2022 Ceramics Award Visual Arts Center of Richmond 58th Annual Craft + Design Show Thank you distinguished panel of judges: Alexis Assam (VMFA’s Regenia A. Perry Assistant Curator of Global Contemporary Art), Dr Carmenita Higginbotham (Dean of the VCU School of Fine Arts) and Dr Karen Sherry (VMHC’s Museum Collections Curator). The ceramics award is sponsored by Shockoe Bottom Clay.
2023 Washington Ceramic Guild Excellence in Ceramic Award 34th Creative Crafts Council Biennial Exhibition Thank you distinguished panel of judges: Jaimianne Jacobin (Executive Director of the James Renwick Alliance for Craft, Executive Officer for the Creative Crafts Council, Executive Director of the Shenandoah Arts Council, and owner of The Gray Gallery) Lynda Smith-Bugge (Wood artist, Project Coordinator at the Zenith Community Arts Foundation) April Wood (Metalsmith, sculptor, and jeweler. Co-founder of the community arts education space the Baltimore Jewelry Center)
Artist Statement
Based in Maryland, Christine Goh makes ceramic functional and decorative vessels that aim to spark joyful moments and fuse cultural connections.Her work is a confluence of purpose and passion for material, color, form and detail. She explores the symbiotic relationship between the natural world and human-made environments, seeking wonders between the two boundaries.Through the tactile medium of clay, she strives to capture the intricate shapes, textures and patterns found in the changing seasons. She creates stoneware and porcelain vessels that are wheel thrown, altered, carved and assembled. The forms are an amalgamation of measured geometry and intuitive gesture.The surfaces are canvases for calligraphic brush work, mono-printing and mark making with layers of slips, stains and glazes. The electic collections are rooted in architectural design, influenced by cultural arts and inspired by nature.
Artist Bio Born in Singapore, Goh holds a BFA and Bachelor of Architecture from the National University of Singapore. She worked in architecture and interior design. Her pathway to a creative journey in ceramics is non-linear. While working in Tokyo, she enjoyed the use of ceramics in a daily context and admired contemporary ceramics as fine art. The experience deepened her appreciation for ceramics as a craft that connects the human spirit. She started delving into clay in a small pottery studio in Bangkok. Currently based in Maryland, Goh launched Clay Elements in 2017. She is a member of the Glen Echo Pottery Gallery and will serve as its gallery director in 2024. Show & Sale
A selection of works are available for purchase online at Baltimore Clayworks Online Shop. Check SHOW page for updates of craft shows. Email for consignment and commission enquiries.
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