Atemporal - The Animated Vessel

"The relationship between human form and crafted object is inherently intimate, bound by touch, intention, and breath. The embodiment of utility, divinity, and beauty within the vessel form extends back to the dawn of human consciousness itself." - Avital Sheffer Avital Sheffer is a ceramic artist based in the Northern Rivers, whose practice investigates clay's elemental essence and its transformative nature. Drawing on her Middle Eastern and Jewish ancestry, Avital Sheffer's ceramics traverse the fertile territories of history, mythology, archaeology, and language. Atemporal presents recent work by Avital Sheffer, created as both a homage to, and conversation, with the late Alan Peascod (1943 – 2007), and as a continuation of dialogue with her ancestry. Alan Peascod's practice has had a profound impact on Avital Sheffer throughout her career after she discovered Peascod's work and his passionate engagement with Middle Eastern cultures and design during her student years. As part of her development of this exhibition, Sheffer was an artist in residence at GRG in May 2024. A GRG Project.