LAMB Gallery presents The Opening of a Crisp Packet – A Show about Storytelling, an installation of new ceramic works by Alma Berrow (b. 1992, United Kingdom).

For her third solo presentation with the gallery, Berrow begins with a familiar vision: friends, old and new, glasses raised, stories exchanged, crisps shared. The crinkling foil, spread flat on the table, signals all hands to reach and partake in an unspoken ritual of togetherness. From this everyday gesture, the artist’s initial invitation unfolds into a more lavish offering: a journey through mythical spaces, first greeted by ancient wells brimming with water before moving through to a feast at the heart of the exhibition. A table set for one, yet speaking to many, Berrow shares her tale in the tradition of storytelling, often amid gatherings, maybe accompanied by the rustling of a freshly opened crisp packet.

Alma Berrow (b. 1992, United Kingdom) creates works often inspired by intimate day-to-day experiences from her formative years. Her nostalgic and sometimes uncanny artistic vocabulary is inextricably linked to personal memory. Berrow’s practice re-investigates the genre of still life through the portrayal of contemporary taboos and zeitgeists revealed by the ubiquitous pocket litter left behind. Berrow succeeds in her ability to transform ordinary objects into art pieces that are both humorous and other-worldly beautiful. Berrow lives and works in London, previously attending Falmouth University for Art and Textiles. It was over her first lockdown, due to Covid-19, that she began to explore ceramics as her primary medium. Since then, Berrow has participated in a number of solo and group shows, including “Seeing Red” Philips, London (2024); “Echo” LAMB, London (2023); “Smooth Sailing” Sapling, London (2023); “From Dust you came and to Dust you shall return” Galería Hilario Galguera, Mexico City (2022); No More Than Five, LAMB, London (2022) In 2021, Berrow was part of Sotheby’s (Women) Artists auction, with her work presented alongside works by Lavinia Fontana, Dorothea Tanning, Cindy Sherman and Helen Frankenthaler.