ASTRID SALOMON
There are different series I approach with my ceramic practice, always exploring a new angle as I like to create by slowly shaping around an emotion, character or story. Sometimes it can be just a feeling that persists and then manifests into the material, guiding me with depth and range, connecting to the various stages of the human condition. Everything is hand-built, either by coiling or slab building. Always encouraging the unique voice of a piece. I approach my work in a conversation with the material, searching for the contradictions of our nature, the raw and the refined, the line and the curve, the taking up space, the quiet appearing of a manifestation.
“For me, my pieces are full of character, I like to allow each one’s individual expression. ”
With a deep passion for ceramics, my background in Visual Art has a big influence on my current practice, which I started by setting up my own studio in 2020, developing glazes and firing all of my work in my kiln.
VITAE
1978 born in Germany
2001-2013 working as Fashion Photographer
2013-present working as Director for Commercials/ShortFilms/Music Videos
2018 moved to Melbourne, Australia
2020 started ceramics studio ‘Bastard Ceramics’
EXHIBITIONS
2021 - Finalist National Emerging Artist Prize, Michael Reid, Sydney
2022 - ‘Offerings, for if time stands still’ exhibition, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
2022 - ‘It’s not just blue’ group show, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2023 - Winner - CAQ Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence, Brisbane
2023 - ‘Interconnected’ group show, PS Art Space, Perth
2024 - ‘OASIS’ group show, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
2024 - Finalist Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Gallery Redleaf, Sydney
2025 - ‘EYE FOR AN EYE’ duo show, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
