Biography

Surname: Mogridge

Name: Andrew Cawood

Address: East London, South Africa

Contact Number: 082 822 7195

Date of Birth: 06th August 1969

Highest Qualification: National Higher Diploma, Cum Laude

Member of The International Academy of Ceramics

As a storyteller, I embrace the absurd and value the power of impulse over preconception. I explore themes of power and the farce of authority, the many forms of violence, and the vitality of life with all its fragility and impermanence. My work challenges and subverts social norms and dominant ideologies, questioning the structures that shape collective beliefs and behaviours. Repeating motifs—classical forms and industrial processes—serve as anchors in my practice. There is an immediacy in certain words and phrases, a familiar starting point that draws the viewer in before undermining expectations.