Bio

Mel Jhey is an Australian ceramic artist living and working on Gadigal Country in Sydney. She graduated from the National Art School in 2025 with a Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in Ceramics, following a Diploma of Visual Arts from Newcastle Art School.

Her sculptural practice explores the expressive potential of clay through experimental glazes, large hand-built forms and installation. Jhey has exhibited in group exhibitions across Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne, including House of Stories at Nobbys Whibayganba (2023), the National Art School Drawing Department Archive Project (2024), and Fresh and Found at Scratch Art Space, Marrickville (2025).

She was awarded the Claypool Award at the 2025 National Art School Awards Night and received Highly Commended for Ceramics in the Gosford Art Prize (2023). Her work has also been selected as a finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award and the Colin Holden Print Commission.

Alongside her studio practice, she has worked as a ceramics tutor and assistant to both local and international 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
Big Mouth (Top View), 2025
Stoneware, glaze, engobe, iron oxide
77 x 18 x 21 cm
Mel Jhey
Big Mouth (Glaze Detail), 2025
Stoneware, glaze, engobe, iron oxide
77 x 18 x 21 cm
Mel Jhey
Big Mouth (Side View), 2025
Stoneware, glaze, engobe, iron oxide
77 x 18 x 21 cm
Mel Jhey
Writhe, 2025
Earthenware, engobe, slip
72 x 17 x 19 cm
Mel Jhey
Huddle, 2025
Stoneware, slip, glaze
25 x 15 x 17 cm, 23 x 11 x 17 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
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
Oracle, 2025
Earthenware, glaze
143 x 30 x 30 cm
Mel Jhey
Cocoon, 2025
Earthenware, glaze
79.5 x 13 x 13 cm
Mel Jhey
Languid Lure, 2025
Earthenware, slip, glaze, thread
60 x 30 x 19 cm
Mel Jhey
Nook, 2025
stoneware, engobe, glaze
57 x 21 x 14 cm
Mel Jhey
Galactic Trident, 2024
Stoneware, glaze
47 x 16 x 16 cm
Mel Jhey
Disarticulated Pumpkin, 2024
Stoneware, glaze
28 x 14 x 14 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