Scott Duncan
Born in Geelong, Victoria
Lives & Works – Sydney (Eora)
Scott Duncan is a dynamic ceramicist whose work is a pastiche of mid-century design and antiquity where the traditional forms of ceramic practice are reconstructed through his whimsical work. Creating his own chalks and pencils, there is an alchemy at play where low and high fuse together creating forms reminiscent of Italian Bitossi Ceramiche and Scheurich Pottery with ceramic food labels delicately sculpted by Duncan resembling faces adhered across the surface in pareidolian amusement.
A chef by trade, Duncan infuses these techniques into his art practice where clay is layered and moulded like shortcrust pastry, taking on forms resembling materials such as congregated cardboard, chewing gum and fruit, mischievously pulling apart the traditional notions of ceramics. Nostalgia plays a part with ceramic form taking on the sweet lollies of youth; musk sticks, bananas and toffees.
Duncan has been a feature artist at Sydney Contemporary (2022) and has previously had three major solo exhibitions as well as various group exhibitions in both New South Wales and Victoria. He is a twice finalist in STILL: The National Still Life Award (2019, 2017) and a finalist in the Fishers Ghost Art Award (2024). His work is part of the Artbank collection, and in 2022 Duncan completed a major commission for the opening of the ACE Hotel Sydney curated by Flack Studio.
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30 Years of Arthouse Gallery
7 - 21 December 2024Over the past three decades, Arthouse Gallery has distinguished itself as one of Australia's leading contemporary art galleries. Currently representing over forty artists, the gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary this...Read more -
Arthouse Group Show
Bloom 28 June - 20 July 2024
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Scott DuncanBananas, 2024earthenware with glaze, wool, nylon60 x 23 x 12 cm$3,990.00
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Scott DuncanToastie, 2023earthenware with glaze39 x 23 x 13 cm$3,500
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Scott DuncanTriple Gourd, 2023earthenware with glaze, wool, nylon62 x 24 x 14 cm$3,500
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Scott DuncanBlue Bottle, 2023earthenware with glaze39 x 23 x 13 cm$3,500
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Scott DuncanGoldie, 2023earthenware with glaze44 x 24 x 13 cm$3,500
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Scott DuncanLamby, 2024earthenware with glaze23 x 23 x 3 cm$1,200
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Scott DuncanPerforated Oblong, 2023earthenware with glaze21 x 15 x 3 cm$1,200
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Scott Duncan$4, 2024earthenware with glaze26.5 x 20 x 3.5 cm
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Scott DuncanGolden Nostrils, 2024earthenware with glaze19.5 x 20 x 3 cm
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Multiple artists announced as finalists in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2024
Campbelltown Arts Centre 24 September 2024We are thrilled to share that ten of our artists have been announced as finalists in the prestigious Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2024. Congratulations to...Read more -
Acclaimed ceramicist Scott Duncan joins Arthouse Gallery
22 June 2024We are delighted to announce that Sydney based ceramicist Scott Duncan is now represented by Arthouse Gallery. A dynamic ceramicist, Duncan's work is a pastiche...Read more