Pippin Drysdale: Infinite Terrain

ABOUT THE EVENT

AGWA is proud to present Pippin Drysdale: Infinite Terrain, a landmark retrospective honouring the extraordinary career of internationally renowned ceramicist Pippin Drysdale.

Spanning over forty years of practice, the exhibition features work from the State Art Collection alongside significant loans. It offers a rare opportunity to explore Drysdale’s adventurous spirit, collaborative processes, and her singular ability to interpret the world through porcelain. Her vast fields of flowing lines and mesmerising colour evoke landscapes both intimate and expansive, inviting viewers into layered readings that intertwine memory, place, and imagination.

Drysdale, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, began her ceramics journey in the 1980s and continues to produce new work at the age of 82. Her pieces are held in some of the most significant art collections across Australia and internationally, and her reputation as one of the country’s most respected ceramic artists is firmly established.

Her practice is driven by a deep enthusiasm for discovery of place, of self, and of creative and technical breakthroughs. Blending precise craftsmanship with fearless experimentation, Drysdale’s porcelain forms explore the vastness of colour in the landscape, revealing its capacity for both subtlety and intensity.