Madeleine Child
Date of birth
04 Jun 1959
Place of birth
Biography
Madeleine Child has pursued the study of ceramic and glass in New York, Lisbon, and London where she received a BA(Hons) Camberwell School of Art ,Masters from the Royal College of Art and Advanced studies Central St Martins College of Art.
Madeleine's extensive training and travel can be seen technically and conceptually in her work whether reflecting the distinctive colour and vibrancy of Mexican pottery or the playfulness in faux chocolate Easter bunnies. Her work evokes a sense of sentimentality that is, at times, countered with darker intonations as in Sweet As, a collection of intensely colourful popcorn. Buying her children coloured popcorn she became "fascinated by its fleshy gorgeousness, organic fecundity and forbidden fruitiness" creating hundreds of giant ceramic popcorn pieces sparking with colour to comment on food politics and additives.
Madeleine has received awards in prestigious competitions such as the Noresewear Art Awards, Waiheke Ceramic Awards, Gold Coast International Ceramics Art Awards, Sidney Myer International Ceramics Awards, and NZ Society of Potters Awards. Her work features in private and public collections internationally including the Frans Hals Museum in the Netherlands, Shepparton Art Gallery in Australia, the Dowse in Lower Hutt, the Otago Museum, and the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Emmanuel Cooper included Child in his 2000 publication 'Ten Thousand Years of Pottery' distributed by the British Museum Press.
MADELEINE CHILD
Education:
1992-1993 Advanced Studies 3D, Central St Martins College of Art, London
1990-1992 MA Royal College of Art, Ceramics & Glass
1991 The Lisbon Studio, (AR.CO) Portugal.
Tricia Guild Travel Scholarship, New York.
1987-1990 BA(Hons) Ceramics First Class, Camberwell School of Art, London
1978 Ceramics Certificate, Otago Polytechnic, NZ
Selected Exhibitions:
2013 Wallace Art Awards Jury Award
2013 Portage Ceramics Awards
2013 Objective Art Awards, Mangere
2013 Arts Gold Awards, Alexandra
2013 Changing Threads, Nelson
2013 Dunedin Art Awards.
2013 Man Ray Re-mades, Antarctic Riviera Project Space, Dunedin
2012 ILT Art Awards, Invercargill
2012 Object, Cecil Veda Gallery, Wellington
2012 Wallace Art Awards.
2012 New Souvenirs Gallery 33
2012 Sculpture on the Gulf, Madpanic Collective
2012 Mudplops, Raynor Bros, Wanganui
2012 Portage Ceramics Awards
2011 Wallace Art Award, Finalist, Auckland
2011 Wild Things, RAVE Rotorua.
2011 Slippage, Sculpture on the Peninsula
2011 Whitespace Ceramics Show. Auckland
2011 New Work RH Gallery, Nelson.
2011 Dunedin Art Awards, 2nd Prize
2011 Central Otago Art Award Finalist
2010 Stickier,Temple Gallery, Dunedin*
2010 Scent of Summer, Gallery 33, Wanaka
2010 Sticky, RH Gallery, Woollaston, Mahana, Nelson*
2010 Gold Coast Ceramic Award, Australia
2010 Floriferous, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui*
2010 Putiputi, Hastings City Art Gallery*
2010 Double Vision, Pataka Museum, Wellington*
2010 'Sweet As' Dunedin Public Art Gallery, NZ
2009 More than Looking, Whangarei Art Museum
2009 Lower Life Forms, Mary Newton Gallery, Wellington*
2009 Portage Ceramic Awards, Auckland* Premier Award
2009 Vegetable Sheep Theory, Gallery 33 NZ*
2009 Southern Muster, COCA Christchurch.
2009 Sealink Small Sculpture Award, Merit Award,
Waiheke, Auckland.*
2008/9 'Sweet As', Whitespace Gallery, Auckland.
2008 Wallace Art Award Finalist *
2008 Portage Ceramic Award, NZ, Merit Award
2008 MINO International Ceramics, Japan
2008 Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award, COCA,
Christchurch.
2008 Magic of Mud, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
2008 Best In Show, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2007 Wallace Art Awards, Finalist, Auckland
2006 Sidney Myer International Ceramics Award,
Shepparton, Aust.*
2006 Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
2005 Norsewear Art Awards, NZ
Portage Ceramics Award, Auckland.
Gold Coast Ceramics Award, Australia
* collaborative work with Philip Jarvis
Grants:
2011 Creative New Zealand, New Work*
2011 CNZ/DOC Wild Creations*
2009 Creative New Zealand, New Work*
2004 Creative New Zealand, Creative and Professional
Development Grant*
1996 Creative New Zealand, Creative and Professional
Development Grant
Awards:
2011 Dunedin Art Award, 2nd prize.
2009 Portage Ceramic Award, Joint Premier Award*
2009 Merit Award, Sealink Small Sculpture Prize,
Waiheke, Auckland*
2004 Merit Award, Norsewear Art Award*
Merit Award, Waiheke Ceramic Awards, NZ*
2003 Gold Coast International Ceramics Acquisition Award*
2000 Premier Award, Sidney Myer International Ceramics*
Residencies:
2012 Lochmara Lodge Artist Residency, Marlborough.
2011 Wild Creations, DOC/CNZ Rotorua Lakes, NZ
2009 Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW, Australia*
2004 AIR-Vallauris, Vallauris, France*
1997 Millay Colony for the Arts, New York State, USA*
1996 EKWC, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Collections:
Te Papa Museum, Wellington, NZ*
A.I.R Vallauris, France
Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden,The Netherlands
Frans Hals Museum, The Netherlands
Shepparton Art Gallery, Australia
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, NZ
Otago Museum, Dunedin , Auckland Museum ,NZ
Selected Publications:
Art News NZ Summer 2011
Ten Thousand years of Pottery, Emmanuel Cooper, British Museum Press 2000
One Hundred New Zealand Craft Artists, Helen Schamroth Godwit 1998
Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issues 47,52, 70.
Ceramics Technical, Issues 13, 14.
Ceramics Monthly Nov, 2000
Source: Whitespace Gallery website http://www.whitespace.co.nz/artists/madeleine-child.aspx
Madeleine's extensive training and travel can be seen technically and conceptually in her work whether reflecting the distinctive colour and vibrancy of Mexican pottery or the playfulness in faux chocolate Easter bunnies. Her work evokes a sense of sentimentality that is, at times, countered with darker intonations as in Sweet As, a collection of intensely colourful popcorn. Buying her children coloured popcorn she became "fascinated by its fleshy gorgeousness, organic fecundity and forbidden fruitiness" creating hundreds of giant ceramic popcorn pieces sparking with colour to comment on food politics and additives.
Madeleine has received awards in prestigious competitions such as the Noresewear Art Awards, Waiheke Ceramic Awards, Gold Coast International Ceramics Art Awards, Sidney Myer International Ceramics Awards, and NZ Society of Potters Awards. Her work features in private and public collections internationally including the Frans Hals Museum in the Netherlands, Shepparton Art Gallery in Australia, the Dowse in Lower Hutt, the Otago Museum, and the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Emmanuel Cooper included Child in his 2000 publication 'Ten Thousand Years of Pottery' distributed by the British Museum Press.
MADELEINE CHILD
Education:
1992-1993 Advanced Studies 3D, Central St Martins College of Art, London
1990-1992 MA Royal College of Art, Ceramics & Glass
1991 The Lisbon Studio, (AR.CO) Portugal.
Tricia Guild Travel Scholarship, New York.
1987-1990 BA(Hons) Ceramics First Class, Camberwell School of Art, London
1978 Ceramics Certificate, Otago Polytechnic, NZ
Selected Exhibitions:
2013 Wallace Art Awards Jury Award
2013 Portage Ceramics Awards
2013 Objective Art Awards, Mangere
2013 Arts Gold Awards, Alexandra
2013 Changing Threads, Nelson
2013 Dunedin Art Awards.
2013 Man Ray Re-mades, Antarctic Riviera Project Space, Dunedin
2012 ILT Art Awards, Invercargill
2012 Object, Cecil Veda Gallery, Wellington
2012 Wallace Art Awards.
2012 New Souvenirs Gallery 33
2012 Sculpture on the Gulf, Madpanic Collective
2012 Mudplops, Raynor Bros, Wanganui
2012 Portage Ceramics Awards
2011 Wallace Art Award, Finalist, Auckland
2011 Wild Things, RAVE Rotorua.
2011 Slippage, Sculpture on the Peninsula
2011 Whitespace Ceramics Show. Auckland
2011 New Work RH Gallery, Nelson.
2011 Dunedin Art Awards, 2nd Prize
2011 Central Otago Art Award Finalist
2010 Stickier,Temple Gallery, Dunedin*
2010 Scent of Summer, Gallery 33, Wanaka
2010 Sticky, RH Gallery, Woollaston, Mahana, Nelson*
2010 Gold Coast Ceramic Award, Australia
2010 Floriferous, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui*
2010 Putiputi, Hastings City Art Gallery*
2010 Double Vision, Pataka Museum, Wellington*
2010 'Sweet As' Dunedin Public Art Gallery, NZ
2009 More than Looking, Whangarei Art Museum
2009 Lower Life Forms, Mary Newton Gallery, Wellington*
2009 Portage Ceramic Awards, Auckland* Premier Award
2009 Vegetable Sheep Theory, Gallery 33 NZ*
2009 Southern Muster, COCA Christchurch.
2009 Sealink Small Sculpture Award, Merit Award,
Waiheke, Auckland.*
2008/9 'Sweet As', Whitespace Gallery, Auckland.
2008 Wallace Art Award Finalist *
2008 Portage Ceramic Award, NZ, Merit Award
2008 MINO International Ceramics, Japan
2008 Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award, COCA,
Christchurch.
2008 Magic of Mud, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
2008 Best In Show, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2007 Wallace Art Awards, Finalist, Auckland
2006 Sidney Myer International Ceramics Award,
Shepparton, Aust.*
2006 Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
2005 Norsewear Art Awards, NZ
Portage Ceramics Award, Auckland.
Gold Coast Ceramics Award, Australia
* collaborative work with Philip Jarvis
Grants:
2011 Creative New Zealand, New Work*
2011 CNZ/DOC Wild Creations*
2009 Creative New Zealand, New Work*
2004 Creative New Zealand, Creative and Professional
Development Grant*
1996 Creative New Zealand, Creative and Professional
Development Grant
Awards:
2011 Dunedin Art Award, 2nd prize.
2009 Portage Ceramic Award, Joint Premier Award*
2009 Merit Award, Sealink Small Sculpture Prize,
Waiheke, Auckland*
2004 Merit Award, Norsewear Art Award*
Merit Award, Waiheke Ceramic Awards, NZ*
2003 Gold Coast International Ceramics Acquisition Award*
2000 Premier Award, Sidney Myer International Ceramics*
Residencies:
2012 Lochmara Lodge Artist Residency, Marlborough.
2011 Wild Creations, DOC/CNZ Rotorua Lakes, NZ
2009 Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW, Australia*
2004 AIR-Vallauris, Vallauris, France*
1997 Millay Colony for the Arts, New York State, USA*
1996 EKWC, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Collections:
Te Papa Museum, Wellington, NZ*
A.I.R Vallauris, France
Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden,The Netherlands
Frans Hals Museum, The Netherlands
Shepparton Art Gallery, Australia
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, NZ
Otago Museum, Dunedin , Auckland Museum ,NZ
Selected Publications:
Art News NZ Summer 2011
Ten Thousand years of Pottery, Emmanuel Cooper, British Museum Press 2000
One Hundred New Zealand Craft Artists, Helen Schamroth Godwit 1998
Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issues 47,52, 70.
Ceramics Technical, Issues 13, 14.
Ceramics Monthly Nov, 2000
Source: Whitespace Gallery website http://www.whitespace.co.nz/artists/madeleine-child.aspx
