Raewyn Atkinson

B. 1955

Iceberg Alley revisited II 2020, porcelain glaze $7200

Raewyn Atkinson, Iceberg alley revisited, 2020, porcelain glaze, 300 x 200 x 370 mm $7200

Deep Time #25, 2010, porcelain chun glaze, 400 x 460 x 220 mm $5200

The Other Shore II. 2013-2023, glazed ceramic with decals, 400 x 440 x 75 mm $1800

E kōrero ana ngā rākau: ‘the trees are talking’ #1 2019, inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, edition of 4, 735 x 1110 mm, $3500 (framed)

E kōrero ana ngā rākau: ‘the trees are talking’ #2 2019, inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, edition of 4, 735 x 1110 mm, $3500 (framed)

E kōrero ana ngā rākau: ‘the trees are talking’ #3 2019, inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, edition of 4, 735 x 1110 mm, $3500 (framed)

E kōrero ana ngā rākau: ‘the trees are talking’ #4 2019, inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, edition of 4, 735 x 1110 mm, $3500 (framed)

E kōrero ana ngā rākau: ‘the trees are talking’ #5 2019, inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, edition of 4, 735 x 1110 mm, $3500 (framed)

E kōrero ana ngā rākau: ‘the trees are talking’ #6 2019, inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, edition of 4, 735 x 1110 mm, $3500 (framed)

E kōrero ana ngā rākau: ‘the trees are talking’ #8 2019, inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, edition of 4, 735 x 1110 mm, $3500 (framed)

Artist biography

Ceramicist Raewyn Atkinson was born in Ahuriri/Napier, New Zealand. She studied Art History at Victoria University, and has worked with clay for over thirty years, exhibiting nationally and internationally. She now lives in Wellington.

Atkinson’s work is held in a number of public collections in New Zealand, including at Te Papa Tongarewa, as well as in international collections, such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, U.S.A., and the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, Japan. She has received numerous grants and awards, including a CNZ Creative Investment Grant, Fletcher Challenge Awards, the Premiere Norsewear Art Award in 2003, and the Premiere Portage Ceramic Award in both 2003 and 2015. In 2015 she was awarded the Juror’s Prize at the Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale in South Korea.

Residencies have been a source of significant inspiration for Atkinson – a three-month Japanese residency in 1998, combined with two visits to Antarctica, the first in 2000, on an Antarctica Art Fellowship, and a second in 2003, led to an interest in working with translucent porcelain. The work that emerged from these experiences resulted in major exhibitions, including Terra Nova (2002) at The Dowse Art Museum, and Designs on Antarctica (2006) at Te Whare Toi City Gallery Wellington. Beyond this, the facilities at the School of Art Practice, U.C. Berkeley, California, during a three-year (2009-2012) ‘visiting scholar’ residency, provided an opportunity to experiment with porcelain and glaze on a monumental scale. The local environment here provided material and inspiration for what would become a defining interest in working with discarded and waste ceramic. Other significant residencies include the Australian National University, Canberra, and the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.

www.raewynatkinson.co.nz

Solo Exhibitions

  • Everywhere I go, 2020
  • E kōrero ana ngā rākau: ‘the trees are talking’, 2019
  • On a plate, 2014
  • Wasters, 2013
  • Fragile, 2009

Group Exhibitions