Vicki Grima

My work is inspired by the coastal landscapes I visit regularly and which I records by taking endless photos. The rock platforms and eroded cliffs, along with collected shells, sea-worn sticks and broken coral provide endless possibilities, both visually and as tools to impress into my pinched forms. My process starts with a single ball of clay which is slowly pinched in a spiral movement, from bottom to top, several times. This meditative practice allows me to sense the thickness of the walls, exploring both its strength and its fragility. Made with either translucent porcelain or stoneware (to be woodfired), my work spans functional, sculptural and decorative realms.

CURRENT
Studio Artist: 1988 – current
Foundation (Governor), Art Gallery of NSW, Vicki Grima Ceramics Fund, 2019 – current

AWARDS
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), 11 June 2018
Australian Design Honours, Australian Design Centre, 9 October 2017

IMMEDIATE PAST
Executive Officer, The Australian Ceramics Association, 2006 – 10 February 2023
Editor, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, 2006 – 2022 (Vol 61 No 3, November 2022)
Director, Australian Ceramics Triennale: 2016 – 7 February 2023
Chair, The Australian Ceramics Triennale Tasmania 2019: October 2018 – August 2019

In my position as Executive Officer of The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA) and Editor of The Journal of Australian Ceramics (JAC) I was in daily contact with the ceramics community nationally and internationally. My focus was to represent the diversity of ceramics practice in Australia through the Journal and offer support to the sector via TACA’s membership services. In this rapidly changing digital world the challenge is to maintain relevance to the new ways of working, whilst also honouring the rich history of ceramics practice in Australia; www.australianceramics.com.

OTHER
2023 Industry Reviewer VACS Funding, Australia Council for the Arts
2022 Judge: Gosford Art Prize
2022, 2021 Judge: National Emerging Art Prize
2014 Curator, Back to the Table, September 2014, Sturt Gallery, NSW
2013 Event Director/Manager, Clay Push Gulgong 2013
2011 Curator: Time & Place: Australian Studio Ceramics, 2010/2011, Cudgegong Gallery NSW

Country: Private Address

Artist Category: Ceramic Artists

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