Ardmore is a world-renowned ceramic studio based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Described by Christies of London as a ‘modern day collectable’, Ardmore Ceramic Art is found in private art and ceramic collections around the globe.

Fee Halsted and Bonnie Ntshalintshali founded Ardmore in 1985 in the Champagne Valley, under the shadow of the Drakensberg Mountains. They jointly won the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award in 1990 and Bonnie Ntshalintshali exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1993. Since then Ardmore has exhibited in London, New York, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Kuala Lumpur and Stuttgart.

There seems no limit to the ability of Ardmore’s artists to sculpt clay or paint in a kaleidoscope of colors that conventionally would never be juxtaposed. They draw on great resources of creativity that both surprise and delight viewers who often share a chuckle in appreciation of the humor depicted in their work.

Whether the artists draw from the natural world or Zulu folklore or use the self-confidence gained by their exposure to an admiring audience, their artistry is continually being raised to higher levels and has earned a description of `fine art’.

Through their ceramic work, Ardmore ‘s Zulu artists sense of rhythm, color, dance and song, as well as the spirit of the African imagination, is exerting its influence on the other continents of the world.