Honor Freeman

Based in the Fleurieu Peninsula on the traditional lands of the Ramindjeri people, Honor Freeman’s practice involves crafting objects in porcelain that belie their materiality and purpose.

Her work has been curated into major exhibitions at institutions throughout Australia, including the MCA, Tarrawarra Museum of Art and The PowerHouse Museum. She has undertaken international residencies at Guldagergaard, Denmark’s International Ceramic Museum and in the US at Indiana University’s School of Art & Design. In 2018 she was invited to undertake the Guildhouse Collections Project at the Art Gallery of South Australia, the outcome of this residency Ghost Objects, was exhibited in 2019 as part of SALA Festival.

Honor’s work appears in national and international publications including: 1001 Remarkable Objects published by the Powerhouse Museum, 101 Contemporary Australian artists, published by the NGV; the international publication by Louisa Taylor, Ceramics Masterclass : creative techniques of 100 great artists; and Glenn Barkley’s recently published Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms.

Exhibiting since 2000, Honor is represented in numerous public institution collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, ArtBank, The powerhouse Museum and Washington DC’s National Musuem of Women in the Arts. In 2023, she was a recipient of an Arts South Australia Fellowship. Honor Freeman is represented in Australia by Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.