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| training = [[The King's School, Canterbury]]<br>[[University of Cambridge]]<br />[[University of Sheffield]]
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| awards = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]<br>[[Windham-Campbell Literature Prize]]
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'''Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 10 September 1964) is a contemporary English [[artist]], master [[Pottery|potter]] and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of [[porcelain]] vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soane.org/whats-on/talks/design-edmund-de-waal|title=By Design: Edmund de Waal|date=2018-09-10|website=www.soane.org|language=en|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> In 2011 he was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for Service to the Arts.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59808|date=11 June 2011|page=10|supp=y}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> De Waal’s book ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]]''<ref name="HarePg1">de Waal, Edmund.''The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance''. Vintage, 2011, p. 1-4. {{ISBN|978-0-09-953955-1}}.</ref> was awarded the [[Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Award]] for Biography, Royal Society of Literature [[Ondaatje Prize]] in 2011 and [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prize]] for Non-Fiction in 2015.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://windhamcampbell.org/festival/2015/recipients/de-waal-edmund|title=Edmund de Waal|website=Windham Campbell Prizes|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> De Waal's second book ''The White Road'', tracing his journey to discover the history of porcelain was released in 2015.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=The White Road|last=de Waal|first=Edmund|publisher=Vintage|year=2016|isbn=9780099575986|location=London, United Kingdom|pages=94–6|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 10 September 1964) is a contemporary English [[artist]], master [[Pottery|potter]] and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of [[porcelain]] vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soane.org/whats-on/talks/design-edmund-de-waal|title=By Design: Edmund de Waal|date=2018-09-10|website=soane.org|language=en|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> De Waal's book ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]]''<ref name="HarePg1">de Waal, Edmund.''The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance''. Vintage, 2011, p. 1-4. {{ISBN|978-0-09-953955-1}}.</ref> was awarded the [[Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Award]] for Biography, Royal Society of Literature [[Ondaatje Prize]] in 2011 and [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prize]] for Non-Fiction in 2015.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://windhamcampbell.org/festival/2015/recipients/de-waal-edmund|title=Edmund de Waal|website=Windham Campbell Prizes|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> De Waal's second book ''The White Road'', tracing his journey to discover the history of porcelain was released in 2015.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=The White Road|last=de Waal|first=Edmund|publisher=Vintage|year=2016|isbn=9780099575986|location=London, United Kingdom|pages=94–6}}</ref>


He lives and works in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edmunddewaal.com/resources/profile|title=Profile – Resources|website=Edmund de Waal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
He lives and works in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edmunddewaal.com/resources/profile|title=Profile – Resources|website=Edmund de Waal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
De Waal was born in [[Nottingham]], England,<ref name=":2" /> the son of Esther Aline (née Lowndes-Moir) a renowned historian and expert in Celtic mythology and [[Victor de Waal]], a chaplain of the University of Nottingham and later became the [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[Canterbury Cathedral]]. His grandfather was Hendrik de Waal, a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] businessman who moved to England. His paternal grandmother Elisabeth was a member of the [[Ephrussi family]], a history of which was chronicled in ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]]''.<ref name="HarePg1" /> [[Elisabeth de Waal]]'s first novel, ''The Exiles Return'', was published by [[Persephone Books]] in 2013. De Waal's siblings include barrister John de Waal, [[Alex de Waal]] who is director of the [[World Peace Foundation]], and Caucasus expert [[Thomas de Waal]].
De Waal was born in [[Nottingham]], England,<ref name=":2" /> the son of Esther Aline (née Lowndes-Moir), a renowned historian and expert in Celtic mythology and [[Victor de Waal]], a chaplain of the University of Nottingham who later became the [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[Canterbury Cathedral]]. His grandfather was Hendrik de Waal, a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] businessman who moved to England. His paternal grandmother Elisabeth and great grandfather [[Viktor von Ephrussi]] were members of the [[Ephrussi family]], a history of which was chronicled in ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]]''.<ref name="HarePg1" /> [[Elisabeth de Waal]]'s first novel, ''The Exiles Return'', was published by [[Persephone Books]] in 2013. De Waal's siblings include barrister John de Waal (husband of author [[Kit de Waal]]),<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/my-name-is-leon-by-kit-de-waal-tears-snot-laughter-and-race-riots-1.2885589 | title='My Name is Leon' by Kit de Waal: Tears, snot, laughter and race riots | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref> [[Alex de Waal]] who is director of the [[World Peace Foundation]], and Caucasus expert [[Thomas de Waal]].


==Education and early ceramic work==
==Education and early ceramic work==
De Waal’s interest in ceramics began at age of five when he took an evening class at the [[Lincoln School of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b043wvy7|title=BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Edmund de Waal; Winner of Young Musician; Hypnotic Brass Ensemble|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> this early introduction to pottery influenced de Waal’s later enthusiasm for pursuing an art practice based in ceramics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/articles/why-craft-is-central/|title=Why craft is central - Crafts Council|website=www.craftscouncil.org.uk|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/johntusainterview/dewaal_transcript.shtml|title=Transcript of the John Tusa interview with Edmund de Waal|date=25 July 2005|publisher=BBC Radio 3. bbc.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106053057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/johntusainterview/dewaal_transcript.shtml|archive-date=6 January 2009|access-date=4 August 2017}} [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ncysg Link for recording] (available only in UK?).</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.departures.com/art-culture/art-design/edmund-de-waal%E2%80%99s-million-little-pieces|title=Edmund de Waal's Million Little Pieces|website=Departures|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
De Waal's interest in ceramics began aged five when he took an evening class at the [[Lincoln College of Art|Lincoln School of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b043wvy7|title=BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Edmund de Waal; Winner of Young Musician; Hypnotic Brass Ensemble|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> this early introduction to pottery influenced de Waal's later enthusiasm for pursuing an art practice based in ceramics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/articles/why-craft-is-central/|title=Why craft is central - Crafts Council|website=craftscouncil.org.uk|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/johntusainterview/dewaal_transcript.shtml|title=Transcript of the John Tusa interview with Edmund de Waal|date=25 July 2005|publisher=BBC Radio 3. bbc.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106053057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/johntusainterview/dewaal_transcript.shtml|archive-date=6 January 2009|access-date=4 August 2017}} [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ncysg Link for recording] (available only in UK?).</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.departures.com/art-culture/art-design/edmund-de-waal%E2%80%99s-million-little-pieces|title=Edmund de Waal's Million Little Pieces|website=Departures|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>


De Waal was educated at [[The King's School, Canterbury]], where he was taught pottery by the potter Geoffrey Whiting (1919-1988), a student of [[Bernard Leach]].<ref>''Ceramics: Art and Perception'', No. 54, 2003.</ref> At 17, de Waal began a two-year apprenticeship with Whiting, deferring his entry into [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="bbc" /><ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/12/edmund-waal-life-profile-interview|title=Edmund de Waal: A life in arts|author=Paul Laity|date=12 February 2011|work=The Guardian|accessdate=20 September 2014}}</ref> During the apprenticeship de Waal made hundreds of earthenware and stoneware pots, such as casseroles and honey pots.<ref name="bbc" /> In 1983, de Waal took up his place at [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]], to read English. He was awarded a scholarship in 1983 and graduated with first class honours in 1986.<ref name="CV">{{cite web|url=http://www.thinktank04.eu/page.php?2,41,103|title=Curriculum Vitae for THINK TANK|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331184940/http://www.thinktank04.eu/page.php?2,41,103|archivedate=31 March 2012|accessdate=20 September 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy}}</ref>
De Waal was educated at [[The King's School, Canterbury]], where he was taught pottery by the potter Geoffrey Whiting (1919-1988), a student of [[Bernard Leach]].<ref>''Ceramics: Art and Perception'', No. 54, 2003.</ref> At 17, de Waal began a two-year apprenticeship with Whiting, deferring his entry into [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="bbc" /><ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/12/edmund-waal-life-profile-interview|title=Edmund de Waal: A life in arts|author=Paul Laity|date=12 February 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=20 September 2014}}</ref> During the apprenticeship de Waal made hundreds of earthenware and stoneware pots, such as casseroles and honey pots.<ref name="bbc" /> In 1983, de Waal took up his place at [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]], to read English. He was awarded a scholarship in 1983 and graduated with first class honours in 1986.<ref name="CV">{{cite web|url=http://www.thinktank04.eu/page.php?2,41,103|title=Curriculum Vitae for THINK TANK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331184940/http://www.thinktank04.eu/page.php?2,41,103|archive-date=31 March 2012|access-date=20 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Following graduation, de Waal began to follow the discipline of British [[studio pottery]], to create inexpensive domestic pots with good earth-tone colours.<ref name="bbc" /> He moved to [[Herefordshire]] where he built a kiln and set up a pottery making functional [[stoneware]] pots in the Leach tradition, but the enterprise was not financially successful.<ref name="bbc" /><ref name=":3" /> In 1988, de Waal moved to inner-city [[Sheffield]] and began experimenting with working in porcelain.<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="HarePg1" /><ref name=":3" />
Following graduation, de Waal began to follow the discipline of British [[studio pottery]], to create inexpensive domestic pots with good earth-tone colours.<ref name="bbc" /> He moved to [[Herefordshire]] where he built a kiln and set up a pottery making functional [[stoneware]] pots in the Leach tradition, but the enterprise was not financially successful.<ref name="bbc" /><ref name=":3" /> In 1988, de Waal moved to inner-city [[Sheffield]] and began experimenting with working in porcelain.<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="HarePg1" /><ref name=":3" />
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In 1990 de Waal obtained a [[Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation]] Scholarship, under which he spent a year obtaining a post-graduate diploma in Japanese language at [[Sheffield University]]<ref name="CV" /> and continued an additional year's study.<ref name="HarePg1" /> Whilst studying in Japan at the Mejiro Ceramics studio de Waal also worked on a monograph of Bernard Leach, researching his papers and journals in the archive room of the [[Japanese Folk Crafts Museum]].<ref name="HarePg3">de Waal, ''The Hare with Amber Eyes'' (2011), p. 3.</ref> During this time de Waal began to make series of porcelain jars with pushed-in, gestural sides, arranged in groups and sequences.
In 1990 de Waal obtained a [[Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation]] Scholarship, under which he spent a year obtaining a post-graduate diploma in Japanese language at [[Sheffield University]]<ref name="CV" /> and continued an additional year's study.<ref name="HarePg1" /> Whilst studying in Japan at the Mejiro Ceramics studio de Waal also worked on a monograph of Bernard Leach, researching his papers and journals in the archive room of the [[Japanese Folk Crafts Museum]].<ref name="HarePg3">de Waal, ''The Hare with Amber Eyes'' (2011), p. 3.</ref> During this time de Waal began to make series of porcelain jars with pushed-in, gestural sides, arranged in groups and sequences.


==Art and Ceramics==
==Art and ceramics==
On returning to Britain in 1993, de Waal settled in London<ref name="Guardian" /> and began making his distinctive ceramics, [[porcelain]] with a [[celadon]] glaze. Focusing on essentially classical vessel shapes but with the inclusion of indentations or pinches and subtle variations in tone and texture in the style de Waal began while in Japan, these pots slowly gained the attention of the British craft industry leading to his first exhibition at Egg London in 1995.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://eggtrading.com/blogs/invitations/edmund-de-waal-november-1995|title=edmund de waal November 1995|website=egg trading|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
[[File:Porcelain teapot.jpg|left|thumb|''Teapot'', 1997 – an early work in porcelain by de Waal|alt=|297x297px]]On returning to Britain in 1993, de Waal settled in London<ref name="Guardian" /> and began making his distinctive ceramics, [[porcelain]] with a [[celadon]] glaze. Focusing on essentially classical vessel shapes but with the inclusion of indentations or pinches and subtle variations in tone and texture in the style de Waal began while in Japan, these pots slowly gained the attention of the British craft industry leading to his first exhibition at Egg London in 1995.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://eggtrading.com/blogs/invitations/edmund-de-waal-november-1995|title=edmund de waal November 1995|website=egg trading|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>[[File:Black milk.jpg|alt=|thumb|''black milk'', 2015, in situ at Edmund de Waal's London Studio |272x272px]]


Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s de Waal's ceramic practice became heavily influenced by [[modernism]], the [[Bauhaus]] movement in particular. This led to de Waal's belief that the East and West may meet in the materiality of porcelain; for example, the ethos of China's [[Song dynasty]] may encounter the modernist ethos of the Bauhaus.<ref>''Twentieth Century Ceramics'', London, Thames and Hudson, 2003.</ref>
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s de Waal’s ceramic practice became heavily influenced by [[modernism]], the [[Bauhaus]] movement in particular. This led to de Waal’s belief that the East and West may meet in the materiality of porcelain; for example, the ethos of China’s [[Song dynasty]] may encounter the modernist ethos of the Bauhaus.<ref>''Twentieth Century Ceramics'', London, Thames and Hudson, 2003.</ref>[[File:Porcelain teapot.jpg|left|thumb|''Teapot'', 1997 - an early work in porcelain by de Waal|alt=|297x297px]]In the years since 2000 de Waal has moved away from making and exhibiting single domestic use vessels to the production of groups of vessels and objects to be viewed in relation to openings and spaces, later moving into predominately wall-mounted and freestanding vitrines filled with varying multitudes of his porcelain vessels, and most recently the addition of different kinds of metals, metallic gilding, porcelain shards and sheets of porcelain with embossed handwriting.<ref>{{Citation|title='breath', an artist's book by Edmund de Waal published by Ivorypress|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcd2Pd-xXZs|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> In a 2017 interview conducted in preparation for de Waal’s exhibition at [[Artipelag]], Sweden, de Waal explained his artistic process and attraction to porcelain as a material:<blockquote>“…when I need to make something I’m often mesmerised or haunted by an idea or by a piece of poetry. A line from poetry, a word sometimes, or a piece of music, or a space that I’ve been thinking about, a particular place that I want to kind of question by making something for it. So, there are all these different possibilities when I begin. I am grounded in history, the history and culture of the materials I use, this extraordinary two-thousand-year history of porcelain. I don’t use this material lightly. It’s not a light material. It’s got incredible resonance, incredible power.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|title=Edmund de Waal - interview for Artipelag|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZxmWnp1hg|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Black milk.jpg|alt=|thumb|''black milk'', 2015, in situ at Edmund de Waal's London Studio. |272x272px]]In 2013 [[BBC One]] broadcast an ''[[Imagine (TV series)|Imagine]]'' documentary following de Waal for a year as he prepared for his debut New York exhibition, ''Atemwende'' at [[Gagosian Gallery]]; titled and inspired by a poetry collection from the German émigré poet [[Paul Celan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/nov/06/imagine-edmund-de-waal-tv-review|title=Imagine – Edmund De Waal: Make Pots or Die; Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners – TV review|last=Crace|first=John|date=2013-11-06|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-09-18|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03hcmmp|title=BBC One - imagine..., Winter 2013, Edmund de Waal: Make Pots or Die|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>


In the years since 2000 de Waal has moved away from making and exhibiting single domestic use vessels to the production of groups of vessels and objects to be viewed in relation to openings and spaces, later moving into predominately wall-mounted and freestanding vitrines filled with varying multitudes of his porcelain vessels, and most recently the addition of different kinds of metals, metallic gilding, porcelain shards and sheets of porcelain with embossed handwriting.<ref>{{Citation|title='breath', an artist's book by Edmund de Waal published by Ivorypress|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcd2Pd-xXZs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/bcd2Pd-xXZs| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In a 2017 interview conducted in preparation for de Waal's exhibition at [[Artipelag]], Sweden, de Waal explained his artistic process and attraction to porcelain as a material:<blockquote>when I need to make something I'm often mesmerised or haunted by an idea or by a piece of poetry. A line from poetry, a word sometimes, or a piece of music, or a space that I've been thinking about, a particular place that I want to kind of question by making something for it. So, there are all these different possibilities when I begin. I am grounded in history, the history and culture of the materials I use, this extraordinary two-thousand-year history of porcelain. I don't use this material lightly. It’s not a light material. It's got incredible resonance, incredible power.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|title=Edmund de Waal interview for Artipelag|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZxmWnp1hg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/UMZxmWnp1hg| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}{{cbignore}}</ref></blockquote>
De Waal discussed the influence of music and sound on his art practice in various interviews, including the [[BBC Radio 3]] programme ''[[Private Passions]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s1kz0|title=BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Edmund de Waal|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> BBC Desert Island Discs<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p067p|title=BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Edmund de Waal|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> and in a 2017 interview, de Waal mentioned, “I am obviously on some spectrum where for me objects do actually have very powerful sound. I do literally hear them when I put them out.<ref name=":4" /> In addition, de Waal plays recorded music aloud in his studio while making and assembling his work, that this provides “a landscape for [him] to be in” when working.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/design/articles/2011/october/27/edmund-de-waals-muse-music/|title=Edmund de Waal's Muse Music {{!}} Design {{!}} Agenda|website=Phaidon|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> De Waal has collaborated with musicians on various projects, including ''Psalm'', in 2015 by the Scottish composer [[Martin Suckling]] with the [[Aurora Orchestra]]; and an atmospheric sound piece by [[Simon Fisher Turner]] as a part of the 2017 [[Schindler House]] exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.martinsuckling.com/composition|title=Composition / Audio|website=Martin Suckling - Composer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2018/10/24/interview-edmund-de-waal-simon-fisher-turner/|title=In Conversation: Edmund de Waal and Simon Fisher Turner: Tapping the World|date=2018-10-24|website=Gagosian Quarterly|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
[[File:Theseustempel Edmund de Waal Lichtzwang 01.jpg|alt=Lichtzwang, 2014. Installed in the Theseus Temple, Vienna.|left|thumb|Lichtzwang, 2014. Installed in the Theseus Temple, Vienna.]]
In 2013 [[BBC One]] broadcast an ''[[Imagine (TV series)|Imagine]]'' documentary following de Waal for a year as he prepared for his debut New York exhibition, ''Atemwende'' at [[Gagosian Gallery]]; titled and inspired by a poetry collection from the German émigré poet [[Paul Celan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/nov/06/imagine-edmund-de-waal-tv-review|title=Imagine – Edmund De Waal: Make Pots or Die; Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners – TV review|last=Crace|first=John|date=2013-11-06|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-09-18|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03hcmmp|title=BBC One - imagine..., Winter 2013, Edmund de Waal: Make Pots or Die|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>


De Waal discussed the influence of music and sound on his art practice in various interviews, including the [[BBC Radio 3]] programme ''[[Private Passions]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s1kz0|title=BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Edmund de Waal|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> BBC Desert Island Discs<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p067p|title=BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, Edmund de Waal|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> and in a 2017 interview, de Waal mentioned, "I am obviously on some spectrum where for me objects do actually have very powerful sound. I do literally hear them when I put them out."<ref name=":4" /> In addition, de Waal plays recorded music aloud in his studio while making and assembling his work, that this provides "a landscape for [him] to be in" when working.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/design/articles/2011/october/27/edmund-de-waals-muse-music/|title=Edmund de Waal's Muse Music {{!}} Design {{!}} Agenda|website=Phaidon|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> De Waal has collaborated with musicians on various projects, including ''Psalm'', in 2015 by the Scottish composer [[Martin Suckling]] with the [[Aurora Orchestra]]; and an atmospheric sound piece by [[Simon Fisher Turner]] as a part of the 2017 [[Schindler House]] exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.martinsuckling.com/composition|title=Composition / Audio|website=Martin Suckling Composer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2018/10/24/interview-edmund-de-waal-simon-fisher-turner/|title=In Conversation: Edmund de Waal and Simon Fisher Turner: Tapping the World|date=2018-10-24|website=Gagosian Quarterly|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
De Waal has exhibited major installations at [[Chatsworth House|Chatsworth]], [[Kettle's Yard]], [[Tate Britain]], [[Fitzwilliam Museum]], [[Southwark Cathedral]], [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]] (including a commission for the Theseus Temple in the [[Volksgarten, Vienna|Volksgarten]], Vienna), and the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].
[[File:On the properties of fire.jpg|alt=on the properties of fire, 2012. Installed at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.|thumb|''on the properties of fire,'' 2012. Installed at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.]]
De Waal has exhibited major installations at [[Chatsworth House|Chatsworth]], [[Kettle's Yard]], [[Tate Britain]], [[Fitzwilliam Museum]], [[Southwark Cathedral]], [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]] (including a commission for the Theseus Temple in the [[Volksgarten, Vienna|Volksgarten]], Vienna), and the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].


In 2012 he received his first public art commission, for the Alison Richard Building at the [[Sidgwick Site]] of the [[University of Cambridge]], where he created ''A Local History'', consisting of three vitrines filled with porcelain to sit beneath the pavement surrounding the building.<ref>De Waal, Edmund [http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2328/ "A Local History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711052633/http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2328/ |date=11 July 2015 }}. ''CRASSH'', July 2015.</ref>  In 2015 de Waal curated the exhibition ''White'' in the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] Library and Print Room. The "project ... sets objects in dialogue with one another and with the spaces around them"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/white-a-project-by-edmund-de-waal|title=white {{!}} Exhibition {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|accessdate=2015-11-17}}</ref> and included works by [[Ai Weiwei]], [[Kazimir Malevich]]’s ''Suprematist Teapot'' and [[J. M. W. Turner]]'s porcelain palette. In September 2016 de Waal collaborated with the artist [[Ai Weiwei]] to co-curate an exhibition, ''Kneaded Knowledge: The Language of Ceramics'' at the [[National Gallery in Prague]] and [[Kunsthaus Graz]] exploring the history of clay. The exhibition featured works by both artists and from other prominent artists working in ceramics, including [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Lucio Fontana]], [[Isamu Noguchi]], [[Lucie Rie]] and [[Peter Voulkos]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kunsttrans.cz/en/events/kneaded-knowledge-the-language-of-ceramics/|title=Kneaded Knowledge. The Language of Ceramics|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
In 2012 he received his first outdoor public art commission, for the Alison Richard Building at the [[Sidgwick Site]] of the [[University of Cambridge]], where he created ''A Local History'', consisting of three vitrines filled with porcelain to sit beneath the pavement surrounding the building.<ref>De Waal, Edmund [http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2328/ "A Local History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711052633/http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2328/ |date=11 July 2015 }}. ''CRASSH'', July 2015.</ref>  In 2015 de Waal curated the exhibition ''White'' in the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] Library and Print Room. The "project ... sets objects in dialogue with one another and with the spaces around them"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/white-a-project-by-edmund-de-waal|title=white {{!}} Exhibition {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2015-11-17}}</ref> and included works by [[Ai Weiwei]], [[Kazimir Malevich]]'s ''Suprematist Teapot'' and [[J. M. W. Turner]]'s porcelain palette. In September 2016 de Waal collaborated with the artist [[Ai Weiwei]] to co-curate an exhibition, ''Kneaded Knowledge: The Language of Ceramics'' at the [[National Gallery in Prague]] and [[Kunsthaus Graz]] exploring the history of clay. The exhibition featured works by both artists and from other prominent artists working in ceramics, including [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Lucio Fontana]], [[Isamu Noguchi]], [[Lucie Rie]] and [[Peter Voulkos]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kunsttrans.cz/en/events/kneaded-knowledge-the-language-of-ceramics/|title=Kneaded Knowledge. The Language of Ceramics|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>


Since 2016 de Waal has continued his interest in working with arts and cultural institutions in installing his work in relationship and dialogue with existing museum collections such as the [[Frick Collection]], historical architectural spaces such as [[Schindler House]] and the [[Ateneo Veneto]]; and engagement with Jewish museums in both Venice and Vienna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museoebraico.it/en/temporary_exhibition/psalm-edmund-de-waal/|title=Psalm by Edmund de Waal|website=Museo Ebraico di Venezia|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jmw.at/en/exhibitions/ephrussis-travel-time|title=The Ephrussis. Travel in Time {{!}} Jüdisches Museum Wien|website=www.jmw.at|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>
Since 2016 de Waal has continued his interest in working with arts and cultural institutions in installing his work in relationship and dialogue with existing museum collections such as the [[Frick Collection]], historical architectural spaces such as [[Schindler House]] and the [[Ateneo Veneto]]; and engagement with Jewish museums in both Venice and Vienna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museoebraico.it/en/temporary_exhibition/psalm-edmund-de-waal/|title=Psalm by Edmund de Waal|website=Museo Ebraico di Venezia|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jmw.at/en/exhibitions/ephrussis-travel-time|title=The Ephrussis. Travel in Time {{!}} Jüdisches Museum Wien|website=jmw.at|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref> De Waal make his [[The Royal Ballet|Royal Ballet]] debut in the 2017''–''18 Season designing [[Wayne McGregor]]’s new ballet, ''Yugen,'' at the [[Royal Opera House]]. Set to ''The Chichester Psalms,'' the production formed part of a programme celebrating the centenary of [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s birth.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yugen – Making|url=https://www.edmunddewaal.com/making/yugen|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Edmund de Waal|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Wallpaper*|date=2018-03-22|title=Edmund de Waal on creating an elemental language of movement for Wayne McGregor|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/edmund-de-waal-wayne-mcgregor-royal-ballet|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Wallpaper*}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Edmund de Waal — People — Royal Opera House|url=https://www.roh.org.uk/people/edmund-de-waal|access-date=2021-08-22|website=www.roh.org.uk}}</ref>


De Waal is a Patron of [[Paintings in Hospitals]], a charity providing art for health and social care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/our-patrons|title=Our Patrons|website=Paintings in Hospitals|language=en|access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> a Trustee of the [[Victoria & Albert Museum]], London and the National Saturday Club, an educational charity for young people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/trustees|title=V&A · Trustees|website=Victoria and Albert Museum|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://saturday-club.org/about-us/people/|title=People|website=National Saturday Club|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> In 2018, de Waal was reappointed to the [[Royal Mint]] Advisory Committee for another term of 5 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/edmund-de-waal-obe-reappointed-to-the-royal-mint-advisory-committee|title=Edmund de Waal OBE reappointed to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> From 2004 to 2011, de Waal was [[Professor]] of Ceramics at the [[University of Westminster]].<ref name=":2" /> De Waal is currently the 2019 Harman/Eisner artist in residence at the [[Aspen Institute]] Arts Program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aspeninstitute.org/news/press-release/rita-moreno-edmund-de-waal-2019-artists-in-residence/|title=Legendary Actress Rita Moreno and Internationally Acclaimed Artist Edmund de Waal Named 2019 Harman/Eisner Artists in Residence at Aspen Institute|website=The Aspen Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
De Waal is a patron of [[Paintings in Hospitals]], a charity providing art for health and social care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/our-patrons|title=Our Patrons|website=Paintings in Hospitals|language=en|access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> and from 2015 to 2020 de Waal was a trustee of the National Saturday Club, an educational charity for young people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://saturday-club.org/about-us/people/|title=People|website=National Saturday Club|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> In 2018, de Waal was re-appointed to the [[Royal Mint]] Advisory Committee for another term of five years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/edmund-de-waal-obe-reappointed-to-the-royal-mint-advisory-committee|title=Edmund de Waal OBE reappointed to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> From 2004 to 2011, de Waal was [[professor]] of Ceramics at the [[University of Westminster]]; and a trustee of the [[Victoria & Albert Museum]], London from 2011 to 2019.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Trustees for V&A Museum|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-trustees-for-va-museum|access-date=2020-08-10|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=V&A Board of Trustees Minutes 12 September 2019|url=https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/11/29/10/31/48/be9bf7d7-c9e8-453b-b24f-733cc7149444/V&A%20Board%20of%20Trustees%2012.09.19%20Minutes.pdf}}</ref> De Waal has been a trustee of the Gilbert Trust since 2013 and in 2020 became a co-opted member of the [[V&A Museum of Childhood]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=GILBERT TRUST FOR THE ARTS - Charity 1055853|url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1055853/trustees|access-date=2021-08-22|website=register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile – Resources|url=https://www.edmunddewaal.com/resources/profile|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Edmund de Waal|language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Writing ==
== Writing ==
[[File:Hare with Amber Eyes (3).jpg|alt=The Hare with Amber Eyes. Netsuke. Masatoshi, Osaka, ca. 1880, signed. Ivory, amber buffalo horn. Former Ephrussi Collection, today descendant Edmund de Waal. Shown at a special exhibition in November 2016 with Edmund de Waal at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.|thumb|The '''Hare with Amber Eyes.''' ''Netsuke''. Masatoshi, Osaka, ca. 1880, signed. Ivory, amber buffalo horn. Former Ephrussi Collection, today descendant Edmund de Waal. Shown at a special exhibition in November 2016 with Edmund de Waal at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.]]
In 1998 De Waal published a monograph on Bernard Leach with research collected while studying in Japan.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bernard Leach|last=De Waal, Edmund.|date=1998|publisher=Tate Publishing|isbn=978-1-85437-227-7|location=London|pages=|oclc=40049196}}</ref> The book challenges the public understanding of Leach’s as the great and original interlocutor for Japan and the East as the 20th century potter who translated the mystery of the East to audiences in the West. De Waal’s research into Leach in Japan revealed that he predominantly associated himself with Western educated Japanese people, did not speak Japanese and studied only a narrow range of traditional Japanese ceramics. Due to Leach’s status in the West as the “Father of British studio ceramics” and the influence of his Eastern techniques and philosophy, De Waal’s views attracted criticism from some of Leach’s followers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=de Waal|first=Edmund|date=1997|title=Homo Orientalis: Bernard Leach and the Image of the Japanese Craftsman|journal=Journal of Design History|volume=10|issue=4|pages=355–362|issn=0952-4649|jstor=1316207|doi=10.1093/jdh/10.4.355}}</ref>
In 1998 De Waal published a monograph on Bernard Leach with research collected while studying in Japan.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bernard Leach|last=De Waal, Edmund.|date=1998|publisher=Tate Publishing|isbn=978-1-85437-227-7|location=London|oclc=40049196}}</ref> The book challenges the public understanding of Leach's as the great and original interlocutor for Japan and the East as the 20th century potter who translated the mystery of the East to audiences in the West. De Waal's research into Leach in Japan revealed that he predominantly associated himself with Western educated Japanese people, did not speak Japanese and studied only a narrow range of traditional Japanese ceramics. Due to Leach's status in the West as the "Father of British studio ceramics" and the influence of his Eastern techniques and philosophy, De Waal's views attracted criticism from some of Leach's followers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=de Waal|first=Edmund|date=1997|title=Homo Orientalis: Bernard Leach and the Image of the Japanese Craftsman|journal=Journal of Design History|volume=10|issue=4|pages=355–362|issn=0952-4649|jstor=1316207|doi=10.1093/jdh/10.4.355}}</ref>


In 2010 de Waal's family memoir, ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes|The Hare with Amber Eyes: a Hidden Inheritance]]'', was published, first by [[Chatto & Windus]] in the UK and later by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] in [[New York City]]. The book traces the history of de Waal’s Jewish relatives (from his paternal grandmother, Elisabeth), the wealthy and influential [[Ephrussi family]], by telling stories surrounding a collection of 264 Japanese [[netsuke]] – miniature ivory and wood sculptures traditionally used as toggles on kimonos, to attach carrying pouches. The collection of netsuke were originally purchased by [[Charles Ephrussi]] in [[Paris]] in the 1870s, and were handed down through the generations and eventually given to de Waal by his great-uncle Ignace "Iggie" Ephrussi, who settled in [[Tokyo]] after the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name="ContempAuthors">"Edmund de Waal." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2016. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 4&nbsp;August 2017.</ref> The book received critical acclaim, and brought de Waal the [[Costa Book Award]] for biography in 2010, as well as the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Book Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://readingagency.org.uk/adults/galaxy-british-book-awards-200/|title=The Reading Agency {{!}} Adults {{!}} Galaxy National Book Awards|last=Agency|first=The Reading|website=readingagency.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> and the [[Royal Society of Literature]]'s [[Ondaatje Prize]].<ref name="ContempAuthors" /> It has sold over a million copies and has been published in more than 25 languages.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/they-are-my-fortune-i-hate-them-hddmjzljwr9|title=They are my fortune. I hate them|last=Editor|first=Richard Brooks, Arts|date=2015-01-25|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=2019-09-18|language=en|issn=0956-1382}}</ref>
In 2010 de Waal's family memoir, ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes|The Hare with Amber Eyes: a Hidden Inheritance]]'', was published, first by [[Chatto & Windus]] in the UK and later by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] in [[New York City]]. The book traces the history of de Waal's Jewish relatives (from his paternal grandmother, Elisabeth), the wealthy and influential [[Ephrussi family]], by telling stories surrounding a collection of 264 Japanese [[netsuke]] – miniature ivory and wood sculptures traditionally used as toggles on men's kimono, to attach carrying pouches. The collection of netsuke were originally purchased by [[Charles Ephrussi]] in [[Paris]] in the 1870s, and were handed down through the generations and eventually given to de Waal by his great-uncle Ignace "Iggie" Ephrussi, who settled in [[Tokyo]] after the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name="ContempAuthors">"Edmund de Waal." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2016. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 4 August 2017.</ref> The book received critical acclaim, and brought de Waal the [[Costa Book Award]] for biography in 2010, as well as the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Book Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://readingagency.org.uk/adults/galaxy-british-book-awards-200/|title=The Reading Agency {{!}} Adults {{!}} Galaxy National Book Awards|last=Agency|first=The Reading|website=readingagency.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> and the [[Royal Society of Literature]]'s [[Ondaatje Prize]].<ref name="ContempAuthors" /> It has sold over a million copies and has been published in more than 25 languages.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/they-are-my-fortune-i-hate-them-hddmjzljwr9|title=They are my fortune. I hate them|last=Editor|first=Richard Brooks, Arts|date=2015-01-25|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=2019-09-18|language=en|issn=0956-1382}}</ref>


''The Ephrussis. Travel in Time,'' an exhibition surrounding the story of the Ephrussi family told by de Waal in his family memoir ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]]'', tracing their history from Odessa to Paris and Vienna; then to their migration as refugees as the Second World War forced them to seek asylum in the United Kingdom, the USA and Mexico, and onto Japan and other countries, opened at the [[Jewish Museum Vienna]] in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/arts/design/hare-with-amber-eyes-vienna-edmund-de-waal.html|title='The Hare With Amber Eyes' Comes Home|last=Karasz|first=Palko|date=2019-11-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jmw.at/en/exhibitions/ephrussis-travel-time|title=The Ephrussis. Travel in Time {{!}} Jüdisches Museum Wien|website=www.jmw.at|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
''The Ephrussis. Travel in Time,'' an exhibition surrounding the story of the Ephrussi family told by de Waal in his family memoir ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]]'', tracing their history from Odessa to Paris and Vienna; then to their migration as refugees as the Second World War forced them to seek asylum in the United Kingdom, the US and Mexico, and onto Japan and other countries, opened at the [[Jewish Museum Vienna]] in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/arts/design/hare-with-amber-eyes-vienna-edmund-de-waal.html|title='The Hare With Amber Eyes' Comes Home|last=Karasz|first=Palko|date=2019-11-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jmw.at/en/exhibitions/ephrussis-travel-time|title=The Ephrussis. Travel in Time {{!}} Jüdisches Museum Wien|website=jmw.at|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>


De Waal's second book, ''The White Road'', was published by [[Chatto & Windus]] in 2015 and was aired on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s [[Book of the Week]]. It follows de Waal's journey to discover the history of porcelain, from porcelain first made in the hills of [[Jingdezhen]] in China to the first makers of English porcelain, [[William Cookworthy]] and [[Josiah Wedgwood]]; and the development of porcelain manufacture in [[Dresden]] in the early 18th century during the rein of [[Augustus the Strong]], ruler of [[Saxony]], by [[Johann Friedrich Böttger]] and [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]] and later in [[Nazi Germany]] the porcelain manufacture [[Allach (porcelain)|Allach]], a project by [[Heinrich Himmler]], run by the [[SS]] with [[forced labor]] provided by the [[Dachau concentration camp]].<ref name=":3" />
De Waal's second book, ''The White Road'', was published by [[Chatto & Windus]] in 2015 and was aired on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s [[Book of the Week]]. It follows de Waal's journey to discover the history of porcelain, from porcelain first made in the hills of [[Jingdezhen]] in China to the first makers of English porcelain, [[William Cookworthy]] and [[Josiah Wedgwood]]; and the development of porcelain manufacture in [[Dresden]] in the early 18th century during the reign of [[Augustus the Strong]], ruler of [[Saxony]], by [[Johann Friedrich Böttger]] and [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]] and later in [[Nazi Germany]] the porcelain manufacture [[Allach (porcelain)|Allach]], a project by [[Heinrich Himmler]], run by the [[SS]] with [[forced labor]] provided by the [[Dachau concentration camp]].<ref name=":3" />

De Waal's third book, ''Letters to Camondo'', was published by Chatto & Windus in May 2021.


== Major exhibitions and installations ==
== Major exhibitions and installations ==
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*2006 ''Vessel, perhaps''. Millgate Museum, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edmunddewaal.com/making/vessel-perhaps|title=Vessel, perhaps – Making|website=Edmund de Waal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2006 ''Vessel, perhaps''. Millgate Museum, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edmunddewaal.com/making/vessel-perhaps|title=Vessel, perhaps – Making|website=Edmund de Waal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2007 ''Edmund de Waal at Kettle's Yard, MIMA and elsewhere''. [[Kettle's Yard]], Cambridge, [[Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edmunddewaal.com/making/edmund-de-waal-at-kettles-yard-mima-and-elsewhere|title=Edmund de Waal at Kettle's Yard, mima and elsewhere – Making|website=Edmund de Waal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2007 ''Edmund de Waal at Kettle's Yard, MIMA and elsewhere''. [[Kettle's Yard]], Cambridge, [[Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edmunddewaal.com/making/edmund-de-waal-at-kettles-yard-mima-and-elsewhere|title=Edmund de Waal at Kettle's Yard, mima and elsewhere – Making|website=Edmund de Waal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2007 ''A Sounding Line''. [[Chatsworth House]], Derbyshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chatsworth.org/art-archives/devonshire-collection/ceramics/a-sounding-line/|title=A Sounding Line|website=www.chatsworth.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2007 ''A Sounding Line''. [[Chatsworth House]], Derbyshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chatsworth.org/art-archives/devonshire-collection/ceramics/a-sounding-line/|title=A Sounding Line|website=chatsworth.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2009 ''Signs & Wonders''. [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1192588|title=Signs & Wonders {{!}} Waal, Edmund de {{!}} V&A Search the Collections|date=2019-09-15|website=V and A Collections|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2009 ''Signs & Wonders''. [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1192588|title=Signs & Wonders {{!}} Waal, Edmund de {{!}} V&A Search the Collections|date=2019-09-15|website=V and A Collections|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2010 ''From Zero''. [[Alan Cristea Gallery]] (now known as Cristea Roberts Gallery), London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cristearoberts.com/exhibitions/58/|title=Edmund de Waal {{!}} From Zero|website=Cristea Roberts Gallery|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2010 ''From Zero''. [[Alan Cristea Gallery]] (now known as Cristea Roberts Gallery), London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cristearoberts.com/exhibitions/58/|title=Edmund de Waal {{!}} From Zero|website=Cristea Roberts Gallery|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
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*2012 ''a local history''. Alison Richard Building, [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/potted-histories|title=Potted histories|date=2013-01-23|website=University of Cambridge|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2012 ''a local history''. Alison Richard Building, [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/potted-histories|title=Potted histories|date=2013-01-23|website=University of Cambridge|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2012 ''a thousand hours''. [[Alan Cristea Gallery]] (now known as Cristea Roberts Gallery), London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cristearoberts.com/exhibitions/82/|title=Edmund de Waal {{!}} a thousand hours|website=Cristea Roberts Gallery|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2012 ''a thousand hours''. [[Alan Cristea Gallery]] (now known as Cristea Roberts Gallery), London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cristearoberts.com/exhibitions/82/|title=Edmund de Waal {{!}} a thousand hours|website=Cristea Roberts Gallery|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2013 ''On White: Porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam Museum''. [[Fitzwilliam Museum]], Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/edmund-de-waal-white-porcelain-stories-fitzwilliam|title=Edmund de Waal - On White: Porcelain Stories from the Fitzwilliam {{!}} The Fitzwilliam Museum|website=www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2013 ''On White: Porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam Museum''. [[Fitzwilliam Museum]], Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/edmund-de-waal-white-porcelain-stories-fitzwilliam|title=Edmund de Waal - On White: Porcelain Stories from the Fitzwilliam {{!}} The Fitzwilliam Museum|website=fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2013 ''Atemwende''. [[Gagosian Gallery]], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2013/edmund-de-waal-atemwende/|title=Edmund de Waal: Atemwende, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, September 12–October 19, 2013|date=2018-04-12|website=Gagosian|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2013 ''Atemwende''. [[Gagosian Gallery]], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2013/edmund-de-waal-atemwende/|title=Edmund de Waal: Atemwende, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, September 12–October 19, 2013|date=2018-04-12|website=Gagosian|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2014 ''atmosphere''. [[Turner Contemporary]], [[Margate]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/articles/edmund-de-waals-atmosphere|title=Edmund de Waal's Atmosphere - Crafts Council|website=www.craftscouncil.org.uk|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2014 ''atmosphere''. [[Turner Contemporary]], [[Margate]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/articles/edmund-de-waals-atmosphere|title=Edmund de Waal's Atmosphere - Crafts Council|website=craftscouncil.org.uk|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2014 ''another hour''. [[Southwark Cathedral]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/another-hour-by-edmund-de-waal|title=Another Hour by Edmund de Waal - Exhibition at Southwark Cathedral in London|website=ArtRabbit|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2014 ''another hour''. [[Southwark Cathedral]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/another-hour-by-edmund-de-waal|title=Another Hour by Edmund de Waal - Exhibition at Southwark Cathedral in London|website=ArtRabbit|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2014 ''Lichtzwang''. Theseus Temple, [[Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khm.at/en/visit/exhibitions/2014/edmund-de-waal/|title=Edmund de Waal Lichtzwang|website=www.khm.at|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2014 ''Lichtzwang''. Theseus Temple, [[Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khm.at/en/visit/exhibitions/2014/edmund-de-waal/|title=Edmund de Waal Lichtzwang|website=khm.at|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2015 ''wavespeech''. A joint exhibition with David Ward. [[Pier Arts Centre]], Orkney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pierartscentre.com/current-upcoming-exhibition/20/6/2015/wavespeech-edmund-de-waal-david-ward|title=wavespeech - Edmund de Waal & David Ward|website=Pier Arts Centre|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2015 ''wavespeech''. A joint exhibition with David Ward. [[Pier Arts Centre]], Orkney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pierartscentre.com/current-upcoming-exhibition/20/6/2015/wavespeech-edmund-de-waal-david-ward|title=wavespeech - Edmund de Waal & David Ward|website=Pier Arts Centre|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2015 ''white: A Project by Edmund de Waal''. [[Royal Academy of Arts]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/white-a-project-by-edmund-de-waal|title=white {{!}} Exhibition {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2015 ''white: A Project by Edmund de Waal''. [[Royal Academy of Arts]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/white-a-project-by-edmund-de-waal|title=white {{!}} Exhibition {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 ''ten thousand things''. [[Gagosian Gallery]], Beverley Hills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2016/edmund-de-waal-ten-thousand-things/|title=Edmund de Waal: ten thousand things, Beverly Hills, January 14–February 18, 2016|date=2018-04-12|website=Gagosian|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 ''ten thousand things''. [[Gagosian Gallery]], Beverley Hills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2016/edmund-de-waal-ten-thousand-things/|title=Edmund de Waal: ten thousand things, Beverly Hills, January 14–February 18, 2016|date=2018-04-12|website=Gagosian|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 ''Irrkunst.'' [[Galerie Max Hetzler]], Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxhetzler.com/exhibitions/edmund-de-waal-irrkunst-2016|title=Exhibition: Edmund de Waal|website=Galerie Max Hetzler|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 ''Irrkunst.'' [[Galerie Max Hetzler]], Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxhetzler.com/exhibitions/edmund-de-waal-irrkunst-2016|title=Exhibition: Edmund de Waal|website=Galerie Max Hetzler|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 ''Kneaded Knowledge'' with [[Ai Weiwei]]. [[Kunsthaus Graz]], Graz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/kunsthaus-graz/exhibitions/exhibitions/events/event/4654/kneaded-knowledge-1|title=Kneaded Knowledge - Exhibition {{!}} Kunsthaus Graz|website=www.museum-joanneum.at|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 ''Kneaded Knowledge'' with [[Ai Weiwei]]. [[Kunsthaus Graz]], Graz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/kunsthaus-graz/exhibitions/exhibitions/events/event/4654/kneaded-knowledge-1|title=Kneaded Knowledge - Exhibition {{!}} Kunsthaus Graz|website=museum-joanneum.at|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 ''During the Night''. [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], Vienna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khm.at/en/visit/exhibitions/2017/edmund-de-waal/|title=Edmund de Waal meets Albrecht Dürer During the Night|website=www.khm.at|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 ''During the Night''. [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], Vienna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khm.at/en/visit/exhibitions/2017/edmund-de-waal/|title=Edmund de Waal meets Albrecht Dürer During the Night|website=khm.at|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2017 ''Lettres de Londres''. Espace Muraille, Geneva.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espacemuraille.com/en/passed-exhibitions/lettres-de-londres|title=Edmund de Waal - Lettres de Londres|website=espacemuraille.com|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2017 ''Lettres de Londres''. Espace Muraille, Geneva.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espacemuraille.com/en/passed-exhibitions/lettres-de-londres|title=Edmund de Waal - Lettres de Londres|website=espacemuraille.com|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2017 ''Morandi / Edmund de Waal''. [[Artipelag]], Stockholm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artipelag.se/en/exhibition/edmund-de-waal-giorgio-morandi/|title=Edmund de Waal Giorgio Morandi|website=Artipelag|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2017 ''Morandi / Edmund de Waal''. [[Artipelag]], Stockholm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artipelag.se/en/exhibition/edmund-de-waal-giorgio-morandi/|title=Edmund de Waal Giorgio Morandi|website=Artipelag|date=23 January 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2018 ''white island''. Museu d’Art Contemporani d’Eivissa, Ibiza.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eivissa.es/mace/index.php/ca/historic-d-exposicions/439-white-island-dedmund-de-waal|title="white island", de l'artista Edmund de Waal|website=www.eivissa.es|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2018 ''white island''. Museu d’Art Contemporani d’Eivissa, Ibiza.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eivissa.es/mace/index.php/ca/historic-d-exposicions/439-white-island-dedmund-de-waal|title="white island", de l'artista Edmund de Waal|website=eivissa.es|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2018 ''– one way or other –'' [[Schindler House]], Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://makcenter.org/programming/edmund-de-waal-one-way-or-other/|title=Edmund de Waal: –one way or other– {{!}} MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles|website=makcenter.org|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2018 ''– one way or other –'' [[Schindler House]], Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://makcenter.org/programming/edmund-de-waal-one-way-or-other/|title=Edmund de Waal: –one way or other– {{!}} MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles|website=makcenter.org|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2018 ''the poems of our climate,'' [[Gagosian Gallery]], San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2018/edmund-de-waal-the-poems-of-our-climate/|title=Edmund de Waal: the poems of our climate, San Francisco, September 20–December 8, 2018|date=2018-07-28|website=Gagosian|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2018 ''the poems of our climate,'' [[Gagosian Gallery]], San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2018/edmund-de-waal-the-poems-of-our-climate/|title=Edmund de Waal: the poems of our climate, San Francisco, September 20–December 8, 2018|date=2018-07-28|website=Gagosian|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2019 ''breath.'' [[Ivorypress|Ivory Press]], Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ivorypress.com/en/art/breath/|title=breath|website=Ivorypress|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2019 ''breath.'' [[Ivorypress|Ivory Press]], Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ivorypress.com/en/art/breath/|title=breath|website=Ivorypress|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2019 ''psalm.'' Museo Ebraico di Venezia and [[Ateneo Veneto]], Venice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psalmvenice.org/|title=psalm|website=psalm|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2019 ''psalm.'' Museo Ebraico di Venezia and [[Ateneo Veneto]], Venice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psalmvenice.org/|title=psalm|website=psalm|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2019 ''Elective Affinities.'' [[Frick Collection|The Frick Collection]], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/de_waal|title=Elective Affinities: Edmund de Waal at The Frick Collection {{!}} The Frick Collection|website=www.frick.org|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2019 ''Elective Affinities.'' [[Frick Collection|The Frick Collection]], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/de_waal|title=Elective Affinities: Edmund de Waal at The Frick Collection {{!}} The Frick Collection|website=frick.org|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2019 ''a sort of speech''. [[Galerie Max Hetzler]], Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxhetzler.com/exhibitions/upcoming-edmund-de-waal-sort-speech-20191/press-en|title=Exhibition: UPCOMING: EDMUND DE WAAL|website=Galerie Max Hetzler|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
*2019 ''a sort of speech''. [[Galerie Max Hetzler]], Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxhetzler.com/exhibitions/upcoming-edmund-de-waal-sort-speech-20191/press-en|title=Exhibition: UPCOMING: EDMUND DE WAAL|website=Galerie Max Hetzler|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
*2019 ''im Goldhaus.'' Porzellansammlung, [[Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden|Staatliche Kunstsammlungen]], Dresden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://porzellansammlung.skd.museum/ausstellungen/dauerausstellung/#c18194|title=Porzellansammlung: Dauerausstellung|website=porzellansammlung.skd.museum|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
*2019 ''im Goldhaus.'' Porzellansammlung, [[Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden|Staatliche Kunstsammlungen]], Dresden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://porzellansammlung.skd.museum/ausstellungen/dauerausstellung/#c18194|title=Porzellansammlung: Dauerausstellung|website=porzellansammlung.skd.museum|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
*2019 ''Library of Exile.'' [[Japanisches Palais]], Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://japanisches-palais.skd.museum/ausstellungen/library-of-exile-edmund-de-waal-zuzanna-janin-mark-justiniani-und-das-dresdner-damaskuszimmer/|title=Japanisches Palais: Library of exile - Edmund de Waal, Zuzanna Janin, Mark Justiniani und das Dresdner Damaskuszimmer|website=japanisches-palais.skd.museum|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
*2019 ''Library of Exile.'' [[Japanisches Palais]], Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://japanisches-palais.skd.museum/ausstellungen/library-of-exile-edmund-de-waal-zuzanna-janin-mark-justiniani-und-das-dresdner-damaskuszimmer/|title=Japanisches Palais: Library of exile - Edmund de Waal, Zuzanna Janin, Mark Justiniani und das Dresdner Damaskuszimmer|website=japanisches-palais.skd.museum|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
*2020 ''Library of Exile''. [[British Museum|The British Museum]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edmund de Waal: library of exile|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/edmund-de-waal-library-exile|access-date=2020-08-10|website=The British Museum|language=en}}</ref>
*2020 ''some winter pots''. [[Gagosian Gallery]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=Edmund de Waal: some winter pots, Davies Street, London, December 3, 2020–January 30, 2021|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2020/edmund-de-waal-some-winter-pots/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Gagosian|language=en}}</ref>
*2020 ''tacet.'' New Art Centre, Salisbury.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edmund de Waal: tacet|url=https://www.sculpture.uk.com/edmund-de-waal-tacet|access-date=2021-08-22|website=NewArtCentre.|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*2020 ''cold mountain clay''. [[Gagosian Gallery]], Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-29|title=Edmund de Waal: cold mountain clay, Hong Kong, November 20, 2020–January 9, 2021|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2020/edmund-de-waal-cold-mountain-clay/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Gagosian|language=en}}</ref>
*2021 ''This Living Hand: Edmund de Waal presents Henry Moore.'' [[Henry Moore]] Studios & Gardens, [[Perry Green, Hertfordshire|Perry Green]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=This Living Hand: Edmund de Waal presents Henry Moore|url=https://www.henry-moore.org/whats-on/2021/05/19/this-living-hand|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Henry Moore Foundation|language=en}}</ref>
*2021-2022 ''Hare With Amber Eyes.'' [[Jewish Museum (Manhattan)]], New York <ref>{{cite web|title=Hare With Amber Eyes, Jewish Museum, New York, November 19, 2021-May 15, 2022|url=https://thejewishmuseum.org/press/press-release/the-hare-with-amber-eyes-press-release-november-17-2021}}</ref>
*2022-2023 ''de Waal +.'' Gagosian Book Shop, Burlington Arcade, London. <ref>https://gagosian.com/news/2022/11/05/edmund-de-waal-shop-takeover-burlington-arcade-london/</ref>
*2023 ''this must be the place.'' [[Gagosian Gallery]], New York <ref>https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2023/edmund-de-waal-this-must-be-the-place/</ref>


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
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*2003 Silver Medal, [[World Ceramic Exposition]], Korea.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/de-waal-edmund-1964|title=Edmund De Waal {{!}} Artists {{!}} Collection {{!}} British Council − Visual Arts|website=visualarts.britishcouncil.org|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2003 Silver Medal, [[World Ceramic Exposition]], Korea.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/de-waal-edmund-1964|title=Edmund De Waal {{!}} Artists {{!}} Collection {{!}} British Council − Visual Arts|website=visualarts.britishcouncil.org|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2009 Honorary Fellow, [[Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge]].
*2009 Honorary Fellow, [[Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge]].
*2011 Honorary degree from the [[University for the Creative Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2010/july/honoraries#.U9t5jvldXpU|title=UCA awards first round of honorary degrees|publisher=University for the Creative Arts|accessdate=20 September 2014}}</ref>
*2011 Honorary degree from the [[University for the Creative Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2010/july/honoraries#.U9t5jvldXpU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414082319/http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2010/july/honoraries#.U9t5jvldXpU|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2011|title=UCA awards first round of honorary degrees|publisher=University for the Creative Arts|access-date=20 September 2014}}</ref>
*2011 [[Costa Book Awards]], winner (Biography), ''The Hare with Amber Eyes.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jan/04/costa-book-awards|title=Edmund de Waal leads Costa book awards finalists|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=2011-01-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-09-15|last2=correspondent|first2=arts|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*2011 [[Costa Book Awards]], winner (Biography), ''The Hare with Amber Eyes.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jan/04/costa-book-awards|title=Edmund de Waal leads Costa book awards finalists|last1=Brown|first1=Mark|date=2011-01-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-09-15|last2=correspondent|first2=arts|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*2011 Royal Society of Literature [[Ondaatje Prize]], winner, ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]].''
*2011 Royal Society of Literature [[Ondaatje Prize]], winner, ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]].''
*2011 [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for Service to the Arts.
*2011 [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for Service to the Arts.
*2011 to present, Trustee of the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London.
*2011 to present, Trustee of the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London.
*2012 Senior Fellowship [[Royal College of Art]], London.
*2012 Senior Fellowship [[Royal College of Art]], London.
*2013 Honorary Doctorate of Letters [[University of Sheffield]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/news/hondegreealumni2013-1.305825|title=Honorary Degrees for 3 Alumni at 2013 Graduation - News - Alumni - The University of Sheffield|last=Sheffield|first=University of|website=www.sheffield.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2013 Honorary Doctorate of Letters [[University of Sheffield]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/news/hondegreealumni2013-1.305825|title=Honorary Degrees for 3 Alumni at 2013 Graduation - News - Alumni - The University of Sheffield|last=Sheffield|first=University of|website=sheffield.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-15}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*2013 Honorary Doctorate [[University of the Arts, London]].
*2013 Honorary Doctorate [[University of the Arts, London]].
*2014 Honorary Doctorate [[Canterbury Christ Church University]].
*2014 Honorary Doctorate [[Canterbury Christ Church University]].
*2014 Honorary Doctorate, [[University of Nottingham]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2014/july/honorary-graduates-recognised-at-the-university-of-nottingham.aspx|title=Honorary graduates recognised at The University of Nottingham - The University of Nottingham|website=www.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2014 Honorary Doctorate, [[University of Nottingham]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2014/july/honorary-graduates-recognised-at-the-university-of-nottingham.aspx|title=Honorary graduates recognised at The University of Nottingham - The University of Nottingham|website=nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2015 [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prize]] for Non-Fiction.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://windhamcampbell.org/2015/winner/edmund-de-waal |title=Prize Citation for Edmund de Waal |publisher=Windham–Campbell Literature Prize |date=24 February 2015 |accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref>
*2015 [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prize]] for Non-Fiction.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://windhamcampbell.org/2015/winner/edmund-de-waal |title=Prize Citation for Edmund de Waal |publisher=Windham–Campbell Literature Prize |date=24 February 2015 |access-date=25 February 2015 |archive-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226050843/http://windhamcampbell.org/2015/winner/edmund-de-waal |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2016 Honorary Doctorate, [[University of York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yumagazine.co.uk/roy-hodgson-awarded-honorary-degree/|title=Roy Hodgson awarded honorary degree / yu magazine|date=2016-01-23|website=yu magazine|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2016 Honorary Doctorate, [[University of York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yumagazine.co.uk/roy-hodgson-awarded-honorary-degree/|title=Roy Hodgson awarded honorary degree / yu magazine|date=2016-01-23|website=yu magazine|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
*2017 [[London Craft Week]] Medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/edmund-de-waal-wins-the-london-craft-week-medal|title=Trail glazing: Edmund de Waal scoops the 2017 London Craft Week Medal|last=Magazine|first=Wallpaper*|date=2017-05-03|website=Wallpaper*|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
*2017 [[London Craft Week]] Medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/edmund-de-waal-wins-the-london-craft-week-medal|title=Trail glazing: Edmund de Waal scoops the 2017 London Craft Week Medal|last=Magazine|first=Wallpaper*|date=2017-05-03|website=Wallpaper*|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
*2019 Harman/Eisner Artist in Residence at the [[Aspen Institute]] Arts Program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aspeninstitute.org/news/press-release/rita-moreno-edmund-de-waal-2019-artists-in-residence/|title=Legendary Actress Rita Moreno and Internationally Acclaimed Artist Edmund de Waal Named 2019 Harman/Eisner Artists in Residence at Aspen Institute|website=The Aspen Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
*2021 Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edmund de Waal|url=https://rsliterature.org/fellow/edmund-de-waal/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Royal Society of Literature|language=en-GB}}</ref>

De Waal was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 2011<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59808|date=11 June 2011|page=10|supp=y}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> and [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2021 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63377|supp=y|page=B10|date=12 June 2021}}</ref> both for services to the arts.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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===Books===
===Books===


* ''The White Road''. London / New York: Chatto & Windus / Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-701187705}}
* ''Letters to Camondo'' London: Chatto & Windus. 2021. {{ISBN|9781784744311}}
*''The White Road''. London / New York: Chatto & Windus / Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-701187705}}
*''Edmund de Waal''. London: Phaidon Press. 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-714867038|}}
*''Edmund de Waal''. London: Phaidon Press. 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-714867038|}}
* ''The Pot Book.'' London: Phaidon Press. 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-714847993}}
* ''The Pot Book. with [[Claudia Clare]]:'' London: Phaidon Press. 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-714847993}}
* ''The Hare with Amber Eyes: a hidden inheritance''. London / New York: Chatto & Windus / Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2010. {{ISBN|978-0099539551}}
* ''The Hare with Amber Eyes: a hidden inheritance''. London / New York: Chatto & Windus / Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2010. {{ISBN|978-0099539551}}
* ''Rethinking Bernard Leach: Studio Pottery and Contemporary Ceramics, with Kenji Kaneko''. Kyoto: Shibunkaku Publishing. 2007.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/920z8/rethinking-bernard-leach-studio-pottery-and-contemporary-ceramics-japanese-edition|title=Rethinking Bernard Leach: studio pottery and contemporary ceramics|last=de Waal|first=E.|last2=Kaneko|first2=K.|date=2007|publisher=Shibunkaku Publishing Co.|isbn=9784784213597|location=Kyoto, Japan|language=en|edition=Japanese}}</ref> {{ISBN|9784784213597}}
* ''Rethinking Bernard Leach: Studio Pottery and Contemporary Ceramics, with Kenji Kaneko''. Kyoto: Shibunkaku Publishing. 2007.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/920z8/rethinking-bernard-leach-studio-pottery-and-contemporary-ceramics-japanese-edition|title=Rethinking Bernard Leach: studio pottery and contemporary ceramics|last1=de Waal|first1=E.|last2=Kaneko|first2=K.|date=2007|publisher=Shibunkaku Publishing Co.|isbn=9784784213597|location=Kyoto, Japan|language=en|edition=Japanese}}</ref> {{ISBN|9784784213597}}
* ''20th Century Ceramics''. London: Thames and Hudson. 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-500203712}}
* ''20th Century Ceramics''. London: Thames and Hudson. 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-500203712}}
* ''Design Sourcebook: Ceramics.'' London: New Holland Publishers. 1999. {{ISBN|9781780091334}}
* ''Design Sourcebook: Ceramics.'' London: New Holland Publishers. 1999. {{ISBN|9781780091334}}
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*{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |authormask=1 |title=Edmund de Waal: A line around a shadow |location=Bowness-on-Windemere |publisher=Blackwell House: The Arts & Crafts House |year=2005}}
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Edmund de Waal
CBE
Edmund de Waal (2013)
Born (1964-09-10) 10 September 1964 (age 59)
NationalityBritish
BildungThe King's School, Canterbury
University of Cambridge
University of Sheffield
Known forartist and writer
AwardsCBE
Windham-Campbell Literature Prize

Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal, CBE (born 10 September 1964) is a contemporary English artist, master potter and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place.[1] De Waal's book The Hare with Amber Eyes[2] was awarded the Costa Book Award for Biography, Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize in 2011 and Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction in 2015.[3][4] De Waal's second book The White Road, tracing his journey to discover the history of porcelain was released in 2015.[5]

He lives and works in London.[6]

Early life

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De Waal was born in Nottingham, England,[7] the son of Esther Aline (née Lowndes-Moir), a renowned historian and expert in Celtic mythology and Victor de Waal, a chaplain of the University of Nottingham who later became the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral. His grandfather was Hendrik de Waal, a Dutch businessman who moved to England. His paternal grandmother Elisabeth and great grandfather Viktor von Ephrussi were members of the Ephrussi family, a history of which was chronicled in The Hare with Amber Eyes.[2] Elisabeth de Waal's first novel, The Exiles Return, was published by Persephone Books in 2013. De Waal's siblings include barrister John de Waal (husband of author Kit de Waal),[8] Alex de Waal who is director of the World Peace Foundation, and Caucasus expert Thomas de Waal.

Education and early ceramic work

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De Waal's interest in ceramics began aged five when he took an evening class at the Lincoln School of Art,[9] this early introduction to pottery influenced de Waal's later enthusiasm for pursuing an art practice based in ceramics.[10][11][12]

De Waal was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, where he was taught pottery by the potter Geoffrey Whiting (1919-1988), a student of Bernard Leach.[13] At 17, de Waal began a two-year apprenticeship with Whiting, deferring his entry into University of Cambridge.[11][14] During the apprenticeship de Waal made hundreds of earthenware and stoneware pots, such as casseroles and honey pots.[11] In 1983, de Waal took up his place at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to read English. He was awarded a scholarship in 1983 and graduated with first class honours in 1986.[15]

Following graduation, de Waal began to follow the discipline of British studio pottery, to create inexpensive domestic pots with good earth-tone colours.[11] He moved to Herefordshire where he built a kiln and set up a pottery making functional stoneware pots in the Leach tradition, but the enterprise was not financially successful.[11][5] In 1988, de Waal moved to inner-city Sheffield and began experimenting with working in porcelain.[14][2][5]

In 1990 de Waal obtained a Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Scholarship, under which he spent a year obtaining a post-graduate diploma in Japanese language at Sheffield University[15] and continued an additional year's study.[2] Whilst studying in Japan at the Mejiro Ceramics studio de Waal also worked on a monograph of Bernard Leach, researching his papers and journals in the archive room of the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum.[16] During this time de Waal began to make series of porcelain jars with pushed-in, gestural sides, arranged in groups and sequences.

Art and ceramics

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Teapot, 1997 – an early work in porcelain by de Waal

On returning to Britain in 1993, de Waal settled in London[14] and began making his distinctive ceramics, porcelain with a celadon glaze. Focusing on essentially classical vessel shapes but with the inclusion of indentations or pinches and subtle variations in tone and texture in the style de Waal began while in Japan, these pots slowly gained the attention of the British craft industry leading to his first exhibition at Egg London in 1995.[17]

black milk, 2015, in situ at Edmund de Waal's London Studio

Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s de Waal's ceramic practice became heavily influenced by modernism, the Bauhaus movement in particular. This led to de Waal's belief that the East and West may meet in the materiality of porcelain; for example, the ethos of China's Song dynasty may encounter the modernist ethos of the Bauhaus.[18]

In the years since 2000 de Waal has moved away from making and exhibiting single domestic use vessels to the production of groups of vessels and objects to be viewed in relation to openings and spaces, later moving into predominately wall-mounted and freestanding vitrines filled with varying multitudes of his porcelain vessels, and most recently the addition of different kinds of metals, metallic gilding, porcelain shards and sheets of porcelain with embossed handwriting.[19] In a 2017 interview conducted in preparation for de Waal's exhibition at Artipelag, Sweden, de Waal explained his artistic process and attraction to porcelain as a material:

when I need to make something I'm often mesmerised or haunted by an idea or by a piece of poetry. A line from poetry, a word sometimes, or a piece of music, or a space that I've been thinking about, a particular place that I want to kind of question by making something for it. So, there are all these different possibilities when I begin. I am grounded in history, the history and culture of the materials I use, this extraordinary two-thousand-year history of porcelain. I don't use this material lightly. It’s not a light material. It's got incredible resonance, incredible power.[20]

Lichtzwang, 2014. Installed in the Theseus Temple, Vienna.
Lichtzwang, 2014. Installed in the Theseus Temple, Vienna.

In 2013 BBC One broadcast an Imagine documentary following de Waal for a year as he prepared for his debut New York exhibition, Atemwende at Gagosian Gallery; titled and inspired by a poetry collection from the German émigré poet Paul Celan.[21][22]

De Waal discussed the influence of music and sound on his art practice in various interviews, including the BBC Radio 3 programme Private Passions,[23] BBC Desert Island Discs[24] and in a 2017 interview, de Waal mentioned, "I am obviously on some spectrum where for me objects do actually have very powerful sound. I do literally hear them when I put them out."[20] In addition, de Waal plays recorded music aloud in his studio while making and assembling his work, that this provides "a landscape for [him] to be in" when working.[25][20] De Waal has collaborated with musicians on various projects, including Psalm, in 2015 by the Scottish composer Martin Suckling with the Aurora Orchestra; and an atmospheric sound piece by Simon Fisher Turner as a part of the 2017 Schindler House exhibition.[26][27]

on the properties of fire, 2012. Installed at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.
on the properties of fire, 2012. Installed at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.

De Waal has exhibited major installations at Chatsworth, Kettle's Yard, Tate Britain, Fitzwilliam Museum, Southwark Cathedral, Kunsthistorisches Museum (including a commission for the Theseus Temple in the Volksgarten, Vienna), and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

In 2012 he received his first outdoor public art commission, for the Alison Richard Building at the Sidgwick Site of the University of Cambridge, where he created A Local History, consisting of three vitrines filled with porcelain to sit beneath the pavement surrounding the building.[28]  In 2015 de Waal curated the exhibition White in the Royal Academy of Arts Library and Print Room. The "project ... sets objects in dialogue with one another and with the spaces around them"[29] and included works by Ai Weiwei, Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist Teapot and J. M. W. Turner's porcelain palette. In September 2016 de Waal collaborated with the artist Ai Weiwei to co-curate an exhibition, Kneaded Knowledge: The Language of Ceramics at the National Gallery in Prague and Kunsthaus Graz exploring the history of clay. The exhibition featured works by both artists and from other prominent artists working in ceramics, including Pablo Picasso, Lucio Fontana, Isamu Noguchi, Lucie Rie and Peter Voulkos.[30]

Since 2016 de Waal has continued his interest in working with arts and cultural institutions in installing his work in relationship and dialogue with existing museum collections such as the Frick Collection, historical architectural spaces such as Schindler House and the Ateneo Veneto; and engagement with Jewish museums in both Venice and Vienna.[31][32] De Waal make his Royal Ballet debut in the 201718 Season designing Wayne McGregor’s new ballet, Yugen, at the Royal Opera House. Set to The Chichester Psalms, the production formed part of a programme celebrating the centenary of Leonard Bernstein's birth.[33][34][35]

De Waal is a patron of Paintings in Hospitals, a charity providing art for health and social care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,[36] and from 2015 to 2020 de Waal was a trustee of the National Saturday Club, an educational charity for young people.[37] In 2018, de Waal was re-appointed to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee for another term of five years.[38] From 2004 to 2011, de Waal was professor of Ceramics at the University of Westminster; and a trustee of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London from 2011 to 2019.[7][39][40] De Waal has been a trustee of the Gilbert Trust since 2013 and in 2020 became a co-opted member of the V&A Museum of Childhood.[41][42]

Writing

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The Hare with Amber Eyes. Netsuke. Masatoshi, Osaka, ca. 1880, signed. Ivory, amber buffalo horn. Former Ephrussi Collection, today descendant Edmund de Waal. Shown at a special exhibition in November 2016 with Edmund de Waal at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
The Hare with Amber Eyes. Netsuke. Masatoshi, Osaka, ca. 1880, signed. Ivory, amber buffalo horn. Former Ephrussi Collection, today descendant Edmund de Waal. Shown at a special exhibition in November 2016 with Edmund de Waal at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

In 1998 De Waal published a monograph on Bernard Leach with research collected while studying in Japan.[43] The book challenges the public understanding of Leach's as the great and original interlocutor for Japan and the East as the 20th century potter who translated the mystery of the East to audiences in the West. De Waal's research into Leach in Japan revealed that he predominantly associated himself with Western educated Japanese people, did not speak Japanese and studied only a narrow range of traditional Japanese ceramics. Due to Leach's status in the West as the "Father of British studio ceramics" and the influence of his Eastern techniques and philosophy, De Waal's views attracted criticism from some of Leach's followers.[44]

In 2010 de Waal's family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes: a Hidden Inheritance, was published, first by Chatto & Windus in the UK and later by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in New York City. The book traces the history of de Waal's Jewish relatives (from his paternal grandmother, Elisabeth), the wealthy and influential Ephrussi family, by telling stories surrounding a collection of 264 Japanese netsuke – miniature ivory and wood sculptures traditionally used as toggles on men's kimono, to attach carrying pouches. The collection of netsuke were originally purchased by Charles Ephrussi in Paris in the 1870s, and were handed down through the generations and eventually given to de Waal by his great-uncle Ignace "Iggie" Ephrussi, who settled in Tokyo after the Second World War.[45] The book received critical acclaim, and brought de Waal the Costa Book Award for biography in 2010, as well as the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Book Award[46] and the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize.[45] It has sold over a million copies and has been published in more than 25 languages.[47]

The Ephrussis. Travel in Time, an exhibition surrounding the story of the Ephrussi family told by de Waal in his family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes, tracing their history from Odessa to Paris and Vienna; then to their migration as refugees as the Second World War forced them to seek asylum in the United Kingdom, the US and Mexico, and onto Japan and other countries, opened at the Jewish Museum Vienna in November 2019.[48][49]

De Waal's second book, The White Road, was published by Chatto & Windus in 2015 and was aired on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. It follows de Waal's journey to discover the history of porcelain, from porcelain first made in the hills of Jingdezhen in China to the first makers of English porcelain, William Cookworthy and Josiah Wedgwood; and the development of porcelain manufacture in Dresden in the early 18th century during the reign of Augustus the Strong, ruler of Saxony, by Johann Friedrich Böttger and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and later in Nazi Germany the porcelain manufacture Allach, a project by Heinrich Himmler, run by the SS with forced labor provided by the Dachau concentration camp.[5]

De Waal's third book, Letters to Camondo, was published by Chatto & Windus in May 2021.

Major exhibitions and installations

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Awards and honours

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De Waal was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2011[103][7] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours,[104] both for services to the arts.

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Letters to Camondo London: Chatto & Windus. 2021. ISBN 9781784744311
  • The White Road. London / New York: Chatto & Windus / Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2015. ISBN 978-0-701187705
  • Edmund de Waal. London: Phaidon Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0-714867038
  • The Pot Book. with Claudia Clare: London: Phaidon Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-714847993
  • The Hare with Amber Eyes: a hidden inheritance. London / New York: Chatto & Windus / Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2010. ISBN 978-0099539551
  • Rethinking Bernard Leach: Studio Pottery and Contemporary Ceramics, with Kenji Kaneko. Kyoto: Shibunkaku Publishing. 2007.[105] ISBN 9784784213597
  • 20th Century Ceramics. London: Thames and Hudson. 2003. ISBN 978-0-500203712
  • Design Sourcebook: Ceramics. London: New Holland Publishers. 1999. ISBN 9781780091334
  • Bernard Leach. London: Tate Publishing. 1998.[106] ISBN 978-1-849760430

Catalogues

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  • elective affinities. New York, USA. The Frick Collection. 2019. ISBN 9780912114774
  • breath. Madrid, Spain. Ivorypress. 2019.[107]
  • wavespeech. Bath, UK: Wunderkammer Press. 2018. ISBN 978-0-9935511-1-6
  • Edmund de Waal / Morandi. Stockholm, Sweden: Artipelag. 2017. ISBN 978-91-980428-9-4
  • Kneaded Knowledge. Cologne, Austria: Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz. 2016. ISBN 978-3-96098-031-5
  • During the Night. Vienna, Austria: Kunsthistorisches Museum. 2016. ISBN 978-3-99020-122-0
  • Irrkunst. Berlin, Germany: Galerie Max Hetzler. 2016. ISBN 978-3-935567-88-6
  • ten thousand things. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery. 2016. ISBN 978-0-8478-4926-0[108]
  • atmosphere. Margate, UK: Turner Contemporary. 2014. ISBN 978-1938748011
  • Atemwende. New York: Gagosian Gallery. 2013. ISBN 978-1935263852
  • a thousand hours. London: Alan Cristea Gallery. 2012.
  • Edmund de Waal at Waddesdon Manor. Buckinghamshire: Waddesdon. 2012.
  • From Zero. London: Alan Cristea Gallery. 2010.
  • Signs & Wonders. London: Victoria & Albert Museum. 2009.
  • Edmund de Waal at Kettle's Yard, MIMA and elsewhere. Cambridge / Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough: Kettle’s Yard. 2007.
  • Arcanum: mapping 18th-century European porcelain. Cardiff: National Museums and Galleries of Wales. 2005.
  • Edmund de Waal: A line around a shadow. Bowness-on-Windemere: Blackwell House: The Arts & Crafts House. 2005.
  • A Secret History of Clay: From Gauguin to Gormley. Liverpool: Tate. 2004.
  • Modern Home. Dartington Hall, Devon: High Cross House. 1999.[106]

Television appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "By Design: Edmund de Waal". soane.org. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d de Waal, Edmund.The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance. Vintage, 2011, p. 1-4. ISBN 978-0-09-953955-1.
  3. ^ a b Brown, Mark; correspondent, arts (4 January 2011). "Edmund de Waal leads Costa book awards finalists". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Edmund de Waal". Windham Campbell Prizes. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d de Waal, Edmund (2016). The White Road. London, United Kingdom: Vintage. pp. 94–6. ISBN 9780099575986.
  6. ^ "Profile – Resources". Edmund de Waal. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Edmund De Waal | Artists | Collection | British Council − Visual Arts". visualarts.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  8. ^ "'My Name is Leon' by Kit de Waal: Tears, snot, laughter and race riots". The Irish Times.
  9. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Edmund de Waal; Winner of Young Musician; Hypnotic Brass Ensemble". BBC. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Why craft is central - Crafts Council". craftscouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Transcript of the John Tusa interview with Edmund de Waal". BBC Radio 3. bbc.co.uk. 25 July 2005. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2017. Link for recording (available only in UK?).
  12. ^ "Edmund de Waal's Million Little Pieces". Departures. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  13. ^ Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 54, 2003.
  14. ^ a b c Paul Laity (12 February 2011). "Edmund de Waal: A life in arts". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae for THINK TANK". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  16. ^ de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes (2011), p. 3.
  17. ^ a b "edmund de waal November 1995". egg trading. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  18. ^ Twentieth Century Ceramics, London, Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  19. ^ 'breath', an artist's book by Edmund de Waal published by Ivorypress, archived from the original on 12 December 2021, retrieved 18 September 2019
  20. ^ a b c Edmund de Waal – interview for Artipelag, archived from the original on 12 December 2021, retrieved 18 September 2019
  21. ^ Crace, John (6 November 2013). "Imagine – Edmund De Waal: Make Pots or Die; Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners – TV review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  22. ^ "BBC One - imagine..., Winter 2013, Edmund de Waal: Make Pots or Die". BBC. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  23. ^ "BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Edmund de Waal". BBC. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  24. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Edmund de Waal". BBC. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  25. ^ "Edmund de Waal's Muse Music | Design | Agenda". Phaidon. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  26. ^ "Composition / Audio". Martin Suckling – Composer. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  27. ^ "In Conversation: Edmund de Waal and Simon Fisher Turner: Tapping the World". Gagosian Quarterly. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  28. ^ De Waal, Edmund "A Local History" Archived 11 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. CRASSH, July 2015.
  29. ^ "white | Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts". royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  30. ^ "Kneaded Knowledge. The Language of Ceramics". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  31. ^ "Psalm by Edmund de Waal". Museo Ebraico di Venezia. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  32. ^ "The Ephrussis. Travel in Time | Jüdisches Museum Wien". jmw.at. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  33. ^ "Yugen – Making". Edmund de Waal. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  34. ^ Magazine, Wallpaper* (22 March 2018). "Edmund de Waal on creating an elemental language of movement for Wayne McGregor". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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  36. ^ "Our Patrons". Paintings in Hospitals. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  37. ^ "People". National Saturday Club. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  38. ^ "Edmund de Waal OBE reappointed to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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  44. ^ de Waal, Edmund (1997). "Homo Orientalis: Bernard Leach and the Image of the Japanese Craftsman". Journal of Design History. 10 (4): 355–362. doi:10.1093/jdh/10.4.355. ISSN 0952-4649. JSTOR 1316207.
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  46. ^ Agency, The Reading. "The Reading Agency | Adults | Galaxy National Book Awards". readingagency.org.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  47. ^ Editor, Richard Brooks, Arts (25 January 2015). "They are my fortune. I hate them". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 18 September 2019. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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