Ann Geroe (1934-2015) was born in Wales, but migrated to Melbourne with her mother after World War II. In the early 1970s, while doing a double major in philosophy at Melbourne University as a mature age student, she attended pottery classes run by Barry Singleton. Already interested in Chinese ceramics, particularly the pots of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Kang Hsi reign of the Ching Dynasty and the Ching monochrome reproductions of the 19th century, she set out to recreate their celadon, copper red and imperial yellow glazes on simple monochrome forms. She started practicing professionally as a potter in 1979, working from a home studio in Castlemaine. Some of her work is carved or pierced and she also made stoneware tableware for a time. In 1987, she travelled overseas, holding a one-person show at the Matsuzakaya Department Store, Yokohama, and going on to visit ceramic collections in Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai, London and Oxford. She continued to work into the 2000s but gave up potting in around 2004 after a fall in her studio. In 2014, a survey exhibition of her work was held at the Castlemaine Art Gallery to coincide with her 80th birthday. Her mark is a painted 'AG'.

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