Qualifications and training:

 

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

1993-95                   Student, Textiles Studio, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University

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

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

 2010 Exhibitions

2009 Exhibitions

 TO BE UPDATED SOON!

4/09                 Under the Sun – Solar Prints, Strathnairn Gallery, Canberra

 

2008 Exhibitions

 

2008 Major Exhibition:

 

11/2008            Australia Naturally, Paris American Academy, Rue St Jacques,

                         Paris 5e

11/2008            Paquets Sculptes, L'Eclaireur, Rue Herold, Paris 1e

4/2008             Vantage Points, ANCA Gallery, Dickson ACT

 

Selected 2008 Awards and Prizes

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

 

Exhibition History

 

2007 Major Exhibitions:

 7/2007            Black & White & Re(a)d All Over, solo @ Strathnairn Gallery,

                         Holt ACT

9/2007             How Does Our Garden Grow…   Matsura Festival @ Cultural Centre,

                        Cowra Japanese Memorial Garden

 

Selected Group and Solo ACT Exhibitions:

2008                In the Fold, Australian National Capital Artists Past Members Show,

                          ANCA Gallery, ACT

2007                 New Work 7, Megalo Members Annual Exhibition, Megalo Gallery, ACT

Objects of Desire, Strathnairn Gallery, Holt, ACT

Winter Solace, Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra

2006                 Landmarks, Strathnairn Gallery, Holt, ACT and Belconnen Gallery, ACT

                  Storylines, Mawson Gallery, Mawson, ACT

2005                The Big Wrap, M16 Gallery, Fyshwick, toured to Cowra Gallery

                        Almost Square, Strathnairn Members Exhibition

                        Vinyl, M16 Members Exhibition, M16 Gallery, Fyshwick

                        New Work 5, Megalo Members Exhibition, Megalo Access Arts

                        Drawings, M16 Drawing Show, Fyshwick, ACT

2003                Plimsoll Line, ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT (with Lorna Crane)

                        Detritus, solo @ Gorman House Arts Centre

2003                Journey to Strathnairn, Strathnairn Gallery (ACT Heritage Festival)

2002                As Is Now, ANCA 10^th Anniversary Exhibition, ANCA Gallery, ACT

                        Still Cryptal Orchard, ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT

2000                Rhythm, ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT

1999                Cryptal Orchard, Craft ACT, Watson (Festival of Contemporary Art)

1996                New Ground, Megalo Artist in Residence Exhibition, ANCA Gallery,            ACT

 

Selected National Exhibitions:

2002                A Passion for Paper, 10 years of Primrose Paperworks,

Mosman Regional Gallery, NSW

2002                Paper and String, Redcliffe Regional Gallery and touring regional Queensland and Victoria

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

 

Selected Touring National and International Exhibitions:

2001                Grand Comme Un Mouchoir (More Swanky Hankies in France), Bibliotheque Forney, Hotel de Sens, Paris and Eco Musee de Fourmies, France (also Exhibition curator)

2001                Scissors Paper Stone:  Craft Qld’s touring fibre (paper) exhibition: 

 Qld and Vic Regional Galleries

1996-98                      Putting It In Print:  Craft ACT, toured regional SA, Vic and to Nara,Japan

1998-01                      More Swanky Hankies:  Jam Factory, Adelaide; Object Gallery, Sydney and Meat Market, Melbourne

1996-7                          Swanky Hankies, Canberra, Goulburn

1996                Art Postale Textile, Dordogne France

Installations and Happenings:

2003                "Burial", Forecourt Belconnen Library, ACT.  With sculptor Tim

                        Spellman

2002                "Cafe Society", Taste of the Arts, Glebe Park, ACT.

 

Awards, Grants and Residencies:

2003                Canberra Art Prize, finalist

2001                BundanonTrust:  Artist in Residence Program with

                  Primrose Papermakers

2000                Bundanon Trust:  Boyd Studio @ Riversdale

1998                Bundanon Trust:  Artist in Residence Program 

1997                Arts Week Residency Program, Canberra Boys Grammar

1994                Japanese Summer Cultural Exchange – Kyoto Seika University

Megalo Access Arts – Printmaking Artist-in-Residence

 

 

1996+98          Exhibition development grants from artsACT

 

 

Work in the collection of University of New South Wales, Junichi Arai, ACT Health, Thyssen Krupp Australia and various private collections national and international.

 

Publications and Reviews:

 

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