Image courtesy of Keith Maxwell, A Shot Above Photography and Imaging.
About
Through her work, Harriet Geater-Johnson is interested in exploring the conflict, and cohesion between animals and humans, with consideration of how their presence causes a continual impact to the natural environment. Her pieces are often zoomorphic, and attempt to show the precarious position that animals find themselves in as a result of human intervention. More recently Harriet has explored ideas around cultural assimilation and the resultant conflict that sometimes occurs, drawing inspiration from her own British heritage and considering the significant impact this has had on her adopted home Australia. Geater-Johnson hand sculpts each piece, and then often make moulds from which to cast. She incorporates both porcelain and white earthenware in her work. By sometimes leaving her work in its natural state and colour, the artist hopes to express a fossilised, or archaeological specimen left as a remnant in memorandum. A more recent incorporation of colour is reminiscent of Chelsea and Staffordshire Ceramic traditions.
Harriet Geater-Johnson hails from the United Kingdom but has spent the last thirteen years in Australia. A nomadic existence has seen her live in five states. Currently she resides in North Queensland.
Wastage (2021) Photo Evan Bailey