Lauren Jane Salt

b. NT, Australia 1994

Lauren Jane Salt is a multidisciplinary artist based in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia. Her practice is primarily centred in ceramic sculpture, exploring themes of mythology, anthropology, and cultural narrative. Salt does not come from a traditional academic background; instead, she has built her career through more than a decade of dedicated arts practice. She began working with clay in 2014 at North Metropolitan TAFE, where her background in ikebana and floristry naturally informed her approach to form, balance, and composition. In 2015, she undertook further study under master florist Gregor Lersch in Germany, and in 2017 was awarded Western Australia’s Florist of the Future through the Interflora National Competition. Her experience working with natural materials continues to shape her material sensibility and compositional approach to clay. From 2015 to 2024, Salt co-directed VOLIM alongside fashion designer Tia Tokic, merging ceramics, textile, and botanical design. VOLIM’s final exhibition, Voce, was presented at Goolugatup Heathcote as part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial in 2024. In 2025, Salt presented her debut solo exhibition, Crossing Portals, at Lightworks Gallery, a body of work examining personal, cultural, and mythological thresholds through ceramic sculpture. Alongside her studio practice, Salt runs LS. Ceramic Studio, located within the shared artist studios on Farmer Street in North Perth, where she facilitates weekly ceramic classes for people of varied ages, abilities, and backgrounds.

EXHIBITIONS

Small Works, Brunswisk Gallery, 2026

Expanding Perspectives, Farmer Street Studio, 2025

Crossing Portals, Lightworks Gallery, 2025

Voće -Goolugatup Heathcote, Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, 2024

Materia Prima-Dilettante, 2023

Great Reveal-Lawson Flats,2023

VOLIM 05-Pig Melon Art Gallery, 2022

VOLIM 04-Picasso Art and Framers, 2021

VOLIM 03--Eel Meal, 2019

VOLIM 02–Cool Change Contemporary, 2018

Bacterium-The Blue room Theatre, Fringe Festival, 2018