Amanda BROMFIELD
Sculptor and ceramic artist. Based in Lennox Head, NSW, Australia.
An emerging multi-disciplinary artist who uses consciousness-raising to tell stories.
100 Artworks for a Koala entry: Title: The Party’s Over. Size: H 34 cm x W 16 cm x L 18 cm. Medium / Materials: Ceramic – earthenware. low fired artist-made glazes, under glaze, oxides and slip. Technique: Handmade, coil built, hand glazed and glaze painted, multi-fired.
“This work is about the extinction of the koala. It references the past slaughter of 8 million koalas during the international koala fur trade (1888 – 1927) and, the recent loss of biodiversity including 50,000 koalas in the 2020 bushfires. A woman dressed in a hat and coat trimmed with koala fur and decorated with Eucalyptus punctata flora sips a cocktail complacently. A koala grips her skirt, seeking protection from hunters and climate change. The woman’s complacency epitomises the complacency of Australian society. The cocktail represents our cultural lack of environmental awareness and, action to preserve and protect our native fauna and flora. The Eucalyptus punctata represents the biodiversity lost in the recent bushfires.” Amanda Bromfield
(photo of ceramic by John Stewart)
Artist awards / residency
2021- Hill End Artist Residency, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2020 – Tom Bass Figurative Sculpture Prize
2019 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Center
2018 Winner. Kil.n.it Ceramic Award, National Art School
2018 Finalist. The Lismore Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize
2016 Finalist. The 30th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Awards
2016 Finalist. The North Queensland Ceramic Awards
2014 Winner. Sculpture Award, The Byron Bay Arts Classic, Byron Bay
2013 Finalist. Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Solo exhibitions
2021 The Nun in the Night Gown, Wagga Regional Gallery
2019 Hey, Listen Up, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore
2017 Temple of Fashion, Canberra Potter’s Society, ACT
2017 Who Are You? Byron Shire Council, Mullumbimby NSW
2016 Gone Girl (Installation), Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina
2016 Damn Whores and God’s Police, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore
2016 Bluestocking, Northern Rivers Community Art Gallery, Ballina
Artist group exhibitions
2020 Pots For Potters, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown
2020 Tom Bass Sculpture Prize, Paddington
2020 Clay For Australia, On line Fundraiser Exhibition for Australian
2020 BAM Bushfire Fundraiser Exhibition, Bryron Art Magazine
2019 Fisher’s Ghost Art Awards, Campbelltown Arts Center
2019 Numero Uno, M Arts Precinct Gallery, Murwillumbah
2019 Façade: Art Deco of Murwillumbah, Tweed Regional Gallery
2019 Aviary, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington
2018 Released Class of 2018, MFA Post Graduate Exhibition, National Art School
2018 Birds, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington
2018 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery
2018 YOLKS, The Bearded Tit, Redfern
2017 We’re Closer Than You Think, Art State NSW, Lismore
2016 Gold Coast Potter’s Association Members Exhibition, Southport
2016 Stuck in The Mud, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2016 30th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Awards, HOTA
2016 Contemporary Porcelain, Kerry Lowe Gallery, Newtown
Artist education
Master of Fine Art (MFA, Ceramics), National Art School, Sydney
Post Grad Certificate in Fine Arts, School of Art and Design, ANU, Canberra
Bachelor of Arts in Communication (BA Comm.), University of Canberra, ACT
Bachelor of Arts Diploma of Education (BA Dip Ed), University of NSW, Sydney
Post Graduate Certificate in Visual Arts (Ceramics), Australian National University, Canberra
Artist contact
instagram: @amandabromfieldartist
www.amandabromfield.com
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