"Inspired by monsters, microbiology, and modular toys..."
Kartini Thomas is a ceramic artist whose work inhabits the fertile borderland between science and mythology. Drawing on her background as a biologist and a childhood spent across Southeast Asia and the Antipodes, she sculpts a vivid universe of creatures - charming yet unsettling, precise yet exuberant - that invite us to rethink what it means to be human, both biologically and culturally. Her work has been exhibited internationally, from Paris and London to Beijing, Brussels and Sydney, and is represented by leading galleries across Europe.