Photo Credit: Annie Waterman
Sally Cleary
Mixed media artist
Melbourne, Australia / Sète, France
My career as an artist started in the ceramic arts in Australia. I have a masters degree (specialising in Ceramics) and a Doctorate (PhD) in fine art (focusing on mixed media installation art and the contemporary still life genre). I moved to Paris, France in 2015, and currently live in Sète. Ceramics has been a life long passion, and continues to inspire me to create new artworks and functional objects. I have been working with porcelain paper clay since 2016. More information about my PhD research, and installation artworks can be found on my alternative website: sallycleary.com
The ceramic artworks and objects on this website cover the period I have lived in France. Some of these artworks are available for sale - others have been sold and are in private collections. They are inspired by places I have traveled to across the world, which are numerous. I am fascinated by things in a state of ruin, which include buildings and landscapes.
I am interested in the relationship between objects, and the relationship that we, as human beings have, with the natural environment.
In 2014 I completed my PhD in Australia, and relocated to France for the foreseeable future.
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Ma recherche explore les tendances actuelles dans la pratique de l’art, en particulier les pratiques d’art «hybrides» qui tentent de réexaminer et réinterpréter le genre de la nature morte au XXIe siècle. En parallèle, j’ai développé une suite de travaux d’art qui explorent spécifiquement ces mécanismes et ces catégories d’art mixtes pour porter une réflexion sur les changements de notre environnement naturel. Ces travaux font référence aux aspects sociopolitiques de la société contemporaine concernant les questions environnementales en utilisant et mettant en scène des objets symboliques, comme des métaphores de la fragilité et de la vulnérabilité de nos équilibres écologiques naturels.