Plethora explores alternative ceramic materials, including recycled, foraged, and repurposed resources, focusing on unpredictability, and experimental forms, while connecting landscape architecture and ikebana.
Opening Saturday 10 May, 2–4pm
Join us for a conversation between exhibiting artists Tanya Court, Alex Stone and Lee Kelly led by Dr Athanasios Lazarou, Lecturer in architectural history and theory at the University of Adelaide. A limited bar will be available along with complimentary hospitality.
Hallway Gallery | 10 May – 21 June
About the Artist
Tanya Court is the Director of Tanya Court Projects, a multidisciplinary practice drawing on her landscape architecture and artistic abilities. Originally trained as an artist at Curtin University, Tanya then studied landscape architecture at RMIT and spent many years in professional practice. She has taught and lectured extensively, including at the University of Melbourne and the University of Adelaide, where she held the position of Program Director of Landscape Architecture (2006-2022). Her PhD, ‘The Site Re-presented’, was completed in 2018 at RMIT. Her ceramic work includes investigations that combine interests in landscape, site, geology, plants, ikebana and gardening, Recent concerns explore alternative ceramic materials, including recycled, foraged and repurposed products, focusing on unpredictability, and experimental forms.
Image: Level Playing Field, 2025, glazed ceramic, (Glenn’s Tenmoku, reclaimed slate sludge, eucalyptus firewood ash glaze) 300 x 300 x 40mm. Image courtesy artist.
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