Gerry Wedd b. 1957

  • Artist (Ceramist)
Gerry Wedd is renowned for his contribution as a designer for Mambo Graphics as well as his professional practice as a ceramist. He has won several awards including the Hobart Art Prize in 2010 and the Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award in 1998. In 1991 he co-founded the Jamboree Clay Workshop in Adelaide. He is represented in public collections around the country including the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Tags: Mambo
exhibited at
Clay Dynasty
Date
11 October 2021 - 29 January 2022
Place
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of three generations of studio ceramics in Australia, from the 1960s when potters were influenced by Bernard Leach’s understanding of Japanese aesthetics, to a more liberated creative approach.
It was drawn in its entirety from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Tags
ceramcis, studio potters
Website
https://www.maas.museum/event/clay-dynasty/
exhibited at
Still Lives
Date
2006
Place
Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition