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Adam Ridgeway is a Worimi ceramicist based in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Ridgeway’s artistic practice began in 2005 when he enrolled in a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Object Art and Design at the Sydney College of the Arts. He completed his degree with Honours in 2008. Ridgeway’s ceramic works are introspective explorations of contemporary Indigenous identity and the sometimes elusive nature of its meaning in his life, and are also informed by theoretical preoccupations with the way history, memory and perception intersect. Works from the Journey Series (2007) comprise concave ceramic tiles and flat lengths of irregularly torn clay pieces. Glazed with varied dark tones, these works have an earthy, eroded appearance and are incised with patterns that follow both angular and curved lines. Journey Series 3 was highly commended for the 2007 Indigenous Ceramic Art Award, and Ridgeway writes in the award catalogue
'I am still learning and developing my understanding of what my Aboriginal heritage and what my Dreaming is, but I believe it to be something that transcends the very idea of time itself… The markings I have etched into this piece are the marks that I have left myself on the land; they express longing for an erased culture.’

Exhibitions have included the 24th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (2007), the 4th World Ceramic Biennale in Korea (2007), the 2008 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award and “Generations “ (2008) at the Horus & Deloris Contemporary Art Space, Sydney.

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Writers:

Fisher, Laura

Date written:

2011

Last updated:

2011