Lea Durie
Education
2024 - Australian National University - Master of Contemporary Art Practices with Commendation
2022 - Australian National University – Bachelor of Visual Arts (part)
1993 - University of Canberra – Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Awards and Grants
2024 - North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Jackson Family Award
2024 - NSW Country Arts Support Scheme Grant
2023 - Klytie Pate Ceramics Award 2023 - Highly Commended Emerging Artist
2023 - Emerging Art Support Scheme Australian National University – Belconnen Art Centre Award
2023 - Emerging Art Support Scheme Australian National University – Craft + Design Canberra Award
2023 - Australian National University - Graduate Materials Award
2023 - Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council Art Awards – 3D Award
2022 - Canberra Art Patrons Organisation - Inspire Emerging Artist Award
2021 - Canberra Potter’s Society - Doug Alexander Award
2021 - Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council Art Awards – Ceramics Award
2020 - Canberra Potter’s Society – Craft ACT Emerging Artist Award
2018 - Australian National University - Boronia Award for Academic Excellence
Solo Exhibitions
2025 - I Like Things a Bit Gritty, Gallery Alchemy, Milton NSW
2024 - Tracks and Threads, Belconnen Arts Centre ACT
2024 – Missing Places, Box Gallery, Southern Tablelands Arts, touring Picton/Yass/Young/ Queanbeyan NSW
2024 – New Everyday, Meet Gather Collect, Aranda ACT.
2024 – Rewilding Whitlam, Craft + Design Canberra
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 - Clay + String, Corner Store Gallery, Orange NSW
2024 - North Queensland Ceramic Awards Finalist, Townsville QLD
2024 - Ikebana @ CMAG, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2024 - Christmas Showcase, Gallery Alchemy, Milton NSW,
2024 - Vessels from the Villages, Watson Arts Centre, ACT
2024 - Heritage Uncovered, Manning Clark House, Red Hill ACT.
2024 - Still Life– Gallery Lowe and Lee, Newtown NSW.
2024 - Hold III– Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT
2023 - Whitlam and the Brindabellas, Australian National University Graduating Exhibition, Canberra ACT
2023 - End of an Era, Studio Altenburg, Braidwood NSW
2023 - Klytie Pate Ceramics Award Finalists, Mansfield Vic.
2023 - Queer Pride, Craft ACT, Canberra
2023 - Mini-Series Art Prize Finalist, Orange NSW
2021 - Rusden House Arts Centre Showcase, Queanbeyan NSW
2021 - Emerging Contemporaries, Craft ACT, Canberra.
Curatorial
2024 - Vessels from the Villages Group Exhibition, Watson Arts Centre, ACT
Residencies
2024 - 2025 Canberra Potters Professional Artist Residency, ACT
2025 - Broken Hill Arts Exchange, NSW
2024 - BigCI Art Residency, Blue Mountains NSW
2023 - Suburban Land Agency Artist in Residence. ACT
Publications
2025 – Durie, Lea, Digging up the Dirt – Journal of Australian Ceramics. Vol 64 No 1, April 2025. PP 106-110
2024 – Hinchcliffe, Meredith, Village Artists show their skills . Canberra City News, October 2024
2023 – Durie, Lea, Down to Earth, We are Makers. Edition 9. Pp 17-21
2022 – Obran, Elaine. Mud Dept: local handmade ceramics celebrating the slow life - Her Canberra – Sept 2022
Teaching
2024 – Working with Wild Clay, Canberra Potter’s Society Summer School 5 day Masterclass, ACT
2024 / 2025 – Creative Maker Business Skills, Craft + Design Canberra, ACT
2024 / 2025 – Hand building with clay, Meet Gather Collect Aranda ACT
2022 / 2024 – Wheel Throwing with clay, Braidwood NSW
2023 /2024 – Hand building with clay, Braidwood NSW
2023 - Nature through Wild Clay Community workshop, Whitlam ACT
Professional Memberships
Craft Victoria
Craft + Design Canberra
Australian Ceramics Association
National Association of Visual Arts
Strathnairn Arts Association
Canberra Potters Society
Braidwood Regional Arts Group
Broken Hill Arts Exchange
Southern Tablelands Arts