Image: Virginia Leonard, Dissolvable Stitches Make for a Lovely Scar, 2025, clay, resin and lustre, 610 x 570mm

Virginia Leonard’s ceramic works are ornate, visceral wonders. Her large, vessel-like structures bear some resemblance to everyday domestic items, yet the familiar shapes of vases, jugs, and urns are abstracted, morphed into melting masses. Glazed in vibrant colours and dripping with resin, Leonard’s objects are intentionally fired in a way that sees the objects partially slump and sometimes crack. Colourful, sharp, seemingly floral and often gilded, the works have a fantastical quality and an aesthetic sensibility that borders on the Baroque.

Opening event: Tuesday 25 March, 5-7pm