Amelia Black
Selected ExhibitionsCeramic Projects
Design & Publications
Biography
CV
Curriculum Vitae
Resides and works Naarm/Melbourne, Australia
Education
2008-10 Masters of Fine Arts in Design Criticism, School of the Visual Arts, New York
2009 Fellowship, xDesign Environmental Health Clinic, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York
2001-06 Bachelors of Fine Arts in Architecture & Designed Objects, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibitions
2025 Sustainable Ceramics #2, Princessehof Keramiekmuseum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
2024 Material Provenance, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2024 Facts of Matter, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2024 MPCAP Group Show, Cook Street Collective, Flinders, Victoria (Finalist)
2023 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2023 Bulk Buy, Testing Grounds Emporium, Melbourne
2022 A Reimagined Vessel-VAS, Front Room Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Who's Afraid of Public Space, ACCA, Melbourne
2013 Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
2012 Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
2011 Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City, Noguchi Museum, New York
2010 Design Smells: Olfactory Rhetoric in Design Experience, MFA Thesis Exhibition, SVA, New York
Collections
National Gallery of Victoria
Princessehof Keramiekmuseum, Netherlands
Awards & Recognition
2024 Finalist, Mornington Peninsula Contemporary Art Prize
2025-present Board of Directors, The Australian Ceramics Association
Publications & Writing
2025 "Can I Make Ceramics Out of That? A History of Practice in the Post Industrial Landscape," Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 64, No 3
2024 "Wild Clay," Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 62, No 3
2024 "Expanding the table," Garland Magazine (1 September 2024)
2024 "Material Provenance," Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 62, No 2
2013 Contributor, Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life, Hatje Cantz (Stuttgart)
2011 Contributor, Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City, The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum (New York)
Presentations, Lectures & Panels
2025 Presenter & Panel Co-Chair, Material Provenance, Wedge Ceramics Triennial, Fremantle
2024 Panelist, Material Complexity Panel, Craft Victoria (Melbourne Design Week)
2024 Speaker, ReadyMade x Sarah Nedovic, Marion Wine Bar (Melbourne Design Week)
2024 “Episode #501 - A collective approach to sustainability with Clay Matters” Red Clay Rambler Podcast with Ben Carter.
2012 Presenter, Civic Action: Community Based Research, Noguchi Museum, Queens, New York
Community Engagement & Social Practice
2024 Material Provenance – online material research initiative
2023 Bulk Buy Pop-up Shop – processing and selling second-life glaze materials
2015-20 Co-Founder, Studio Ana, not-for-profit community ceramics facility, Brooklyn, New York
Professional Experience
2024-present Artist Educator & Studio Manager, Slow Clay Centre, Melbourne
2023-24 Ceramic Consultant, Sarah Nedovic Studio, Melbourne
2023 Ceramic Glaze Development, Twelve80, Melbourne
2021-23 R&D Lead, Anchor Ceramics, Melbourne
2017-20 Director of Packaging & Innovation, Blue Apron, New York
2015-17 Design Researcher, IDEO/Machine, New York
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