Harlinah Teoh is an Australian artist creating botanical ceramic vessels.

My work is a meditation on walking, observation, and creation. It draws on my childhood living in dry eucalyptus forest, rainforest and mangrove country and my lifelong interest in mythology and folk art. As a hiker, I am inspired by the flora I encounter as I walk through the Australian landscape, reflecting on themes of ecological interconnection and adaptation.

I handbuild stoneware vessels, embracing slow construction and harmonious forms. Rich surface detail is created through the addition and subtraction of layers using slips, underglaze, carving and sgraffito. All work is both sculptural and functional.

I grew up in New South Wales and the Northern Territory and have strong memories of digging clay and building a wood-fired kiln. I lived in Tokyo and Singapore before settling in Narrm/Melbourne. I took up ceramics in 2019 and shifted my work to focus on my arts practice in 2022. I began exhibiting in 2023 and was a finalist in the 2023 National Emerging Art Prize.

Highlights for 2025 (so far!) include my second solo exhibition, the launch of my apparel collaboration with Anthropologie, a residency at BigCi, and multiday hikes in Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia.