SARAH ZIESSEN
Sarah Ziessen
Contempoary Ceramic artist
Current work
Sarah Ziessen is a Rotorua based ceramic artist and potter. Her work explores global ceramictraditions and the archetypal link between vessels and the human body.. Born in London, Sarah immigrated to Aotearoa, New Zealand in 2002. In 2013 she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a focus on painting, at Whitecliffe College. Sarah won the National Contemporary Art Award in 2018, with her painted sculptural work You and Me. The Weight of History.
After winning the prize, Sarah’s practice pivoted to ceramics —
she now runs a pottery studio in Rotorua where she works and teaches art full time.
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