Aleisa Miksad: Pareidolia

From 21 February 2026

Inspired by ancient Greek vessels and myth, Aleisa Miksad's coil-built ceramics bridge antiquity and the present. Cloaked in tentacles, spires, and bulbous forms, her vessels invite pareidolia—the human tendency to perceive familiar shapes, like faces, in random imagery.

Mirrored and doubled like Rorchach inkblot tests—images designed to elicit unconscious responses—Miksad explores how meaning is formed through looking. Rather than offering fixed interpretations, she positions perception as an active, subjective process shaped by the viewer's memories, desires, and unease.

About the artist Aleisa Miksad (b. 1980 Mackay, QLD) lives and works in Greater Shepparton. In addition to being the 2022 SAM Spotlight artist, she has exhibited with Craft Victoria, been a finalist in the 2022 Lake Art Prize, and the 2024 Ravenswood Australia Women's Art Prize. She presented a sold-out show with Curatorial+Co at Sydney Contemporary in 2024.

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