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Biography

Alana Wilson works primarily in ceramic, with a studio practice that also encompasses sculpture, photography, and printmaking. Forming a visual and conceptual lineage across mediums and processes, the Australian-born, New Zealand-raised artist questions the relationship between humans and their environments, and the scale of which we exist in nature. Often drawing upon natural, biographical, art historical and anthropological sources, Wilson’s work is inherently visceral, intimate and tactile. With a practice that involves a combination of philosophical enquiry and material investigation, the latter involves following instinct and experimentation in the studio. Firing to 1260ºC allows the metamorphosis of surface degradation to be captured, appearing to exist in a state of motion and decay, even once cooled.

Wilson’s oeuvre seeks to allude to the macrocosm of all and the interconnectedness of all life, from the intimate to the universal.

I acknowledge the Gayamaygal 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, present and emerging.

ALANA WILSON

    b. 1989    Canberra, Australia
    Lives and works in Sydney, Australia

EDUCATION
    2009-11  Bachelor of Fine Arts (Ceramics), National Art School, Sydney

    2012        Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), National Art School, Sydney

    2023-       Master of Fine Arts (Research), University of Sydney

SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS

    2024        Land, Land, Island, Gallery Crossing, Minokamo, Japan

    2023        A Brief Reflection, Reading Room, Melbourne, Australia

    2022        Passages, Gallery Crossing, Minokamo, Japan

    2022        Potter's House Mallorca, Islas Balears, Spain

    2020        Planets, Mercies, & The Flow (惑星、慈愛、そして絶間ない流れ), Gallery Crossing, Minokamo, Japan

    2019        Vernissage - Undercover Brutalisme, Castor Fleuriste, Paris, France

    2018        Brut. Med., Wedge Gallery at Kinokuniya, Sydney, Australia

    2018        Ode, Gallery Crossing, Minokamo, Japan
    2018        Surface Revisions, with Anna Varendorff, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
    2018        Six Pacific II, Studio Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
    2017        Summer Salon: Illuminations with Ryder Jones, Muck, Auckland, NZ

    2017        T with Romy Northover, Floating Mountain, New York City, USA

    2017        Brutalist Meditations, Lee Mathews, Sydney, Australia
    2015        Conditional Archaeology, Mr Kitly, Melbourne, Australia
    2015        Compositions (for L.A), Jasmin Shokrian Atelier, Los Angeles, USA

    2015        Ode / Pavilion II, Branch 3D, Sydney, Australia
    2014        Ode / Pavilion, Chinaclay, Sydney, Australia
    2013        Lux, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2024        年代の「美術工芸」Kogei-Seika, Tokyo, Japan

    2024       Transient Encounter, Gallery Crossing, Minokamo, Japan

    2023        Deakin Small Sculpture Prize, Deakin University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

    2023        Perspective, Gallery Crossing, Minokamo, Japan

    2023        Smoke, curated by Ed Davis, Reading Room, Melbourne, Australia

    2022        Outisde In, Laree Payne Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand

    2021        Earthbound, Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW Australia

    2021        The Viewing Room, Gallery Crossing, Minokamo, Japan

    2020        The Vase & Flower Show, curated by Sassy Park, Sydney, Australia

    2020         (Three Artists, Forms, Colours), Reading Room, Melbourne, Australia

    2020        主題 Unframed, Kogei-Seika, Tokyo, Japan

    2019         Russh 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Vicki Lee Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    2019         Installation for Her. Magazine, Lillt, Nagoya, Japan

    2019         T-SITE for Her. Magazine, TSUTAYA Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan

    2019         Manifest, Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart, Australia

    2019         Object & Thing, 99 Scott, Brooklyn, NYC, USA

    2019         Gippsland Sculpture Prize Exhibition, Arc Gallery, Yinnar VIC, Australia

    2019        The Supply Chain, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

    2018        Port Hacking 50th Anniversary Pottery Competition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    2018        Atelier by Régime Des Fleurs, RdF Atelier, Los Angeles, USA
    2017        Archive by Régime Des Fleurs, Field & Forest, Chicago, USA
    2017        Purity / 3017, Meet My Project, Via Galerie, Paris, France
    2017        Cold Comforts, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    2016        Lilies Of Forgiveness, C.Nichols Project, Los Angeles, USA
    2016        House Of Voltaire, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
    2016        Clay, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    2016        Pot Plant, London Design Festival, London, UK
    2016        Six Young Artists, Walcha Gallery, Walcha, Australia
    2016        Perfect Imperfect, Nishi Gallery, Canberra, Australia
    2016        Return To Beauty, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
    2015        LAXART 10 Year Anniversary Benefit, Los Angeles, USA
    2015        Cups... Runneth Over, Chinaclay, Sydney, Australia
    2015        Select Works, KFA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
    2015        Terra Australis, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    2015        Turn Turn Turn, National Art School Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    2015        Select Works, Walcha Gallery, Walcha, Australia
    2015        Collection (Primavera Composition), Chinaclay, Sydney, Australia
    2014        Untitled Group Show (Aquatherapie), @735 Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    2013        Light & Lightness, IV Asna Clay Triennial, VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

COLLABORATIONS & COMMISSIONS

    2020        Adytum; Adytum Library, Canberra, Australia

    2019        Epokhe; collaborative works, for WWF & RFS

    2019        Merivale; Coogee Middle (Mimi's) collaborative vessels, Sydney

    2019        Albus Lumen; SIGNUM & CASA collaborative collections
    2018        Lee Mathews; interior sculptures & spatial elements, Brisbane

    2018        AP Design House;  residential project, Brisbane
    2017        Christopher Esber; NYFW SS18 fossilised shards & brooches
    2017        Lee Mathews; MBFWA, Brutalist Meditations installation, Sydney
    2016-17  Alien: Covenant by Ridley Scott for Fox Australia
    2016        Régime Des Fleurs; Lilies Of Forgiveness, Los Angeles
    2016        Aria Restaurant; permanent interior installation, Sydney
    2016        Lee Mathews Paris showroom; commissioned drawing, France

    2016        Tennis Australia &  Chard International; 2016 Australian Tennis Open, Melbourne

    2015        Paloma Wool; The Vase Project, Collection No. 5, Spain
    2015        Still by Felix Forest & Claire Delmar, Sydney
    2015        Georgia Alice; for Flowers SS16 Collection, NZ & Australia
    2014        Georgia Alice; for Battenberg AW14 Collection, NZ

GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

    2023        Deakin Small Sculpture Prize (finalist)

    2023        Electro-etching residency, Canary Islands, Spain

    2023        Darb1718 Art & Cultural Center residency, Cairo, Egypt

    2023        Ian Potter Cultural Trust grant recipient

    2022        Potter's House residency, Mallorca, Spain

    2019        Northern Beaches Council Art Prize (finalist)

    2019        Gippsland Sculpture Prize (dual finalist)

    2018        Port Hacking 50th Anniversary Pottery Competition (finalist)

    2018        Lethebridge 10000 Award (finalist)
    2014        Australia Council Artstart grant recipient

    2013-14  UNSW ARC Ceramic Residency
    2011        Sabbia Award (NAS)

PUBLICATIONS

    2023        Atlas Mondial de L’artisanat D’art, by Isabelle Dupuy Chavanat, Editions Flammarion (France)

    2022        Artists at Home, by Karina Pires Hanna, Thames & Hudson (Worldwide)

    2018        Brut. Med., zine poster book, self published
    2017        Urban Potters - Makers In The City, Ludion (Belgium & Worldwide)
    2016        Clay: Contemporary Ceramic Artisans, Thames & Hudson (Australia & Worldwide)

    2015        Six Pacific, Exhibition catalogue, self published

CATALOGUES & JOURNALS

    2023        Journal of Australian Ceramics Volume 62/3

    2022        Journal of Australian Ceramics Volume 61/1 

    2021        Adytum Symbiosis Vol. 1; AGNSW Look Magazine

    2020        Design Anthology (Aus);  Cereal; Vogue Living; Harpers Bazaar; Robb Report (US); Conde Nast Traveller

    2019        T Magazine (New York Times); HomeStyle Magazine (NZ); Belle; Vogue Brides; Vogue Living; Vogue; House &                             Garden; InStyle; Russh
    2018        RIKA; Jane by The Grey Attic; Wanted; Her.; AD France; Evening Standard London; Wall Street                                                          Journal; Belle; Vogue Living; Harpers Bazzar; InStyle
    2017        T Magazine (New York Times & International Herald Tribune); Vogue Living; Harpers Bazaar                                                             Aus; Elle; Habitus; InStyle; Country Style; Inside Out; Dezeen; Grazia; Anniversary; Belle
    2016        M Magazine le Monde (France); Inprint; Vogue Living; Belle; Inside Out; House & Garden
    2015        Art Almanac, November Issue
    2014        Journal Of Australian Ceramics Volume 53/2 (Emerging Artists Issue)
    2013        Journal Of Australian Ceramics Volume 52 (Education Issue)
    2012        Journal Of Australian Ceramics Volume 51/2 (Education Issue)

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