Coming Undone - Ceramics by Jo Harris
Sat, 06 Jun
|The Pot House
This exhibition delves into the complex and often conflicting relationship between the inner psychological worlds of women and the roles that society continues to impose upon them. It examines how identity is shaped, constrained, and at times fractured by expectations that have been passed down.
Time & Location
06 Jun 2026, 10:00 am – 27 Jun 2026, 3:00 pm
The Pot House, 159 17th Avenue, Tauranga South, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand
About the event
Using black clay as a primary medium, the work gives physical form to emotional and psychological states that are often difficult to articulate. The material itself—earthy, dense, and unyielding—becomes a metaphor for both the weight of external pressures and the resilience required to endure them. Figurative forms emerge, embodying tension, vulnerability, and strength, capturing what it can feel like to navigate the space between who one is internally and who one is expected to be.
The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on how these pressures manifest in subtle and overt ways, and how the inner psyche responds, adapts, or pushes back. While contexts may shift, the underlying struggle for autonomy, self-definition, and emotional truth remains ongoing.
Jo Harris is an Auckland-based artist whose practice revolves around the theme of the authenticity of self and the masks we wear. A multimedia artist, Jo employs a range of materials in her work,…
