Minaal Lawn

Minaal Lawn (b. 1977) is an Indian-Australian artist from Dja Dja Wurrung Country (Central Victoria).

She is recognised for her ceramic sculptural works marked by her materially restrained and colour-driven vocabulary. Her use of repetition transforms the physical act of making into a profound personal ritual and a powerful sense of multiplicity emerges from the accumulation of her small forms.

Fundamental to identity, she draws on a deep visual tradition of object symbolism, Hindu worship culture and the aesthetics of ritual. Creating intimate autobiographical work that connects to the beauty inherent in sustained devotion.

Minaal has exhibited across Australia, selected solo presentations include Art Gallery of Ballarat (2022), Castlemaine Art Museum (2021). Group presentations include Haydens Gallery (2026), Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery (VCA 2025), Craft (2023), NGV Melbourne Design Week (Verdant 2024, Flack Studio presentation Open Table 2023, Future Inheritance 2021) among others.

Minaal has been an award finalist for Gosford Art Prize (2026), Toorak Sculpture Prize (2026), Footscray Art Prize (2023), Muswellbrook Art Prize (2022) Clunes Ceramic Awards (2026, 2019), The Du Rietz Art Awards (2019), The Wyndham Art Prize (2019), Saint Cloche Gallery (Little Things Art Prize 2018).

In addition to her exhibition practice, Minaal has developed collaborative projects across design and fashion, with her work featured in publications including Vogue, Design Anthology and Architectural Digest.

minaal@minaallawn.com