AGWA is proud to present Pippin Drysdale: Infinite Terrain, a landmark retrospective honouring the extraordinary career of internationally renowned ceramicist Pippin Drysdale.
Spanning over forty years of practice, the exhibition features work from the State Art Collection alongside significant loans. It offers a rare opportunity to explore Drysdale’s adventurous spirit, collaborative processes, and her singular ability to interpret the world through porcelain. Her vast fields of flowing lines and mesmerising colour evoke landscapes both intimate and expansive, inviting viewers into layered readings that intertwine memory, place, and imagination.
Drysdale, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, began her ceramics journey in the 1980s and continues to produce new work at the age of 82. Her pieces are held in some of the most significant art collections across Australia and internationally, and her reputation as one of the country’s most respected ceramic artists is firmly established.
Her practice is driven by a deep enthusiasm for discovery of place, of self, and of creative and technical breakthroughs. Blending precise craftsmanship with fearless experimentation, Drysdale’s porcelain forms explore the vastness of colour in the landscape, revealing its capacity for both subtlety and intensity.
Image credits: Pippin Drysdale Breakaway series IV – Wolfe Creek Crater Installation 2023. Glazed porcelain, 17 parts, dimensions variable. Collection of Michelle & Rukshen Weerasooriya. © Pippin Drysdale. Photograph © Robert Frith – Acorn Photo. Pippin Drysdale Devil’s marbles – Seedlings Sprout 2018. Glazed porcelain, 11 parts, dimensions variable Curtin University Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Pippin Drysdale. © Pippin Drysdale. Photograph © Robert Frith – Acorn Photo. Pippin Drysdale Breakaway series III – Granite Warriors Winborn Rocks Central Desert 2021. Glazed porcelain, 15 parts, dimensions variable. Collection of the Artist. © Pippin Drysdale. Photograph © Robert Frith – Acorn Photo.
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