To Watch
A conversation with Dr Jareh Das as part of the curation behind ‘Uprooting, Rerooting: Matter and the construction of the self’ at Galerie Revel (October 2022 - January 2023). Filmed by Andy Dunn.
‘An Exploration of History, Heritage and Identity Through Clay’ for Ceramics for Charity international conference
August 2020
‘Baney Clay’ Talk as part of the ‘Gatherers’ Exhibition at Thrown Contemporary
June 2020
Password: Bisila
To Listen to
≍ Working Process
Conversations with Black women working in, with, and around clay about their work and process. I talked about heritage, combining throwing & hand building, translation, movement, research, going inward and more.
Youtube recording also available here.
November 2023
≍ If Not Now Then When podcast
Episode ‘Equality and Diversity Round Table’ with the amazing Nasim Köerting, Head of Design at The Office Group, and Sabine Zetteler, Founder of Zetteler PR.
April 2021
≍ Shoreditch Design Triangle Podcast
Episode ‘Business as (un)Usual’ for London Design Festival 2020.
September 2020
To Read
≍ The Wick Culture
Spotlight artist feature
October 2024
≍ Homes & Gardens
Decorators’ address book: Ceramicists to know
September 2024
≍ YouSwim: Diving in with Bisila Noha
An interview about both my work at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre and my practice.
June 2024
≍ Ceramics Monthly
Cover of the October issue as part of an article about the exhibition Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics and Contemporary Art
October 2023
≍ Elle Decoration
’African spirit’ a Black History Month special featuring designers of African heritage
October 2023
≍ Hole & Corner x Marfa Stance
To time with London Craft Week, Marfa Stance included me to their line-up of ‘Maker Muses’, in partnership with Hole & Corner.
May 2023
Marfa Stance piece available here too.
≍ Enki Magazine
’Bisila Noha unveils first solo exhibition. Storytelling with sculpture’. A piece on ‘Uprooting, Rerooting: Matter and the construction of the self’.
December 2022
≍ Artsy: 10 Women Artists Shattering Expectations of Feminist Art
Charlotte Jansen explores what feminist artist means today featuring ten artists from all over world, including myself.
September 21, 2022
≍ The British Blacklist
An interview about my work and the Body Vessel Clay exhibition
August 12, 2022
≍ The Art Newspaper
I was featured among the ‘five artists to look out for at London's Collect contemporary craft fair’
February 22, 2022
≍ Wallpaper Magazine
‘Body Vessel Clay’ explores the legacy of Black female ceramic artists
February 3rd, 2022
”Through her hand-built ceramic pieces, Noha is directly engaging with the lost histories of pottery by women from the Global South. Her work looks directly at Ladi Kwali and her Ivorian contemporary, Kouame Kakaha, to uncover and situate herself in a lineage of female makers and artists.”
≍ Financial Times
Body Vessel Clay — black female ceramicists across 70 years
Print and online, February 1st, 2022
≍ The Guardian
Throwing muses: the Black female artists who create with clay
Print and online, January 29th, 2022
≍ Evening Standard
Body Vessel Clay at Two Temple Place review: a revelatory show of ceramics by black women
January 28th, 2022
”One of Noha’s sketchbooks is in a nearby display case, with notes on Barbara Hepworth and a list of words – “Vessel, fertility, hips, containers”. Her tiny sculptural sketches, often little more than pinched and pulled porcelain, are a delight.”
≍ Royal Academy Magazine
I wrote about the exhibition Body Vessel Clay for the magazine’s ‘Artists on Art’ issue
Print issue, November 2021
≍ Riposte Magazine
Issue #13, dedicated to the theme of “Care”
Online, October 2021. Print issue, November 2021
≍ OnOffice Magazine
Commissioned piece ‘On Mindful and Mindless Making’
Print issue, Autumn 2021
≍ Elle Decoration UK
Feature on contemplative spaces
Print issue, September 2021
≍ TimeOut
Nine of the best ceramics made in London
July 2021
≍ New York Times Style Magazine
The Black Potters Giving New Life to British Ceramics
Online, March 2021. Print issue, August 2021
≍ Homes & Gardens
’One to Watch’ Interview
Print issue, March 2021. You can read it digitally here.
≍ Artskop3437
An interview about my work for my brand-new client, Artskop3437 - a space dedicated to expression and exchanges, prone to discover a land of innovative creation, where Africa is at the centre of discussions.
≍ House & Garden
News and Views picked by Elizabeth Metalfe
Print issue, December 2020
≍ Evening Standard Magazine
’The Insiders’: How have the brightest new London minds in art, design and architecture found 2020 thus far?
Digital & Print issue, October 16th 2020
≍ Ceramic Review
‘On Clay, Big Questions and Hope’
Reflections on the Baney Clay project in the context of Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Only available in print (Issue 305, September/October 2020)
≍ Elle Decoration UK
Featured on the section ‘Designing an Inclusive Future section’ among the recommendations from Sabine Zetteler and Design Can.
Only available in print (October 2020)
≍ REMI C. T
A conversation with design-led construction development studio REMI C. T about studio spaces in London
July 2020
≍ Land & Water
An interview on my connection to nature and the elements.
July 2020
≍ House and Garden
’5 brilliant creatives and craftspeople to buy from NOW.’
An interview on the impact of Covid-19 on my practise.
June 2020
≍ In Conversation with Bisila Noha
A summary of the online Talk and Q&A I gave in June 2020 as part of the exhibition Gatherers.
≍ Plural Magazine
’On Unity, Humankind and Clay’
Some reflections on feminism, art, pottery and my own identity in the context of the Baney Clay project.
June 2020
≍ Decorating Dissidence
’A Life Journey Through Clay’ piece as part of their Ceramics Issue
June 2020
≍ Clay Craft Magazine
Interview with Thrown Contemporary Gallery Director, Claire Pearce
≍ Emerging Potters Magazine
Interview with Thrown Contemporary Gallery Director, Claire Pearce (page 17)
”Bisila’s marbling is one of the most captivating things I’ve ever seen.”
≍ Country Living
’Modern Rustic’ Print Issue #14 (November 2019)
≍ Create Arts
Artist on the Spotlight Interview
≍ 91 Magazine
Interviewed for their Meet the Maker series.
≍ House of Grey
’Material Values’ photoshoot portraying the importance of material substance and connecting to the positive and healing qualities they possess.
≍ The Guardian Feast Cover Feature
Faux Celadon Marbled Platter used by Yotam Ottolenghi.
≍ Stylist Magazine
An article about alternative creative classes in London, on which I am recommended as a teacher.
≍ honey sandwiches
Article about my work on this inspiring blog sharing with people the writer’s love of art, design, books.
≍ Interview for Secrets of Green
Read on if you want to know more about me, my pots and what inspires me.
≍ Historias de Madrid
A book about special shops, cafes and restaurants in Madrid, on which two of my stockists in Madrid where featured: Bureau Mad and Planthae.
