Royal College of Art | Bonnie Kemske PhD

Bonnie Kemske’s Statement
Into the Embrace.
A woman sits. She lifts a ceramic object, places it on her lap and settles it comfortably across her thighs. She explores the surface with her hands, feeling both its shape and its texture. She holds it against her torso, then placing her arms around it, she embraces it.
These sculptural ceramic objects are cast hugs, created as part of a practice-based PhD that aims to more fully engage the body's sense of touch in an experience of sensual groundedness, to make viewers into touchers, and to evoke the intimacy of bodily contact.
Bonnie Kemske’s CV
07753 479044
bonnie.kemske@alumni.rca.ac.uk
Work Experience
Ceramicist, Self-employed, Cambridge, 1993-present; Teacher (ceramics), Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, 1997-present; Administrator, White Gold Porcelain Symposium, Royal College of Art, London, 2006; Coordinator, Cambridge Open Studios, Cambridge, 1996-8
Exhibitions
Kyoto Geidai December Exhibition, Kyoto City Art Gallery, Kyoto Japan, 2004; Made at the Clay Studio, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA, 2000; Open Studios Artists, Primavera, Cambridge, 1998/9; Bonnie Kemske (solo), Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, 1998
Awards
Joint First, Rowley Award for Fine Art, 1993
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Bonnie Kemske PhD