Michelle van Ketwich

Sunny Day
2021
Ceramics, acrylic paint and gesso on wood
20 x 26 cm
Prikkelbaar
2022
Ceramics and acrylic paint on wood panel
ca. 20 x 30 cm
Sunny Side Up
2021
Glazed ceramics
dimensions variable, ca. 10-15 cm diameter
Thanks I hate it
2022
Plaster, ceramics, air dry clay and acrylic paint on wood
ca. 90 x 70 cm (minus chains)
Untitled, Raku Vaas
2022
Raku fired glazed ceramics

My artistic practice is a translation of my experiences in a world dominated by the internet and screens, as well as my personal reality in which I am trying to give meaning to what I do and who I am. My most recent work consists of multidisciplinary paintings and ceramic pieces that in a way question and poke fun at internet culture, social norms and everyday life.

I create work by translating found material from the internet, books, films and overheard conversations, as well as personal memories, experiences and fascinations. As such, I work with my own environment: containing both the digital and the physical world. I specifically look for the contrast between the personal and the public; the natural and the synthetic; the mundane and the absurd; and the digital and the material. My work is a dialogue between myself and the present. I’m in a way looking for subjects that are very present, a symbol of this time. More specifically, I look for things that feel right for me, a symbol of myself in this moment of time. I use cheerful colours, lustre and humour not only to their own effect, but also to tackle subjects that actually have a darker edge.

 

www.michellevanketwich.com
Sunny Day
2021
Ceramics, acrylic paint and gesso on wood
20 x 26 cm
Prikkelbaar
2022
Ceramics and acrylic paint on wood panel
ca. 20 x 30 cm
Sunny Side Up
2021
Glazed ceramics
dimensions variable, ca. 10-15 cm diameter
Thanks I hate it
2022
Plaster, ceramics, air dry clay and acrylic paint on wood
ca. 90 x 70 cm (minus chains)
Untitled, Raku Vaas
2022
Raku fired glazed ceramics