Elise Johnston (nee O’Neill) is a ceramic artist living in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand with her husband and two children.
After completing a BFA in 2006 at the Dunedin School of Art with a sculpture major Johnston took a side step into the field of ceramics and has been creating with clay ever since. She is a co-founder of Three Cups of Tea Ceramics, has had work included in the Portage Ceramic Awards, and the Emerging Practitioner in Clay Awards, has exhibited in various group exhibitions over the years and been commissioned to produce work internationally.
Elise is currently preparing for her first solo exhibition.
Johnston’s pieces combine her love of the functionality of ceramic objects with her desire to sculpt and communicate through the expressive medium of clay.
Ceramic, glaze