Ceramics Jenny Orchard Artworks

Group exhibition 2018.

Ceramics jenny orchard artworks.

Posted on 13th february 2012 by admin. Amy jenny orchard third eye minus two 2008 grafton regional gallery collection to look at jenny orchards clay art is to traverse a world of unbridled imagination populated with adorably mutated sculpture figures which are a zany fusion of animal botanical and human configurations. Objects of whimsy and intrigue. See more ideas about jenny orchard ceramics.

To look at jenny orchards clay art is to traverse a. According to curator virginia rigney orchard s figure is very evocative of that period in 1987 when the memphis design of italy the whole explosion of colour and contrasting patterns was really influencing ceramic artists designers and craftspeople. Dobell drawing prize 2019 finalists represented artist catherine o donnell and exhibited artists peta minnici alex karaconji jenny orchard jenny orchard all tomorrow s stories 2019 mugged. She has had a career in ceramics sculpture and art making since 1980.

Orchard has been an important influence in contemporary ceramic art practice for the past 40 years continuing the long tradition of ceramic sculpture in australian art exemplified by artists such as john perceval and arthur boyd. With a continuous exhibiting timeline from the post modern to the present day post natural she continues to explore a personal cosmology of contemporary and historical diversity and belief. Her commissions include ceramic murals for the sheraton international hotel arlington virginia usa 1987 ceramic fish for vatuele resort fiji 1990 a 6 metre tall public sculpture in pressed metal in paddington sydney 2000 2001. In 2002 her work was acquired by the schubert international ceramic award gold coast queensland.

Jenny orchard won the invitation only biennial prize for her ceramic sculpture. Interpreting cultural sources jenny orchard. Ceramic totems posted on january 16 2013 by claire b jenny s website explains her zookinii s and plantanimals very well.