Selected Works 2022 - 2024
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Installation View
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2024
Layers to the Surface
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2025
Sydney Contemporary
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2025
Sydney Contemporary
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2025
Sydney Contemporary
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2025
Sydney Contemporary
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2025
Sydney Contemporary
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
Sydney Contemporary
C. Gallery
2022
Sydney Contemporary
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2023
Melbourne Design Fair
C. Gallery
2023
Melbourne Design Fair
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
2023
Spring Equinox
C. Gallery
2023
Flora
C. Gallery
Founder and Creative Director of House Editions
Claudia Lau is a ceramist whose practice is defined by an ongoing investigation into the boundaries of ceramic manipulation. Working across craft production, decorative and applied arts, she explores the transformation of raw materials through a lens of poetic gesture through considered studio methodologies that flex between known and unexpected firing outcomes. Working across several formats and production techniques within the ceramic medium, she upends the conventional notions of ceramic utility and form.
Her practice and diasporic journey questions the relationships between East and West, tradition and innovation, exoticism and pilgrimage. The idea of investigating and placing these disparate ideas and actions becomes manipulated within the material practice. By coding ‘glazing’ as a deliberate act to control tonal and colour ratios, the firing process destigmatises its rigidity as a technology without conscious choice.
Claudia Lau (b. 1996 in Melbourne) received a Bachelor of Design from RMIT University in 2017. A mixture of production experience, technical and material chemistry and theoretical approaches to a ceramic practice has informed her investigations. After completing her degree, Lau went on to gain experience in production and expand her studies locally and abroad, including formative experiences in Jingdezhen, the historic heart of porcelain. Straddling both experimentation and the refined, she divides her time between her fine art practice and production studio House Editions. A porcelain craft and production studio based in Jingdezhen, CN, based on timelessness, relevance and beauty. This cultural exchange is where she has developed a deeper connection with the tradition of ceramics and experimental production methods.
Claudia Lau is based between Melbourne AU and Jingdezhen, CN.
CV
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Layers to the Surface, C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth, C. Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS + FAIRS
2024
Pets, Craft Victoria
2023
Melbourne Design Fair, C. Gallery
Spring Equinox, C. Gallery
Flora, C. Gallery
2022
Sydney Contemporary, C. Gallery
Melbourne Design Week | Self Portrait, RMIT Design Hub
2021
Melbourne Design Week | Future Proof, Oigall Projects
Melbourne Design Week | The Talking Ornament, Flagstaff Gardens
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2023
Saint Peters at Edition Hotels, Singapore
2022
Aqua Culture, PARCS Melbourne
EDUCATION + PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bachelor of Communication Design, RMIT University
Studio Program, School of Clay and Art
Material Chemistry, Ceramic Materials Workshop
Glaze Masterclass with Janet De Boos, Jingdezhen
Flatware Masterclass with Michael Skewes
Glaze Study with Kevin Boyd
Kintsugi with Showzi Tsukamoto, Tokyo, Japan
RESIDENCIES
2024
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark
2023
Collective Territories + Claudia Lau Studio, Testing Grounds Melbourne
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES + EXPERIENCE
2025
House Editions | House Show, Robin Boyd Foundation
2024
House Editions | Melbourne Design Week | Material Processes with Collective Territories
2022
Artist Lecture, Craft Victoria
2019 - Present
Founder and Creative Director, House Editions
2017 - 2019
Artist Assistant, Wingnut & Co
Artist Assistant, Leah Jackson
SELECTED PRESS
VOGUE Living, Women in Design, 2023
Melbourne Milieu: The Art in Hospitality 2023
Australian Ceramics, Form and Surface, 2022
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Layers to the Surface, C. Gallery
2022
A road that runs along the earth, C. Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS + FAIRS
2024
Pets, Craft Victoria
2023
Melbourne Design Fair, C. Gallery
Spring Equinox, C. Gallery
Flora, C. Gallery
2022
Sydney Contemporary, C. Gallery
Melbourne Design Week | Self Portrait, RMIT Design Hub
2021
Melbourne Design Week | Future Proof, Oigall Projects
Melbourne Design Week | The Talking Ornament, Flagstaff Gardens
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2023
Saint Peters at Edition Hotels, Singapore
2022
Aqua Culture, PARCS Melbourne
EDUCATION + PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bachelor of Communication Design, RMIT University
Studio Program, School of Clay and Art
Material Chemistry, Ceramic Materials Workshop
Glaze Masterclass with Janet De Boos, Jingdezhen
Flatware Masterclass with Michael Skewes
Glaze Study with Kevin Boyd
Kintsugi with Showzi Tsukamoto, Tokyo, Japan
RESIDENCIES
2024
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark
2023
Collective Territories + Claudia Lau Studio, Testing Grounds Melbourne
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES + EXPERIENCE
2025
House Editions | House Show, Robin Boyd Foundation
2024
House Editions | Melbourne Design Week | Material Processes with Collective Territories
2022
Artist Lecture, Craft Victoria
2019 - Present
Founder and Creative Director, House Editions
2017 - 2019
Artist Assistant, Wingnut & Co
Artist Assistant, Leah Jackson
SELECTED PRESS
VOGUE Living, Women in Design, 2023
Melbourne Milieu: The Art in Hospitality 2023
Australian Ceramics, Form and Surface, 2022
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