Wilson Makgawinata: Unearthed Artifacts

THIS Gallery is excited to open the 2026 season with new work by Vancouver-based ceramic artist Wilson Makgawinata. His sculptural vessels—part reactor core, part archaeological curiosity—blend wheel throwing, handbuilding, and slip-cast components that resemble plugs, ports, and interfaces from a forgotten technological age.

Finished in black mirror glazes, matte cobalt fittings, and neon wiring, these objects feel both preserved and decayed, inviting viewers to imagine the speculative futures that might have produced them. Makgawinata reframes ceramics as remnants of a lost civilization, asking what traces our own hyper-consumer era may leave behind.

Join us as we unearth these post-cyberpunk relics at THIS Gallery.