Hannah Halle

Hannah Halle a major art installation and exhibition showcasing significant artists from the Northern Rivers of NSW. The exhibition is curated by TheArtHitects, Gary Carsley and Renjie Teoh and marks the reopening of Lismore Regional Art Gallery. The Gallery was flooded in 2022. 

The Women of Hill End, Hill End Art Gallery 2024

My solo exhibition The Women of Hill End has travelled from Bathurst Regional Art Gallery to the Hill End Art Gallery

Facts of Matter, Linden Projects VIC 2024

This is the second exhibition by Clay Matters. 

The Women of Hill End, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 2023 - 2024

Anna and Maude and The Tea Party. Image: studio_now_lismore

Earthen ware installation.

BRT clay and glaze, underglaze and slip made from red ochre earth found at Hill End NSW

In December 2023, The Women Of Hill End exhibition will open to the public at Bathurst Regional Gallery. This exhibition is based on Amanda's research into the stories of the women who have lived at Hill End since the discovery of gold in the mid 1850s. Amanda completed a month long artist residency at Murrays Cottage in February 2021. 

Clay Matters, Slow Clay Centre VIC 2023 AND Elemental, Ceramics Arts QLD Members Exhibition Brisbane Institute of Art 2022

Mid fire BRT

Glaze and underglaze 

North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville 2022

The Stand Off  earthenware and mid fire ceramic

Birds 2, Gallery 3, Byron Bay 2022

Jenny, Ryan, Maddy and Glenn  mid fire ceramic with dry glaze 

Australiana Exhibition, The Jam Factory, Adelaide SA 2022

The Last Stand earthenware ceramic

Group show of Australian ceramic art works to open in early February at The Jam Factory in Adelaide SA. 

The Nun in the Nightgown. Brigid Partridge, a woman who had enough. Wagga Wagga Art Gallery 2021

The bride, the novice, the nun in the nightgown and the plaintiff earthenware ceramic sculptures

Amanda Bromfield tells the little known story of Brigid Partridge. 

In 1920 a young Catholic nun ran away from the Presentation Sisters Convent at Mt Erin in Wagga Wagga. The nun was Sister Mary Liguori. Sister Liguori ran away because she was discontented and unhappy in her work place and, she feared for her life.

This exhibition marks the 100 year anniversary of the sensational NSW Supreme Court Case of Sister Liguori Vs Bishop Dwyer of the Wagga Diocese.

Amanda has created an installation using ceramics, found objects and performance video to tell the story of Brigid Partridge. Amanda views this story through a feminist lens and transports the past experiences of Brigid into a twenty-first century context. A series of ceramic plates use quotes from Julia Gillard, Brittany Higgins, Christine Holgate and Grace Tame give a contemporary context to the patriarchal nature of the society that Brigid experienced in post world war one Australia 

M Arts, Tweed Regional Gallery 2020

Blue Faced Honeyeater Pot

Clay: Thick and Thin, a group exhibition by the North Coast Potters Association 

The Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery 2020

Army of One earthenware ceramic sculpture  and self portrait of Amanda Bromfield

Finalist in The Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize 2020. Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW

 37 second video of the same name by Chris davis and Amanda Bromfield

Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2020 AND Byron Art Magazine Art Prize 2020

Before and After

Finalist in both the:

2020 Fisher's Ghost Art Awards, Campbelltown Arts Centre

2020 Byron Art Magazine BAM Art Prize, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina

Tom Bass Prize 2020

Filipino Queen earthenware scultpure 

Finalist.

ceramic, handmade glazes and underglaze

40cm x 21cm x 21cm 

Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2019

Zeitgeist

Finalist

Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2019

Birds 2, Maunsell Wickes Gallery Paddington 2019

Exhibition of 12 handmade ceramic bird sculptures.

Facade: Art Deco of Murwillumbah, Tweed Regional Gallery 2019

Group Exhibition 

The Tweed Regional Gallery, Gallery Downtown

Hey, Listen Up, Lismore Regional Gallery 2019

Solo Exhibition 

Artist Talk and Workshop 11am Thursday 28th March

Birds, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington 2018

Group Exhibition of Australian Bird artists

Released Class of 2018, MFA Grad Show National Art School

Group exhibition of 37 National Art School Masters of Fine Art Graduates.

Released Class of 2018

Temple of Fashion, Canberra Potters Society 2017

This Exhibition is the culmination of an eight week Artist in Residency at the Canberra Potter's Society in Watson. ACT.

Amanda went to Canberra to locate and study the fashion designs of Maggie Shepherd. Maggie Shepherd began her career in the early 1980's. Maggie built a fashion empire which exported Australian women's fashion to the world.

This body of work is Amanda's reaction to the wonderful and colourful designs of one of Australia's most dynamic fashion designers - Maggie Shepherd.

Gone Girl, Ballina Art Gallery 2016

This is an installation dedicated to the memory of the women who have suffered domestic violence.

On the 29th September 2016 there were 49 women in Australia who had died as a result of domestic violence. Gone Girl is a memorial to these women.

The Gone Girl Video has been created.

Thank you to the people of Ballina, NSW. The Ballina Community Art Gallery and Christopher and Sophie Davis who made this video possible. The video can be found on YouTube.

Damned Whores and God's Police, Lismore Regional Gallery 2016

An installation of ceramic figurines based on my research into the work of three Australian artists, Anne Summers, Albert Tucker and Joy Hester.

The body of work is about stereotypes, the good woman stereotype and the bad woman stereotype.

Cool Cockies, Mullumbimby 2016

Tweed Regional Council Art Project. The Art Square.

Bluestocking, Ballina Gallery 2016

BeLonging - Embodied Commentaries Inspired by Place ANU 2015

BeLonging Exhibition curated by Madulika Ghosh was part of the Canberra Stepping Up Ceramics Trienniel Conferrence  2015.

Brisbane Grammar School Art Show 2014

45th Sapphire Art show.

Jewels of the Night. Three female figurines.

The Course of Objects - The Fine Lines of Inquiry, Manly Art Gallery 2013

A Group Exhibition.

Curated by Susan Ostling.

The Australian Ceramics Association's Biennial Exhibition.

"Perhaps it is impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be." My collection is about female identity. These imperfect vintage style figurines are modeled on Marie Antoinette and the French Rococo era in art history. The Rococo period of the 18th century was a time where art embraced the exotic. The women of the court of King Louis XVI were fashionable and extravagant. Women were defined by their dress – costumes were meticulously designed and women conscientiously paraded themselves in public. These women deliberately made choices about their appearance. Outrageous or demure, frivolous or over the top, impression was paramount. The more voluminous the skirt and elaborate the costume, the greater the pretense. In my work the dress becomes a metaphor for identity – a mask that a woman hides behind; a place where she finds comfort. But what of the woman behind this charade? Does her appearance define her reality? Quote from Orson Scottcard – "Ender's Game".

The Byron Bay Art Classic 2013

" incredible day hunting in South Africa! Stalked inside 60-yards, what a hunt."

Winner of  the Sculpture Prize

Twitter @Melissa Bachman

Melissa Bachman is a trophy hunter, an American TV presenter who calls herself a "hard core huntress". In November 2013 she tracked and shot a male lion while on safari in South Africa. She hunts and kills exotic animals for sport.

Amanda Bromfield creates figurines fashioned and referenced in history. In this work she has referenced a 1830's Staffordshire porcelain figurine titled "Death Of Munrow" by an unknown ceramist. The roles and out come are reversed in this sculpture. The lion stalks and kills the human. The lion collects the trophy, poses with the kill and twitters about this "incredible day hunting".

Menagerie, Ballina Gallery 2014

Ceramic sculptures of aristocratic Rococo Girls parading their collections of exotic and curious animals.

Dressed to impress, they sport outrageous animal inspired fashions .

Louis XV1 had a Menagerie at Versailles, it was a status symbol of power and wealth.

These caged animals are often seen as "metaphors of slavery and oppression". Louise E. Robbins, Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots. 2002

MENAGERIE

Exotic animals captured and transported from; Africa, the Indies and the Americas were all the rage in 18th Century Paris. The monarchy and aristocrats exhibited these wild and "never before seen" creatures in Menageries. Only the rich and powerful could afford the luxury of keeping and showing off such extravagant possessions. Exotic animals were paraded as symbols of status.Women and men's fashions reflected the latest animal sensation. Giraffe print dresses and hairstyles for wealthy women and zebra striped suits for the men. Animals captured in the new French colonies were traded, transported and displayed as caged curiosities. Land and sea voyages were treacherous, few animals survived the journey, those that did became a source of fascination, fear and revulsion. Animals battled to the death in public forums, were imprisoned in cages or became captive slaves performing tricks for human entertainment. Amanda Bromfield has captured the frivolity and extravagance of the French Rococo era but has also hinted at the poignant sense of loss as the magnificent wild creatures surrender their freedom to become pampered pets and animal slaves.

Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2013

Advocaat, Delft and Dodos - FINALIST

Increased standards of living take their toll on the bio-diversity of this planet, as consumption increases, species become extinct. According to Dr Richard Leakey we are in the Sixth Age of Extinction*. The rate of extinction has hastened since the Voyages of Discovery by Columbus in 1492. The Dodo was the first recorded extinction of the Modern World, discovered by Dutch sailors on the island of Mauritius in 1662 and extinct within 90 years. In my work, the dress or costume becomes the metaphor for identity. Identity can be individual or, of society as a whole. This 17th century woman personifies Dutch society during this Golden Age of Exploration and Colonialism. She sips her advocaat cocktail, dressed in a beautiful gown, embroidered with Delft Ware patterning. Her dress represents the extravagant consumption of exotic items demanded by the economically mobile European society. The cocktail represents socio economic materialism and wasteful consumption. The economic and political paradigms that fueled the race for Globalisation during the Golden Age continue today as Multinational Corporations strive for global dominance, increased consumerism and profits. The extinction of species is a given consequence of global progress and economic development. Bio-diversity "is going the way of the Dodo".

* Dr Richard Leakey - paleoanthropologist.

Girl Power - NO CSG, Lismore Regional Gallery 2013

In a 2011 interview published by the Times in London, Sir David Attenborough stated, "We have a huge moral responsibility towards the rest of the planet". In the Northern Rivers, the legacy of the Aquarius Festival has meant that people from all walks of life gather and unite over issues that threaten the environment. Girl Power – NO CSG is about the courageous women of the Northern Rivers community who are continuing this tradition by rallying and protesting to protect our land and water from being mined for Coal Seam Gas. Amanda Bromfield was born into a 3rd generation farming family. She understands the need for rural communities to come together, keep our natural resources and safe from degradation and to preserve our environment for future generations.

Rococolossal, Ballina Gallery 2014

Amanda Bromfield's Rococo Girls are like the barbie dolls of the French Court of Louis XV and XVI. These were fashionable ladies, extravagant and frivolous - with attitudes to match. Amanda's imperfect vintage style figurines take a subtle dig at these women. The Rococo period was a time where art embraced the exotic, the playful and the witty. Rococolossal refers to this time in art history where hair, dresses and expenditure were all 'over the top'. Women competed to set the most outrageous trends. The dress or costume is an intrinsic ingredient in Amanda's work. The dress is Amanda's metaphor for identity. This identity can be individual or that of a society as a whole. In this exhibition Amanda also uses the dress to represent overconsumption and materialism. The more voluminous and extravagant the costume, the greater the consumption of resources.

Let them eat cake, Lismore Art in The Heart 2013

Lismore - Art in the Heart

Window of Opportunity