ALICHIA VAN RHIJN
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Alichia van Rhijn is a South-African born Australian artist and a recent graduate of theNational Art School in Sydney. With a background in architecture and design she has a passion for creating sculptural and installation-based objects and forms that examine memory, trace, trauma, experience and loss. Her installations catalogue her experience of displacement through the materials, the oddly comforting forms and the textures of both worked ceramic, metal, felt and wood.
Memory and experience of place and ‘space’ are key elements in van Rhijn’s installations. Unconscious rediscovery of memory and place is explored and distilled into minimalist gestures and forms. Her method of ‘making as thinking’ paired with an experimental approach to process and technology underpins the creation of objects that float between the real and a child-like whimsical world that elicits an urge to interact and play.
Solo shows include; ‘A Sense Of Being’, Gallerysmith (2019); ‘The Middle Distance’, Boom Gallery (2019); ‘My Mother Told Me (Never Wear Pink And Red Together)’, Stockroom Kyneton (2020); ‘Smoke Signals’, Stockroom Kyneton (2021); and ‘Lemon Light’, Sabbia Gallery (2022).
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Stockroom Kyneton, ceramic gallery
08 May / 20 June 2021ALICHIA VAN RHIJN
Smoke SignalsSmoke Signals by Alichia van Rhijn, presents ceramic and bronze works that developed during the Melbourne lockdown of 2020. Anthropomorphic forms investigate phenomenological notions, alluding to personal and shared experience, memory and trauma. Through the use of distilled minimalist forms, symbolic and ritualistic totems are arranged throughout the space, hoping to initiate pause and contemplation.
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Stockroom Kyneton, ceramic gallery
14 March / 05 April 2020ALICHIA VAN RHIJN
My Mother Told Me (Never Wear Pink and Red Together)Memory and experience of place and ‘space’ are key elements in van Rhijn’s installations. Unconscious rediscovery of memory and place is explored and distilled into minimalist gestures and forms. Her method of ‘making as thinking’ paired with an experimental approach to process and technology underpins the creation of objects that float between the real and a child-like whimsical world that elicits an urge to interact and play.
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Why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk, 2023
glazed earthenware
27 x 20 x 17 cm
$ 1,400
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