Vanessa Holle has been making ceramics since 2011. Her background as a designer influences her ceramic practice. Her business: Vanessa Bean has focused mainly on functional ware with a twist: objects are given human, animal or botanical personalities and this work employs a simple, decorative and graphic approach, showcasing whimsy and colour.
Her more recent still life work on plate forms was inspired by an extended period of time spent at home during cancer treatment. Her world was reduced and she began to find solace and beauty in the everyday objects surrounding her, exploring these themes with clay as the canvas.
“These are not just everyday objects and moments, on objects we use every day, they are windows into life.”
Established in 2021, the National Emerging Art Prize was created to provide an annual, highly visible national platform to identify, promote and support the most promising emerging visual and ceramic artists in Australia.