We are delighted to announce that Kate Dorrough has been selected as a finalist for the Gosford Art Prize 2025 for her incredible work Alchemy of a River.
This hand built stoneware vessel is an alchemic synthesis of glaze and clay. With a layering multiple glazes and numerous firings it is a fusion of the painterly mark and the ceramic form. Echoing ancient forms of antiquity, the vessel holds and contains. Its surface revealing a passage of time, a palimpsest of obscured and inscribed markings suggesting a text, a language to be understood or deciphered. Acknowledging the need to understand the river in order to preserve and work with this essential life force. It is a symbolic representation of the river, a source of fertility, renewal and destruction. — Kate Dorrough, Artist Statement 2025
The Gosford Art Prize started as a community-driven project in 1970 that has grown to become one of the highlights of our exhibition calendar and an important part of the cultural landscape of the Central Coast. The 2025 iteration is the 26th time the prize will be presented at Gosford Regional Gallery, and it continues to grow in size and popularity every year.
The exhibition of finalists will be on display at Gosford Regional Gallery from 6 September 2025 - 9 November 2025.
