NAS Exhibition Award Recipient Megan McKenzie presents new works in ceramics.
Winner of the 2024 SABBIA Exhibition and Mentorship Award, Megan has been working and developing her solo exhibition from her studio in Sydney. Megan’s work has been exhibited in galleries across Australia, having had her first solo exhibition in 2025. Megan has recently been a Finalist in the 2025 Gosford Art Prize and the Finalist of the Muswellbrook Regional Art Prize in 2024. Megan was also the recipient of the Art Incubator grant in 2025 and is a Finalist in the Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize that will be showing at MAGM later in the year.
‘I am interested in drawing parallels between the material nature of clay, abstract form, and the fundamental experience of being human. Beginning with a single mould, this body of work uses iteration as a conceptual framework for exploring difference within repetition, employing a spectrum of volume and flatness, multiplicity and singularity to address the fluidity and instability of perception.
Using my own glaze palette made from raw materials, I have created a body of tones and textures that influence the reading of the piece, allowing colour, light, space and form to speak subconsciously to the viewer, allowing for individual interpretation that draws on visceral and intuitive readings. I hope this body of work considers how we navigate ambiguity, construct personal narratives, and continually remake our understanding of ourselves and the world’. Megan McKenzie, 2026
