Vessels for Ondines: Thaleia (2022) Hand-built ceramic sculpture in stoneware with glaze and underglaze, exploring generative-AI architectural spaces alongside embodied perception, fluid form, and regenerative material thinking.
Dr. Emma Rochester (PhD) is an artist–researcher based in the Kimberley, Western Australia, whose practice has developed across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and international contexts. Working across ceramic sculpture, fibre, video and spatial practice, her work explores porous systems, sensory perception and regenerative aesthetics through material, environmental renewal and place-responsive forms.
Situated within Oceania and influenced by the wider Asia-Pacific, Rochester’s practice is informed by more than two decades of art, research and education. Her trajectory encompasses study in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand and international residencies including at the UNESCO-associated CAMAC Centre d’Art in France and as Artist In Residence at Temple University, in Philadelphia, USA. Her practice moves between resolved artworks, writing and practice-led inquiry.
Through large-scale sculptural works and intimate vessel forms, Emma Rochester contributes to contemporary Australian ceramic discourse while engaging with international conversations around regenerative art practice.
