Exhibitions

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Material Language

September 28 — November 9, 2024

Presenting the work of three celebrated craft-based practitioners: Nadège Desgenétez, Joungmee Do and Prue Venables

Exhibition, Project Space

Hand, Weave

September 19 — November 9, 2024

Weaver Emma Shepherd presents a new body of work featuring broad shapes, restrained compositions and subtle hues

Exhibition, Atrium

A Fine Mess

September 19 — November 9, 2024

Nicolette Johnson showcases a new collection of ceramic pots, emerging from a personal period of new beginnings.

Vitrine Gallery

Street Sweepers: A Jewellery Exploration

October 1 — November 2, 2024

Street Sweepers is a collaborative jewellery project between Melbourne's Street Sweeping fraternity and jeweller Anke Kindle.

Exhibition, Project Space

Echoes in Glass

August 1 — September 14, 2024

Dean Norton presents a series of works exploring concept of self-reflection through the looking glass.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Wall Dimples

August 27 — September 28, 2024

Isabel Avendaño Hazbún presents a collection of small-scale functional sculptures made entirely from recycled waste.

Exhibition, Atrium

Dust, Smoke, Ash and Bone

August 1 — August 31, 2024

The creative result of a ceramic collaboration between Vanessa Lucas, Emma Jimson and Annie Smithers of duFermier.

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Luminosity

August 10 — September 21, 2024

Anastasia La Fey, Jenna Lee, Liam Fleming and Simone Tops engage with light through material practice.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

All that glitters...

July 23 — August 24, 2024

Kate Durham explores jewellery as an eye to femininity, desirability & history through new work featuring her iconic aesthetic & cheekiness.

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Moombarra

June 29 — August 3, 2024

Curated by Kait James, a proud Wadawurrung artist challenging Indigenous culture stereotypes.

Exhibition, Atrium

Manta – Earth

June 20 — July 27, 2024

A new collection of works from artists of the APY Art Centre Collective

Exhibition, Project Space

Nanja

June 20 — July 27, 2024

Joy, Jocelyn, Megan and Virginia Wilfred present an exhibition of bright and bold ghost net dillybags.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Liquid Mass

June 18 — July 20, 2024

SATURDAY YARD WORK presents cast aluminium objects and pieces in a blatant reminder of the material's former molten state.

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Aluminium

May 11 — June 22, 2024

A single material exploration into the complexities of working with aluminium in contemporary material practice.

Exhibition, Project Space

By/Product 2024

May 2 — June 15, 2024

Three Australian makers and designers are challenged to repurpose discarded materials into a new line of handmade luxury goods.

Exhibition, Atrium

Material Provenance

May 2 — June 15, 2024

Clay Matters present an exhibition to celebrate the launch of a global open-source material research project of the same name.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Cercare / Trovare

May 14 — June 15, 2024

Bobby Corica showcases the physical and theoretical findings from his recent ISS Institute Fellowship to Italy.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

A Night Out in Naarm

April 9 — May 11, 2024

Raphy presents a humorous ceramic installation celebrating Melbourne's party culture.

Exhibition, Main Gallery

PET SHOP

March 16 — May 4, 2024

An exhibition exploring the paraphernalia and accoutrement dedicated to pets. From the practical to the ridiculous and indulgent.

Exhibition, Project Space

PET SHOP Shop

March 16 — April 27, 2024

Craft presents a fantastical pet shop experience like no other

Exhibition, Atrium

GROWLERS

March 6 — April 27, 2024

Claybia presents a collection of glazed stoneware and porcelain pieces drawing inspiration from the mundane to the extraordinary.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Aqueous

February 27 — April 6, 2024

Cheryl Edwards presents a series of kiln-formed artworks as part of her ongoing exploration and reflection into open vessel forms.

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Fresh! 2024

February 3 — March 9, 2024

Celebrating the next wave of talent, Fresh! is an annual, career-making exhibition of graduates in contemporary craft and design.

Exhibition, Project Space

Shadow Play, Yellow Springs

January 25 — March 9, 2024

Remy Faint presents a series of works that expand upon his interests in silk-based painting, fabric and ceramic sculpture.

Exhibition, Atrium

Holding the Void

January 25 — March 2, 2024

Ceramicist Steph Wallace presents a series of monolithic forms that contemplate impermanence, erosion and decay.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Intertidal

January 23 — February 24, 2024

Ariana Lim exhibits an assemblage of textile forms and sculptures of the intertidal zone.

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Everyone's heard of a dragon

November 11, 2023 — January 27, 2024

Curators James Lemon and Bobby Corica present a group exhibition of 30+ artists and craftspeople.

Exhibition, Project Space

Invocations

November 2, 2023 — January 20, 2024

Curated by Zaiba Khan, seven jewellery artists delve into the realm of living objects.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Bags, baskets and briefcases

December 12, 2023 — January 20, 2024

Ash Allen pays homage to our idolisation of luxury goods, corporate high-flying and aspirational living.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Triple Cooked

November 7 — December 9, 2023

Claire Ellis exhibits three coil-built vessels, named after three recent climate headlines.

Exhibition, Free, Craft Curated

Occupying Space

September 23 — November 4, 2023

Three-dimensionality in contemporary textile practice featuring Georgie Brunmayr, Sonja & Leecee Carmichael, Rebecca Diele & Nadia Hernández

Exhibition, Free, Craft Curated

Maritime Ode: JJ Search & The Possible Port

September 26 — November 4, 2023

In Craft's Vitrine Gallery, Ellie Tessa Godworth weaves fragments of sound, light and gesture into spatial compositions.

Exhibition, Free, Craft Curated

Kamiko: Five Paper Coats

September 14 — October 28, 2023

In Craft's Project Space, DNJ Paper exhibit five jackets made from handmade Japanese washi paper sourced from workshops throughout Japan.

Exhibition, Craft Curated

Mist: Ruby Brown

October 1 — October 31, 2023

Craft x CAVES / Ruby Brown challenges the boundaries of sight, exploring the dance between presence & absence at Chapter House Lane Window.

Exhibition, Free, Craft Curated

Remnants / Poster Walk

September 25 — October 22, 2023

The 2023 poster exhibition celebrates the time-worn beauty of ‘Boom’-style architecture from regional VIC in the streets of Melbourne.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Canopy

August 29 — September 23, 2023

Jeweller Vicki Mason draws attention to a future trajectory of life under climbing temperatures.

Exhibition

YARN

July 1 — September 16, 2023

Curated by Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis, YARN celebrates Aboriginal storytelling and oral histories

Exhibition, Project Space

Marrawuddi x Craft

June 22 — September 9, 2023

Craft has partnered with Marrawuddi Arts & Culture to present the works of ten artists from the Kakadu and West Arnhem region

Exhibition

NGV x Craft: Vessels for Melbourne Now

March 24 — August 20, 2023

A collaboration between the NGV and Craft, Vessels showcases the work of fifteen artists, craftspeople and designers.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Material Studies

July 25 — August 26, 2023

Material Studies asks the question: where do ceramicists’ raw materials come from?

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Three

June 20 — July 22, 2023

Lauren Joffe presents an installation of hand-built ceramic spheres, stacked vertically, gently supporting each other’s balance.

Exhibition

Jugs

May 6 — June 24, 2023

Twenty acclaimed ceramic artists explore the classic form of the amphora – affectionately known as jugs.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Formulaic Study

May 16 — June 17, 2023

A series of suspended linear expressions constructed and conceptualised via a formulaic method, composed of elementary process and tools.

Exhibition, Project Space

Monolithic

May 10 — June 17, 2023

Two Lines Studio exhibits smart, modular furniture pieces alongside sculptural objects

Exhibition, Project Space

Baked Goods

March 28 — May 6, 2023

Ceramic artist Pip Byrne presents a collection of work exploring the unique materiality of terracotta clay.

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Fresh! 2023

March 11 — April 29, 2023

Celebrating 30 years of our career-making exhibition of Victorian graduates in contemporary craft and design.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Abstracts at Vitrine

March 7 — April 8, 2023

This work is about nothing. It refers to nothing. It derives from nothing - Owen Rye

Exhibition, Project Space

Morph

February 2 — March 25, 2023

Glass artist Mark Douglass presents a new body of bold and colourful work in the solo exhibition Morph

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Legacy

January 31 — March 4, 2023

Legacy is an exploration of discarded and found objects from a domestic and architectural point of view.

Exhibition

Interior Landscapes

February 2 — March 4, 2023

Leading Australian glass artists explore narratives of the Australian landscape and its influence on an evolving cultural identity

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It's not just blue

November 24, 2022 — January 28, 2023

A gathering of Australian makers and artists in a maximalist exploration of blue hues

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Nuanced Nonsense

December 13, 2022 — January 28, 2023

Using punchy, satirical wit, artist Daina Sgarioto celebrates the mundane and to laugh at the comedy often embedded in painful experiences.

Exhibition

Cheers!

November 17, 2022 — January 7, 2023

A festive group exhibition honouring celebratory vessels in the Craft entrance atrium

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Severance

November 8 — December 10, 2022

Ceramic artist Angela Hayes presents a landscape of division and control.

Exhibition, Free, Craft Curated

The Chair

September 10 — November 19, 2022

The Chair is the first in a series of exhibitions honouring iconic objects of functional craft and design.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery, Free, Craft Curated

Infinite Regress

October 4 — November 5, 2022

Camille Laddawan examines cultural relationships with death and the body in a visual language system she has developed called ‘Tone Code’.

Exhibition, Free, Craft Curated

Unearthed

October 1 — November 5, 2022

Burnt, fired, melted down and re-imagined- eight artists transform archaeological fragments. Presented with Metro Tunnel Creative Program

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Beyond

August 30 — October 1, 2022

Kristy Hussey references scientific instruments as tools to explore the unknown. To bridge the physical realm and the mysterious.

Exhibition

Into the Everywhen

July 2 — September 3, 2022

The exhibition expresses the philosophy of the Everywhen, bringing a sensory reminder of what Always Was, and Always Will Be.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Visible Vapor

July 26 — August 27, 2022

Ella Bendrups presents a new collection of ceramic vessels exploring the alternative barrell firing process.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Equilibrium

June 21 — July 23, 2022

Exploring form through plain and double weave within the constraints of a 4 shaft loom.

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Fresh! 2022

June 1 — June 25, 2022

Annual exhibition of recent craft and design graduates.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Hung out to Dry

May 17 — June 18, 2022

Woven intimates are "hung out", representing the cleansing and clearing of traumas that belong to Blak women

Exhibition

Victorian Craft Awards

April 5 — May 21, 2022

A biennial awards presenting and celebrating excellence in contemporary craft.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Woodfired Into Lightness

April 5 — May 14, 2022

Each brick tells the story of its place in the kiln.

Exhibition

Alternative Provisions

February 10 — March 26, 2022

Presenting the work of designers and makers expanding material practice as an act of making good.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Chaos Theory: dforms

March 1 — April 2, 2022

Chaos Theory: dforms explores the chaotic nature of pattern by simulating rock formations found within the expanded cosmos.

Exhibition

Melbourne Design Fair

March 16 — March 20, 2022

Craft Victoria presents the work of inspiring contemporary craft practitioners at the inaugural Melbourne Design Fair.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

DANCE URBAN

January 25 — February 26, 2022

A new body of ceramic sculpture exploring movement in architecture to create the illusion of gesture and personality.

Exhibition

Shaped

November 23, 2021 — January 29, 2022

Cutting, stretching, throwing; each maker gives form to concept.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

wandering within an accumulation of short lines

December 14, 2021 — January 22, 2022

Ariel Gout and Amy Kennedy create a dialogue between their respective works, illustrating connections between drawing and sculpture.

Exhibition

Temporal Artefacts

October 8 — December 12, 2021

Temporal Artefacts is an exhibition exploring processes of time and the transformation of materials by hand.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Secret Life of a Tapestry

November 16 — December 11, 2021

Exhibition

Future Remains

July 24 — November 13, 2021

Presenting seven women designers and makers at the forefront of contemporary woodworking

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Objects That See

October 5 — November 13, 2021

Legally blind, Alan Constable works with his pinhole vision to create expressive optical devices, with his cameras as centre-piece

Exhibition

Craft Poster Walk

September 16 — October 19, 2021

Throughout September and October the Craft Poster Walk is transforming the cityscape with six bold, contemporary craft works

Exhibition

Elemental

June 19 — July 17, 2021

Bringing together seven First Nations artists each working with the base elements of Water, Fire, Air and Earth as inspiration.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

FUTURE FORM

July 27 — October 2, 2021

Showcasing the potential for algae as sustainable material through a collection of algae bioplastic tableware.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Body Language

May 18 — June 19, 2021

This new series of paper-based cultural vessels explores the relationships between cultural objects and adornments

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Enono

June 22 — July 24, 2021

Danielle Thiris presents a collection of ceramic vessels referencing elements of prehistoric and ritual objects.

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The Space of Emptiness

May 1 — June 12, 2021

The exhibition presents the work of three artists who each offer opportunities for quiet reflection on the sublime forces of nature.

Exhibition

Fireflow

March 26 — April 24, 2021

Brings together the work of five contemporary artists exploring the possibilities of glass as a versatile medium.

Exhibition

Fugue

March 26 — April 24, 2021

An ongoing exploration of colour through the assemblage of glass vessels.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Play of Light

March 2 — April 10, 2021

Jane McKenzie presents a new body of ceramic sculptures

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Stacked

April 13 — May 15, 2021

An exploration into the sculptural potential of architectural forms found in the industrial landscape of the inner west

Exhibition, Main Gallery

Fresh! 2021

February 13 — March 21, 2021

Celebrating the next wave of Victorian graduates in contemporary craft and design.

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery

Re-Emergence

January 26 — February 27, 2021

Jordi Infeld’s practice is grounded in the relationship between text and textile, working predominantly between writing and weaving.