Wendy Gers: Elevate Your Ceramics Career

In partnership with the Australian Ceramics Triennale, Dr Wendy Gers, an award-winning international academic, curator and consultant based in the Netherlands, offers this exclusive workshop – a unique opportunity to gain insights from an internationally renowned ceramics curator.

Discover what galleries and museums are looking for, learn how to get your work noticed, and receive personalised guidance on your artistic journey. With a limited number of spots, this session provides a supportive space to discuss your work, ask questions, and map out your next professional steps.

WHEN: Monday 30 September 2025
WHERE: The Heritage Collective
BOOKINGS: essential via the Australian Ceramics Triennale

Dr Wendy Gers is an award-winning international academic, curator and consultant based in the Netherlands. She has lived and worked in in Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and Africa, where she has established research laboratories, taught and curated major exhibitions. Among these exhibitions are 2 major Biennales, that were visited by over 1 million people. Her curatorial leadership was celebrated by the City Press’s inclusion of Gers in their list of 100 ‘World-Class South Africans’. In parallel, Wendy has delivered over 80 public lectures and keynote addresses in 20 countries, and has served on various juries and boards. Gers is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in the Netherlands, a prestigious Rijksmuseum with collection of over 45 000 works. She is also the Theodore Randall International Chair of Art History at Alfred University, New York, in Autumn 2024. She has authored numerous catalogues, book chapters and scholarly articles, including the landmark monograph on southern African potteries, Scorched Earth (2016), Cont{r}act Earth (2017) and Terra Nova (2014). She has written chapters for 2 readers, The Ceramics Reader (2017) and The Craft and War Reader (forthcoming). Her research interests include sustainability, decolonisation, museums restitution and healing. Gers is the recipient of a PhD from the University of Sunderland; MA in History of Art (cum laude); Advanced University Diploma in Information Studies and BA from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She completed her Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa).