Alana Wilson
Alana Wilson — Bizen Form II, 2025
DONE/UNDONE
Curated by Joseph Gardner
VISIONARIES 2025: Presenting the future of Australian art, craft and design through the lens of the country's most influential creatives.
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These works from Alana express a sense of iterative sequencing or reassemblage through ceramic, etching, and bronze. They take an antagonistic view to a medium and archetype so integral to her practice - to represent something whole or complete as fragile, repaired, reassembled.
The ceramic works allude to the fragile and fragmented qualities of the medium. Some pieces have been broken intentionally, yet some broken by accident have undergone kintsugi repair - highlighting the beauty to be found in their imperfections and flaws. In addition, these ceramic works subvert the archetype of the vessel to hold, carry or enclose something inside of it. Functionality is removed and one must consider its history and future, based on its scars and seams. Both the bronze and etching work follow a natural, fibonacci-esque spiral to express iteration, momentum and plurality - a philosophy innately present in the studio making process, yet often not felt in final, singular works.
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Alana Wilson works primarily in ceramic, her studio practice also encompasses sculpture, photography, and printmaking. Forming a visual and conceptual lineage across mediums, the Australian-born, New Zealand-raised artist questions the relationship between humans and their environments, and the scale at which we exist in nature. Drawing on natural, biographical, art historical, and anthropological sources, Wilson’s work is visceral, intimate, and tactile. Her practice combines philosophical enquiry with material investigation, following instinct and experimentation. Firing to 1260ºC allows the metamorphosis of surface degradation to be captured, preserving the transformations that occur in the kiln's atmosphere. Wilson’s oeuvre alludes to the interconnectedness of all life, from the intimate to the universal.
DONE/UNDONE
14 November 2025 - 7 February 2026
Joseph Gardner is the 2025 Visionaries curator – presenting Craft's largest exhibition to date: showcasing 50+ artists and 400+ artworks.
Featuring artists across medium, scale and level of experience, they represent the exceptional level of rising talent in Australia.
DONE/UNDONE explores the creative process as a space of constant negotiation — a series of decisions to build, erase, repeat, or let be. It’s about that intuitive moment when a maker chooses to pause, to push further, or to dismantle entirely. These are the choices that define the rhythm of making — choices familiar to artists, designers, and creators across disciplines.
Joseph Gardner is the Style Editor at Vogue Living, with a decade of experience in publishing and styling, and the founder of Sydney-based gallery, Studio Gardner.
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Material: Bizen-yaki (wood fired Bizen clay fired with Bizen red pine wood), kintsugi repair
Dimensions: approx. 27 x 12 x 12 cm
Please note: purchased works are to be collected at the conclusion of the exhibition (7 February 2026).
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