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Biography

I graduated with a Masters of Visual Arts (Research) Degree from Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney, in 2007. I have been employed by The University of Sydney as a Casual Tutor and Academic staff where I taught the Advanced Ceramics Elective and Foundation Concepts Courses (Object Design – Jewellery, Glass and Ceramics Studios).

I presented conference papers at the Australian Ceramics Trienale, Sydney 2009 and the Awkward Objects Symposia, Sydney Design Week 2009, both of which are published in Issue One and Two of Celsius Online Journal.

My ceramics, sculpture, painting and book art have been exhibited in Australian and International exhibitions including:  Talente Emerging Designer Award, Germany 2007; The 25th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, QLD Australia 2007; Hatched National Graduate Show, PICA 2008; and Young Guns Emerging Artist Exhibition, 2009.

I have been an invited participant to many International art symposia including The First International Workshop for the Visual Arts, Minia, Egypt 2008 and The Second Spring Edition for the Visual Arts: Art, Storks and Nature, Rabat/Sale, Morocco, 2009, in which I made and exhibited new artwork. I am a member of the European Artists e.v.

I am currently employed by The University of Nottingham, Ningbo China Campus as an Art and Design Teaching Fellow, in the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Technology Department.

Kim Goldsmith, Shelf Life Series (one of three), porcelain and glaze, 2008.

Artist Statement

Art is an articulation of my personal philosophy about the nature of reality and our experience within the world, whether real or imagined.

Many of my works are derived from philosophical questions, such as Martin Heidegger’s writing on ‘What is a thing?” and “Thingness”. Although the questions that generate my art are deep, I prefer to create work that has a playful and whimsical appearance. I make art that is accessible and arouses the curiousity and imagination of  the viewer.

The focus of my arts practice is to examine the relationship between humans and objects: how we perceive, relate to, and imagine the objects of our everyday experiences. I consider  that objects can capture the imagination of a person, and for a moment provide a space for the creation of daydreams, reminiscence and fantasy.Therefore, the intention of my art is to open up a world that the audience is invited to explore, but also, to give people a  strange and new perspective of familiar things.

My approach to art making is interdisciplinary. I like to experiment with ceramics, painting, drawing, book binding and found objects. I am not a purist and prefer to find the material that best articulates the concept.

At present I am exploring the intersection between my ceramic and painting practice: how can I induce a bodily and tactile response to my paintings, in the same way I encourage touch in my ceramic sculptures?

Kim Goldsmith