Sonja Landweer, the internationally celebrated Dutch artist, was born in Amsterdam. In 1952, she studied ceramics at the Amsterdam School of Industrial Design, the Rietveld Academie. She evolved a batiked-ceramic technique in the early 1960s before moving to Ireland where she has lived for over forty years. She first came to teach at the Kilkenny Design Workshops where she was Artist-in Residence. The unique Irish landscape had magical resonances for her and became her home, offering endless inspiration. Sonja held her third solo exhibition at the Peppercanister Gallery in January 2006.