Maryann Mussared
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Qualifications and training:

 

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

1993-95             Student, Textiles Studio, Canberra School of Art, ANU

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

 

Major 2011 exhibitions

Finalist        Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

Finalist        Willoughby Sculpture Prize

Finalist       Hazelhurst Works on Paper Prize

Finalist        East Gippsland Regional Gallery "Books - Beyond Words" Prize

Finalist        Biblio Book Art Awards, Port Fairy

 

Other 2011 Exhibitions

 

October       "Creative Alchemy" - Belconnen Arts Centre

September  "Natural Elements" - Cowra Japanese Garden Cultural Centre

                    "Casting the Net" - Strathnairn Homestead Gallery

July              "Footprints - marks on the environment" - Belconnen Arts Centre

                     "Potter Sisters" - Strathnairn Homestead Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Independent and Selected Exhibitions:

 

 

2010                 Floodgate, Paintings and ceramic objects  @ Belconnen Arts Centre

            & Depot II Gallery, Waterloo, NSW

Winner, “Tuggeranong Capital Chemist Art Award”,

Tuggeranong Arts Centre

                        New Works, Artespresso, Kingston, ACT

                        Out of Strathnairn, Strathnairn Arts Association Members

 @ Belconnen Arts Centre curated by Peter Haynes

                        Finalist, Barney Biblio Art Awards, Port Fairy, Victoria

                        Finalist, Libris Book Art Awards, Mackay Regional Gallery

2009                 Read, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT and ADFA Academy Library, ACT

                        Surfacing, selected inaugural exhibition @ Belconnen Arts Centre

 Birds and Bees, Cultural Centre, Japanese Garden, Cowra

2008                 Finalist - ANL Maritime Art Prize, Melbourne

                        Finalist - M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Fyshwick

                        Finalist - Calleen Acquisition Prize, Cowra Regional Gallery

Finalist – Brindabella Art Prize, Tuggeranong Arts Centre

                        Winter Solace, Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW

            Vantage Points, ANCA Gallery, Dickson ACT

2007                 “How Does Our Garden Grow”, Japanese Garden, Cowra

2006                 Storylines, Mawson Gallery, ACT

2004                 Plimsoll Line,, ANCA Gallery, Dickson

 

International and Touring Exhibitions:

2008                 Australia Naturally, 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 tour of regional Queensland and Victoria galleries

2001                 Nikon Summer Salon 2002, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Vic

Grand Comme Un Mouchoir (More Swanky Hankies in France),        Bibliotheque Forney, Hotel de Sens, Paris and Eco Musee de Fourmies, France

 

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

1997                 Artist in Residence, Canberra Boys Grammar

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.
 
Publications

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

 

 

 

 

 

10/10                Beyond the Surface of the Page, Marianne Newman Gallery, Sydney

2010/2011         NETS, virtual and touring exhibition: ANU School of Art

09/10                SCARF, Barometer Gallery, Paddington and touring nationally