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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* (*forthcoming 31 May - 4 June), 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)