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Baney Clay - clay from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, named by Bisila after the village there where her father was born.
From left to right:
Baney B54 (2025) £200
90% White stoneware + 10% Baney Clay, H. 9.5 x ⌀ 7.5 cmBaney B55 (2025) £270
50% White stoneware + 50% Baney Clay, H. 9.5 x ⌀ 8.5 cmBaney B56 (2025) £200
75% White stoneware + 25% Baney Clay, H. 7.5 x ⌀ 7.3 cm
Baney B57 (2025) £270
25% White stoneware + 75% Baney Clay, H. 7 x ⌀ 6 cm
From the series 'The Vessels':
“Research – by way of travelling to pottery communities mainly in West Africa – has become an integral part of my practice. As a woman, an Afropean and a maker, I consider it paramount to learn from those whose hands carry centuries of knowledge and tradition. It allows me to remain grounded, as well as part of this millenia-old matrilineal heritage."
“An homage to the women I have learnt from through my travels, to my dual heritage, and to all the other cultures I keep connecting and falling in love with, brought together through a selection of clays – notably the Baney Clay (Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea) and a blend of soils from Ikise and Ìgànrán (Yorubaland, Nigeria)."
About the Artist
Bisila Noha is a Spanish-Equatoguinean London-based artist, researcher and writer. With her work she aims to challenge Western views on art and craft; to question what we understand as productive and worthy in capitalist societies; and to reflect upon the idea of home and oneness pulling from personal experiences in different pottery communities.
She is a storyteller with a particular interest in the contributions of women of colour to the history of art and craft. As such, her words are a bridge bringing the past - the forgotten, the ignored, the belittled - to the present; to us. Her practice extends from material investigations into the vessel that bring alive clay’s history; to sculptures using a range of materials which connect her to her roots, the makers that precede her and our shared past and humanity.
With a background in Translation and International Relations, she is a passionate feminist activist. She leads the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre; co-directs the arts and activism organisation Sheroes Collective; and also is a Trustee at Women in Tri UK, a charity breaking down barriers and empowering women in triathlon.
Bisila ’s work has been featured in many publications including the Financial Times and the New York Times. Notable exhibitions include the landmark exhibition ‘Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics and Contemporary Art’ at Two Temple Place, London (2022), York Art Gallery (2022) and the Ford Foundation Gallery, New York (2025). This presented the work of Ladi Kwali, Magdalene Odundo and Bisila Noha, three generations of Black women artists working with clay along with international contemporary artists Vivian Chinasa Ezhuga, Jade Montserrat, Julia Phillips, Phoebe Collings-James and Shawanda Corbett, to 'celebrate surprising new ways of exploring one of the world’s oldest artform.'
Her work can be found in many public and private collections including the V&A, the Crafts Council UK, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Ulster Museum, Belfast and High Museum, Atlanta.
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