Hylton Nel

Hylton Nel has recently participated in The Discerning Eye at The Mall Galleries in London (2007). In 2006 he was included on Table Manners: Contemporary international ceramics at the Crafts Council Gallery in London, and To Hold at the Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin.

RECENT WORK

Recent Ceramics (June 2008)

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS / WORKS

Recent Ceramics (November 2007)
Recent Ceramics (29 November 2006 - 6 January 2007)
Main Course for Six People (London, February 2006)
Recent works (18 January - 18 February 2006)
1953 Somer (set of eight plates) on the group exhibition South African art 1848 - now
Recent works (July 2005)
Recent works (March 2005)
Recent works (1 December 2004 - 15 January 2005)
Recent works (10 December 2003 - 24 January 2004)
Fuck the bastards/Champagne for my real friends (2004)

PUBLICATIONS

Michael Stevenson: Hylton Nel (2004)

BIOGRAPHY
Hylton Nel is a master of combing whimsy with satire and making pointed, albeit often humorous, references to his personal concerns as well as those of the world-at-large. In his work Nel seduces the eye with his sinuous line drawing and the lush glazes, yet the mind is often taken aback when it comprehends the intensity of his imagery and inscriptions.

Nel describes himself as an 'artist-potter' which aptly refers to his interest in painted imagery as well as with form and function. Over the past four decades he has developed a style of work that is rich in references to the decorative arts and literary and art historical sources. His plates, bowls, vases, plaques and figurative pieces are idiosyncratically decorated with witty - and sometimes poignant - line drawings and script. His imagery ranges from penises to Madonnas, and from cats through to angels, and his quotes are drawn from poetry and the daily press as well as his observations of the world around him. He presently lives on the outskirts of Calitzdorp, a small town in the Klein Karoo.

Click here to read an interview with Hylton Nel.