Practising since 1977, Prue Venables is one of Australia's most accomplished ceramicists with a demonstrated mastery of porcelain, and now the addition of metal to her work. Represented by Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney, her work has evolved from traditional functional objects to groups of abstract sculptural entities that inventively play with space and form.
Venables was selected as the Australian Design Centre’s ninth Living Treasure, Master of Australian Craft; World Craft Council Asia Pacific Region Craft Master; and finalist In the Loewe Craft Prize, New York. Decades of teaching in Australia and overseas have accompanied her making practice. She is an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London.
"I love making and am energised daily by learning new things. My practice and the mediums of both metal and ceramics provide me with constant challenges and opportunities to play and experiment and learn. Making brings me joy, frustration, excitement – the full gamut of feelings."
/ Prue Venables, 2024