Vessels of Dialogue
Exhibition | Vessels of Dialogue
Artist | Sarit Cohen
Dates | 30 July – 12 September 2026
Opening | Thursday 30 July. Artist Talks at 5:30pm, Opening from 6pm and Official Speeches from 6:30pm | RSVP here
Exhibition Statement
Vessels of Dialogue is an exhibition of ceramic sculptures exploring architectural forms shaped by the artist’s memories. Influenced by the Bauhaus and early twentieth-century decorative arts movements, the exhibition presents whimsical vessels and sculptural objects that balance geometry with imagination.
Crafted from delicate porcelain, the works draw attention to lines that both reinforce the rhythm of each form and subtly disrupt its function. A restrained palette referencing Bauhaus Design and simple geometric shapes create a sense of calm, inviting viewers to reflect on the relationship between memory, architecture and the vessel.
Artist Statement
Simplicity has a meaning in beauty.
I am a contemporary ceramic artist, and this work explores a series of porcelain vessels. I create minimal works that reflect the emotions within my own space. I am fascinated by the universal concepts of form, mass, proportion, rhythm and structure in everyday life, and my work reflects the beauty of life and its fundamental simplicity.
The use of a minimal palette, reduced colour scheme and simple shapes offers a sense of calm and serenity, inviting viewers to pause, linger, reflect and find resonance. Exploring the vessel as my basic structure, my inspiration comes from things I read, things I hear and things developed through drawing.
A nuanced understanding and knowledge of the Bauhaus and the Decorative Arts movements of the early 20th century influence my perspective and approach to making.
Artist Biography
Sarit Cohen is an Australian ceramic artist whose practice explores porcelain, memory and cultural inheritance through sculptural vessels and objects. A graduate of the Australian National University School of Art and Design (Ceramics), Sarit completed a Diploma of Education at the University of Canberra, during which she was awarded the Doug Alexander Memorial Award for Decorative Surface.
Sarit’s practice has been significantly shaped by international residencies in Denmark, Switzerland and China, where she developed her exploration of porcelain manipulation and casting. Over the past two decades, she has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, including exhibitions in the USA, Denmark, Hungary and Japan, with her work held in public and private collections across these regions.
Influenced by her childhood in Israel and her Turkish and Indian heritage, Sarit’s work reflects an ongoing engagement with memory, landscape, architecture and cultural exchange.
Her experiences of desert environments, their surfaces and atmospheres, alongside an evolving connection to her Indian ancestry, continue to inform her material investigations and the development of her sculptural forms.
