Tahni Bouhadana – RMIT School of Art Graduates

EGG AND JELLY FOUR, 2025

(b. Melbourne, Australia)

Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), RMIT University, 2025

Tahni Bouhadana investigates how memory, play, and material synthesis create a sense of reverence and wonder. In her sculptural installations, she draws from her imaginative world of childhood, crafting universal forms that carry the aura of treasured objects.

Bouhadana’s practice is grounded in ceramic craftsmanship yet extends into resin based experimentation to explore new formal and sensory possibilities. This hybrid approach examines how we imbue objects with emotional and spiritual meaning, and how the act of play can frame ritual, memory, and transformation.

Tahni Bouhadana

Egg and Jelly Four, 2025
Porcelain, resin
Bright orange: 1400 × 450 × 80 mm
Turquoise: 800 × 200 × 65 mm
Violet: 350 × 450 × 100 mm
Ovoid: 433 × 195 × 195 mm

Egg and Jelly Four is an exploration of material juxtaposition. The solidity of porcelain paired with the translucent, colourful qualities of resin establishes a visual dialogue between traditional craftsmanship and contemporary experimentation. Glossy, lustrous surfaces reflect, absorb, and transmit light all at once, allowing colours to merge through reflection and refraction. The sculptures appear both material and immaterial, hard yet ethereal, saturated with shifting hues.

Never stagnant, the installation is an ode to a child’s capacity for play and the ability to see form and colour in infinite possibilities. Each composition holds the potential for rearrangement, inviting dialogue between mystery, ritual, reverence, and uninhibited imagination. Through this ever-shifting balance of light, material, and form, Bouhadana’s work oscillates between the playful and the sublime.

Bouhadana gratefully acknowledges the support of Nicole Barnes and the Barnes team for their generous sponsorship toward the development of Egg and Jelly Four (https://www.barnes.com.au/).

Bouhadana studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Netherlands) in 2024. Her practice has been featured in numerous exhibitions, collaborations, and publications across the Netherlands and Australia.

Selected Exhibitions & Projects

I Carried It Until It Carried Me, Gerrit Rietveld Academie group exhibition, 10–12 April 2025, NL

Tahni Bouhadana x Yohara Vintage x Gabi Fabrics, Open Showroom, 4–5 July 2025, NL

Dusk Markt, 30 November 2024, NL

Slush World Pop Up, 12 October 2024, NL

Features & Publications

The Design Files (three features)

Work featured at Didi and Dora Store