Miriam Salomón works across media, including installation, performance, video, sound, and sculpture. Shaped by her multicultural and international background, it is the regional quality of her practice that makes it both sustainable and grounded. Central to her work is long-term research into the lives and works of Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness and German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon. Equally significant is her exploration of the tension between human creation and the increasingly devastating consequences of unchecked production. A collector of discarded objects since childhood, Salomón examines human behavior through the lens of our collective detritus.
Through immersive installations, Salomón translates this research into distilled, poetic experiences—slow, meditative spaces that invite wonder and reflection. Her considered, non-prolific ceramics practice centres on unglazed slip-cast porcelain and its mimicking qualities. While the artist drowns in objects and their weight, her work involves a rigorous process of stripping, sanding, and peeling away, both from materials and ideas. The result is work that speaks lovingly to the fragility of life and the delicate balance of human–more-than-human coexistence.
Artist BIO
Miriam Salomón was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and now lives and works on Bundjalung Country in Northern New South Wales. With a diverse international background, she has lived in various parts of the world before settling in Australia. Salomón holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) from Southern Cross University and was awarded the 2011 Lismore Regional Gallery Graduate Award.Deliberately rooted in regional practice, Salomón regularly exhibits across the Northern Rivers region, with international shows in Reykjavik (2013 and 2014) and at the ephemeral Clandulla State Gallery group exhibition of 2018.