About
Sarah is a Melbourne based multidisciplinary artist with a sensitivity towards working with porcelain. Her works evoke an innate delicacy, often drawing inspiration from the fine details of flora, translating their organic forms into small-scale artworks that explore colour, texture, form and subtlety. Each piece responds intuitively to its subject, with techniques that shift and adapt based on the moment of creation. Through her art, Sarah invites viewers to pause and reflect, offering both a meditation of the quiet beauty of the finised work and an appreciation of the making process itself.
Sarah holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Monash University and is a recipient of the ArtStart Grant from the Australian Council for the Arts. Her work has earned both local and international recognition, including the prestigious Itami Prize at the Itami International Craft Exhibition in Japan, and multiple finalist placements in esteemed Australian ceramics awards.
Sarah’s residency at Cycladic Arts in Paros, Greece (2024) represents a pivotal chapter in her creative practice. The residency not only encouraged fresh creative inquiry, but also continues her exploration of inspiration she finds in nature and the environment – further enriching her connection to place.
Reflecting on her practice, Sarah says “When I make, the presence of a quiet and meditative state is given back to my work.”
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Image: 2022 at the Monastery Timiou Prodromou by Maria Vassiliou
group + award exhibitions
2024
Flourish. Brunswick Street Gallery, Victoria
2023
Feels Like Home. Jackie Jones Gallery, Heyfiled, Victoria.
2023
Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Victoria.
2022
Clunes Ceramic Award Finalist, Clunes, Victoria.
2015
Warranwood Art Show. Warranwood, Victoria.
2014
Artistar Jewels Exhibition. Maimeri Space, Milan.
2014
Still Firing at 45 Exhibition. Whitehorse Artspace, Victoria.
2013
Clunes Ceramic Award Finalist. Clunes, Victoria.
2013 – 2014
White Heat (travelling exhibition of contemporary ceramic jewellery). Gaffa Gallery, Sydney. Craft ACT, Jamfactory Adelaide and Wollongong City Gallery.
Graduate Metal - Participation and Exchange JMGA Conference. The Webb Gallery and The Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art Griffith University.
2011
Itami International Craft Exhibition. Theme “Jewellery”. The Museum of Arts & Crafts, Itami, Japan.
Clunes Ceramic Award Exhibition. Clunes, Victoria.
2010-2011
Itami International Craft Exhibition. Theme “Shuki and Shuhaidai”. The Museum of Arts & Crafts, Itami, Japan and Setagaya Culture Life Information Centre, Tokyo, Japan.
2010
Monash Fine Art Graduand Exhibition.
2009
Clunes Ceramic Award Exhibition. Clunes, Victoria.
Link Space. Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne.
BUDA, Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria.
Graduand Exhibition. Monash University, Art & Design, Melbourne.
education + residencies
2024
Arts Residency, Cycladics Arts. Paros Island, Greece. (4 weeks)
2022
Arts Residency, Ceramics. The Skopelos Foundation of the Arts. Skopelos Island, Greece. (2 weeks)
2018
The Almond Grove Ceramics Workshop. Thessaloniki, Greece. (1 week)
2010
Bachelor of Fine Art (Metals & Jewellery major with Ceramics sub major). Monash University, Melbourne.
awards + grants
2015
Warranwood Art Show Ceramics Award.
2013
Emerging Artist Award. Clunes Ceramic Award.
2011
The Australian Council for the Arts. ArtStart Grant.
2011
The ‘Itami Award’. Itami International Craft Exhibition. The Museum of Arts & Crafts, Japan. A collaboration with Pennie Elliott. view
2010
“Ceramics Victoria Inc.” Student Award. For a graduating ceramic student of high merit. Monash University. Melbourne.
The ‘Itami Award’. Itami International Craft Exhibition. The Museum of Arts & Crafts, Japan. view
2009
“Johnson Tiles Award”, ceramics. For innovative ceramic student of high merit, Monash University.
solo exhibitions
2015
‘The Beauty of Things’ PRO{merging}ART, Antipodes Gallery, Sorrento. Ceramic jewellery, tableware and installation
2012
‘Quietude’. Potier, Melbourne. Ceramic jewellery, tableware and installation
2011
Beaumaris Library; artspace. Ceramic objects exhibition
2010
Beaumaris Library; artspace. Jewellery and ceramic objects exhibition