Self-described “compulsive clay-worker”, Hennie Meyer has exhibited prolifically around the world and is one of South Africa’s most experimental and influential ceramic artists. He spent his childhood years in KwaZulu-Natal and has trained both in Australia and South Africa, developing a practice of warm earthenware and new-skin glazes.

He has been working with clay since the 1980s after graduating with a Certificate of Applied Art in Ceramics (1984) and a BEd in Arts (1989) from the University of Stellenbosch. Meyer’s clayworks have been exhibited in South Africa, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. He is featured in numerous publications and was awarded a medal at the Fifth World Ceramic Biennale in Korea. Meyer has participated in Ceramic Art London for seven consecutive years and his works can be found in numerous private and public collections, notably those of the Iziko Museums of Cape Town, the Sasol Museum in Stellenbosch, and the Durbanville Clay Museum. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and a fellow of Ceramics South Africa.