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29 April / 04 June 2023
ALICHIA VAN RHIJN
Pink Moon
Alichia van Rhijn is a South-African born Australian artist and a recent graduate of the National Art School in Sydney. With a background in architecture and design she has a passion for creating sculptural and installation-based objects and forms that examine memory, trace, trauma, experience and loss. Her installations catalogue her experience of displacement through the materials, the oddly comforting forms and the textures of both worked ceramic, metal, felt and wood.
Memory and experience of place and ‘space’ are key elements in van Rhijn’s installations. Unconscious rediscovery of memory and place is explored and distilled into minimalist gestures and forms. Her method of ‘making as thinking’ paired with an experimental approach to process and technology underpins the creation of objects that float between the real and a child-like whimsical world that elicits an urge to interact and play
