July Friends Night: Sarit Cohen – Vessels of Dialogue

For our July Friends night we are pleased to invite Friends and their guest to celebrate the exhibition Vessels of Dialogue, by long supporting Friend of Drill Hall Gallery – Sarit Cohen. Join us at Craft and Design Canberra to enjoy Cohen’s most recent body of work.

Vessels of Dialogue is an exhibition of ceramics exploring architectural moments shaped by the artist’s upbringing in Israel. Influenced by a nuanced understanding of the Bauhaus and the Decorative Arts movement of the early 20th century, the exhibition features whimsical sculptural vessels and objects. Beguiling forms made from delicate porcelain clay draw the eye to ‘lines’ that both reinforce the linear rhythms of the forms or conversely subvert their practicality. The use of a minimal palette, a reduced colour scheme and simple shapes offer a sense of calm and serenity.

Sarit Cohen is a graduate of the ANU School of Art (Ceramics). She completed her Diploma of Education (University of Canberra) and in this period was awarded the Doug Alexander Memorial Award for Decorative Surface. She has completed residencies in Denmark, Switzerland and China. These opportunities have significantly contributed to her work in the areas of porcelain manipulation and casting. She has contributed to numerous group and survey shows over the last 20 years, both nationally and internationally, notably in the USA, Denmark, Hungary and Japan. Her works are held in private and public collections in these countries. Cohen’s work bears the influence of her childhood spent in Israel, and of her Turkish and Indian heritage. Her memories of the desert, its surfaces and dry atmosphere are constantly evidenced in her objects. Together with an increasing curiosity about her Indian background, these form the basis of her research. 

Image: Sarit Cohen, Shifting Red, 2026. Photo: Brenton McGeachie