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Plaster and clay
H. 16 x W. 8 x D. 10 cm
From the series 'Liberations':
“Breaking away from that which shaped us,
that which brought us joy, that which hurt us.
Defining something we think as new, albeit a trace of what once was.
The lived, the embodied, the heard and seen. The ever-evolving ‘I’.”
Possibly my most experimental work yet, Liberations is a collection that aims at challenging the hierarchies between plaster and clay. At times at odds with each other, these two materials are nevertheless often tethered to each other, as one enables the other, as they create one another.
As always, I bring the personal realm into the material. This time to make us reflect upon the ongoing painful process of personal growth and discovery of our true selves.
“As we hatch, we break the shell and leave a mark on the others.
As we hatch, we break free yet unconsciously continuously tethered.”
Bisila Noha 2026
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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