Winner of the Christie’s Drawing Award 2026, Royal Drawing School Alumna Zoë Andrews, presents a solo exhibition of ceramics, inspired by the 'Homeric Hymn to Demeter', exploring loss and renewal through processes of material transformation, on view at Christie’s London 13–17 April.

Inspired by the Greek and Roman collections at the British Museum, alongside digital archives from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Andrews revisits the allegoric myth of Demeter and Persephone. The enduring themes of seasonal rhythms and humanity’s experience of loss are reimagined through an exploration of drawing in ceramics.

Working with paper ash and copper, Andrews embraces chance and transformation in her process. Earlier drawings are torn and shredded to make paper clay or burnt to develop glaze. Porcelain is formed so thin that drawings migrate from the outside in, making translucency and light integral to the work.

The exhibition traces how this myth travels from antiquity to the present, with fragments acting as custodians of time. As Andrews reflects, ‘Slow and ever evolving, ceramics remain a technology that quietly witnesses a world unmoored.’