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Presence

10 June 2022 - 10 July 2022

Presence

Catherine and Warren Ogden
Umbrella

Warren Ogden, Pot 25, Stoneware, 17 x 17cm x 10cm. Photograph: Catherine Ogden.

Catherine and Warren Ogden’s latest body of functional and figurative ceramic works engage viewers with a sense of time, process, history and alchemy. The quietude of the exhibition commands the space, carrying the histories of the works’ creation and materiality.

Exhibition opening 6pm Friday 10 June | View the exhibition invitation here.
Invite your friends to the launch via the Facebook event [coming soon]. Bookings are not required. Visitors will not be required to be vaccinated or to check-in. Masks will not be required but visitors are welcome to wear them. Further details can be found at Umbrella's COVID-safe update here.

An Umbrella Floortalks will take place 10am Saturday 9 July in conjunction with this exhibition and others on display 10 June - 10 July 2022.

Catherine Ogden will also be facilitating a Slip Painting Workshop 11:30am Saturday 9 July 2022.   

Catherine Ogden is a potter and artist based in Townsville. She holds a Diploma of Visual Art from the Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE (Townsville) and has participated in masterclass workshops with ceramic artists including Greg Daly and Owen Rye. She has won many North Queensland awards including Umbrella’s 2020 Members’ Exhibition, and overall and section prizes for the Birdlife Awards and Hinchinbrook Art Awards at TYTO Gallery, Ingham. The artist has also been a finalist in the biennial North Queensland Ceramic Award multiple times. Her work is held in the Federation Place, Townsville collection.

Warren Ogden is a largely self-taught and experimental potter who has been working with clay for over a decade. His ceramic vessels draw influence from ancient pottery, including Japanese pots and wood fired pots. The artist has won ceramic awards in the 2020 North Queensland Ceramic Award, along with the Birdlife Awards and Hinchinbrook Art Awards at TYTO Gallery, Ingham.

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Gurambilbarra (Townsville),
Qld, 4810 Australia

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Acknowledgement of Country

Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.

Umbrella is a Dealer Member of the Indigenous Art Code. This means we are committed to fair and ethical trade with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and transparency in the promotion and sale of artwork. As a Dealer Member and signatory to the Code we must act fairly, honestly, professionally and in good conscience in all direct or indirect dealings with artists.

Acknowledgements

Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funds through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.