Drawing from SAM’s nationally significant collection of ceramic art, Ceramics in Focus takes a deeper look at artists, technique, materiality, and movements.

Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist Brendan Huntley playfully references historic ceramic forms to explore the human psyche and what it means to be human, instilling each of his works with individual sensibilities. Huntley approaches his ceramic practice with a belief that the transformative process of sculpting and firing clay involves a transfer of energy, giving each sculpture its own personality.

Huntley’s work has been collected around Australia and the world, including the British Museum in London, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, and the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.