Mo Abbaro

Mo Abbaro

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Sudan
Name wey dem give am	Mohamed
Ein date of birth	17 October 1933
Place dem born am	Abu Jibeha
Date wey edie	12 March 2016
Place wey edie	London
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	English, Arabic
Ein occupation	artist, ceramicist, potter
Educate for	College of Fine and Applied Art (Khartoum), Central School of Art and Design

Mo Abbaro (17 October 1933 – 12 March 2016), dem sanso know am professionally as Mo Abdalla anaa Mohammed Ahmed Abdalla Abbaro, na he be a London-based Sudanese ceramicist den potter, wey na artist Oliver Bloom describe am as "one of the world's finest ceramicists".

Life den career

Na dem born Mohammed Ahmed Abdalla Abbaro insyd Abu Jibayha, Sudan. He graduate insyd Fine den Applied Arts from Khartoum Technical Institute insyd 1958, de following year winning a scholarship to London to study ceramics at de Central School of Arts den Crafts. Na he do postgraduate studies insyd industrial pottery design at de North Staffordshire College of Ceramics, after wey he had a period of training insyd chemical analyses of ceramics materials at de North Staffs College of Ceramics Technology. Na he go back to Sudan to teach ceramics for some years, but decided to return to England insyd 1966 to pursue ein career insyd Britain.

He taught ceramics at de Camden Arts Centre for more than two decades, den had many exhibitions insyd London—wey include at de Barbican Centre, de Whitechapel Gallery (as part of Africa '95), de Mall Galleries, den de Iraqi Cultural Centre—den elsewhere insyd de UK, as well as insyd de US den Sweden. Ein studio den showroom were insyd King Henry's Road, close to Primrose Hill.

He turned to writing insyd later life, wey publish works on ceramic technique, such as Modern Ceramics—On de Interplay of Forms den Surfaces (2000), as well as on ein own family history, wey include De History of de Abbaros of Sudan since de 15th Century (1997).

Ein ceramics be insyd de collections of London's British Museum, de Institut du Monde Arabe insyd Paris, den de Smithsonian Museum, Washington. Na ein work be shown insyd Frederique Cifuentes's 2017 exhibition Sudan: Emergence of Singularities at de P21 Gallery, London.

Family

Na he be married to Rose (née Glennie), since 1964, daughter of composer Elisabeth Lutyens den granddaughter of Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Abbaro died aged 80 insyd London on 12 March 2016, survived by ein wife den their son den two daughters.

See sana

• Visual arts of Sudan