About

Charlie (Lauréline) Yris

Pronouns: They/Them

Ceramic artist
Potter &
Cabinetmaker

Charlie (Lauréline) Yris est de dos en train de prendre une photo d'une maison délabrée. Charlie porte une veste en jean et on voit un patch écrit "Beet the system" cousu dans le dos. Capuche d'un hoodie noir. Crâne rasé en undercut, cheveux courts. Les deux maisons sont fermées avec des plaque de métal. Peinture verte et rouge qui s'effrite, des plantes qui poussent sur les murs et fenêtres.

Ever since I started working with clay in 2020, I haven’t been able to stop.

Ceramics had once been one of my possible career paths as a young person, alongside woodworking. But life led me elsewhere. I pursued long studies and worked in the fields of the environment and ecology. Then I let it all go — to wander, and eventually to retrain.

I didn’t choose right away between wood and clay. So I enrolled in a DEP (Diploma of Professional Studies) in cabinetmaking in Montreal, while spending most of my free time in the local ceramics studio.

Eventually, clay swept me away. I dropped everything once again to study ceramics in Limerick, Ireland.

In recent years, my visual arts practice has grown through politically, socially and environmentally engaged projects.

Today, I’m back in Brittany, my native land, where I’m setting up my studio.

Exhibition and Awards

Upcoming Exhibitions:

20 November 2025 – 18 January 2026
Exhibition as part of the RDS Visual Art Awards 2025 at the RHA (Royal Hibernian Gallery), Dublin, Ireland

Past Awards & Exhibitions:

  • September 2025: Shortlisted for the RDS Visual Art Awards 2025 – Don’t Let Me Fall Apart
  • July–August 2025: Ceramics Ireland Members Exhibition, Dublin – Building a Home in Between
  • May 2025: Winner of the Scarva Ceramics Award – Don’t Let Me Fall Apart
  • May 2025: Shortlisted for the Spacecraft Studio Residency Award, Limerick – Don’t Let Me Fall Apart
  • May 2025: Longlisted for the RDS Visual Art Awards 2025 by the RHA – Don’t Let Me Fall Apart
  • April 2025: Exhibition atSpacecraft Studios, Limerick – Hold on to me, from Don’t Let Me Fall Apart
  • March 2025: Donation of artwork for charity auction at LSAD benefiting Simon Communities, Limerick – Hold on to me
  • December 2024: Christmas Showcase Exhibition at Debenhams, Limerick – Building a Home in Between
  • September 2024: Emergence Culture Night Exhibition at Wickham Way, Limerick – Building a Home in Between
  • May 2024: Bachelor of Design Exhibition at Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden – Erosion of the Memory
  • July–August 2023: Ceramics Ireland Members Exhibition, Dublin – Ghost Gear

Artistic Journey & Education

  • July – September 2025: Ceramic studio assistant at FRACAS (ERASMUS internship), Lorient, France
  • 2022 – 2025: BA (Hons) in Ceramics in Expanding Practice, graduated with First Class Honours – Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD), Limerick, Ireland
  • 2024: ERASMUS exchange semester – Bachelor in Ceramics at HDK Valand, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 2023: Volunteer – International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales
  • 2022: Occasional studio assistant – Ballymorris Pottery, Ballymorris, Ireland
  • 2021 – 2022: Ceramic studio assistant – Maison Stoï, Montreal, Canada
  • January – March 2022: Self-employed cabinetmaker, Montreal, Canada
  • January – March 2022: Cabinetmaking assistant – Masigny Ébénisterie, Montreal, Canada
  • 2020 – 2021: Self-taught ceramics practice – Maison Stoï studio, Montreal, Canada
  • 2020 – 2021: DEP in Cabinetmaking – École des Métiers du Meuble de Montréal (EMMM), Montreal, Canada
  • February 2020: First ceramics classes – Argile Atelier, Montreal, Canada