Curriculum Vitae

MAJOR AWARDS & PRIZES

Grants and Acquisitions:

• Churchill fellowship to study and research textile processes in USA & Canada
• Quilters Guild (NSW) SCHOLARSHIP to attend the Surface Design Assn conference in USA.
• BERNINA Australia featured artist
• Arts Queensland Grants: To attend the Textile Forum, Victoria & the National Textile Symposium, ACT
• STANTHORPE ART GALLERY Artwork acquired as part of their textile collection.
• AQUIPP Award Quilts in Public Places Exhibition

Other:

• European Quilt Championships, Netherlands
• Quilt Shows Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney
• Queensland Embroiders’ Guild
• Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

Honorary Life Memberships:

• Australia Textile & Surface Design Association
• Schoolhouse Quilters

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Selection Committees:

• 2QAQ SoTA 12 exhibition

Judging:

• Narrabri Cotton Expo
• The Quilters Guilds of NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australian and Northern Territory
• Embroiders’ Guild of Queensland
• Caloundra ARTS Festival
• Brisbane Camera Group
• Queensland Royal National Association (Quilts)
• Textile Arts Festival

Curator:

• Queensland Quilts quilt exhibition to United Kingdom Quilt Fairs

Internship:

• CSA Gallery, ACT (exhibition curation)

SOLO exhibitions and SPECIAL DISPLAYS:

• 2010: Expertise Events Craft & Quilt Fairs nationwide
• 2004: Craft Queensland Gallery
• 2002, 2000: Queensland Quilt Show
• 2000: Space 43, Brisbane
• 1997: Australian Quilt Festival, Melbourne
• 1996: Robert Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
• 1992: Exhibit 912, Brisbane

Group exhibitions:

International

• Germany: Geobenzell Quilt Exhibition
• Switzerland: Bernina Australia
• Netherlands: European Quilt Championships
• USA: Pennsylvania Fibre Arts Exhibition, World Quilt and Textile Exhibition
• United Kingdom/EUROPE: Spring & Autumn Quilt fairs, National Patchwork Association
• New Zealand: Quilt Auckland

National

State Art Galleries

• Northern Territory: Craft Acquisition Award

Regional Galleries:

• New South Wales: Port Macquarie
• Queensland: Stanthorpe, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Cooloola, Strathpine.

Private Galleries:

• Brisbane: Cintra, Robert Hughes, Fusions, Space 43, State Library, Crafts Council, Arts Council, Graydon
• Sydney: Fairfield City Gallery
• Victoria: Metro Craft Centre & Gold Treasury Museum
• Melbourne: Wangaratta Exhibition Gallery

Other:

• Parliament House (NSW), Sydney
• Richard Randall Studio, Brisbane Botanical Gardens

Commissions and Major Projects:

• Brisbane Boys College Centenary: Designer/Artist Textile Wall Panel Community Project
• Surat Bush Festival: Artist Community workshops (mask making), street parade and festival
• Queensland Health (TASSC): Designer/ Artist 2 Quilts, working with children
• XLN Fabrics, Sydney: Design/stitch 2 Quilts for fabric promotions
• BERNINA Australia: Design/stitch Quilt and Workshop Programme
• Uniting Church of Australia, Brookfield Parish: Design/stitch Textile Wall Panel
• Brisbane City Council, History of Brookfield: Designer/Artist Wall Quilt Community Project

 

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT

• Exhibiting as a Visual Artist (nationally/internationally)
• Master classes and workshops with National and International tutors on Dyeing and printing processes
• 1990-2000 Digital Imaging, Photography, Airbrushing, Picture Framing (study) at QUT & TAFE, Brisbane
• 1985-1987 Assoc. Diploma in Visual Arts, majoring in surface design (textiles) at QUT, Brisbane
• 1969-1992 Employed as Survey Draftswoman, Queensland
• 1977-1992 Self Employed
• 1969-1977 Employee – Selling Screen printing and craft goods through crafts shops and fairs
• Certificate in Cartography / Diploma in Illustration Brisbane (study) at QUT (not completed)
• 1967-1969 Employed as Show card Writer – Woolworths, Queensland, Grace Bros. NSW
• 1966 Secondary education completed

Continuing Studies:

(International and National workshops and tutors)

• Photo-transfer processes
• Dyeing
• Printing and Surface Design techniques
• Hand & Machine Embroidery
• Surface manipulation techniques
• Colour and Design
• Collage and Mixed Media processes
• Drawing and Artists Master classes

 

TEACHING/LECTURING EXPERIENCE

Major Symposiums & Conferences:

• The Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design Association
• The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (Brisbane Textile Forum)
• Quilt Auckland Symposium
• Textile Art Festival

Arts Organisations and Universities:

• McGregor Retreat USQ
• ARTS West

National and Local Guild conferences:

• Quilt Encounter SA
• Quilt Camp NSW
• Creative by the Sea NSW, Dookie VIC,
• Queensland Quilters and Quiltfest Qld
• West Australian Quilters
• Community & school Groups
• Quilting, Art & Craft Shops

Techniques include Dyeing and Printing, Hand & Machine Embroidery, Fabric manipulation, Design and Mixed Media.

 

PRESENTATIONS & DISPLAYS

International:

• Fibre Art Study Group, Washington DC
• Arrowmont ART School, Tennesse
• Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Ohio
• Quilt Groups in Japan, British Columbia, Washington DC, California
• Autumn Quilt Fairs, United Kingdom and Europe

National:

• Melbourne: Victorian Quilters Exhibition
• Sydney: Quilters Guild
• Brisbane: Churchill Fellows Association, The Lyceum Club, Qld Quilters Annual Conference & Quilt Show and local Quilt groups, Photographic Society of Qld & Qld Camera Clubs, Papermakers of Qld, Qld Spinners Weavers and Dyers.

 

REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, and WEBSITES

• Australian Patchwork Directory
• BERNINA Brochures & CD-ROM’s

Quilting Magazines:

• Quilts Japan
• Down Under Quilts
• Australian Patchwork & Quilting
• Quilters Companion
• American Quilt
• International Quilting
• Popular Patchwork (UK)

Art/Craft Magazines:

• Textile
• Craft Arts
• Australian Craft
• Craft link
• Down Under Textiles
• Fibreline

Newspapers:

• Brisbane Courier Mail
• South West News

Publications (self published):

• SASHIKO DESIGNS – Quilt Patterns
• DYEING MADE EASY – Fabric Dyeing Processes
• A Community Self Portrait of Brisbane – photographic publication Brisbane City Council

 

COMMUNITY ARTS & SERVICE / COMMITTEES /  MEMBERSHIPS

Organisation Boards / Executives

• Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association: National Vice President (2004-2008)
• Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association: Queensland Branch founding president (2006)
• Churchill Fellows Association Queensland: Vice president (2002-2005)
• Churchill Fellows Association Queensland: committee member (1990-present)
• Schoolhouse Quilters Group: Group Founder, Foundation President and current member (1999-2001)
• Ozquilt Network Inc: committee member (1984-1987)
• Brookfield Community Quilt Group: Leader and Tutor (1984-1998)
• Brookfield Show Society: Vice President, committee member, Honorary Life Member (1992-98)
• Brookfield Chronicle: Editor (1989-1995)

Brookfield Community Projects:

• Christmas Concerts: Photographer and Costume co-ordinator
• Redressing Brisbane: Artist in charge
• Special Places Book Project: Selected Artist
• Brookfield Historic Quilt: Designer & Artist in Charge

Current Memberships:

• Surface Design Association USA
• Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association
• Queensland Spinners Weavers & Fibre Artists Inc
• The Australian Forum for Textile Arts
• Schoolhouse Quilters