Amelia Johannsen

Amelia Johannsen is a ceramic artist whose work explores the forces that shape the natural world—erosion, pressure, fracture, and flow. Originally from Portland, Oregon, and based in Barcelona since 2005, her practice is deeply informed by the wild landscapes of the Pacific Northwest and the Mediterranean coastline she now calls home.

Working primarily in stoneware, Amelia creates sculptural vessels and ceramic forms that feel geological and weathered, as if shaped by time and elemental forces. Her surfaces are built through layers of texture, raw clay, oxides, and natural processes that allow the material itself to guide the final form. The resulting works sit somewhere between sculpture and artifact—objects that evoke erosion, sediment, and the quiet transformation of the earth.

Amelia’s relationship with clay began early, growing up surrounded by forests, rivers, and coastline in the Pacific Northwest. Those landscapes fostered both her creative curiosity and her deep commitment to sustainability—values that continue to shape her studio practice today.

After studying Communications at the University of California and pursuing a more traditional professional path, Amelia returned fully to her artistic calling in 2018. Since th...

University of California, Davis USA - Bachelor of Arts

2001 - 2002 - University of Granada, Spain - Hispanic Philology

Individual investigation in areas of ceramic creation: construction and use of molds; raku, pit fire and single firing; creation and application of glazes and engobes; decoration techniques: cuerda seca and mocha diffusion; sculpture.

Artistic Residency at Flash Gallery Barcelona. December 2023.

11/24- Group Exhibition. Imperfecta Gallery. Oregon, USA.
04/24– Group Exhibition. La Botanica, Barcelona.
04/24 – Group Exhibition, Adriana Art Gallery. Barcelona.
12/23 – Solo Exhibition 'Room to Breathe.' Flash Gallery Barcelona
3/20 – Group exhibition. ‘Dones Transitant’, Centre Cívic, Barcelona Spain
7/19 – Best in show for 3-dimensional art. 4th Annual Waterscapes Competition, Fusion Art, Palm Springs CA, USA
6/19 –Group exhibition.‘Cerámica y Madera’ – 137° Ceramic Art Studio, Barcelona
3/19 –Group exhibition. ‘Verde’ 137° Ceramic Art Studio, Barcelona
12/19 –Group exhibition. ‘Luz’ 137° Ceramic Art Studio, Barcelona

AWARDS
2024 Aretrepreneur Kil'n It Open Call winner
2023 Luxembourg Art Prize - Certificate of Artistic Achievement
2022 Aretrepreneur Fine Art Clay Open Call winner
2019 Fusion Art - Best in show for 3-dimensional art