curriculum vitae

Larissa Warren
Ceramic Artist & Educator

Education
Bachelor of Fine Art | 1998 | Queensland College of Art
Bachelor of Education Secondary Art & History | 2000 | Griffith University

,Awards and Grants
2020 Regional Arts Development Fund Wild Women Wild Clay project
2020 stART Arts Queensland grant
2019 Clunes Ceramic Award. People’s Choice winner and special award acquisition.
2018 Siliceous exhibition Overall Winner Ceramic Arts Qld
2017 Gold Coast Potters Prize Winner
2016 30th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award People’s Choice winner

Collections
Star Casino, The Darling Tower. Gold Coast. A collection of 48 vases over 6 floors
Art Gallery of Ballarat. Award Acquisition- Clunes Ceramic Award.
Private Collections Australia and overseas

Exhibitions
2023
Siliceous award for ceramic excellence, Finalist presented by Ceramic Arts Qld
Gift wrapped, Scenic Rim Regional Gallery

2022
Too Much to Dream solo (with painter Susie Dureau) Suki & Hugh Gallery
A Great Balancing Act solo (with painter Fiona Chandler), Sydney Road Gallery

2021
Women & Landscape, Movers & Shapers group exhibition, Hazelhurst Arts Centre.
Sedimentary Stories, solo exhibition, Gallerysmith Melbourne
Siliceous award for ceramic excellence, Finalist presented by Ceramic Arts Qld
Klytie Pate Ceramics Award, Finalist presented by Mansfield Ceramics

2020
Layers of Place, solo exhibition, Tamborine Mt
Still Life, Sydney Road Gallery
Gatherers, Thrown Contemporary Gallery London
Lineage, solo Art Nuvo Gallery, Buderim Qld

2019
Scripted by Nature, solo (show alongside painter Ingrid Bowen) Suki & Hugh Gallery
Clunes Ceramic Award, People’s Choice winner and special award acquisition.
Ceramic Arts Qld exhibition at the Australian Ceramics Triennial. Hobart

2018
QATA & Brisbane City Council Exchange Exhibition Eagle Lane
Siliceous exhibition Overall Winner Ceramic Arts Qld
Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards Finalist
Dwell on Design Fair Represented by Ann 330 Gallery Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Mayo Sculpture Exhibition St Margaret’s Anglican Girls Grammar
Brisbane Rotary Art Prize Finalist
World Stage Exhibition Selected Emerging Artist Clay Gulgong. Mansfield Ceramics

2017
Stories from Sea & Land solo (show alongside painter Ben Lucas) Left Bank Gallery
Annual Members Exhibition Prize Winner Gold Coast Potters Association
Clunes Ceramic Award Finalist
Table Talk, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney
Brisbane Grammar Art Show, Invited artist
Kindred, Curator Left Bank Gallery, Gold Coast
Dwell on Design Fair, represented by Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Brisbane Grammar Art Show Invited artist
Moreton Bay Art Prize Finalist
Brisbane Rotary Art Prize Finalist
Accolade: An exhibition celebrating award-winning ceramics, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney

2016
30th GC International Ceramic Art Award People’s Choice winner Gold Coast Art Gallery
Fluro-Sense, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay
Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay

Articles
Queensland History Journal Vol 24, no 11Nov 2021 ‘Fired from the Mountain, the potters of Tamborine Mt 1940-2020’
Australian Journal of Ceramics, feature article: ‘Wild Women, Wild Clay’ Vol 59, no 3

Publication features
The Art Show on ABC Radio National aired 26 Jan 2022
Tales of the Red Clay Rambler- interview with Ben Carter episode 358 Feb 2021
Pottery Making Illustrated ‘Smooth Lines’ Sept/Oct 2019
Home Beautiful magazine ‘Eye for Detail’ July 2018
Australian Journal of Ceramics ‘The Darling Commission’ April 2018
Australian Journal of Ceramics ‘Nerikomi’ 2018 Vol 57 no 3
Paul Blais- interview for The Potters Cast Dec 2017 episode 376

Presentations
Apmere Mparntwe, The 16th Australian Ceramics Triennale, Guest presenter July 2022
Scenic Rim Council Arts dinner, Guest speaker July 2021
Colour Happy online presentations and workshops 2021
Journal of Aust. Ceramics magazine launch, Guest writer Dec 2020
Journal of Aust. Ceramics magazine launch, Guest artist demonstration Oct 2019
Energies Art Show, Guest Artist talk and open, Gold Coast Art Gallery Oct 2018
Gold Coast City Art Gallery 30th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award: Conversations with local artists 2016