Art Forum with Kirsten Coelho

Crafting Narratives 

In this artist talk, Kirsten Coelho will explore the intersection of concept and material. She will discuss her creative process, highlighting how she transforms ideas into tangible forms through the intensive techniques of craft. Coelho will talk to the evolution of her practice and the ways in which her practice reflects her ideas, research and social and historical narratives.  

Biography 

Kirsten Coelho works in porcelain creating forms and vessels that fuse the formal with the abstract. Her work has been influenced by the history of objects – jugs, flask, bowls, beakers –which she reiterates in meditations on material culture and social history. Coelho’s practice reflects the relationship between objects and the spaces they inhabit, with particular focus on the domestic space. Her work is driven by the intersection of domestic use and historical context — how objects can embody both the practicality of everyday life and the rich cultural narratives of the past. 

Coelho’s work has been exhibited widely both in Australia and internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Haus Lieder, Sullivan Strumpf Sydney (2023), Uncertain Cadence, Scottish Gallery UK (2022), New Work Philip Bacon Galleries (2022),The Return, UNSW Galleries (2021), Ithaca, Samstag Museum of Art (2020). In 2018 Coelho was included in the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Divided Worlds curated by Erica Green. Her work is represented in institutional collections nationally and internationally including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Samstag Museum of Art SA, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Chatsworth House, UK, the Boymans Van Beuningen Stichting Museum, The Netherlands and the Hanyang Museum South Korea. 

This event will be live at the Dechaineux LT, Hunter Street Campus and streamed to Rory Spence LT on the Inveresk Campus.  If you are unable to attend in person please join us via zoom https://utas.zoom.us/j/81631112549 meeting ID: 816 3111 2549