Gerry Wedd (born 1957) is one of Australia’s most celebrated ceramicists. Having studied jewellery, painting, drawing and ceramics, Wedd obtained a Masters in Fine Art from the University of South Australia in 2005. Early on in his career, Wedd became a graphic artist for quintessential Australian design company Mambo who he worked with until 2006.
Wedd has exhibited extensively in Australia and internationally, including Havana Biennial, JamFactory, Ian Potter Museum of Art and The Victoria and Albert Museum. He has received numerous awards including the Hobart Art Prize in 2010 and the 1998 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award and is represented in public collections around the country including the Art Gallery of South Australia, Powerhouse Museum – Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Shepparton Art Museum and Queensland University of Technology.
He works from a studio in his garden and surfs whenever he can.
Gerry from Mickey Mason on Vimeo.
Cups. from Mickey Mason on Vimeo.
A short film of the processes of making a cup.
Cups by Gerry Wedd.