Born 1990, Gimuy/Cairns

Natalie O’Loughlin is a Gadigal/Sydney based artist who works across ceramics and installation to explore the expressive potential of the vessel as an embodied form. Deliberately asymmetrical, curved yet angular, her works find their shape through constant bodily negotiations. Celebrated in striking conical formations, O’Loughlin describes the practice of working with clay as a process of learning and unlearning in response to the material's inherent qualities.

Natalie’s surfaces are imprinted with marks from her hand, transferring felt impressions from one living vessel to another. In this way, her sculptures can be understood as containers that hold space for ongoing conversations while reconsidering the intrinsic value of function.