Bio

Mel Jhey graduated from Newcastle Art School with a Diploma of Visual Arts (2022) and completed her Bachelor of Fine Art degree, majoring in Ceramics at National Art School (2025). She has exhibited in numerous group shows since 2022 in Newcastle, Melbourne and Sydney with highlights including House of Stories at Nobbys Whibayganba (2023), National Art School Drawing Department Archive Project (2024) and Fresh and Found at Scratch Art Space, Marrickville (2025).

Mel Jhey participated in three group exhibitions at the National Art School Library Stairwell Gallery (2025), including Earth and Sky, Answer and Magnetic Fields - Surrealism Now. She won the Claypool Award at the National Art School Awards Night (2025) and Highly Commended for Ceramics in Gosford Regional Gallery’s Gosford Art Prize (2023). She is a ceramics tutor at Waverley Woollahra Art School and has worked extensively as an artist assistant to both international and local ceramic artists.

Mel Jhey
Exquisite Intangible, 2025
Stoneware, glaze
143 x 30 x 30 cm
Mel Jhey
Yellow Urn, 2025
Stoneware, iron oxide, engobe, glaze, epoxy, nailpolish, enamel
103 x 30 x 30 cm
Mel Jhey
Reach In, 2025
Stoneware, glaze
138 x 28 x 28 cm
Mel Jhey
Resurface (side view), 2025
Stoneware, engobe, slip, glaze
133.5 x 122 x 78 cm
Mel Jhey
Resurface (front view), 2025
Stoneware, engobe, slip, glaze
133.5 x 122 x 78 cm
Mel Jhey
Resurface (rear view), 2025
Stoneware, engobe, slip, glaze
133.5 x 122 x 78 cm
Mel Jhey
Huddle, 2025
Stoneware, slip, glaze
25 x 15 x 17 cm, 23 x 11 x 17 cm
Mel Jhey
Writhe, 2025
Earthenware, engobe, slip
72 x 17 x 19 cm
Mel Jhey
Three Monster Vases, 2025
Stoneware, glaze
27.5 x 11 x 9.5, 37 x 11 x 7, 42.5 x 14 x 11.5 cm
Mel Jhey
Nook, 2025
stoneware, engobe, glaze
57 x 21 x 14 cm
Mel Jhey
Mysterious Cactus #1, 2025
Stoneware, slip, glaze
40 x 14 x 14 cm
Mel Jhey
Mysterious Cactus #2, 2025
Stoneware, slip, engobe, glaze
48 x 30 x 18 cm
Mel Jhey
Cocoon, 2025
Earthenware, glaze
79.5 x 13 x 13 cm
Mel Jhey
Echo, 2025
Stoneware, glaze, slip, engobe
22 x 13 x 7 cm, 38 x 21 x 13 cm
Mel Jhey
Languid Lure, 2025
Earthenware, slip, glaze, thread
60 x 30 x 19 cm
Mel Jhey
Oracle, 2025
Earthenware, glaze
143 x 30 x 30 cm
Mel Jhey
Camouflage, 2025
Stoneware, glaze
39 x 20 x 15 cm
Mel Jhey
Amulet, 2024
Stoneware, glaze
46 x 22 x 10 cm
Mel Jhey
Mysterious Flower, 2024
Stoneware, glaze, gold leaf
38 x 15 x 18 cm
Mel Jhey
Plom Plom, 2024
Stoneware, glaze
25 x 15 x 15 cm
Mel Jhey
Sploink, 2024
Stoneware, glaze
33 x 12 x 12 cm