Kristin Burgham - 29 Jul - 15 Aug 2026

Kristin Burgham

IMPRINT

29 July - 15 Aug 2026

Exhibition opening with the Artist

to be launched by

Simon Cooper

Deputy Director

National Art School

Saturday 1 Aug 2026

2.30 - 4.30 pm

Kristin Burgham

Artist in Conversation

with

Jack Howard

Writer

Saturday 15 Aug 2026

2.30 - 4.30 pm

Kristin Burgham

I am interested in the emotional value we imprint on our objects, and the way they move in and out of our lives. Once cherished but now discarded, these pieces are all around us. Using found objects I make plaster moulds by tracing the maker’s seams. The result is an empty mould imprinted with voids, scars and junctions and acting as a death mask. The absence of material initiates a new narrative. Using porcelain clay imbued with colour, a narrative landscape evolves. Porcelain clay holds memory. The works exit as testament to makers who have gone before.

Kristin Burgham is an artist working with industrial ceramic production processes and found objects. Her constructed ceramic assemblages reveal the legacy of unknown makers. Her works reveal process, practice and production by tracing making lines to expose the act of production and make the invisible visible. She explores the notion of time and the trajectory of skills. Her process starts with complex mould making and results in constructed porcelain clay imbued with colour and memory. Burgham has a studio in South Melbourne,Victoria. Her works are held in the public collections of the NGV, Ballarat Art Gallery, Shepparton Art Museum and Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. 

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