Lauren Cameron (she/they) is a ceramic-based artist living and working on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation (Naarm/Melbourne). Rooted in the visceral and the vulnerable, her practice navigates the terrains of trauma, assault, and so-calleds “petty emotions”—those small, sharp feelings so often dismissed or suppressed.

Using clay as both medium and metaphor, Lauren creates works that function as tactile records of the body’s memory—fractured, glazed, stitched, and scarred. Her forms oscillate between tenderness and tension, revealing the intricate architecture of feeling through handbuilt and wheel-thrown processes. The surface of her work—often textured, layered, and broken—is where emotional residue is made visible.

Drawing on the personal as political, Lauren’s ceramics resist catharsis. Instead, they hold discomfort, shame, fury, and vulnerability in fragile balance—inviting viewers to confront, rather than escape, the weight of human experience.

Driven by material experimentation, Lauren continually pushes against the conventions of traditional ceramics. By integrating unconventional forms, hybrid techniques, and an intuitive approach to construction, she builds a language of clay that is both deeply subjective and radically open.

Through her practice, Lauren creates a space for emotional honesty—a quiet resistance against erasure, and an offering for those who carry untold stories in their bodies.