Iron Lustre Pinched Mug

Em Frank is a multidisciplinary artist living and working across Tandanya/Adelaide and Mparntwe/Alice Sprints. At its core, Em’s practice is motivated by the use of art as a tool for collaboration and community building. She explores themes of belonging, identity, community and collective care with a significant focus on material exploration. Em’s current work draws heavily on the last ten years spend living and working in the remote Central Desert and her personal experiences of connection and loss.

Woking in ceramics as her primary medium, Em’s practice extends across drawing, painting, mixed media and assemblage. She has a bowerbird-like proclivity for collecting discarded and broken materials and an abiding compulsion to tinker and play. Lately Em has been exploring the visual and material dialogue between clay and metal, and the use of ancient techniques in a pursuit of a contemporary aesthetic.