This Bundanon touring exhibition celebrates the creative practice of Merric Boyd (1888–1959), an artist often referred to as Australia’s father of studio pottery.
Fantastic Forms features over 150 of Boyd’s drawings and ceramics from the 1940s and ’50s, depicting Australian animals, plants, people and landscapes alongside handwritten notes and free-form poetry, revealing a singular approach to spirituality, art and life. Presented in conversation with work by three contemporary artists – Nabilah Nordin’s sculptural forms, Stephen Benwell’s delicate human figures and energetic stop-motion videos by emerging Bundjalung artist Rubyrose Bancroft.
Nabilah Nordin, Pavilion, 2023, timber, white rags, beeswax, pigment, acrylic paint, spray paint, mouldable plastic, epoxy modelling compound, cotton rope and Ecrylimer. MIIA Foundation Collection. Photograph: Simon Strong. Courtesy the artist, Bundanon, New South Wales and Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland
Ipswich Art Gallery
14 June to 7 September 2025
Queensland
