Ranti Bam

Ranti Bam (born 1982) is a British-Nigerian artist from London and Lagos known for her colourful and sculptural ceramics works made with a variety of clay techniques.

Early life and education Ranti Bam was born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in London. She received an MA at the School of Art, Architecture and Design in London (formerly The Cass), traveled widely, and lived in Greece. Later, she studied ceramics at City Lit, London.

Career After completing her Fine and Applied Arts course in ceramics at City Lit, Bam has exhibited her work in group and solo exhibitions in Europe, North America, and Africa.

In 2017, the director of the London gallery 50 Golborne, Pascale Revert, invited Bam to exhibit her ceramics at the U.K. Crafts Council's annual Collect exhibition for the first time; her work was so successful there it was exhibited at Collect for three years in a row. In 2018, she participated in curator Bisi Silva's group show The Gallery of Small Things in Senegal.