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These works form part of an ongoing exploration into the concept of journey, thinking about how we protect and preserve what is important to us? These objects are metaphors for the journey we all undertake. The ritualistic layers of wrapping create a protective space, a place that holds and shields. A void lies within these vessels, what was there has moved on, still forms reflecting what was and contemplation of what is to come. An immeasurable space between two things as they transition into and between one to the other.
Kris Coad is a ceramic artist living and working in Naarm (Melbourne) Australia. She has been a practicing artist for over 30 years, dividing her time between her studio and her work as an educator. Kris alternates exhibition work with large and small-scale ceramic commissions, both within Australia and internationally. She also produces a translucent porcelain tableware range for selected retail outlets, and custom designs for haute cuisine restaurants.
Kris has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions including the Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Korean Ceramic Biennale, Dianne Tanzer Gallery Melbourne, Manly Museum and Art Gallery Sydney, Woollahra Small Sculpture. Commissions include the Paris Peninsula, the Municipal Offices of the Greater City of Dandenong and the Beson office CBD Melbourne. Her work has been acquired for public and private collections, including Icheon World Ceramic Centre Korea, Mino Ceramic Museum Japan Parliament House Canberra, Shepparton Art Gallery, Manly Museum & Art Gallery. Kris’s work has featured in many magazines, journals and custom books including World Sculpture News, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vogue Living and Ceramics Art and Perception International.