Cadi Froehlich is a British artist whose practice explores the physicality of exchanges between people, objects and material:
I make artworks to live with. Each piece is a sculpture which gives the viewer confidence to interact with the form and materials of the object.
Using clay, salvaged copper, cables and electrical components, my work investigates the hidden infrastructure of the interaction between the shared wisdoms, the support and the technology which sustain us.
I leave some makers traces on my work, and the plates are wall art which can be taken down and shared. The bottles are varying stages of practical, with salvaged copper connecting some components. I evoke digital communications with the used wires and imprints of electrical components.
I have an MA Fine Art from UAL Chelsea and Camberwell and a BA Fine Art from Brighton. I won 2nd prize in the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011, then was nominated as AxisWeb MAStars 2013 followed by the Red Mansion prize comprising a month residency in Beijing in 2015 and a show at Slade. As a result of that work I one the Presidents Prize at The London Group Open in 2016 and was elected a member.
I continue to show with The London Group several times a year in London and beyond, including the sculpture garden as part of the Waterloo Festival. I take part in several curated ceramics fairs each year, alongside teaching workshops using slipware and hand building techniques.
My recent experience on The Great Pottery Throw Down is a working example of connecting with new people, places and practices as I explore the contrasts of working as a 3D artist in a digital society.
Recent exhibitions include FEAST 2024, County Hall Pottery London, 111 Not Out, Newport, 2024, Come Together, The Art Cohort Bath, 2021, Miniscule, Venice, In the Dark, London, PROTOCOL, The London Group at St Ives, The Mesh at Watermans in London, and Shoreham Sculpture Trail.
Work is held in public and private collections including the Chelsea College special collection, London.
Cadi Froehlich 