Mohammed Ahmed Abdalla Abbaro is a ceramicist who was raised in the Nuba mountains of Sudan, when it was still a British colony.
Abbaro was determined to pursue education, becoming the first in his immediate family to learn English. He studied at the Khartoum College of Fine and Applied Arts, before winning a scholarship to the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. He was considered as one of the most experimental ceramicists, and through pioneering firing and glazing techniques, his work was noted for its innovative surfaces.
Abbaro was also highly regarded as a tutor of the next generation of ceramicists, through his teaching post at the Camden Arts Centre (1966-1990), where he held the role of head of ceramics for over two decades.
