Robin Gibson Gallery

modern + contemporary

David Pottinger

solo exhibition
10 – 31 August 2024
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David Pottinger

Nerikomi Porcelain Vessles

David Pottinger
Nerikomi Vessels

My work is an exploration of form through the interplay of colour, tension, rhythm and pattern in porcelain, utilising the ancient technique of Nerikomi. In my practice, I seek to distil form and technique to express the elemental nature of the medium of porcelain itself; malleable, tough, practical and lyrical, it operates at the intersection of craft, nature and art.
‘Nerikomi’ (or ‘Neriage’) is a traditional Japanese decorative technique that involves the layering and stacking of coloured clay bodies (porcelain), and then cutting or slicing through the clay to reveal delicate striated patterns.

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David Pottinger

Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain Bowl
22.5×18×21cm

$1900

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David Pottinger

Coloured Eliptical Vessel
17×13.5×16cm Coloured Nerikomi Porcelain

$950

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david-pottinger

David Poittinger

Eliptical Coloured Nerikomi Vessel
18×13×17cm

$950

  • with credit card
  • pay using EFT
    and/or layby


David Pottinger’s Nerikomi vessels have established him as one of Australia’s principal ceramic artists. The cylindrical forms of his six vessels, each one a different shape and size, are contrasted by the subtle patterning that affords the works a woven quality. The outside surfaces of the vessels are mirrored on the inside, creating a dynamic visual relationship – one that exhibits a vital sense of flux and movement despite the structured rigidity of the vessels themselves.

Much like the technique in which the vessels are formed, through gradual layering, it is possible to imagine that the forms mimic sedimentary deposits in rock or perhaps the patterning found in crystal mineral formations, built up over time. Indeed it is a recognition of place and space that Pottinger seeks to articulate through the technique of Nerikomi. The pallet of the Australian landscape, the muted greens, ochres, bleached bone and charcoals are animated through patterns that suggest the kinetic movement of leaves, water, fire and light. In this sense Pottinger utilises the technique of Nerikomi in a ceaseless and inexhaustible exploration of place and natural elements.

David Pottinger

Born 1965 Dalby Queensland
Lives and works in Melbourne, Victoria

Education

2004 Masters by research RMIT Melbourne
2002 B.A. Honours RMIT Melbourne
1987 Associate Diploma in Ceramics Kelvin Grove College, Brisbane

Solo Exhibitions

2019 ‘DEEPER’ Craft Victoria, Melbourne.
2016 ‘Nerikomi’, by David Pottinger Gallery Smith, Melbourne.
2015 Recent Ceramics, Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney.
2012 “Time Lines”, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.
2012 “Studio Porcelain 2012”, Beaver Gallery, Canberra.
2009 ‘New Works’, Kerry Lowe Gallery, Sydney.
2009 ’283 days, New Works’, Gallery 101, Melbourne.
2008 ‘Porcelain’, Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2007 ‘Light Notes’, Gallery 101, Melbourne.
2007 ‘Studio Works’, Jam Factory, Adelaide
2006 ‘New Ceramics’, Beaver Gallery, Canberra.
2005 ‘Stratum’, Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney.
2005 ‘Pulse’, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne.
2002 ‘Romance’, Haecceity Gallery, Melbourne.
1993 ‘New Ceramic Works’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 “Voices”, Skepsi Gallery at Malvern
2021 12th International Ceramics Com;petition MINO,Japan
Exhibit # 083 Blue Stream Honorable Mention. 2020 “Tempo”, Skepsi Gallery @ Malvern
2014 “Exhibition of Australian Ceramics”, Tribute to Janet Mansfield OAM 1934- 2013 Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2013 “Porcelain “, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2012 ‘Cicley & Colin Rigg Ceramics Exhibition’, National Gallery of Victoria.
2012 “Porcelain”, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2011 ‘Sculpture 23’, Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney.
2011 ‘Japonisme’, Stella Downer Gallery, Sydney.
2011 ‘Collect 2011’, Scottish Gallery at Sacchi & Sacchi Gallery, London.
2010 ‘Sculpture 22’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.
2010 ‘City of Hobart Art Prize, Digital media and Ceramics, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2010 ‘Collect 2010’, with Scottish Gallery at Sacchi & Sacchi Gallery, London. 2010 ‘Tea wares’, Jam Factory Art and Craft Centre, Adelaide.
2009 ‘Bravura’, Contemporary Craft, Art Gallery of South Australia.
2008 ’Collect 2008’, Victoria and Albert Museum.
2007 The International Exposition of Sculpture objects and functional Art, SOFA, 2007 2007 ‘Ann Geroe Acquisitive Ceramics Award’, Castlemaine.
2006 ‘Australian Ceramics’, Anannya Gallery, Hong Kong.
2004 ‘New Acquisitions’, Shepparton Art Gallery.
2003 ‘Harvest’, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney.
2003 ‘Transformation’, First Site Gallery, RMIT Melbourne.
2003 ‘New Ceramics’, Galerie Hors-Saison, Melbourne. 2002 ‘Christmas Show’, Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney. 2001 ‘Fresh’, Craft Victorian Award, Melbourne.
2001 ‘In the Making’, First Site Gallery, RMIT Melbourne. 1998 ‘Gasworks Group Exhibition’, Melbourne.
1997 ’Australia Day Award’ Sidney Myer International Ceramics Award Shepparton Art Gallery, Vic. 1997 Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
1996 ‘Duo’, Craft space Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sydney.
1994 ’New Acquisitions’, National Gallery of Victoria.
1992 ‘Cicley & Colin Ceramics Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria.
1991 ‘Australia Day Award’, Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Vic.
1990 ‘New Acquisitions’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

Awards Grants

2008 Australia Council for the Arts ,New Work development
2006 Australia Council for the Arts, New work development
2001 Siemens Fine Arts, Scholarship Award
1997 Sidney Myer Fund, International Ceramics Award

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Publications

2010 Ceramics Art Today Jeff Snyder. Pub by Schiffer, U.S.A. P 178,179
2009 Contemporary Ceramics Emmanuel Cooper. Pub in UK Thames & Hudson.p62,103
2009 Pottery in Australia ‘Elemental Lyricism The Recent Ceramics of David Pottinger’ 48#3 Online
2008 Colouring Clay Jo Connell. University of Pennsylvania Press,Philadephia,p68.
2007 Crafts Arts International November, ‘Light Notes’ #45 Nov/ Dec 2007.
2007 Innovative Ceramics Ceramics review, #244 Mar/Apr
2006 NGV Foundation Annual Report pp8
2005 _Modernism in Nature_Pottery in Australia #61 p10
1991 International Crafts ed. Martina Margetts. pub in UK Thames & Hudson.p21
1987 Pottery in Australia 1986 ‘QPA Potter痴 Gallery’, Vol 25#1p41



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