Angela Hayes
Angela Hayes — Luchio Echoe on Plane, 2025
DONE/UNDONE
Curated by Joseph Gardner
VISIONARIES 2025: Presenting the future of Australian art, craft and design through the lens of one of the country's most influential creatives.
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This unique hand-formed ceramic piece originates from a body of work which focuses on the study of the classic pouring vessel. Here, the lip, the body, the foot, the spout, and the handle are evolved to form contemporary architectonic sculpture. The expressive application presents the delights the artist discovers in her urban habitat.
The vessel is watertight for exquisite floral display yet departs from purely functional constraints of the vessel to stand alone as a striking sculptural art piece.
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Angela Hayes ceramic sculptures transcend the functional boundaries of the traditional ceramic vessel to embody a distinctive artistic voice. Initially inspired by the study of the classic pouring vessel, Hayes’ work has evolved from wheel-thrown designs to bold, slab-made architectonic forms. Her ceramic creations redefine the elements of the vessel—the lip, the body, the foot, the spout, and the handle—transforming them into sculptural statements that stand at the intersection of tradition and innovation.
Hayes has a strong academic foundation in both Fine Arts and Landscape Architecture. She studied Fine Arts - Ceramics at Queensland College of Art and later completed a Bachelor and Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Melbourne. Her expertise in design informs her ceramic practice, most evident in the architectural sensibility that characterise her work. Angela Hayes Ceramics studio is located in innercity Melbourne, an environment rich in creative inspiration. Hayes has been recognised with numerous awards for her design accomplishments and has showcased her ceramic sculptures in numerous exhibitions in Australia and China.
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14 November 2025 - 7 February 2026
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Joseph Gardner is the 2025 Visionaries curator – presenting DONE/UNDONE: an exhibition of 50+ artists, and one of Craft’s largest exhibitions to date – featuring artists working across medium, scale and practice, representing exceptional Australian talent.
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: Ceramic, stoneware, slips, glazes
Dimensions: approx. 19 x 17 x 9cm
Please note: purchased works are to be collected at the conclusion of the exhibition (7 February 2026).
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