Artist, writer, teacher, human, woman, mother, daughter.
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EDUCATION & TRAINING
2017
Bachelor of Midwifery, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
2012
Ceramics Associateship at the Jam Factory Centre for Design and Craftsmanship, two year trainee program.
2010
PhD by Major Studio Project, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia.
2005
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours (First Class), South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia, S.A.
2004
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Ceramics), South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia, S.A.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2014
Helpmann Academy China Residency: six week artist residency at The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen.
2013
Highly Commended, Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, Visual Art category.
Highly Commended, Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, Craft and Object Design category.
2012
Highly Commended, Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, Visual Art category.
Helpmann Academy grant - ‘Mentored writer’ in the SASA Gallery exhibition Post Skangaroovian, South Australian School of Art, Architecture and Design, UniSA, Adelaide.
2008
Australian Postgraduate Award, Commonwealth Government.
2006
University of South Australia Postgraduate Award, Commonwealth Government.
2005
Design Institute of Australia Encouragement Award, Design Institute of Australia.
Jamboree Award for significant development in ceramics, Jamboree Studio.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
Finalist in Centre of Creative Health Art Prize, Light Square Gallery, AC Arts.
2019
Tools of Self, joint exhibition with Alison Smiles, FELTspace, Adelaide.
2018
SCULPTURE FOR SIGHT, ST MARK’S COLLEGE, ADELAIDE
2017
HILLS EDGE CLAY, GALLERY 1855, ADELAIDE
2016
HILLS EDGE CLAY, GALLERY 1855, ADELAIDE
ILK II, ADELAIDE CITY COUNCIL LIBRARY, ADELAIDE
2015
Transfiguring, FELTspace Gallery, Adelaide.
HILLS EDGE CLAY , GALLERY 1855, ADELAIDE
ORIENTALISM, PETER WALKER FINE ART, ADELAIDE
Shifting Senses,M16 Gallery, Canberra, ACT.
Fleshmash, BNKR Rundle Mall, SALA exhibition Adelaide.
In the Bag, 6 Hands Studio, Adelaide.
2014
Finalist, Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe Art Museum, Queensland.
Heysen Sculpture Biennial, The Cedars, Hahndorf, S.A.
Dymaxion Lab in Grid Projects Artist-Run Festival, 225 North Terrace, Adelaide.
2013
Salad Days, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide.
Sculpture for Sight, St Marks College, North Adelaide.
Flerieu Sculpt 2013, Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa.
Bloom, Gaff Gallery, Port Adelaide.
The Tunnels, Adina Apartment Hotel Tunnels, Adelaide.
365 cups, Jam Factory Alumni, Worth Gallery, Fisher Jeffries, Adelaide.
2012
Generate, JamFactory Graduate exhibition, Gallery One, JamFactory, Adelaide.
Germinate, emerging South Australian ceramic artists, Queens Theatre, Adelaide.
Heysen Sculpture Biennial, The Cedars, Hahndorf, S.A.
2011
Love me, leave me, Espionage Gallery, Adelaide.
Sculpture for Sight, St Marks College, North Adelaide.
2010
Youthscape Biennial, Royal South Australian Society of the Arts, RSASA Gallery Adelaide.
Maker in the made (solo exhibition), Prospect Gallery, Adelaide.
2009
Art for Hire project – State Administration Centre and Arts SA, Adelaide curated by Bridget Currie.
Still Vague, Postgraduate exhibition, Liverpool Street Gallery, SASA, Adelaide.
2008
The Living Window Project – artists and local celebrities selected to draw on a digital tablet which was broadcast live in a shop window in Rundle Mall during the Fringe Festival, Adelaide.
2007
The Snack Bar Art Space, vending machine art project, SALA, Adelaide City Council, Adelaide.
2006
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Torrens Parade Ground Drill Hall, Adelaide.
2005
Crockery, recent work in ceramics by graduates and students of the University of South Australia, SASA Gallery, South Australian School of Art, Architecture and Design, UniSA, Adelaide.
PUBLICATIONS & WRITING PROJECTS
2015
‘Utforska’, Catalogue essay for Ulrica Trulsson exhibition, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia.
2012 - 2015
State reporter for South Australia for The Journal of Australian Ceramics.
2013
‘Meteorites and Microstructures’
Commissioned review of Meghan O’Rourke’s exhibition at SA Museum, a part of the Collections Project run by Guildhouse.
‘Irrational and Idiosyncratic’ in Art in Australia, vol 50 no 3 (2013) p 479.
Commissioned review of Khai Liew and Bruce Nuske exhibition at Samstag Museum, Hawke Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
‘Creatures Under The Bricks’, Catalogue essay for exhibition of Mark Valenzuela, Pablo Capati III and Hadrian Mendoza, Nexus Gallery, Adelaide.
2012
‘Thoughts on Post-Skangaroovian’ – combined review and thoughts on my involvement in the Post-Skangaroovian exhibition, Journal of Australian Ceramics, Featured online article.
‘Move’, Catalogue essay for exhibition of Fran Callen, Meaghan O’Rourke, Marie Littlewood and Yusuf Hayat, AC Arts Gallery, Adelaide College of the Arts, Adelaide.
2008
‘Squeeze’ in Point Blank issue 3 (08/08).
2007
‘Ceramic Workshop with Jane Sawyer and Prue Venables’ in Journal of Australian Ceramics, Issue 46, No 2 (2007).
2006 ‘
Maria Parmenter - Accidental Souvenirs’ in Journal of Australian Ceramics, vol 45 no 1, (2006).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013
Co-founder and co-director, 6 Hands Studio, West Croydon, Adelaide.
2012
Presenter in ‘Student Forum’ for the Australian Ceramics Triennial Conference, Adelaide College of the Arts Theatre, Adelaide.
Assistant for ‘Hyperclay’ Teachers workshop during the Australian Ceramics Triennial Conference, Jam Factory Centre for Design and Craftsmanship, Adelaide. Presenters: Stephen Bird, Jacqueline Clayton and Rod Bamford.
Assistant to Masamichi Yoshikawa for 3 day masterclass held during the Australian Ceramics Triennial Conference, Jam Factory Centre for Design and Craftsmanship, Adelaide.
2011-2012
Member of the Australian Ceramics Triennial Marketing Committee.
2009 -2011
Tutor for Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts by Coursework subject – ‘Research Methods’ at the South Australian School of Art, Architecture and Design, UniSA, Adelaide.
2010
Artist in residence at UniSA Ceramics Department, South Australian School of Art, Architecture and Design, September to November.
Research assistant/artist for multidisciplinary project (UniSA), Changing Lives.
2009
Mentor to Year 12 Craft Studies students at Mark Oliphant College (formerly Smithfield Plans High School), Adelaide, S.A.
2008
Gallery assistant, South Australian School of Art, SASA Gallery, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide.
Design history and theory tutor, ‘Contemporary Design Issues’ and ‘Design language in the 20th Century’, South Australian School of Art, UniSA.
2007
Art history and theory tutor, ‘ Representing Visual Culture’, South Australian School of Art, UniSA.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2012
Sandy Lockwood two day wheel throwing workshop, Jam Factory Centre for Design and Craftsmanship, Adelaide.
Steve Harrison ‘Glaze Development’ two day workshop, Jam Factory Centre for Design and Craftsmanship, Adelaide.
2011
Simone LeAmon ‘From storytellers to meaning makers’ three day intensive design workshop, Jam Factory Centre for Design and Craftsmanship, Adelaide.
Owen Rye - ‘Little and large’, two day wheel-throwing workshop, Studio Potters Club of South Australia, Klemzig, Adelaide.
2009
Takeshi Yasuda four day intensive masterclass, Ceramics Department, AC Arts, Adelaide, S.A.
Stephen Bird Workshop, Ceramics Department, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide.
2006
Jane Sawyer and Prue Venables masterclass, Ceramics Department, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, S.A.
Damon Moon ‘Clay and Glaze Workshop’, six week program, Ceramics Department, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide.
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