About Sha Ganjali

Sha Ganjali is an Auckland-based ceramic artist whose hand-built clay sculptures grow out of a background in interior design and painting, a foundation rooted in form, space and materiality. Clay is the medium she found her deepest connection with, and one that continues to challenge and ground her.

Her practice centres on hand-building sculptural forms, led by intuition rather than predetermined design. Working closely with the clay's natural responses, coiling, folding and collapsing, she lets each piece evolve through a quiet collaboration between hand and material. The process is both contemplative and physical, shaped by presence and spontaneity.

Each piece carries the imprint of the moment it was made. The emotional landscape she brings into the studio, whether stillness, unrest or reflection, becomes part of the work itself. No two forms are ever alike, because no two moments are ever the same, and what emerges is often unexpected: a translation of something felt rather than planned.

Her work leans towards organic, tactile forms that invite close inspection, encouraging viewers to consider the traces of process embedded in their surfaces. Each sculpture is not only an object but a record of interaction between material and maker, thought and instinct, intention and chance.

Browse Sha's available ceramic sculptures below, or enquire about a piece.

Exhibitions & events

Tensions and Tenderness | Group show | 11 - 29 September 2025