Jeff Mincham

Jeffery Mincham AM, born in Milang South Australia in 1950, has been a full-time professional Ceramic Artist for over 45 years. From his home studio based at Cherryville in the Adelaide Hills, he has produced 97 national solo shows to date and contributed to scores of themed, group and survey exhibitions throughout Australia and widely overseas. He has also contributed to six national touring exhibitions, including his own 2009-2012 touring exhibition.

His work is represented in over 100 permanent public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, all State Galleries and premiere Regional Galleries across Australia.

The recipient of many awards and prizes he was celebrated as a Living National Treasure/Master of Australian Craft by the Australian Design Centre in 2009 with a monograph and National Touring Exhibition which travelled to an unprecedented 14 venues around Australia.

In 2011 he was awarded a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to the Arts, the Community and his profession.

Jeff Mincham has produced an extensive and varied corpus of work over his long artistic career. With a sound training in the arts and in ceramics under acknowledged Australia Masters, Les Blakebrough and Milton Moon, his career has focussed on evolving the expressive range of Ceramics as an art form, which has had a significant impact on Australian ceramics.

The natural world and landscape themes have dominated his output over the past 25 years however there have been other significant series that have come into play along the way, often reflecting a spontaneous evolution of his expressive range.