Maria Gasparian is an award-winning ceramic artist, designer and architect based in London. Originally trained as an architect in Armenia and London, she holds an MA and a PhD in ceramics from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

Maria’s work celebrates the plasticity of clay and by using dynamic forms, texture and colour aims to affect people at an immediate level. Maria won the Unilever Sustain-Ability award and the Mullen Lowe Nova award for innovation in 2016. She was also awarded the Winston Churchill Fellowship to research the global applications of architectural ceramics.

In 2016 Maria founded Maria Gasparian Studio Ltd- a multidisciplinary practice that combines ceramic art, architecture and design. The mission of the studio is to provide multisensory experiences through bespoke tactile and coloured ceramic surfaces, sculptural elements and street furniture contributing to a unique, socially inclusive and vibrant environment and sense of place.