Photo Credit: David Martinelli

Jane Orme is a ceramicist working on Wakka Wakka and Yuggera Country. She is passionate about making bespoke functional work that shows the maker’s hand and holds story. The ability for a vessel to hold underpins all of Jane’s practice—hold tea, hold space, hold hope. She believes that making art and working with clay is healing and aims to share this with others through her practice. Jane’s current work references personal and universal stories such as that of the current state of woman’s health, connecting the maker and viewer to create dialogue and enact change. She is passionate about the ceramic community and contributes through her podcast with Aurora Elwell, Birds of Clay, and her new position as one of the assistant editors for The Journal of Australian Ceramics.

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RELEVANT EDUCATION

  • 2021 – present. Bachelor of Creative Arts and Community Wellbeing – University of Southern Queensland.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • July 2022        Momentum, UniSQ School of Creative Arts, Toowoomba, QLD.

  • March 2023    Fill Your Eyes, UniSQ School of Creative Arts, Toowoomba, QLD.

  • July 2023        Cycle 2023 (Solo work), Pink Ink Gallery, UniSQ, Toowoomba, QLD.

  • January 2024  Terrain, Rosalie Gallery, Goombungee, QLD (coordinated and co-curated show).

  • January 2024  Other Sites and Destinations, group exhibition, UniSQ School of Creative Arts, Toowoomba, QLD.

  • March 2024    Fill Your Eyes, group exhibition, UniSQ School of Creative Arts, Toowoomba, QLD.

  • September 2024 Fresh Meat, group exhibition, Field Trip Gallery, Paddington, QLD.

ART PRIZES

  • April 2024       University of Southern Queensland Biennial Art Award – Encouragement Award.

  • May 2024         Fairholme Open Art Prize | Facets Art Exhibition – Finalist.

  • October 2024  North Queensland Ceramic Award – Finalist.

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  • 2023 – present Assistant Editor The Journal of Australian Ceramics

  • 2023 – present Gallery Assistant. Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.

  • 2022 – present Casual Exhibition Install Technician. The Condensery, Somerset Regional Art Gallery, Toogoolawah.

  • 2021 – present Ceramic Artist Self Employed.

RELEVANT RECENT EXPERIENCE

Facilitated clay workshops at Momentum Mental Health, Toowoomba and The Ration Shed, Cherbourg. Currently teach hand building at Tinker Art Studios and wheel throwing at the Darling Downs Potter’s Club.

GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grant - Bill Powell’s throwing large vessels workshop at the Winter McGregor School 2023

  • New Columbo Grant – Arts and Culture Tour, Japan, September 2023

  • Ignition Bursary UniSQ - Clay Gulgong 2024