Jacqueline Poncelet

Welcome to this Bonus Episode of PATTERN PORTRAITS in collaboration with MIMA!

Lauren Godfrey chats with artist Jacqueline Poncelet on the occasion of her exhibition ‘In The Making’ at MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.

We chat about intelligent risk taking, the importance of travel for Jacqui and the visual beefy soup of the world around us!

Artist Jacqueline Poncelet graduated from an MA in ceramics from The Royal College of Art in 1972 and garnered a broad following in the international ceramics scene in the 70s and 80s, Jacqueline is an artist whose career spans 50 years and now explores ceramics, painting, sculpture and textiles as well as large scale public commissions. Her work varies from tiny and hand held to vast in scale, wrapping Edgware Road Underground station in a symphony of patterned vitreous enamel in 2012.

Pattern is at the crux of all she makes, whether it’s subtly impressed into bone china forms, spliced together in carpet swatches covering the floor, or woven into tactile blankets depicting the seasonal colour shifts of the hills of South Wales.

This episode of Pattern Portraits is in collaboration with MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art which is part of the School of Arts & Creative Industries at Teesside University. Jacqueline Poncelet’s solo exhibition ‘In The Making’ is on view there until 23rd June 2024. I highly recommend a visit, this stunning show envelops the breadth of Jacqueline’s practice over the past 50 years. Taking a thematic approach, it presents new reflections on work from different eras of Poncelet’s practice. This exhibition is her largest to date and is supported by Freelands Foundation and The Henry Moore Foundation. MIMA and Jacqui won the prestigious Freelands Award in 2021 which recognises the work of a midcareer woman artist who has not yet received the acclaim their work deserves.

I urge you to go and see the show and you will be rewarded with a feast of pattern!

Jacqui has chosen patterns across many forms, a painting - Edouard Vuillard, Interior, Mother and Sister of the Artist, 1893, a ceramic platter by Janice Tchalenko, a Japanese Kimono acquired whilst in Tokyo and a Welsh coat.

You can see all these patterns and more on instagram @patternportraitspodcast

The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Jacqui’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at www.laurengodfrey.co.uk and via the MIMA shop.

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