Onka Allmayer-Beck

Onka Allmayer-Beck is a ceramic artist born in Vienna in 1979, where she currently also lives. In 2004, she graduated from the renowned Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design at the University of the Arts London with a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design Womenswear. In 2013, she decided to stop working in fashion to become a freelancer.

That is when she started painting on clay plates and bowls, so ceramics quickly became her main interest. She then found a master who tought her everything about clay and pottery and she boughts herself a pottery wheel and a kiln to create her own ceramics. She further deepened her knowledge about creating ceramics in Russia, where she was introduced to the slab-building technique, a technique she still applies today.

In 2015, she moved back to Vienna to focus on her passion for clay. Soon, Onka developed her own signature style and her ceramic objects started to come alive as little personas. Her creations are dynamic and have a huge recognition value. Each one is different, as they are all hand-made. Her products range from objects to centrepieces and vessels. They sometimes turn out to be vases or candleholders, too.

Onka recently has tapped into the gastronomy industry too, creating individual ceramic series for each client.