22 January — 22 March 2026
Opening Event: Thursday, January 22 • 5:30 - 7:30PM
Auckland Studio Potters:
Artist in Residence 4
Neil Feather. 2025
Be curious. Take risks. Fail if necessary.
The Auckland Studio Potters Artist in Residence programme was established in 2019 to support ceramicists who are driven by curiosity and the desire to push beyond what they already know. At Auckland Studio Potters (ASP), the residency is not just a space to work, it is an active invitation to experiment, to test ideas, to follow unexpected directions, and to embrace the productive failures that open the door to new possibilities.
Each year we welcome national and international artists to spend up to three months working from one of ASP’s dedicated pod studios in Onehunga, Tāmaki Makaurau. Residents range from emerging graduates and PhD candidates to traditional artisan master-craftspeople and contemporary exhibiting artists. This breadth of experience, from deep-rooted craft knowledge to boundary-testing conceptual practice, is central to the programme’s vision.
ASP values the full spectrum of ceramic practice, recognising that innovation often occurs when traditions are questioned, techniques are stretched, and familiar forms are reimagined. The residency fosters an environment where artists can challenge their own habits, encounter new methods and materials, and discover work they couldn’t have predicted at the outset.
The Artist in Residence Exhibition brings together the outcomes of this ethos — works shaped by inquiry, experiment, ambition, surprise, and sometimes failure. These pieces represent not only the artists’ skill but their willingness to step into the unknown. In doing so, they embody the spirit that sets the ASP residency apart: a place where clay becomes a site of discovery, and where the process is as vital and celebrated as the final form.
Featuring:
Natasha Gomperts, Hannah Paradis, Margaux Bigou, Rubee Prattley-Jones, Joelle March, Neil Feather and Holly-Rose Morgan.
Auckland Studio Potters is a not-for-profit community-based organisation that offers pottery classes from beginners to master classes. It is located in Onehunga, Auckland and was established in 1961.
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Thursday, January 22 • 5:30 - 7:30PM