ARTIST STATEMENT
Art is limitless for me and this is what I love most about it. I came to clay initially through the influence of traditional pottery.
While I was pursuing my art degree at JJ school of art, clay seemed like it was always pulling at me.
It was the one medium where the creative process, physical interaction, and self expression came together completely. My work is both functional and sculptural.
Working in clay seemed to reveal itself to me. And I feel it is in a constant state of evolution. I respond to the clay as much as I tell it what to do; it is almost like a conversation in silence. I have learned to work in an instinctive way, not to interrupt or force, but to nurture, explore, and adapt. I work both with the wheel and with hand built forms.
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Practicing Ceramist since 2004 and in last two decades I have conducted workshops, participated in exhibitions and done commission work for individual patrons, art festivals, commercial organizations, lifestyle stores etc.
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Participated in Clay Gulgong Australia 2016 and assisted Artist Ian Jones during the festival. This was a great experience as I got to interact and work with various masters.
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Participated in Anagama firing with Gyan Daniel in Cooroy, Queensland in 2017.
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Participated in the group show “Speed of Light” – Contemporary Ceramic at Jehangir Art Gallery, 2017
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Participating ceramist in a group show - DD Neroy Gallery, Mumbai in 2017
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Participated in the group show “Animal Planet” – Gallery Art n Soul, 2018
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Participated in Anagama firing with Barbara Campbell in Sydney in 2017 and 2023
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Attended Obvara/Milk Firing Workshop conducted by Jane Jermyn
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Attended Soda Firing workshop conducted by Joe Finch
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Participated in Soda Firing workshop conducted by Ruthane Tudball
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Participated in soda firings at Mandala Pottery Auroville, India with Adil Writer
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Attended Raku workshop at Pottery & Art Society, Andretta, India
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Associated faculty in ceramics with The Art Village, Mumbai India till 2020.
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Started Studio Klay Goa, India in 2021. My thought behind setting up S/Klay is an arena of conscious living where through the medium of pottery, surrounding nature, thoughtful spending time....creativity flourishes, calm prevails and it showcases in my varied work. While I love to experiment with design, textures, color, technique inspired by travel, my daydreaming....underlying feel is warm, sublime, organic in form with lingering effect. I hope it has values and implications for others to contemplate, but it is for me that it holds its deepest meanings.
WORK PRACTICE
KHUSHBOO MADNANI
Address:
Studio Klay -
House 1251, opp. Bhumika Temple, Anjuna, Goa 403509
India Phone Number:
+91 9819340704/9819640906
Email:
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BFA from Sir JJ School of Arts Mumbai, India in 2002.
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Apprenticeship in Pottery in Auroville, India and under PR Daroz, leading Indian Ceramist in 2002-2003
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Four Month Residency in Arts - Pont Aven, France in 2008
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Six Month Pottery Course from Golden Bridge Pottery Puducherry, India in 2015