ADIL WRITER
CERAMIC ARTIST
PAINTER
ARCHITECT
FEATURED EVENT
Adil Writer is currently living and working in Auroville, where he is a partner at Mandala Pottery which produces functional tableware, assorted ceramic items and architectural ceramic murals & installations.
From his own studio at Mandala, he creates his own line of studio pottery.
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Over the last twenty years of his ceramic practice, post his career as an architect, he has been commissioned & has installed several public art and architectural murals within India and internationally. Several of his works in clay are in corporate, public and private collections in India and internationally.
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CERAMIC SCULPTURE
PORCELAIN
Blue Pottery Trust, Delhi, India
ANIMAL PLANET
Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, India
SENTINELS
The Cube Gallery, Goa, India
CERAMIC SYMPOSIUM
International hub of ceramics, Barcelona, Spain
IN COLLABORATION
Laxma Goud & Adil Writer, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
6x6
Interpreting craft in Gondwana, Civic Library Exhibition Space, Canberra, ACT
SHADES OF GREY
Ceramic and Batik - Ubud, Bali
SECRETS & LIES
Galery Art & Soul, Mumbai
4 CONTINENTS
a group show of 6 ceramic artists from 4 continents - Australia
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PAINTINGS
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PUBLICATIONS
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writer unplugged by Adil Writer
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sentinels - gateways to the past by Chike Deluna
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in collaboration - embracing unpredictability by Aarti Vir
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in collaboration - four hands clasped by Ray Meeker
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clay edge - the red dot by Adil
articles
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breaking clay by LiveMint
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The collaboration of Laxma Goud and Adil Writer by Garland magazine
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Clay Nation: India gets its first ceramics triennale
by THE HINDU
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Jaipur to Host India’s First International Ceramics Event by National Geographic India
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CONTACT
RESIDENCE
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Adil B Writer
Sharnga, Auroville
Tamil Nadu 605101, India
Tel: +91 413-2622724
adil@auroville.org.in
STUDIO
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Mandala Pottery,
Dana, Auroville,
T.N. 605101, India
Tel: +91 413-2622685
mandalapottery@gmail.com
