Chrystie Longworth is an artist working on Dharawal Country, where high cliffs meet the sea. Originally trained in printmaking at Sydney College of the Arts, she completed a Master of Fine Art (Ceramics) at the National Art School in 2024.
Winner of the 2024 SABBIA Exhibition and Mentorship Award, Chrystie has developed her debut solo exhibition Suburban Squall from her own studio. Her ceramic works have been exhibited in galleries across Australia, and her functional pieces have been stocked by leading design stores. Chrystie has recently been a finalist in the Shelly Simpson Ceramics Prize and the Northern Beaches Environmental Art Prize. She is the recipient of the N.E. Pethebridge Ceramic Award and also received an Honourable Mention in Hornsby Council’s Reimagine Art Prize.
The works in Suburban Squall bring together clay and tumbled bricks collected over many years from a beach near my home and studio, carried to the sea via creeks from a long-closed brickworks. These industrial remnants, once part of colonial Australia’s expansion, have been worn by waves and time, their rigid forms softened into organic shapes and reclaimed by the ocean.
The sculptures speak of occupation, extraction, and expansion, while also evoking shelter, community, and endurance. My intention is to honour this cultural weight by heroing each brick as a singular presence and transforming the remnants through handmade ceramic elements into quietly monumental works. Each piece is a sentinel of sorts, a distinct personality that stands in the present while reminding us of the past and urging us to uphold our responsibilities to a shared future on this planet.
Chrystie Longworth, March 2026
