Steph Wallace is a ceramic artist working on Wadawurrung country in Ballarat, Victoria. Born in the UK, her practice combines traditional techniques with experimental approaches to weave narratives reflecting the complexities of cultural identity.

Wallace has a BA in Ceramics from Edinburgh College of Art and studied at Leeds Arts University in the UK. She has lectured at Federation University, is an ambassador for the UNESCO Creative Cities network and is co-founder of the Ballarat Clay Collective. 

Wallace has works in public art collections including the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Federation University and the Australian Centre for Rare Trades and Lost Arts. The artist’s work has been shown with The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Design Week, White Night, Sydney Craft Week, Manly Art Museum and Gallery, London Potters and Stockroom Kyneton to name a few.

Wallace has received the Ballarat Art Foundation Award for Contemporary Art and been awarded 2nd prize in the Shelly Simpson Ceramics Prize. Her work has previously been selected as finalist in the North Qld Ceramic Award, the Klytie Pate Ceramic Award and the National Emerging Art Award.

Her work has featured in publications including The Age, Australian House and Garden, the Journal of Australian Ceramics and Pottery Making Illustrated.

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