Adelaide based multi-disciplinary artist Violet Cooper has gained a reputation as an innovative and prolific maker over the past 25 years. Violet’s work is collected both locally and abroad, and her more recent move into ceramics has enhanced her practice in exciting new ways, further aiding her reinvention of the world around her.

Violet creates bold, vibrant, quirky, hand-built vessels infused with her distinctive playful style. Expect the unexpected.

Embracing the imperfections of the hand made in all its glorious wonkiness, her work celebrates the charm of her whimsical and unconventional nature.
Drawing inspiration from the everyday, Violet re-creates ordinary objects into extraordinary shapes and anthropomorphic figures, creating ceramic vessels that are both functional, fun and thought provoking. Each unique piece combines colour, texture and pattern, often incorporating text in a bold interplay.
Violet is well known for her exuberant style. Her work challenges perceptions, inviting curiosity while re-writing the rules on what is possible.