Spaces Between

Next week, Michael Reid Berlin will present our first solo exhibition byBerlin-based Australian ceramic artist and gallery colleague HOLLY O’MEEHAN – presenting an exquisite suite of work closely on the heels of her inclusion in the Australian Ceramics Triennial, hosted by the Ceramic Arts Association of Western Australia and presented by Fremantle Arts Centre.

Raised in rural Western Australia and now working between Australia and Europe, O’Meehan conjures prefigurative sculptural environments that explore our often fraught relationship with the natural world. Combining handmade ceramic forms with found organic materials and discarded objects, she constructs “speculative dystopic landscapes that question the hierarchy between humans and the environment,” resulting in sculptures that appear at once playful, defensive and quietly uncanny.

Reflecting the gallery’s commitment to bridging Berlin and Australian art communities, this presentation marks an exciting moment for one of our own team members to step into the spotlight. Shaped by the artist’s experience of urban European environments, O’Meehan’s latest pieces locate a tension between growth and construction.

“This body of work explores the chaotic blend of natural and urban environments of large European cities,” she says, describing a future landscape where “evolved flora species slowly but surely regain control of the minerals that currently stand as bricks and concrete, walls and foundations.”

Working through slow, repetitive processes that mirror cycles of ecological repair, her sculptures hover between optimism and unease. “By appropriating natural forms… I aim to highlight the beauty of the hidden and unassuming,” says the artist, whose creature-like forms seem to repel and beguile in equal measure — suggesting worlds where fragility and resilience coexist.

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