I have been in love with clay for almost 30 years. After growing up in Austria and moving to Australia in my early twenties, I discovered ceramics after a friend and neighbour gave me a bag of clay that she had left over. It was love at first touch! I soon enrolled in a TAFE course where I learned some basic skills. I had a two year old at the time so having a creative outlet was both important and slightly frustrating since I felt I couldn’t give clay the attention I wanted to. I kept going and slowly build up my ceramic practice, exhibiting at community based events until I decided to work in ceramics full time, which also coincided with joining Sydney gallery Curatorial+Co.
I use the coiling technique for most of my pieces, which allows me to slowly build up a form and to observe where a piece intends to go, giving up control as much as possible. Marks from the making process of pinching or scraping are left deliberately and the finishes are meant to enhance the raw, organic quality of clay, often consisting of oxides and liquid clay slips.
My inspiration comes from nature. I love spending time in the bush or around the beautiful Northern Beaches where I live and finding little treasures which come in the form of rocks, seedpods, marks left in the sand, shifting moods…
I acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the first inhabitants and traditional custodians of the land on which I live and work. I pay respect to Elders past and present.
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Along the Shoreline, Curatorial + CO, Sydney, Australia
2021 Sealed Earth, Curatorial + CO, Sydney, Australia
2019 Paired, Curatorial + CO, Sydney, Australia
2018 Found, Saint Cloche, Sydney, Australia
2018 Metanoia, Be Brave Artspace, Avalon, Australia
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 Daring, Curatorial + Co, Woolloomooloo, Australia
2023 Darlings, Curatorial + Co, Woolloomooloo, Australia
2021 Darlings, Curatorial + Co, Redfern, Australia
2020 Here with Me, Curatorial + Co, Redfern, Australia
2019 Endemic Earth, Kingborough Community Hub, co-curated by Caroline Davis Choi and Amber Creswell Bell, Hobart, Australia
2019 Sculpture In An Orange Garden, Orange, Australia
2018 Sculptures In The Garden, Mudgee, Australia
2017 Sculptures In The Garden, Mudgee, Australia
2016 Artisans In The Gardens, Lions Gate Lodge, Sydney Royal Botanic Garden, Australia
2016 Sculptures In The Garden, Mudgee, Australia
COMMISSIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
2025 Vessels, Libertine Flowers, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
2024 Cocoon Vessels, Atelier 024, Sydney
2023 Vessels, Diane Nittke Interiors, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
2021 Vessels, Ellerman Flowers, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
2020 Sculptures + Vessels , Lane Crawford, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
2017 Porcelain Sculptures, Alexander & Co, Dubai Opera House, Dubai, UAE
ART PRIZES
2018 Finalist Northern Beaches Art Prize, Sydney, Australia
2017 Finalist Northern Beaches Art Prize, Sydney, Australia
