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2025 – 61st National Exhibition, Tฤmaki Makaurau
Exhibition Catalogue
Award Winners Announced!
The 61st Ceramics NZ National Exhibition 2025.โฏ
The 61st judges, Moyra Elliott, Grace Lai and Peata Larkin, faced the demanding task of narrowing down 279 entries to a selection of 61 works. The quality of submissions was exemplary, making the blind judging selection process by consensus even more difficult. The emails have been sent and Congratulations to those that have been selected!
Thank you to The Arts House Trust for hosting this event and thank you to our sponsors; Alt Group, Auckland Studio Potters, Bot Pots, Clevedon Buffalo Co., Creative NZ, Crown Self Storage, Driving Creek Railway, Falcon Grey Ceramics, Glass Station, Kiwi Underglaze, and Northern Lights. Your support in this event has been unwavering and helps to promote artists in this craft. Thank you.
We hope to see you all at the Opening Event awards ceremony, 23 October and the Judges Talk, 1st November!
| Prize | Amount | Sponsor(s) |
| Premier Prize | $3000 | Ceramics Association of New Zealand |
| Merit | $1000 | Clevedon Buffalo Co. |
| Functional | $300 / $250 Materials | Northern Lights / Bot Pots |
| Non-Functional | $300 / $250 Materials | Glass Station Sauvarins / Bot Pots |
| Residency | 4 wks w/ $500 for materials and/or firings. | Driving Creek Residency |
| People’s Choice | Full set of underglazes in the 100ml size (value $675.00) as well as a $400 Prezzy Card | Kiwi Underglaze |
Ceramics New Zealand is very grateful to all our wonderful sponsors for supporting this exhibition, and our amazing exhibition convenor, Siriporn Falcon-Grey.
The 61st Ceramics NZ National Exhibition – Opening and Awards Night
23rd October, 5:30-7:30pm
Pah Homestead, 72 Hillsborough Rd, Auckland
The 61st Ceramics NZ National Exhibition – Judges Talk at The Arts House Trust
1 November 3:30-4:30pm, followed by drinks, canapรฉs and exhibition viewing.
Pah Homestead, 72 Hillsborough Rd, Auckland
Diamond Jubilee 60th National Exhibition 2021
Premier Award winner Kate Fitzharris, A Small Plate made from Japanese Clays
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station
23 October โ 20 November 2021
This special exhibition was held in ลtepoti Dunedin to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first exhibition of New Zealand Studio Potters, held at the Otago Museum in November 1957. The contemporary exhibition is complemented by a heritage exhibition with works from this early period and other materials showing the endeavours that led to the formation of New Zealand Society of Potters, which is now known as Ceramics Association of New Zealand (Ceramics NZ). Selected works are included in a full colour catalogue alongside each artistโs biography and statement. The exhibitions, in conjunction with other events, are organised by the team of Fusion 2010.
Click here to view the virtual tour
The Ceramics Association of New Zealand is pleased to announce that Kate Fitzharris is the winner of the Ceramics NZ 60th National Diamond Jubilee Exhibition Primo-Pro Premier Award for A Small Plate made from Japanese clays. The $1000 Imerys Excellence Award went to Renate Galetzka for her highly skilled and colourful work Beaker to Bowl. Sung Hwan Bobby Park was awarded the Driving Creek Pottery Professional Development Residency (valued at $1000) for his fantastical figurative pot, Figure 1. Teresa Peters took away the Pack and Send Merit Award for her digital archive of clay works titled Artefacts and Patrick Ferris was awarded the Nelson Pottery Supplies Emerging Artist Award for his explorations in parametric design and additive manufacture in Convergence. Special mentions were given to Gaeleen Morley for The Journey and to Karin Amdal for Vase Up Down.
Congratulations to the Ceramics NZ 60th National Exhibition finalists:
Gael Abraham, Karin Amdal, Mark Ayson, Greg Barron, Elise Bishop, Anneke Borren, Scott Brough, Annette Bull, Rachel Carter, Vicki Charles, Jacqui Clarke, Yasmin Franzmayr-Davis, Chris Dunn, Marion Familton, Patrick Ferris, Kate Fitzharris, Rebecca Flowerday, Anna Fox, Renate Galetzka, Mandy Gargiulo, Sarah Geary, Frank Graham,Tim Grocott, Yvonne Guillot, Jo Howard, Mark Hoyle, Tui Johnson, Elise Johnston (nรฉe OโNeill), Kevin Kilsby, Louis Kittleson, Nicole Kolig, Margaret MacDonald, Royce McGlashen, Kate McLean, Aimรฉe McLeod, Holly Rose Morgan, Gaeleen Morley, Sung Hwan Bobby Park, Heather Payne, Teresa Peters, Debbie Pointon, Jennifer Queree, John Roy, Rick Rudd, Sue Rutherford, Takaaki Sakaguchi, Nachiki Schollum, Sarah Scott, Duncan Shearer, Jenny Shearer, Janet Smith, Margaret Sumich, Alex Wilkinson, Lyuba Zhilkina.
A full colour catalogue featuring all sixty selected works and essays by judge Dr. Emma Bugden and Moira White, Curator, Humanities at Otago Museum is available for purchase here.
The Diamond Jubilee was generously supported by Creative New Zealand and the NZ Lottery Grants Board. We are grateful to all our sponsors who have supported the event:
- Primo-Pro Premier Award $3000
- Imerys Excellence Award $1000
- Driving Creek Pottery Residency Award $1000 (valued at)
- Pack and Send Merit Award $750
- Nelson Pottery Supplies Emerging Artist Award $500 worth of materials
- CCG Peopleโs Choice Award $250 worth of materials
The CCG Peopleโs Choice award will be announced after the exhibition closes on November 20th.