Lotte Schwerdtfeger is an artist, currently a studio tenant at the JamFactory Ceramics Studio, Tarndanya/Adelaide.
She is materially led across many mediums, being consistently drawn to ceramic processes.
Lotte hand builds ceramics, coiling and pinching both functional, sculptural and installation works; combining tendrils of research which span anthropology, biology, symbolism and revelry in the small psychedelic moments of existence.
Lotte is delighted by the alchemical and elemental processes of ceramics.
She is always intrigued by the role of objects, quotidian and ritual, in defining and connecting human and nonhuman experiences.
Lotte is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts; regularly working on commission, collaborative projects and gallery exhibitions.
Where possible all materials are salvaged, reused and recycled, working towards a zero waste practice.
Stockists:
NSW
Australian Design Centre
Suite 101/115 William St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
South Australia
JamFactory
19 Morphett St, Adelaide SA 5000
JamFactory at Seppeltsfield
730 Seppeltsfield Rd, Seppeltsfield SA 5355
1000 Chairs
46 Beulah Rd, Norwood SA 5067
Victoria
ODE Collective
340-342 Johnston St, Abbotsford VIC 3067
FME Apparel Studio
26 Johnstone Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Corner Store Merchants
341 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Tasmania
CuckoO
17 Mary St, Cygnet TAS 7112
“Solving the mystery of how something is made, looks or used keeps me constantly enquiring through process and experimentation.
I’m interested in deep time, uncertainty and the secret lives of objects, hoping to represent a spark of narrative in a piece or patinaed surface.
Objects shape how human lives are lived from everyday rituals to monuments and happenings. I hope to create pieces and installations that evoke these feelings of timeless experience.
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Prospect (Geological Study of Fryers Forest), 2016 -2017 Installation view at Darren Knight Gallery
Photography by Simon Hewson
CV
solo and collaborative exhibitions
2024
Upcoming solo at Cornerstore Merchants
Upcoming solo at Aterlier Antifragile
2022
Extra Terrestrial, Corner Store Merchants, Castlemaine
2019
Sydney Art Month Collectors Space, 541 Art Space, Sydney
Secret Magic Garden with Gonzalo Ceballos, The Grotto, Kings Domain, Melbourne
2018
Soft Body, Library at the Dock, Melbourne
(unpronounceable asemic symbol) with Emilie Tarp Østensgård, Library at the Dock, Melbourne
2017
Coralate/Anthogaea, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2016
Polyp, Branch3d, Sydney
Portland Artists in Residence Exhibition with Louise Meuwissen, Julia Street Creative Space, Portland
2015
Root Bound, Branch3D, Sydney
2014
Intense Intents In Tents with Louise Meuwissen, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
Elevated with Gonzalo Ceballos, elevator Woolworths Fitzroy, Melbourne
Human Rites with Christina Guiffrida, Scratch Art Space, Sydney
2013
Cave of Faux-gotten Dreams, Branch3D, Sydney
lives a quotation, Dudspace, Melbourne
2012
OUT OF ORDER with Gonzalo Ceballos and Georgina Glanville, Exeloo, Melbourne
selected group exhibitions
2024
Flame, JamFactory, Adelaide (Upcoming)
Little Creatures, AIRU Farm, Adelaide Hills (Upcoming)
Earthbound, Artelier Antifragile, Adelaide (Upcoming)
Wall Works, curated by Jordan Wood, Kyneton Ridge Art Space, Central Victoria
Held, curated by the Australian Ceramics Association, Manly Art Gallery
2023
Chthonic: inhabiting the underworld, curated by Tanya Court, SASA Gallery, Adelaide
As long as the smoke trails, Nearly, SALA festival, Adelaide
In stillness and movement, curated by Debbie Pryor, Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf2022
The Vase and Flower Show II curated by Sassy Park, 7 Clovelly Rd, Randwick, Sydney
2020
The Vase and Flower Show curated by Sassy Park, 7 Clovelly Rd, Randwick, Sydney
2018
F*R*I*E*N*D*S* curated by Gonzalo Ceballos, The Band Presents, Melbourne
Selfmade: Zines and Artists Books, curated by Monica Syrette, State Library Victoria Touring Exhibition
2017
World Material curated by Chloe Wolifson, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
Shiro Oni Studios Residency Exhibition, Onishi, Gunma, Japan
2016
Spring Sculpture Prize, Lot 19 Art Space, Castlemaine, Victoria
2015
Impromptu II, Chinaclay, Sydney
Matter & Void, Interlude, Sydney
Ritual Geology, Topshelf, Melbourne
ANIMAL/MINERAL/PHYSICAL/SPIRITUAL, The Bearded Tit, Sydney
Emerging Artist Craft Award Finalist Exhibition, Craft NSW, Sydney
2014
Bunkered, Branch3D, Sydney
Artist’s Books Reprised, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
Claypool Annual Exhibition, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2011
VCA Graduation Exhibition, VCA, Melbourne
Painting Installation Show, curated by Kim Donaldson, VCA, Melbourne
2010
Painting Lives, VCA Student Gallery, VCA, Melbourne
Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA, Melbourne
2009
Painting department group show, VCA Student Gallery, VCA, Melbourne
NO LOVE LOST, The Wall, Sydney
curatorial positions
2012
Knight St Art Space, co-founder and manager
