Lauren Joffe is a ceramic artist who was born in Cape Town and with her family immigrated to Melbourne when she was young.

Her development as an artist can be seen as an outgrowth of her personal biography with South Africa, Australia and Japan.

Lauren completed degrees in Law and Arts (English Literature) before pursuing her interest in art. She studied gold & silversmithing in RMIT University’s Fine Art program and continues to use metal and glass in her practice. Her work has been exhibited throughout Australia and in Europe, Japan, South Africa and the United States. In 2020 she had a solo exhibition at Michael Reid Clay in Sydney. She has presented her work in many group exhibitions including: ‘A New Wave’, a major exhibition of young designers and makers at the Southern Guild Gallery in Cape Town 2016; as a finalist in Contemporary Wearables Biennial Jewellery Award Exhibition in Australia 2014, in the Itami International Craft Exhibition 2011 and the Itami International Jewellery Award Exhibition 2011 in Japan.

She was recognised as an ‘Emerging Creative’ at the 2012 Design Indaba in South Africa. She was selected for the prestigious Galerie Marzee Internation Graduate Show in the Netherlands 2009. She has been awarded a number of Australia Council for the Arts grants and her work has been acquired by RMIT University and the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.