Carragh Amos, née Knapp, was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Her rural childhood established a strong connection with natural materials.
Amos holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Hons (1st Class) from Elam School of Fine Arts. Despite intending to become a painter, Amos focused on sculpture after experiencing strong emotions when viewing forms in space. Her thesis and ceramic-based graduate exhibition 'Handmade Aesthetics' considered the appeal of the handmade.
In 2014 Amos relocated to Wellington and laid a technical foundation at the Wellington Potters Association. She also held her first solo exhibition - Hand Labour (2015).
Amos has lived in various international cities including Singapore and Montréal. In Canada she built a body of work while sharing a ceramic studio under Atelier Creatifs. These works aimed to conjure emotions through form. Travelling throughout Japan had an especially profound influence - following this trip she adopted the reductive method of kurinuki. Returning to Singapore soon afterward (2019), Amos also found an influential mentor - wood-firer Abraham Ling.
Carragh Amos' practice moves between fine art and functional craft. Her pieces are influenced by historical pottery of the wider Asian region. Current work celebrates process, labour, and action through hand-built ceramics.
Amos is a New Zealand born artist currently based in Singapore.
Read Amos' interview with Murze contemporary art magazine
Exhibitions
2019-20 Small Works , Untitled Gallery, Tucson AZ, USA
2019 Open Air , Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 50 Squared , Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Antonio Boschi & Marieda di Stefano, Casa Museo Boschi di Stefano, Milan, Italy
2019 100 Postcards, 100 Paces Studio & Gallery, Taiwan
2018 Small, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia
2018 Spectrum, bG Gallery / Gestalt Projectspace, Santa Monica, USA
2018 Circular, bG Gallery / Gestalt Projectspace, Santa Monica, USA
2017 Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Love + Intimacy, In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand
2015 Tactile, In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand
2015 Solo exhibition, Hand Labour, In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand read review
2015 REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT, Matchbox Studios, Wellington, New Zealand
2015 Moana, Mairangi Arts Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
2014 Gift It, In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand
2014 Silent Art Auction, In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand
2014 Collaborative project, Aesthetics City - Design Shanghai, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2013 Collaborative project, Design Shanghai - Shanghai Design Biennale (as part of the Curated Collaborative Student Project), The Powerstation of Art, Shanghai, China
2013 Elam Grad Show - Handmade Aesthetics, Elam School Of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
2013 Cafespace B431, Projectspace B431, Auckland, New Zealand
2012 </3, Projectspace B431, Auckland, New Zealand
Upcoming Exhibitions
2020 Untitled group ceramic exhibition, Ipoh, Malaysia (June)
Features & Published Works
2020 25 artistas a las que seguir la pista en Instagram Por, Noticias por el Mundo 02/18/2020 Visit.
2019 Carragh Amos, 51 Hours 22 Hands artist feature, Exclamation! Magazine #4 Winter. 2019. Deluxe
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2019 Conquering Self, GSO Zine festival collaborative zine.
2018 Carragh Amos, Murze Magazine artist feature and interview. Read.
2018 Murze website 'CIRCULAR' gallery feature. View.
2017 Beautiful ceramics by Carragh Amos. My Paradissi., May 16, 2017. Visit.
2014 Handmade Aesthetics (2013), Elam School of Fine Arts Handbook, Cover
2013/4 Under Green Needles (2012), University of Auckland NICAI Undergraduate Prospectus, p15
Residencies and International Events
2020 (upcoming) 2 week+ 7 day aquagama firing, Ipoh, Malaysia (lead firer Abraham Ling)
2020 (upcoming) 2 week 80hr aquagama firing, Ipoh, Malaysia (lead firer Abraham Ling)
2019 2 week 80hr aquagama firing, Ipoh, Malaysia (lead firer Abraham Ling)
2019 1 week 51hr anagama firing, Ipoh, Malaysia (lead firer Abraham Ling)
2019 2 week collaborative residency, Daly St Studios, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Design Shanghai - Shanghai Design Biennale (as part of the Curated Collaborative Student Project), The Powerstation of Art, Shanghai, China
Workshops
2015 Air Dry Clay Introduction as part of Tactile at In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand
Curatorial Projects
2015 Love + Intimacy curated with Robbie Handcock, featuring The Date Club collective, In Good Company Space, Wellington, New Zealand
Current Memberships
Ceramics Association of New Zealand
Nuwa | Professional Art Network Singapore
Education
2014 BFA Hons first class (interdisciplinary), Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand