Aileen Corbett — 'Nina' Sculpture, 2026

Geometry of Place brings together a series of Corbett’s handbuilt ceramic sculptures shaped through a slow, meditative process in which form and precision; intuition and emotion are held in quiet conversation. Each piece emerges as a moment evoked by the built environment; planes meeting at deliberate angles, apertures opening onto quiet voids, and shallow channels marking the surface like pathways or traces of movement in time. Though influenced by architecture, these works behave like sculptural maquettes: compact expressions of spatial ideas rather than representations of buildings themselves. Grounded and contemplative, they hover between certainty and fragility, structure and sensitivity.

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Aileen Corbett is a sculptor based in Naarm (Melbourne) whose practice investigates the intersection of art and architecture, geometry and colour. Drawing on Brutalism, Modernist architectural masters, and the utilitarian urban structures of lesser‑seen cities, she distils façades, apertures, and modular systems into precise, architectonic compositions.

Across both wall‑mounted and freestanding works, Corbett articulates a unified spatial language grounded in sculptural presence, rhythmic geometry, and chromatic intensity. Her minimalist aesthetic - clean lines, sharp angles, incised channels, and effulgent, often industrially resonant glazes, balances structural clarity with the responsive yet unpredictable qualities of clay.

Corbett trained at Melbourne’s School of Clay and Art and has gained increasing recognition, receiving the Craft Victoria Object Prize, second prize in the LEDA Art Prize, and selection as a finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award.

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Materials: Glazed stoneware

Dimensions: Approx.  10 x 9 x 3cm