Boris Aldridge: Reflections
An exhibition of contemporary ceramics
11th to 18th October 2025
Monday to Friday 10.00 to 18.00, Saturdays 11.00 to 16.00
Boris Aldridge
British contemporary ceramist, artist, educator and musician, Boris Aldridge (b. 1974, Dublin), has been hand-crafting and firing unique ceramic tiles for nearly 25 years from his studio in Suffolk, UK.
Boris’s work is inspired by Persian lusterware tiles produced in the 13th century in the town of Kashan, Northern Iran. Boris uses a variety of techniques to decorate his wonderful creations and often paints with gold which gives rise to the shimmering lustre seen in his tiles. He also uses carving as a means of creating intricate patterns on pottery.
His artwork is influenced by the works of 20th-century animators Yuri Norstein, Ub Iwerks and Max Fleischer along with his own poetry and music. Some of his ceramic tiles bear the lyrics of his own music. Apart from his studio work, Boris has led workshops in Kashan lusterware at the School for Traditional Arts in London for the last three years and has lectured internationally. In 2016 he delivered a talk on “Reinterpreting Kashan Lustreware” at the 3rd Conference of Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art in Istanbul. Boris has exhibited at the Alde Valley Spring Festival (2017, 2018, 2019), at the Art of Islamic Pattern Exhibition in Homerton Hospital, (London, 2019). Boris had his first solo exhibition “AURUM” at Amir Mohtashemi’s gallery in the summer of 2019.
A panel from the Blue Forest Series by Boris Aldridge was commissioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is now housed in their permanent Art of the Islamic Worlds collection. One of his earlier tiles is in the Fisher Fine Arts Material Library, at the University of Pennsylvania. His geometric tile Firmament was selected for exhibition at the Royal Academy's 2024 Summer Exhibition in London.
View a video of Boris Aldridge making his tiles.
Publications about Boris Aldridge:
Boris’s work is inspired by Persian lusterware tiles produced in the 13th century in the town of Kashan, Northern Iran. Boris uses a variety of techniques to decorate his wonderful creations and often paints with gold which gives rise to the shimmering lustre seen in his tiles. He also uses carving as a means of creating intricate patterns on pottery.
His artwork is influenced by the works of 20th-century animators Yuri Norstein, Ub Iwerks and Max Fleischer along with his own poetry and music. Some of his ceramic tiles bear the lyrics of his own music. Apart from his studio work, Boris has led workshops in Kashan lusterware at the School for Traditional Arts in London for the last three years and has lectured internationally. In 2016 he delivered a talk on “Reinterpreting Kashan Lustreware” at the 3rd Conference of Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art in Istanbul. Boris has exhibited at the Alde Valley Spring Festival (2017, 2018, 2019), at the Art of Islamic Pattern Exhibition in Homerton Hospital, (London, 2019). Boris had his first solo exhibition “AURUM” at Amir Mohtashemi’s gallery in the summer of 2019.
A panel from the Blue Forest Series by Boris Aldridge was commissioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is now housed in their permanent Art of the Islamic Worlds collection. One of his earlier tiles is in the Fisher Fine Arts Material Library, at the University of Pennsylvania. His geometric tile Firmament was selected for exhibition at the Royal Academy's 2024 Summer Exhibition in London.
View a video of Boris Aldridge making his tiles.
Publications about Boris Aldridge:
- Love or Lustre? Country Life UK, February 23rd 2022
- Forests of Gold, Tiles by Boris Aldridge. Soha Mohtashemi, 2022
- Potters on Pots: Boris Aldridge, Ceramic Review (May/June 2023 Edition)
- Artnet: Here Are 9 Treasures That Caught Our Eye at TEFAF Maastricht, 2023
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