Danielle is an artist located in Melbourne/Naarm, Australia.
Working with South Australian/Kaurna terracotta clay and using millennia-old techniques: coiling, pinching and carving, each piece draws from diverse historical vessel and object traditions, blending elements from across place and time.
Her hybrid forms evoke the past while remaining contemporary, sitting between the ritualistic and the playful. The work invites contemplation, challenging the spaces between historical and modern, functional and sculptural, connection and separation.
EDUCATION
2008 | Bachelor of Design - RMIT
1999 | Bachelor of Visual Art - University of South Australia
2026 | Solo - Hellenic Museum Melbourne - Contemporary Art Space
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 | Old School - Craft Victoria
2023 | Group Show - Oigall Projects
2023 | Melbourne Now - NGV X Craft X Vessel
2023 | Jugs - Craft Victoria
2023 | NGV Melbourne Design Fair
2022 | NGV Melbourne Design Week
2021 | NGV Melbourne Design Week - New Assemblage X Oigall Projects
ACQUISITIONS
2021 | Three works acquired for The Australian Catholic University’s Art Collection
PRIZES & RESIDENCIES
2023 | Resident Artist - Driving Creek Pottery - Coromandel, New Zealand
2022 | Honourable Mention - Editors Choice Awards - Denfair
2021 | Finalist - Victorian Craft Award - CRAFT
2018 | Winner - Bendigo Pottery Award - Spring Sculpture Prize - Lot 19 Castlemaine
2015 | Finalist - Victorian Craft Award - CRAFT
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2025 | Green Magazine - Ediorial - January
2025 | House & Garden - Editorial - January
2024 | Thames & Hudson - Book - Assemblage
2022 | Vogue Living - Editorial - December
2023 | Elle Decor Paris - Editorial - May
2023 | ACU Art Collection - Book - Contemporary Visions
daniellethiris@gmail.com
@daniellethiris