Raymond Huynh
Conceptual Artistâ•‘Sculptural & Functional Ceramicsâ•‘Glassâ•‘Photo-media
About the Artist
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Raymond Huynh is an emerging Sydney based artist who has completed his Bachelor of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts in 2024.
He keeps a broad practice, working with Ceramics, Sculpture, Installation, Glass, and Photo-media. Emphasising materiality in works, he is interested in capturing the ‘essence’ and trace of things, and how materials can contain, hold, and depict notions of ‘memory’, and be given a sense of ‘agency’ through modes of artmaking. He draws influence from, the environment, alchemy/material transformation, theories of craft, and the human condition.
Specifically, he engages in a dialogue with ceramics, harnessing the sensorial, transformational, and distinct processes and properties of the medium to materialise research and ideas.
Raymond has also exhibited at various galleries or spaces. These include, The South Australian Museum, as a finalist for the 'Waterhouse Art Prize' (2024), Gaffa Gallery (2024), Verge Gallery (2022-2024), being awarded 2nd place for the USU Creative Awards Visual Arts category (2022), COMA Gallery, Water Through Reeds Gallery, Fisher Library (Verge Projects 2022), Saywell Gallery, Backspace Gallery, through his curatorial project ‘Emotions Through Glass’(2023), and Sydney College of the Arts, for Sydney Crafts Week(2022), and New Contemporaries (Degree show 2023), being awarded the Jean De Ghee Art prize.
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Currently, Raymond is an Honours candidate at Sydney College of the Arts (2025). He hopes to continue working as an artist, ceramicist, and craftsperson following his studies at the University of Sydney.
[Education, Experience, and Professional Development]
Candidate for Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours, Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney), NSW, Australia 2025
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Bachelor of Visual Arts (Area of emphasis in Ceramics and Glass), Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney), NSW, Australia 2021-2024
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Board Director at The Australian Association of Glass Artists (Formally known as Ausglass) (June-December 2024)
Ceramic Assistant to Vicky Browne’s Ceramic bell making workshop (Ceramic craft collective) at Sydenham International, 16/11/24 in preparation for her exhibition ‘Everything New is Old’.
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Gallery Installation Assistant at Verge Gallery for ‘Into the interconnectedness that spans the vastness of space and the infinitesimal scale of microcosms’-Vicky Browne, (1st- 3rd May 2024)
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Gallery Installation Assistant at Verge Gallery for ‘Essenssse’-Hossei, (24th January-2nd February 2024)
Ceramic Technician Assistant, Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney) 2023
Ceramics Assistant to Canbora Bayraktar and Madeleine Kelly (11-25th January 2023), assisted and contributed to the production of Middle-earth (AGNSW commission for Madeleine Kelly as part of ‘The National’ 2023)
[Exhibition history]
'A Fresh Perspective’, 2025, June-July, Lowe and Lee Gallery
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‘Love, Death, and what remains’, 2025, May, Backspace Gallery (Curated by Linnëa Long)​
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‘Small works Art Prize’, 2025, January, Brunswick Street Gallery (Melbourne)-Finalist
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‘USU Creative Awards’ (Arts Category), 2024 October-November, Verge Gallery (Curated by Beatrice Waller)-Finalist
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​‘Opting Out’, 2024, July-August, Verge Gallery (Special exhibition celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Verge Gallery, and the 150th anniversary of University of Sydney Union- (Curated by Anneka Scholtz and Tesha Malott)
‘Echoes in Clay’, 2024, July, Gaffa Gallery (Curated by Angélique McLoughlin and Carina Fisk)
‘A Fresh Perspective’, 2024, May-June, Lowe and Lee Gallery
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‘The Performing Object’ (Collaborative piece with Vicky Browne), 2024 11th April, as part of Sydney College of the Arts Performance Night
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Waterhouse Art Prize, 2024 April-June, South Australian Museum-Finalist
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‘New Contemporaries’ (Undergraduate Graduation degree show), 2023, November-December, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery
‘USU Creative Awards’ (Arts Category), 2023 October-November, Verge Gallery (Curated by Lucy Brosnan)-Finalist
‘Blue Surpasses Dimension’, September, 2023, Saywell Gallery (Curated by Elaine Kim)
‘Emotions Through Glass’, 2023 August, Backspace Gallery (Curated by Raymond Huynh)
‘Verge Projects’ (Evolving exhibit), 2023 March-June, Fisher Library, University of Sydney (Curated by Anthia Balis)
‘Blooming’, 2023, January-March Water Through Reeds Gallery (Curated by Elaine Kim)
USU Creative Awards’ (Arts Category), 2022 October-November, Verge Gallery (Curated by Anneka Scholtz)-Second Place
‘Making it right’ (Sydney Crafts Week), 2022, October, Sydney College of the Arts (Curated by Jan Guy)
‘Fountain Chorus’ (Live collaborative sound art performance), 2022, October, COMA Gallery (Curated by Mara Schwerdtfeger)
‘SCASS Salon’, 2021, November, Backspace Gallery
‘Arrival’ (High School Certificate exhibition of Body of Work), 2020, October-November, William Clarke College
[Awards]
The University of Sydney Honours Scholarship 2025
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‘Small works Art Prize’, 2025, January, Brunswick Street Gallery (Melbourne)-Finalist
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USU Creative Awards (Art category) 2024- Finalist
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University of Sydney Union Life Membership award (150th anniversary of the USU at the University of Sydney) 2024
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Waterhouse Art Prize 2024-Finalist
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Jean De Ghee Art Prize (SCA) 2023
University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize (PR1278) 2023
USU Creative Awards (Art category) 2023- Finalist
USU Creative Awards (Art category) 2022- Second Prize
Royal Easter Show (Ceramics and Pottery aged 13 under 16) 2016-First Prize
[Curatorial projects]
‘Emotions Through Glass’, Backspace Gallery 2023 (August)
[Teaching experience]
​​Occasional visiting Ceramic specialist at Arden Anglican College 2024-Current
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Ceramic Technician Assistant, Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney) 2023
Classroom Violin and Viola Tutor at William Clarke College (2023-Current)
Working With Children Check 2023-2028
[Relevant professional activities or achievements]
Experience in monitoring, firing and/or assisting in the process of electric, gas, and raku kilns at Sydney College of the Arts.
Music ‘Encore’ nominated for HSC composition ‘Street Tango’ (2020)
Concert Master and part of Orchestra for William Clarke College’s musical production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ (2019)
Australian Music Examination Board Grade Eight examination for Violin (2019)
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