Emerging Contemporaries
Emerging Contemporaries 4 February - 20 March 2021 Akka Ballenger | Mika Benesh | Millie Black | Maitlan Brown | Ned Collins | Lea Durie | Annalise Fredericks | Daniel Leone | Christine Little | David Liu | Denni Maroudas | Olinda Narayanan | Bling Yiu | Jonathon Zalakos Emerging Contemporaries is the Craft ACT National Award Exhibition for early-career artists. This exhibition plays a pivotal role in supporting and transitioning artists into professional practice and placing Australian artists in view of the national cultural collecting institutions, business and industry, and audience. We're always looking for new talent to nurture and add to our Craft ACT community. We have an Emerging Contemporaries Award that we give to emerging talent from a number of sources: Sturt School for Wood, Canberra Potters Society, Canberra Institute of Technology, University of Canberra, the ANU School of Art + Design, University of New South Wales and the CAPO Craft ACT Emerging Artist award.
Emerging Contemporaries
4 February - 20 March 2021
Akka Ballenger | Mika Benesh | Millie Black | Maitlan Brown | Ned Collins | Lea Durie | Annalise Fredericks | Daniel Leone | Christine Little | David Liu | Denni Maroudas | Olinda Narayanan | Bling Yiu | Jonathon Zalakos
Emerging Contemporaries is the Craft ACT National Award Exhibition for early-career artists. This exhibition plays a pivotal role in supporting and transitioning artists into professional practice and placing Australian artists in view of the national cultural collecting institutions, business and industry, and audience.
We're always looking for new talent to nurture and add to our Craft ACT community. We have an Emerging Contemporaries Award that we give to emerging talent from a number of sources: Sturt School for Wood, Canberra Potters Society, Canberra Institute of Technology, University of Canberra, the ANU School of Art + Design, University of New South Wales and the CAPO Craft ACT Emerging Artist award.
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Bling Yiu<br />
ANU School of Art + Design<br />
Artist statement<br />
“We.R.Made” collection sends a simple<br />
message - We are made. To remind<br />
all of us that we are wonderfully and<br />
joyfully made. The works seek to explore<br />
the beauty of the human being and the<br />
manner in which these characteristics<br />
convey life and persona.<br />
Many of the pieces do not exist in<br />
isolation, but are rather coupled as pairs or<br />
exist as small groups. It relates to ideas of<br />
companionship and the manner in which<br />
humans are a social species, not meaning<br />
to be alone. We are made to be with<br />
others, made to flourish in the purpose of<br />
life.<br />
Embedded within the work is a sense<br />
of optimism and joy, hoping to share a<br />
positivity with those who engage with<br />
it. All of the ‘little men’ are filled with<br />
happiness and gratitude.<br />
Biography<br />
Canberra based ceramics artist, Wai Ling<br />
Yiu (Bling), was born and grew up in Hong<br />
Kong. Her diverse design and creative<br />
background ranges from working as a<br />
fashion designer in Hong Kong to being<br />
the head illustrator for nationally published<br />
children’s books in Australia.<br />
Bling encountered ceramics in early 2018<br />
through the Canberra Potters’ Society.<br />
Her passion for the medium continues to<br />
develop with time and experimentation.<br />
The collection of works she creates<br />
is known by the makers mark of<br />
‘WeAreMade’. Her work has been selected<br />
to be a part of numerous exhibitions<br />
nation wide. These include the Australian<br />
Ceramics Triennale showcase exhibition<br />
in Hobart (2019) and Belco Arts – LIQUID<br />
(2020), a survey exhibition of glass and<br />
ceramic artists.<br />
Her work explores ideas relating to human<br />
characteristics and their ability to convey<br />
meaning and emotion. Through all of her<br />
‘little men’ she sends the message that<br />
“we are made to be with others, and we are<br />
created to flourish in the purpose of life.”<br />
Therefore, many of the pieces of her work<br />
do not exist in isolation, but are coupled as<br />
pairs or exist as small groups.<br />
Image: Be fruitful and multiply, 2020, hand building, midfire.<br />
Photo: Craft ACT.<br />
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