About
Mathew Paul Jinks is a Brighton-based potter and artist whose practice is rooted in a long engagement with making, materials, and craft.
Trained in Fine Art Photography at The Glasgow School of Art and holding an MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago, his background in fine art has always been anchored in a deep curiosity about how things are made and what they communicate as objects in the world.
After years working as an artist and educator in Chicago — including teaching positions at The Art Institute of Chicago and DePaul College of Digital Media — Mathew moved to New York, where he worked in media production at Comedy Central. It was during this period that he began throwing pots, taking his first wheel throwing classes at Greenwich House Pottery in the city.
What started as a counterpoint to screen-based work quickly became central to his practice — a return to the material, the process, and a respect for the ceremony of everyday objects.
He established his first pottery studio in Carbondale, Colorado in 2017, before returning to the UK and opening his current studio at YoYo Yards in Brighton in 2024. His ceramic work carries the sensibility of someone trained in fine art: attentive to form, surface, and the quiet presence pottery can hold.
Alongside his studio practice, Mathew teaches wheel throwing classes and runs community outreach sessions. Informed by volunteering as a Samaritan and the journey he is undertaking to train in counselling, Jinks Pottery School is committed both to instilling strong, practical wheel throwing technique, while also enabling more people to access the mental health benefits that working in a flow state with clay can bring.
Experience & Education
2026
Founded Jinks Pottery School
2025
Set up new Brighton studio.
Reached final stage of Great Pottery Throwdown selection
2023
London College of Fashion: Studio Photography Technician
2023
Tate London: Senior Conservator Time Based Media
2019
Teacher/Curator/Installations for Artbase Colorado
2017
Set up Colorado pottery studio-Carbondale
2016
Attended Greenwich House Pottery New
2011
Adjunct Professor at the Art Institute of Chicago
2005
Fellowship at the University of Illinois MFA 2008
2002
Glasgow School of Art: Fine Art Photography BFA Hons 2005
Exhibitions
2026
Primrose Hill Winter Spring Fair
2025
Towner Gallery Ceramics Fair
2025
Primrose Hill Winter makers fair
2015
New Museum, NY, Fall To Earth performance
2014
Museum Of Contemoporary Art Chicago, performance
2013
Threewalls Gallery Solo Show, Video Installation
2010
The Comfort Station, Chicago, Performance
2009
Art Chicago, NEXT Art Fair, Video Installation
2009
Gallery 400, At The Edge, Solo Show, Video Installation
2009
Green Lantern Gallery, Chicago, Solo Show, Video Installation
