Claire Ellis
(b. 1991 Canada)
Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Triple Cooked, Craft Victoria Vitrine Gallery, Melbourne
2023 MOTHEROCK, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Solace, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2021 In Any Way Shape or Form, Brunswick Street Gallery, Craft Contemporary, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
(upcoming) TABLED - The Australian Ceramics Association Exhibition 2024, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
2023 Bulk Buy, Testing Grounds Emporium, Craft Contemporary, Melbourne
2023 Going Deeper, Loft 275, Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub, Melbourne
2022 Materialized, Isola Design District, Milan Design Week, Milan
2022 1000 Vases, Galerie Joseph, Paris
2022 Clay Matters 1, Slow Clay Centre, Melbourne
2022 Decontaminate the Discarded, Mycelium Studios, as part of Craft Contemporary, Melbourne
2022 Reclaim, Brunswick Street Gallery, Craft Contemporary, Melbourne
2022 Clay Connected, 1280 Ceramics Gallery, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2021 Compact, Alternating Current Art Space, Melbourne
Artist Residencies
2023 Mungga Studio Artist Residency, Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Center, Melbourne
2021 Craft Contemporary Virtual Maker in Residence, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2021 Studio Access Artist in Residence, Northcote Pottery Supplies, Melbourne
Awards
2022 Winner, INCA Innovation Award, Warrandyte Pottery Expo, Melbourne
2023 Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2022 Finalist, Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
2022 Finalist, Remagine Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Sydney
2022 Finalist, Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
Speaking Engagements
2023 Evolving Extractive Practices: Craft, Design & Architecture, Robin Boyd Foundation, Melbourne
2023 TOUCH, Creative Mornings Melbourne, The Commons QV, Melbourne
2023 Artist Residencies, Artist Talks - Warrandyte Pottery Expo, Melbourne
2022 Material Magic, The Australian Ceramics Triennale, Alice Springs
2022 Studio Sustainability, Tools for Practice, The Australian Ceramics Association, Online
2022 Next x Now: Waste as A Resource, STH BNK by Beulah, Melbourne
2022 Practice Reveals, Slow Clay Tent Talks, Melbourne
Professional Experience
2022-Present Intermediate and beginner wheel-throwing tutor (casual), Slow Clay Centre, Melbourne
2022 Beginners hand-building and wheel-throwing tutor (casual), Northcote Pottery Supplies
2018-2021 Junior sous-chef and chef-ceramicist, Attica, Melbourne
Select Commissions
Attica, Melbourne
Lûmé, Melbourne
Gaea, Melbourne
L0dining, Seoul
Bibliography
Sarah K and Supercyclers, How to Create Things for the World Sustainably, Near Future Publishing, 2023
Emma-Kate Wilson, Claire Ellis, Artichoke Magazine, Issue 82, 2023
Yuliya Makliuk, Potters Save the World, self-published, 2023
Montessa Maack, No Ingredients to Waste, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, VOL 62 NO 1, 2023
Christina Karras, TDF’s Top 7 Picks for Melbourne Design Week 2023, The Design Files, 2023
Lee Tran Lam, Chefs Who Make, Garland Magazine, 2023
Katie Treggiden, Claire Ellis Makes Vessels from Waste Clay, Eggshells, Glass, and More, Design Milk, 2022
Christina Karras, Chef Turned Ceramicist Claire Ellis’ Amazing, Experimental Practice, The Design Files, 2022
Emma-Kate Wilson, Claire Ellis, Hunter & Folk, 2022
Erin Christie, Highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2022, Yellowtrace, 2022
Suzy Annetta, What To See at Melbourne Design Week 2022, Design Anthology, 2022
Chynna Santos, Claire Ellis: In Any Way Shape or Form at Brunswick Street Gallery, Broadsheet, 2021
Madeline Woolway, Meet Attica’s chef-ceramicist Claire Ellis, Hospitality Magazine, February 16, 2021
Texts
Trash To Treasure - Plastic waste as a local material in ceramics, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 60 no 2, July 2021
Education
Masterclass Intensive with Malcom Greenwood, 2021
Freelance Writing, Australian Writers Centre, 2021
Throwing Large Vessels, Melbourne Clay with Colin Hopkins, 2021
Mold Making, Pom-me-granite Studios, Emma Jimson, 2019
Wheel-throwing, Melbourne Clay with Sophie Moran, 2019
Ceramic Glazes, Melbourne Clay with Kevin Boyd and Ilona Topolcsanyi, 2018
Culinary Arts Diploma, Red River College, 2012