Titania Henderson | The Other

Karen Woodbury Gallery

Wednesday 20 October 2010 to Saturday 13 November 2010

Opening Wednesday 20 October 2010 6-8pm

Exhibition previously on at Karen Woodbury Gallery in Melbourne precinct, Victoria, Australia

Titania Henderson’s exhibition The Other presents a range of ceramic sculptural installations in pure white Bone China that convey a three-dimensional engagement. A fragility and vulnerability resonate through these poignant paper-thin configurations, bringing a sense of clarity and freedom. These hand built works challenge the conception of Bone China as a material only suited for slip casting.

Henderson’s method involves perseverance, technical proficiency and precision, as she creates her own language of rhythmic ceramic art. There is an inherent translucent character that appeals to elements of shadow and light within the works. This new body of work is based on ideas of the human conscience and larger philosophical ideas beyond the objects themselves and beyond language.

Born in 1945 in Holland, Titania Henderson arrived in Australia in 1956. She currently lives and works in Melbourne. In 2002 she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) at RMIT , Melbourne and following this completed her Honours specialising in ceramics in 2004 at RMIT , Melbourne.

Henderson has participated in numerous significant group exhibitions including: The Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Melbourne (2010); The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Municipal Council, Sydney (2009); New Gallery Artists, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2009); Look: New Perspectives on the Contemporary Collection, National Gallery of Victoria: Australia, Federation Square Melbourne (2008); Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan (2008); Innovative Ceramics: Melbourne 􀁹 Hong Kong, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (2006); 54th Concorso Internazionale Della Ceramica d􀂧Art, Museum of International Ceramics, Faenza, Italy (2005) and 24th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery (2005).

Among her various awards and achievements, Titania was a finalist in The Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize (2010) and The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (2009). She received a High Commendation at the Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize (2005), was a finalist a the 54th Concorso Internazionale Della Ceramica d’Art, Museum of International Ceramics, Faenza, Italy (2005), the winner of the Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize Open Award, Melbourne (2004) and also a finalist in the Siemens RMIT Fine Arts Scholarship, Siemens, Melbourne (2004). Her work is widely admired and features in various public collections that include: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Museo Internazionale Della Ceramiche In Faenza, Italy and Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan.