Collection: Bridgit Day

Bridgit Day is a ceramic artist currently living in Whangarei, Aotearoa New Zealand. Her work is an exploration of contemplative sculptural form, which aims to build a relationship with the viewer, telling a story or creating a space for contemplation.

'The more I make, the more I learn about my work, my practice and myself. Each piece is informed from the previous piece. The work grows, develops and changes from the work before' says Day.

The final result is important but equally is the process, the time spent making. Her hope is that the finished work establishes a rapport with the viewer. 'I'd like the work to hold you, just for a moment, long enough that you stop and pause'.

Day's work is about connections; whether it is a connection with ourselves, with the object, with nature or between the artist and the viewer.

Exhibitions & Awards:

2024 - Allusion, Public Record, Ponsonby, Auckland

2024 - Finalist and 4ArtSake Merit Award Winner, Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 2024, Whakatāne

2022 - Finalist Waiclay National Ceramic Award, Waikato Museum, Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

2021-22 - National Ceramic Invitational, ‘Object as Poet’, Waiheke Community Art Gallery

2020 - Finalist UKU Clay Hawke's Bay 2020 Ceramics Award, Arts Inc Heretaunga Gallery, Hastings

2020 - Finalist Quarry Arts Centre Open Ceramics Award, Yvonne Rust Gallery, Whangārei

2018 - Finalist Rick Rudd Foundation Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award, Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics, Whanganui

2018 - Finalist Portage Ceramic Awards, Te Uru, Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland

2018 - Diploma in Ceramics End of Year Exhibition, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke

2017 - Finalist Portage Ceramic Awards, Te Uru, Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland

2017 - Diploma in Ceramics Showcase, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke