Craft is delighted to announce our partnership with Mud Australia to present this year's Shelley Simpson Ceramics Prize. Now in its fifth year, the prize is open to all Australian ceramicists and awards innovative, sustainable and emerging talent with a $10,000 fund to support and accelerate their practice.
This year, for the first time, the selected finalists will be celebrated in a four-week exhibition in Craft's Atrium gallery space.
The SSCP was established in 2020 by Shelley Simpson – Mud Australia’s Founder and Creative Director – and continues to recognise and support emerging and early-career ceramicists working across the spectrum of contemporary practice.
Craft is pleased to collaborate with Mud Australia in the selection process and for the first ever public exhibition of the finalists, who will be selected by Shelley Simpson and Nicole Durling, Executive Director of Craft.
Previous recipients include Alfred Lowe, Cassie Hansen, Phaedra Davy and Isobel Carver.
Since 1994, Mud Australia has designed and hand-crafted elegant and timeless porcelain homewares. Founded and designed by Shelley Simpson, their collection, available in 19 shades, is as much about self-expression as it is about functionality. Mud Australia is 100% made and is a proudly climate neutral business.
Applications are open
The Shelley Simpson Ceramics Prize is open to all Australian ceramics artists.
Applicants may be working across functional, small-scale, fine art, handcrafted or more complex commercial pursuits with ceramics.
Entries close 30 June 2025.