Portrait by Selina Ou, image courtesy of The National Gallery of Victoria

Irene Grishin-Selzer holds an MFA by Research from Monash University, after graduating with First Class Honours. She exhibited her Masters research at the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) and graduated with the Clayworks Australia Award for Ceramic Excellence. Her practice engages with the notion of transience, the shape of time and a sense of place. 

Grishin-Selzer has been recognised as a finalist in esteemed awards, including the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, the Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award, and the Victorian Craft Awards. Recent collaborations include a design installation at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Her work has been featured at the Melbourne Art Fair and curated exhibitions across Australia and North America, with solo shows in Melbourne and regionally at the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM).

Grishin-Selzer’s pieces are held in international collections and have been featured in numerous publications, including  the Art Almanac, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, The Financial Review, Vogue Living, Elle Decoration, Doing Bird, Plaza Kvinna (Sweden) New York Magazine (US) an artist profile in NGV Magazine and two international art and design compendiums published by Thames & Hudson. Most recently, her work was showcased in Earth & Fire, a comprehensive survey of contemporary Australian ceramic artists.