Kristin Burgham is a Melbourne based ceramicist. She is interested in industrial ceramic production processes and found objects. Her hand built porcelain assemblages are imbued with colour, scale and memory.
Her works acknowledge and reflect on industry and its social history. Burgham is a recent fine arts graduate who had a life in media before working with clay fulltime.
Exhibitions
2021 Aug
Bask - Michael Reid Clay / Northern Beaches, Sydney, NSW
2021 Aug - Oct
STILL :National Still Life Award - Finalists
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery , NSW
2021 March - May
Presence - Stockroom Gallery
Kyneton, Victoria.
2021 March
Preliminary Structures - Melbourne Design Week
Creo Gallery, Cremorne, Victoria.
2021 January
Small Works Art Prize
Brunswick Street Gallery, Brunswick, Victoria.
2020 December
INSIDE
Craft Victoria, Watsons Pl, Melbourne, Victoria.
2020 November
HOME:MADE Emerging Design Showcase
Design Canberra, Craft ACT.
Design Canberra Auction
Design Canberra, Craft ACT.
2020 January
RMIT Ceramics Association Prize Winners Exhibition,
CLAD Bendigo Pottery, Bendigo, Victoria.
2019 December
New Blood, Twenty Graduates
Red Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria.
2019 November
RMIT Bachelor of Fine Art Graduate Exhibition,
RMIT University. Melbourne, Victoria.
2019 August
Small!
Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Victoria
2018 July
Object Narratives
First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
AWARDS
2021 -Finalist Victorian Craft Awards
2021- Finalist STILL - National Still Life Prize , CoffsHarbour Regional Gallery
2019 - RMIT Academic Award sponsored by Clayworks, Victoria
2019 - RMIT Ceramic Association Award
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2021 - National Gallery of Victoria
2020 - Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, Victoria
RESIDENCIES/STUDIO
2020 - Shakespeare Grove Studios residency granted by City of Port Phillip
