to harmoniously balance her artworks.

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Siesbye completed a degree in sculpture at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts in 1958. She worked in the ceramic factory in Höhr-Grenzhausen in Germany before moving to Copenhagen in 1963 to work at the Royal Copenhagen, Denmark’s Royal Porcelain Factory. In 1969, she founded her own studio in Copenhagen and had her first solo exhibition 2 years later. Siesbye moved to Paris in 1987 where she currently resides.