PAUL KINDERSLEY

The works are a collaboration over the past 5 years with Dutch ceramicist and childhood friend of my mother Els Bottema. My work as an artist spans performance, film and drawing so the chance to translate ideas through different media brings about exciting changes and stories. The time frame of ceramics allows a melding of spontaneity with durational precision. 

 
 


“Working on scriptwriting, sketching, costumes and makeup - each stage informing one another. The ceramic works are influenced by, and influence elements of, character design whilst becoming unique and also useful artworks themselves. ”

 
 

Being able to make everything physically with our hands is so important - tactile and intuitive. Though it might seem far removed this chimes well with my collaborative approach to film making and performance.

Els and I work together in her studio is rural Netherlands. the travel there and the time spent quietly with each other and the clay and glazes allows a distilling of the noise and excitement of other projects into intense and deliberate moments.

I often think about the amount of objects and stuff in the world! As an artist there is a moment when you think about the work’s place. By making things that are ostensibly useful that pressure eases and I feel one is able to go forward with unbridled creativity. I'm equally happy for pieces to find a place like an artwork or to be used daily.

Paul Kindersley is a London based artist and filmmaker working across drawing, performance, film, ceramics and storytelling. Paul graduated 2004 Art Foundation at Cambridge Regional College before studying Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London. His work has been exhibited widely including at Middelheim Museum, Antwerp; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; MACVAL Paris; Charleston House, Firle and The Hayward Gallery, London. He is also a visiting lecturer and drawing tutor at University of the Arts London. Recent Solo Exhibitions include:Speak Your Story Into Life, Gasleak Mountain, Nottingham, (2022); Meander, 34 Bourdon Street, London (2021);  Ship of Fools, SKIP Gallery in Selfridges, London (2019); Narrator, Relator & Stimulator, Belmacz, London (2017);