Kelly Austin is a ceramic and mixed media artist living in lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia. She completed a Bachelor of General Fine Arts from the Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Canada in 2011, a Master of Philosophy from the Australia National University, Canberra in 2016 and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania. 

Austin’s work has been exhibited in exhibitions across Australia, Canada and The United States of America. She has been a finalist in numerous art prize exhibitions including the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney (2022) and the Women’s Art Prize, Tasmania (2024) and won The National Still Life Prize from Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery (2019) and the Ceramics Award in the Gosford Art Prize (2024). Kelly has been selected for artist residencies including Medalta International Ceramic Residency in Canada, Bundanon Artist Residency, NSW and The Royal Danish Academy in Denmark.

Her work is held in The National Gallery of Australia, The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery and others.