These images are from the recent Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award 2015. A fantastically diverse and excellent exhibition. Congratulations to the award winners - Dean Smith, Kate Jones, Prue Venables, Sue Robey and Irianna Kanellopoulou.
Victorian Craft Award, 1-15 August 2015
Victorian Craft Award
I am very honoured to have a work selected for the inaugural Victorian Craft Award, presented by Craft Victoria, held across four locations - Craft, fortyfivedownstairs, Sofitel on Collins, 1 Spring Street. It promises to be a BIG event!
Location: Latrobe Ballroom, Sofitel on Collins, 25 Collins Street
Exhibition dates: 1 August - 15 August 2015
Photography Christopher Sanders
Bendigo Art Gallery Acquisition
These two works exhibited in SAM's (Shepparton Art Museum) Showcase in 2014 have been acquired by the Bendigo Art Gallery. Bendigo Art Gallery has a significant collection of contemporary Australian Ceramics, primarily made possible my the generosity of Rod Fyffe and his passion for ceramics. I am very pleased that these two works will be in this collection, as they are two of the first works I had made and exhibited which include glass additions, an area I have been exploring in my work recently. This work and its development was assisted by a 2013 New Work Grant by the Australia Council for the Arts.
INTERPLAY - AESTHETIC CHARM, MATERIAL CHALLENGE, SKEPSI GALLERY
Some images from Skepsi Gallery's recent exhibition INTERPLAY - aesthetic charm, material challenge, at Malvern Artists' Society, 24 April - 10 May. Artists: Tatiana Gvozdetskaya, Irianna Kanellopoulou, Amy Kennedy, Dean Smith, Kenji Uranishi, Janetta Kerr-Grant, Tim Clarkson, Simone Fraser, Diana Williams, Susan Robey.
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
Very excited to share the news that this work, Untitled 2014, was awarded the Lump Sculpture Studio Award at the Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition on Friday 1 May. The exhibition was judged by David Hurlston, Senior Curator Australian Art, NGV. The exhibition runs until 14 June, with 100 sculptures displayed in the shop fronts and on the pavements of Toorak Village.
Thank you to Lump Sculpture Studio for generously sponsoring this award, and to Tracey Cammock for organizing and managing this exhibition. My work can be found in Fells Boutique, 428e Toorak Rd. Thank you to Fells for accommodating my work in their beautiful boutique.
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
1 May - 14 June 2015
Toorak Village, Toorak, Victoria
Exhibition: INTERPLAY - aesthetic charm, material challenge
Skepsi Gallery's Exhibition, INTERPLAY aesthetic charm, material challenge, continues until 10 May 2015. The exhibition showcases the work of 10 contemporary Australian ceramic artists, early to mid career - Tim Clarkson, Irianna Kanellopoulou, Susan Robey, Janetta Kerr-Grant, Simone Fraser, Diana Williams, Kenji Uranishi, Dean Smith, Amy Kennedy and Tatiana Gvozdetskaya. I am very honoured to be a part of this high calibre exhibition!
Artist Talks: Saturday 2 May, 2pm-4pm
Location: Malvern Artists' Society, 1297 High Street, Malvern
Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11am-5.30pm
New images by Christopher Sanders
I recently had a collection of my work photographed by Christopher Sanders. Chris was one of my lecturers at RMIT University and an amazing ceramic artist. His considerable talents have now turned to photography. I wanted to try something new with my images, capturing the underside qualities of the works. These are the results - thank you Chris!
2013 New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
I have officially completed a New Work Grant, thanks to the Australian Council for the Arts. The grant was to develop and create new ceramic works based on research into kiln formed glass techniques. This project has involved independent study, working with a mentor for this project, glass artist Ruth McCallum-Howell, visits to institutions with a focus on glass (historical and contemporary), undertaking an intensive specialized glass workshop, and concentrated studio time to conduct materials testing and development. As a result of this research I was able to develop a new material of sorts, a ceramic/glass hybrid, and create a number of new works using this material.
This is an exciting (and challenging) development for my work that I am continuing to work on, some images of the results to come soon.
This project has been assisted by the Australia Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Ceramic Journals...
In the September/October issue of the UK Journal, Ceramic Review, Inga Walton has written an article about the exhibition A Tribute to Janet Mansfield. This exhibition was curated by Prue Venables and held at Mossgreen earlier this year. It is an honour to have an image of my work included in the article.
In July The Journal of Australian Ceramics released its latest edition, with a focus on emerging artists and writers. It was wonderful to have an image of my work presented in the Gallery Section. I also interviewed emerging ceramic artist, Leah Jackson, for the edition. The interview, titled Late Nights and Dusty Clothes, is accompanied by some great images of Leah's vibrant works.
