Lisa Ringwood, a native of Durban, has honed her ceramics craft through the intricate techniques of hand-building and slab moulding, embellished with scraffito using coloured slips, oxides, and underglaze colours. After years of experimentation, including a focus on wheelwork and tin-glazed earthenware, Lisa has emerged with a unique artistic identity.

Drawing inspiration from her daily life in a small coastal town surrounded by sandstone mountains and the icy Atlantic ocean’s kelp forests. Her vessels feature intricate depictions of the local landscape, birds, baboons and indigenous plants, always aware of the fragile interaction between nature and human encroachment and the loss of biodiversity.

Every piece reflects Lisa's patient observation and care, deliberately avoiding symmetry and commercial conformity to impart a unique personality to each creation. Her craft, art, and life merge into each other and are inspired by one another.

“When I work with clay I am reminded of the rich history and tradition that has gone before me. I delight in taking this history, bringing it into the present and combining it with the serene and whimsical moments that I observe on my daily excursions into nature. Nature inspires me I am enthralled by the beauty around me, whether it’s walking in the mountains, or on a surfboard in the ocean. My work represents my intimate engagement with this world. I build my pieces by hand, coiling and pinching the clay as well as using slab moulds for the plates and platters. Hand building, I think adds charm to the work and gives each piece its own unique character. I love bold and unexpected colour combinations which bring vitality to a vessel…” - Lisa Ringwood

Captivated by clay since her first pottery lesson at age 7, Ringwood studied Ceramics, History of Art and Archaeology at Durban Technikon and the University of Cape Town. Her work is in private collections in South Africa and around the world. Ringwood now works from her studio in Kommetjie, South Africa.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
‘The Point’, EBONY/CURATED, Franschhoek, South Africa

2017
‘A Constant Benediction’, Circa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2016
‘A Ramble of Plates’, EBONY/CURATED, Franschhoek, South Africa

2015
‘Whilst Out Walking’, Knysna Fine Art Gallery, Knysna, South Africa

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
EXPO Chicago, EBONY/CURATED, Chicago, United States of America
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa

2024
'A Very Loop Street Summer III', EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
Annual Sculpture and Ceramics Exhibition, Kalk Bay Modern, Kalk Bay, South Africa
Out of the box selection, Everard Read x Artsy (Online Edition)
'Compressing Materiality', EBONY/CURATED, Franschhoek, South Africa
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa

2023
'AKAA (Also Known As Africa), EBONY/CURATED, Paris, France
‘Ceramics Invitational; Shaping the future of Contemporary Ceramics in South Africa’, FADA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2022
‘Voorkamer Stilte’, Chandler House, Cape Town, South Africa

2021
‘Bud’, RK Contemporary Gallery, Riebeeck Kasteel, South Africa ‘Voorkamer’, Chandler House, Cape Town, South Africa

2020
‘Re-imagining Clay in South Africa in the 21st Century', EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
Kommetjie Open Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
‘Vessel’, RK Contemporary Gallery, Riebeeck Kasteel, South Africa

2019
Kommetjie Open Studios, Cape Town, South Africa

2018
‘Wandering/Wondering’, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa Lutge Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Annual Sculpture and Ceramics Exhibition, Kalk Bay Modern, Kalk Bay, South Africa

2017
Annual Sculpture and Ceramics Exhibition, Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town, South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal Regional Exhibition, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2016
‘A sense of…’, La Motte, Franschhoek, South Africa

2015
‘Fragile Fynbos’, La Motte, Franschhoek, South Africa
Art in Clay Exhibition Festival, EBONY/CURATED, Franschhoek, South Africa
‘Mercurial Cats’, Lutge Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2014
Art in Clay Exhibition Festival, EBONY/CURATED, Franschhoek, South Africa
‘4 Women 4 Journeys in Clay’, Irma Stern Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2013
‘Ceramics for the Table’, Lutge Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2012
Annual Sculpture and Ceramics Exhibition, Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town, South Africa

2011
'Three Women', Kim Sacks Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2010
Wordfees, Stellenbosch, Cape Town