Maryann Mussared


Qualifications and training:

1997                   Graduated BA (Applied Arts), College of Fine Arts, University of NSW

1993-95               Student, Textiles Studio, CanberraSchool of Art, AustralianNationalUniversity

1992                   Certificate of Textile Design and Screen-printing, East Sydney Tech

1989-91                Diploma of Interior Design, Swindon Technical College, UK

 

Future Exhibitions:
 
11/10               “Floodgate”, Solo @ Belconnen Arts Centre
 & Depot II Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
2010/2011       NETS collaborative virtual and touring exhibition: ANU School of Art
 
Recent and Current International and Touring Exhibitions:
 
2009                Surfacing, inaugural group exhibition @ Belconnen Arts Centre
2008              Australia Naturally,  shibori textile exhibition @Paris American Academy,
                        Paris; Strathnairn Gallery, ACT; Barometer Gallery Sydney;
Ararat Regional Gallery and Northern Territory Outback touring program
2008              Paquets Sculptes,L'Eclaireur, Rue Herold, Paris 1e
2002                A Passion for Paper, 10 years of Primrose Paperworks,
Mosman Regional Gallery, NSW
2002                Paper and String, Craft Queensland @ Redcliffe Regional Gallery and 2 years touring regional Queensland and Victoria
2001                Nikon Summer Salon 2002, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Vic
 
 
Recent  Independent and Selected Exhibitions:
 
08/10               Winner, “Tuggeranong Capital Chemist Art Awards”,
Tuggeranong Arts Centre
05/10              Out of Strathnairn, Strathnairn Arts Association Members
                       selected for the Belconnen Arts Centre
08/10               Finalist, Barney Biblio Art Awards, Port Fairy, Victoria
5/102             Finalist, Libris Art Awards, Mackay Regional Gallery
09-11/09          “Read”, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT and ADFA Academy Library, ACT
09/09               “Birds and Bees”, Cultural Centre, Japanese Memorial Garden, Cowra
04/09               Under the Sun – Solar Prints, Strathnairn Gallery, Canberra
09/08                Finalist - ANL Maritime Art Prize, Melbourne
07/08                Finalist - M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Fyshwick
03/08               Finalist - Calleen Acquisition Prize, Cowra Regional Gallery
04/08               Finalist – Brindabella Art Prize, Tuggeranong Arts Centre
04/08               ‘Vantage Points’, ANCA Gallery, Dickson ACT
07/06               “Storylines”, Mawson Gallery, ACT
07/04               “Plimsoll Line”, ANCA Gallery, Dickson
 
Awards, Grants and Residencies:
2010                Winner, Tuggeranong Art Award
2002                BundanonTrust:  Artist in Residence Program
2001                 Bundanon Trust:  Boyd Studio @ Riversdale
1998                Bundanon Trust:  Artist in Residence Program
 
1996 & 98        artsACT - Exhibition development grants
 
 
Work in the collection of University of New South Wales, Junichi Arai, ACT Health, Thyssen Krupp Australia and a number of private collections.

2010
Judged by its cover, Jacqueline Willianms, Canberra Tunes, August
2009
Australia Naturally review, Kerry Anne Cousins, Canberra Times, February
2008
Coast Watch offers artistic change, Kerry Anne Cousins, April
2006
Storylines, review by Sharon Peoples, Canberra Times, August
2006
Distance no object, The Chronicle, July
2005
Giving this a big wrap, Peter Hayes, City News, October
2003
Catalysts in the lines of life, Sonia Barron, Canberra Times, November
2003
Visual Art – Plimsoll Lines, Kerry-Anne Cousins, Muse Magazine, December
2003
Staying Balanced, Ron Cerabona, Canberra Times, November
2002
A Passion for Paper, Juliette Robensohn, Sydney Morning Herald, October
2002
Exhibition of an ‘exquisite art form’, Ron Cerebona, Canberra Times, June
2001
Exhumed works by four women, Fran Kenneley, Canberra Times, September
2001
Fruitful Rebirth, Ron Cerabona, Canberra Times, September
2001
Hankies Transformed by Aussie Artists, Fran Kenneley, Fibrearts, April/May
1999
Rites of passage to life and death, Fran Kenneley, Canberra Times October
1999
Canberra Arts Anthology, Francesca Rendle-Short, pp 6 - 7
1997
East meets West in a sharing of culture, Meredith Hinchliffe, Canberra Times, November