​More than 40 years of experience in porcelain and ceramic art, education, writing, exhibitions, and international workshops.

ABOUT ANTOINETTE

Antoinette Badenhorst is an internationally exhibited ceramic artist and porcelain specialist whose professional career in ceramics began in 1981.
Her work and teaching are centered on porcelain—its unique character, technical challenges, possibilities, and expressive potential. Over more than four decades, she has developed extensive experience in wheel throwing, hand building, altering, carving, design, glazing, firing, and solving the technical problems associated with porcelain.
Antoinette has taught ceramic artists, students, teachers, and community groups throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and South Africa. She teaches through hands-on workshops, lectures, demonstrations, private studio instruction, and online education.
Her work has been exhibited on five continents and in 14 countries, and she has been featured in books, magazines, newspapers, radio, podcasts, and television programs in both English and Afrikaans.
She is also an author, technical writer, exhibition curator, juror, mentor, and certified Teaching Artist specializing in arts integration.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Porcelain & Ceramic Art

• Wheel throwing
• Hand building
• Porcelain design
• Altering and carving
• Glazing and firing
• Ceramic problem solving
• Studio practice and development

Education

• International hands-on workshops
• Online ceramic education
• Lectures and demonstrations
• Artist mentoring
• Teacher professional development
• K–12 arts integration
• College and university instruction

Professional Practice

• Exhibition curation
• Exhibition coordination
• Juror and artwork selection
• Technical writing
• Ceramic art criticism and reviews
• Artist presentations
• Community arts programming

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CERAMIC ARTIST & EDUCATOR1981–PRESENT

• Professional ceramic artist specializing in porcelain.
• Full-time ceramic teacher in private studios in South Africa and the United States for more than 35 years.
• Teach ceramic artists internationally through workshops, lectures, demonstrations, private instruction, and online courses.
• Develop specialized porcelain workshops addressing both artistic development and technical problem solving.
• Mentor ceramic artists and students internationally.
• Evaluate ceramic artwork and artists for exhibitions and educational programs.
• Assist with establishing, maintaining, and managing ceramic studios.
• Present at museums, universities, colleges, ceramic organizations, guilds, schools, and community institutions.
• Write technical articles, reviews, educational material, and book content relating to ceramics and porcelain.

TEACHINART ONLINE SCHOOL OF ART
Founding Member | InstructorAntoinette is a founding member of TeachinArt Online School of Art, an educational platform offering formal hands-on ceramic instruction to an international audience.

Current Online Workshops

• Understanding Porcelain
• Hand-building Porcelain
• Wheel-thrown Porcelain Dinnerware
• Wheel-thrown Teapots
• Pinching Teapots
• Hand-building Porcelain Dinnerware
• Pottery for Beginners
• Glazing Made Easy

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS & LECTURESAntoinette has presented workshops, demonstrations, and lectures throughout:
United States | Canada | Mexico | South Africa | Italy | Switzerland | Slovenia | Netherlands | Spain | France | Belgium

Selected Recent Presentations 2025

• Gauteng, South Africa
• KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Cape Town, South Africa
• Simonstad, South Africa
• La Meridiana, Italy
• Slovenia
• Utrecht, Netherlands

Selected previous venues

• La Meridiana, Italy
• Lehmhuus AG, Switzerland
• John C. Campbell Folk School
• Delta State University
• Itawamba Community College
• Tarrant County College
• Oakton Community College
• Northern Virginia Community College
• Mississippi Museum of Art
• Hinds Community College
• Touchstone School of Art
• Cedar Lakes Crafts Center
• Orchard Valley Ceramics and Art Guild
• London Guild, Canada
• Saskatoon, Canada

ARTS INTEGRATION
Certified Teaching Artist - Antoinette has extensive experience bringing ceramic art into K–12 education through arts integration.
Her work includes the Mississippi Whole Schools Initiative, Mississippi Arts Commission programs, teacher professional development, and arts-integrated projects connecting ceramics with other areas of the curriculum.

Selected Educational Programs

• Mississippi Whole Schools Initiative
• Mannsdale Elementary School
• Children's Museum, Jackson, Mississippi
• Tremont Attendance Center
• Tupelo Middle School
• Lawhorn Elementary School
• Rankin Elementary School
• Belmont High School
• Fifth Street Middle School, West Point
• URJ Jacobs Camp
• Mississippi Museum of Art
• Saltillo Elementary School
• Saltillo High School
• Pierce Street Elementary School

EXHIBITIONSAntoinette's work has been exhibited internationally across five continents and 14 countries.
International Exhibition HighlightsChina

• Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum, Beijing

Switzerland

• International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva
• Lehmhuus

Italy

• La Meridiana
• Torri

Slovenia

• Hisi Keramike

Belgium

• Duffel

France

• Vallauris

Spain

• El Torn

Canada

• Moose Jaw Museum of Art

Portugal

• Teapots, Seapots — A Sunday Tea Party

Japan

• Enzogama, Biei, Hokkaido

South Africa

• Nico Malan Art Gallery
• William Humphreys Museum of Art
• Rust en Vrede Art Museum
• Kimberley Art Gallery
• Potters Studio, Bryanston
• Annual juried exhibitions of the Association of Potters Southern Africa
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, South Africa

United StatesSelected museums, galleries, and exhibitions include:

• Mississippi Museum of Art
• George Ohr Museum of Art
• Dixon Museum of Art
• Muskegon Museum of Art
• Gumtree Museum of Art
• Walter Anderson Museum of Art
• Blue Spiral 1
• AMOCA Museum
• 18 Hands Gallery
• Period Gallery
• Hanson Gallery
• Southside Gallery
• Primary Elements Gallery
• NCECA exhibitions and galleries

AWARDS & HONORS

• Mississippi Arts Commission Fellowship Award — 2019
• International Academy of Ceramics Membership — Geneva, Switzerland, 2019
• MAC Mini-Grant Award — 2022, 2023, 2025
• First in Ceramics — Tupelo, 2017
• Best in Show — Gumtree Museum of Art
• Best in Functional Ceramics — Gumtree Museum of Art
• Best Functional — Clayworkers' Guild of Illinois
• First Prize in Ceramics — Cincinnati Summer Festival
• First Prize in Ceramics — Arts in the Park, Memphis
• Best in Show, 3-Dimensional Work — George Ohr Exhibition
• Best in Show, Nonfunctional Ceramics — APSA, South Africa
• Purchase Award — Gumtree Museum of Art
• Honorable Mention, 3-D Art — Gallery 10, Memphis
• Special Recognition — Period Gallery International Exhibition

Permanent U.S. residency obtained based on extraordinary ability in the field of ceramics.

COLLECTIONS

Works are represented in museum, institutional, governmental, and private collections including:

• Guozhong Ceramic Art Museum — Beijing, China
• La Meridiana Ceramic Art Gallery — Certaldo, Italy
• AMOCA Museum of Art — California
• Mississippi Museum of Art
• South African Government Collection
• Dixon Museum of Art
• George Ohr Museum of Art
• William Humphreys Museum of Art
• Mississippi Craftsmen's Guild
• Delta State University
• Itawamba Community College
• Northeast Community College
• Gumtree Museum of Art
• Private collections, including collections associated with Joan Baez and President George Bush

AUTHOR & TECHNICAL WRITER - BOOK - "Working with Porcelain" - Compiled and written by Antoinette Badenhorst
Edited by Ash NeuKamm | 2018

BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS

• Success with Porcelain — Shaping Global Masterpieces, 2025
• Plates, Platters & Bowls — Ceramic Arts Select Series, 2017
• Throwing and Hand Building: Forming Techniques — edited by Anderson Turner, 2016
• Photographing Arts, Crafts, and Collectibles — Steve Meltzer

SELECTED TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

• Composing a Workable Parian Clay Body — Ceramics Monthly
• Challenges with Porcelain — Ceramics Southern Africa
• Better Porcelain — Ceramics Monthly
• Altering a Thrown Porcelain Bowl — Ceramics Monthly
• Recipes: Cone 10 Transparent
• Porcelain, a Diverse Medium for Modern Times
• Buying Porcelain — Buyers Guide to Ceramic Arts
• Buying Porcelain — Pottery Making Illustrated
• Getting Started with Porcelain — Pottery Making Illustrated
• Staying Trim — Pottery Making Illustrated
• NCECA exhibition reviews
• Articles for Ceramics Art and Perception

CURATOR & JUROR
Curator Gumtree Museum of Art: 
2nd Clayworks Invitational — 2023
Meridian Museum of Art
First MS Clayworks Invitational — 2022
Western Cape Annual Ceramic Exhibition

Co-curator and organizer — South Africa


Juror

• Miller Art Gallery / MS Clayworks
• Link Centre, Tupelo
• Rodger D. Malkin Art Gallery, Greenville
• William Humphreys Museum of Art, South Africa
• Mississippi Arts Commision - grantee selection

MEDIA
Antoinette has been featured in written publications, radio programs, podcasts, and television in the United States and South Africa.

Selected appearances include:

• PBS — American Portrait
• Mississippi Public Broadcasting — The Mississippi Arts Hour
• The Potter's Cast — Episode 672
• Klipkouers Potgooi — Afrikaans
• WTVA — MS Clayworks Conference

Her work and career have also appeared in 
Ceramics Monthly, New Ceramics, Klei Keramiek Magazine, Ceramics Southern Africa, Mud and Magnolias, Mississippi Magazine, Southern Living, Daily Journal, and numerous other publications.

EDUCATION & TRAINING
Certified Teaching Artist — Arts Integration in Schools
Technical College — Introduction to Ceramics
Evander, South Africa | 1981
Technical College — Hand Building Ceramics
Rustenburg, South Africa | 1984
Technical College — Advanced Ceramics
Verwoerdburg, South Africa | 1989
Technical College — Ceramic Design
Cape Town, South Africa | 1998
Small Business Diploma
Pretoria, South Africa | 1990
Potchefstroom University
Potchefstroom, South Africa | 1975
HF Verwoerd Nursing School
Pretoria, South Africa | 1978
High School Diploma
Windhoek, Namibia | 1974
Continuing EducationContinuous self-study and professional development through books, workshops, conferences, technical research, and professional experience since 1981.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• International Academy of Ceramics
• National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
• American Ceramic Potters Council
• American Craft Council
• Mississippi Clayworks
• Mississippi Arts Commission — Artist Roster
• Mississippi Arts Commission — Teaching Roster
• Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi
• Clay Workers Guild of Illinois
• Association of Potters Southern Africa
• Namaqualand Arts and Culture Association
• Clayart
• American Craft Forum

LEADERSHIP

• Founding Member — Mississippi Clayworks
• Founding Member — TeachinArt Online School of Art
• Member — Potters Council Volunteer Board
• Curator/ Owner — Clay and Canvas Art Gallery
• Exhibition Coordinator
• President — Namaqualand Arts and Culture Association

ANTOINETTE BADENHORST


Ceramic Artist | Porcelain Specialist | Educator | Author | Curator
Based in Mississippi, USA
Website: PorcelainbyAntoinette.com