ABOUT
My imagery reflects my environment and records my responses and impressions. Subject matter largely draws on landscape, known and imagined, to explore a sense of physical and metaphysical place – landscape as a symbolic stage for ideas or simply for the pleasure of tracing its majesty and mystery. Interior studies and still life subjects give a more intimate perspective.
I paint with acrylics and draw with a range of pens, pencils and pastels. In my textiles practice I used acrylic pigment and am now learning what more is possible with brush and paint.
The first thirty or so years of my arts practice (1983 – 2015) evolved an individual working style – airbrushed acrylic pigment onto cloth to establish an image, combined with repetitive stitching across the surface to create an art textile. As the value of the visual statement overtook time-consuming process in recent years, I’ve transitioned to working with paint on canvas.
While my painting practice is relatively new and developing, I have previously received a wide appreciation of my art textiles which have been represented in national and international exhibitions and publications.
My art textiles combined an artist’s approach to image making with the age-old tradition of stitching through layers, creating a surface texture that portrayed subtle shifts in mood as it responded to the ambient light of its environment.
Working with textiles uncovered a natural affinity with its flexibility and combined well with the versatility of airbrush dyed whole cloth to achieve composition. Hand stitching across the entire work created linear emphasis and enhanced the image. Punctuating fabric layers with an army of stitches is a peaceful, meditative process which suited my purpose and the resulting surface was physically strong and aesthetically alluring – mesmerizing to the eye and tempting to touch. Its soft, undulating texture and shifting quality of light became a recognisable characteristic of my work.
In addition to my studio practice I have worked as an exhibition curator and designer, arts administrator, teacher/lecturer and coordinator of community development and public arts programs.
I live and work with my husband, woodfire potter Chester Nealie, in a rural setting in New South Wales, Australia.
RESUME 2022
ARTS PRACTICE
Paint on canvas since 2015, airbrushed/stitched textiles from mid 1980s to 2015.
Represented in public and private collections, notably the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and in solo, joint and group exhibitions at local, national and international level; lectured and conducted workshops for many years and published in various books and magazines.
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
on Exhibition Administration and Design, Professional Development for Craft Artists, general arts related subjects including specific exhibition installations and own arts practice.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Exhibition Designer; Arts Administrator (independent consultant and employee); Coordinator for town development program Gulgong NSW, Textile Artist and Teacher; Specialist Art Teacher – Primary Education; Member of project based programs; Other.
EXHIBITION DESIGN & COORDINATION
for state, regional, national and international exhibitions and events for government, arts organisations, regional galleries and communities.
REGIONAL ARTS PROGRAMS
in regional centres and isolated towns of SA and NSW, including artist-in-community projects, Creative Village projects, Community Banners Projects and general arts programs.
RECENT
2021
- Curator, Chester Nealie – Etched in Fire survey exhibition, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery NSW Australia
2019 – 2017
- Exhibition Designer/Curator, Gulgong Holtermann Museum, Gulgong NSW Australia
2018
- Group Exhibition, Peter Rushforth: A Legacy, Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, Katoomba NSW Australia
2022, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1998
- Joint Exhibitions, Nealie & Irvine-Nealie, Cubicle Gallery, during Clay Gulgong events, Gulgong NSW Australia
2017
- Solo Exhibition, Washed by Tides – paintings by Jan Irvine-Nealie, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
- Group Exhibition, The Australian Quilt, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree NSW Australia
2016
- Joint Exhibition, Artlands @ Fairview, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee NSW Australia
- Commission, The Tunnel Continues, Trompe l”oeil (trick of the eye) panel, painted hardboard 1.5 x 2.5M, Gulgong Gold Experience (museum), Gulgong NSW Australia
2015
- Guest Exhibitor, Australasian Quilt Convention, Melbourne VIC Australia
- Group Exhibition, Labours of Love: Australian Quilts 1850-2015, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW Australia
2015 – 2010
- Archivist/facilitator for publication Chester Nealie: Etched in Fire, Ron Sang Publications New Zealand
2014
- Solo Exhibition, Shoreline Shards – paintings by Jan Irvine-Nealie, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
- Group Exhibition, Women of Substance, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee NSW Australia
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2017
- Washed by Tides – paintings by Jan Irvine-Nealie, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
2015
- Guest Exhibitor, Australasian Quilt Convention, Melbourne VIC Australia
2014
- Shoreline Shards – paintings by Jan Irvine-Nealie, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
- Women of Substance, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee NSW Australia
2002
- Emergence & Evolution, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong NSW Australia during Textile Fibre Forum
2000-01
- Fragility & Endurance: art textiles by Jan Irvine-Nealie, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia
1995
- Jan Irvine – Textiles, Sacara Gallery, Seiki Japan
1994
- Virtue or Obsession, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide SA Australia during Women’s Suffrage Centenary
1991
- Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Australia
1988
- Miniatures, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia during World Crafts Conf
1986
- Sequences in Time, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Australia
1985
- Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide SA Australia
1984
- Bethany Art Gallery, Barossa Valley SA Australia
JOINT – with potter Chester Nealie
2022, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2000, 2007, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1998
- Cubicle Gallery, Mayne St, Gulgong NSW Australia
2016
- Artlands @ Fairview, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee NSW Australia
2010
- Fire & Stitches: a creative partnership, Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne VIC Australia
2009
- Mud, Space & Spirit, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
2007
- Local Artists in China, Stables Gallery, Mudgee NSW Australia
2007, 2006, 2003, 2000, 1999
- Art for Wine, Stables Gallery, Mudgee, NSW Australia during Mudgee Wine Festival
1999
- Goanna Ridge Presents, Mayne St, Gulgong NSW Australia during Henry Lawson Heritage Festival
1993
- Views and Vessels, Artworks Gallery, Lakes Entrance VIC Australia
GROUP
2021
- Textural Landscapes, Works from TAMA Collection, Ararat Gallery, NSW Australia
2015
- Labours of Love: Australian Quilts 1850 – 2015, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW Australia
2011
- QUILT!, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, QLD Australia
2010
- Tamworth Fibre Textile Collection: 35 Yr Survey Exhibition, Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW Australia
2008
- Feel the Spring, Textiles, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee NSW Australia
- ArtVine Exhibition, Westpac, Mudgee NSW Australia
2007
- Threads of Time, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong NSW Australia
- Connected, Framed – The Darwin Gallery, NT Australia
2006-07
- Threads of Contention, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk Launceston TAS Australia
2006
- Freeland Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
2005
- Australian Contemporary Quilts, Museum of American Quilters Society, Padukah, Kentucky USA
- Chester Nealie & Friends, Ron Sang Gallery, Auckland New Zealand
- The Expressive Stitch, Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery, NSW Australia and national tour
- Mudgee Textile Trail, business windows, Mudgee NSW Australia
2004
- Quilts of the Pacific Rim, Pan Pacific Quilt Show and Conference, Honolulu & Myrtle Beach USA
- Quilt Show, South Carolina USA
- Our Land, Horsham Regional Art Gallery NSW Australia during Regional Fibre Forum & ART IS Festival
- Contexture, Framed – The Darwin Gallery, Darwin NT Australia
2004, 2002, 2000, 1998
- Land Exhibition, Stables Gallery, Mudgee and regional tours NSW Australia
1999
- Art Textiles of the World: Australia, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong NSW (exhibition/book launch) Australia
- Quilt Show ’99: Retrospective group of works (by invitation), The Quilters Guild Inc, Darling Harbour, Sydney Australia NSW. Winner – First & Second: Professional Innovative category.
1998
- The World Quilt ’98 in Japan, Nagoya Japan (invited)
- Origins and New Perspectives: Australian Contemporary Textiles, Lodz Poland
1997
- Dare to Differ, Quilter’s Guild of SA Inc, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide SA Australia
- Small Offerings, Butcher’s Hook Gallery, Mudgee NSW Australia. First Award winner
- 17th National Craft Acquisition Award – Museum & Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin NT Australia
- Vintage Crop: fine art from Mudgee, Stein Gallery, Fairfield Reg Heritage Centre, Sydney NSW Australia
- Nealie, McMeekin & Irvine, Oz Artspace, Katoomba NSW Australia
1996
- International Exchange Exhibition: Japan/Australia, Meitetsu Department Store, Nagoya Japan
- Favourite Quilts, Mudgee Quilting Group & Mudgee Arts Council, Stables Gallery, Mudgee NSW Australia
- Quilts From the Pacific Rim for National Patchwork Association Autumn Quilt Fairs, Portsmouth, Trentham, Cambridge, Cheltenham UK
1995
- Australia Dreaming, Quilters’ Guild exhibition, Sydney Fair, Nagoya Japan. Launched at Quilt Show ’95 – Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW Australia
- Running Stitch Wool Quilt Exhibition, National Wool Museum, Geelong VIC Australia Acquired
1995-97
- Crossing Borders, Wollongong University for 2 year tour of USA. Featured on promotion poster
1994
- Art of the Object, by Craft Australia for South American tour
1993
- Discerning Textiles, Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW Australia and national tour
1992
- Tutors’ Exhibition: Fibres West, Perth WA Australia
1990, 91, 92
- Hunters Hill Quilt Exhibition (by invitation), Hunters Hill, Sydney NSW Australia
1991
- Tutors Exhibition: Quilt Symposium ’91, Dunedin New Zealand
- Threads of Journeys for Australian Department of Foreign Affairs: Cultural Relations Australia Program. Launched at High Court, Canberra, 2 year international tour
1990
- Index/Interfex, Craft Australia trade display, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW Australia
1989
- Craft Survey Exhibition, Metro Arts, Brisbane QLD Australia
- Commission Textiles, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
- Quilt National, Ohio, US. Toured USA and Japan.
1987
- Women ’88 Awards, Hilton Hotel and Devise Art Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia Acquired
- Quilt Australia ’88, The Quilters’ Guild, Centrepoint, Sydney NSW Australia Winner: political category
- Classics at the Craft Centre, Crafts Council NSW exhibition during World Crafts Conference, Sydney NSW Australia
- Cloth and Beyond, School of Art, Wollongong University NSW Australia Toured
- Australian Contemporary Quilters: an invited exhibition, Link Gallery, Canberra ACT Australia
- Fine Fibre, Weswal Gallery, Tamworth NSW Australia
- Hunters Hill Miniature Quilt Exhibition, Hunters Hill, Sydney NSW Australia
- Winter Exhibition, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong NSW Australia
- Spring Showing, Crafts Centre Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
- Hunters Hill Quilt Show, Hunters Hill, Sydney NSW Australia
1987 – 93
- Quilts Covering Australia, suitcase exhibitions by The Quilters’ Guild Inc. for national tour Australia
1986, 88, 92
- Tamworth National Fibre/Textiles Biennial, Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW Australia (Acquired 1986, toured 1992)
1986 – 87
- National Survey Exhibition of Contemporary Embroidery, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide SA and national tour Australia
1985
- Craft Purchase Exhibition, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia Acquired
1984
- Over the Top, Regional Gallery, Wollongong NSW Australia
- Craft in Australia, exhibition/booklaunch, Woolloomooloo Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
- Australian Textile Award exhibition, Sydney Textile Museum, Sydney NSW Australia
- Contemporary Crafts: Design and Tradition, Crafts Centre Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
- Art Walk, Window Shows by Crafts Council SA during Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide SA Australia
- Quilting Bee Project, Arts Council Chambers, Adelaide SA Australia
1983
- Contemporary Australian Quilts, Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia
- Artists in St Peters, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide SA Australia
- State of the Crafts, Crafts Council of SA exhibition, Mt Gambier SA Australia
- Makers’ Choice, Jam Factory Gallery for Crafts Council of SA, Adelaide SA Australia Selector/exhibitor
1982
- Quantum Leaps Quilt Show, Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, SA for Quantum Leaps Womens Arts Festival. Toured to Women in Arts Festival, Sydney NSW Australia
LECTURES
2016
- WAFTA (West Australian Fibre & Textile Group), Perth WA Australia
2015
- Focus on Design, Fibres West, Muresk Institute, Northam WA Australia
- Guest Speaker, The Quilters Guild pop-up meeting, Tuncurry NSW Australia
2011
- Own Practice, TAG (Textile Art & The Guild), Melbourne VIC Australia
2010
- Own Practice, Tamworth Symposium, Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW Australia during Tamworth Fibre Textile Collection – 35 Yr Survey Exhibition
- Following the Gossamer Thread, Ozquilt Network AGM, Fairfield Regional Gallery NSW Australia
2009
- Accumulated Stitch, Southern Textiles, Adelaide SA Australia
- Art Textiles by Jan Irvine-Nealie, Textile Fibre Forum, Orange NSW Australia
2006
- Together We Make Tomorrow, QSGA (Quilt Study Group Assoc) Seminar, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW Australia
2003
- Own Practice, Edith Cowan University, Perth WA Australia
1998
- Panel member and exhibition speaker – Encounters of the Textile Kind exhibition and forum, Springwood NSW Australia
- Exhibition Management for Arts Council Regional Seminar, Wellington NSW Australia
1996, 97
- Exhibition Management and Professional Practice, 2 day lecture program, Wollongong TAFE, NSW Australia
1995
- Exhibition Management for Arts Council Regional Seminar, Wellington NSW Australia
1994
- Popular Yet Unacclaimed: Australian Folk Embroidery, International Seminar on Folk Art of Asia and the Pacific Region, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka Bangladesh. Sponsored by Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade: Cultural Relations Program
1993
- Personal Treasures, The Quilters’ Guild Inc., Sydney NSW Australia
- Airbrushing, Artworks Gallery, Lakes Entrance VIC Australia
- Own Work, Wollongong TAFE, NSW Australia
1990
- Presentation, Professional Development Seminars, Crafts Council of NSW, Sydney NSW Australia
- Presentations for Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cultural Relations Program during exhibition tour of Contemporary Australian Batik (curator)
- Exhibition Design, Museum of Technology, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Own Work, Museum of Technology, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Own Work, Creative Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Own Work, St Josephs College, Singapore
1989
- Presentation, Professional Development Seminars, Crafts Council of NSW, Sydney, NSW Australia
- Own Work, St Georges Technical College, Kogorah NSW Australia
- Own Work, School of Colour and Design, McMahons Point NSW Australia
- Own Work, Carrington Polytechnic, Auckland New Zealand
- Own Work, Textiles Department, University of Melbourne, VIC Australia
1988
- Own Work, during artist-in-residency, School of Art, Wollongong University, NSW Australia
- Own Work, Costume and Textiles Society, Sydney NSW Australia
- Exhibiting Your Work, Newcastle Studio Potters, Newcastle NSW Australia
- Own Work, Sydney College of Arts, Sydney NSW Australia
1988
- Community Exhibitions, Society of Arts and Crafts, Narrabri NSW Australia
1986
- Own Work, Bennelong Program, Arts Alliance Summer School, Sydney NSW Australia
WORKSHOPS
2016
- Designing Women (group), WAFTA – West Australia Fibre & Textile Assoc., Perth WA Australia
1 day workshop and 2 day workshop
2015
- Empowered by the Personal, Fibres West, 5 day workshop, Muresk Institute, Northam WA Australia
2012
- Unreal Chenille, Grampians Texture, 2 day workshop, Halls Gap VIC Australia
2011
- Artfully Stitched, Eurobodalla Fibre & Textile Art Group, Moruya NSW Australia
- Empowered by the Personal, Textile Fibre Forum, 5 day workshop, Geelong VIC Australia
2009
- Artfully Stitched, Mudgee Textile Group, Mudgee NSW Australia
- Running Stitch with Style, Southern Textiles, Adelaide SA Australia
- Running Stitch with Style, Textile Fibre Forum, Orange NSW Australia
- Running Stitch with Style, Grampians Texture, Halls Gap VIC Australia
- Thinking in Stitches Grampians Texture, Halls Gap VIC Australia
- People Who Run With Stitches Bunbury Arts Centre, Bunbury WA Australia
2008
- Inunder & Overit Textile Fibre Forum, Orange NSW Australia
2004
- Stitch the Project: Draw the Line Text-Isle (Regional Fibre Forum), Launceston TAS Australia
2003
- Textile Fibre Forum, Mittagong NSW Australia
- Slick Tricks & Sleight of Hand: Devices for Designers, Perth WA Australia
2002
- Textile Fibre Forum, Mittagong NSW Australia
1996
- Airbrushed Textiles, workshop program during artist-in-residency, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmania Australia
1992
- Exhibiting Your Work, workshop and exhibition installation with final year students at WaggaWagga TAFE, NSW Australia
1990
- Designing Suitcase Exhibitions, National Exhibitions Touring Service WA, Perth WA Australia
- Airbrushed Silk, demonstration at St Josephs College, for Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cultural Relations Program Singapore
- Exhibition Design and Management, workshop and exhibition installation of local arts/crafts, Kyogle Arts Council, Kyogle NSW Australia
- Design Awareness, Fibres West Conference, Perth WA Australia
- Airbrush and Stitching Skills, St Lukes Vestments Project, Gulgong NSW Australia
1989
- Design Awareness, Textile Fibre Forum, Mittagong NSW Australia
- Design Awareness, McGregor Summer School, Toowoomba QLD Australia
- Airbrushing, Quilt Symposium ’91, Dunedin New Zealand
1988
- Quilted Textiles, during artist-in-residency, School of Art, Wollongong University, NSW Australia
- Airbrush and Stitch, McGregor Summer School, Toowoomba QLD Australia
COMMISSIONS
2016
- The Tunnel Continues, Trompe l’oeil (trick of the eye) panel, painted hardboard 1.5M wide 7 2.5M high, Gulgong Gold Experience (museum), Gulgong NSW Australia
2010
- Water, Wood, Soil and Stone, diptych art textile, Miele Australia, Adelaide SA Australia
2009
- Sentinel, paint on canvas 1M wide x 6M high , C3 Project, NorWest Centre, Sydney NSW Australia
2004
- Drought Breaker, art textile 1100mm wide x 600mm high, Gero Collection, Sydney NSW Australia.
- Summer Rain, art textile 2850mm wide x 1080mm high, Cudgegong Pty Ltd, Gulgong NSW Australia.
1997
- Mudgee Valley View, art textile 4M wide x1.5M high, Mudgee Wine Grape Growers Association, Mudgee NSW. Australia. Used by MWGG Assoc and Mudgee Tourist Office for regional promotion.
1988
- Fabric hanging to designer’s brief, 4M wide x 5M high, Bernard Young Design Group for Golden Gate Hotel, Sydney NSW Australia
1987
- Bicentennial Exhibition: Backdrop to Stage 2: The Environment. Scenic artwork panels (total of 32M wide x 4M high averaged) national tour Australia
1985
- Flinders Trail, exhibition of interactive fabric panels 26M total width x 2.2M average height to designer Silver Harris’ brief. Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, Adelaide SA. Australia.
1983
- Pinocchio, exhibition of 8 interactive fabric panels to designer Silver Harris’ brief. Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide SA.
1982, 83
- Five soft sculptures to designers brief for Actil advertising account, Young & Rubicum Pty Ltd, Adelaide SA Australia
COLLECTIONS
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT Austraila
- Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin NT Australia
- National Wool Museum, Geelong VIC Australia
- Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW Australia
- Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Arrarat VIC Australia
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia
- Tamworth National Fibre Collection, Tamworth NSW Australia
- Private and corporate collections in Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Japan
PUBLICATIONS
2010
- Textile Fibre Forum, Jan Irvine-Nealie – Textile Artist, Garry Benson. Vol. 29, Issue 4, No. 100; pp 38-41 Australia/NZ
2009
- Surface Design Journal, Art and Nature: Content in Australian Quilts, Kate Lenkowsky, Spring edition; cover, pp. 32-37 USA
2005
- Textile Fibre Forum, Prayer for the Dead – response to Dorothy Caldwell Workshop, Jan Irvine Nealie. Issue 2, No. 78; inside back cover Australia/NZ
2003
- Textile Fibre Forum, Jan Irvine-Nealie: Stitching the Line. Vol 22, Issue 2, No. 70 front cover, inside front cover. Australia/NZ
2002
- Craft Arts, Fragility and Endurance, Glenda King, No. 53, pp 18—22 Australia
2000
- Fragility & Endurance, solo exhibition catalogue, essay by Glenda King, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia
1999
- Art Textiles of the World: Australia, Michael Koumis, Telos Art Publications UK
1996
- Masters of their Craft: Contemporary, Decorative and Applied Arts in Australia, Noris Iannou, Craftsman House, Sydney NSW Australia
1995
- Australia Dreaming, The Quilters’ Guild Inc., Fairfax Press, Sydney NSW Australia
- Textile Fibre Forum, Virtue or Obsession, Vol 14, Issue 1, No. 42, pp. 30-31 Australia/NZ
- 88 Leaders in the Quilt World Today, Nihon Vogue, Tokyo Japan
- Crossing Borders: Contemporary Australia Textile Art, University of Wollongong, NSW Australia
1994
- Contemporary Embroidery, Anne Morrell, Merehurst, London UK
- Virtue or Obsession: Textiles of Four Generations, catalogue Jam Factory Craft & Design Centre, Adelaide, SA Australia
- The Art of the Object: Contemporary Craft from Australia, exhibition publication, Craft Australia & Australia Council, Sydney NSW Australia
1993
- Artfile, Craft Arts International, Sydney NSW Australia
- The Crafts Movement in Australia, Grace Cochrane, NSWU Press, Sydney NSW Australia
- Decorative Arts & Design from the Powerhouse Museum, Powerhouse Publishing, Sydney NSW Australia
- Quilting, Dorothy Ostler, Merehurst, London UK
1990
- Interior Designers Handbook, Vol 7, No. 1 Australia
1989
- Tsuchin – Quilters Magazine, Tokyo Japan
- ABC Documentary Series: The Makers Australia
- Contemporary Australian Batik, catalogue, Australian Dept Foreign Affairs & Trade: Cultural Relations Program, Canberra ACT Australia
1988
- Quilt Australia – The Quilters’ Guild Inc., Bay Books, Sydney NSW Australia
- Craft Australia, Buskers of the Outback, Winter edition Australia
- Vogue – November issue Australia
1987
- New Quilts: Interpretations and Innovations, Quilt National, Schiffer Press USA
- Australian Quilts: the People and their Art, Jan Irvine, The Quilters’ Guild, Simon & Schuster, Sydney NSW Australia
- Textile Fibre Forum – Vol. 6, Issue 1, no. 18 (3 articles) Australia
1986
- The Template: the Quilters’ Guild magazine, March, Vol. 4, No. 3 Australia
- Craft Arts – Spring edition Australia
1985
- Craft Australia – Summer Edition, pp.55-57 Australia
1984
- Craft in Australia – by Alan Moult, Reed Publishers, Sydney NSW Australia
1983
- SA Crafts – Summer edition Australia
1982
- SAM – South Australia Magazine, June issue Australia
- Artlink – Vol.2, No. 4 Sept-Oct Australia
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
1996, 98
- Artist in Residence, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia. Total 12 weeks full time with a teaching program, field studies and exhibition/studio
1986
- Professional Development Grant, Crafts Board of the Australia Council Australia
- Artist in Residence, Textiles Department, School of Art, Wollongong University NSW Australia. 4 months part time working in studio, lecture and workshop
EXHIBITION DESIGN / COORDINATION
2015 – 2019
- Consultant / designer – Museum display, Gulgong Holtermann Museum, Gulgong NSW Australia
2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997
- Exhibition design / installation, Australian Cotton Fibre Expo Narrabri, NSW Australia
2004
- Exhibition design / installation, Clay Modern Gulgong Masters Exhibition. Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong NSW Australia
- Co-ordinator, Clay Modern Window Exhibition Trail. Business windows in Gulgong NSW Australia
- Co-ordination / support, Clay Modern Gulgong General Exhibitions Program during Clay Modern Gulgong ceramic event, Gulgong NSW Australia
- Exhibition coordination / design / installation, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong NSW Australia
2001
- Exhibition design / installation, Hyperclay Gulgong Masters Exhibition Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong NSW Australia
1998
- Exhibition design / installation, Clayfeast Gulgong Masters Exhibition, Stables Gallery, Mudgee NSW Australia sponsored by Mudgee Arts Council
- Co-ordinator, Clayfeast Gulgong Window Exhibition Trail Business windows in Gulgong NSW Australia
- Co-ordination / support, Clayfeast Gulgong General Exhibitions Program during Clayfeast Gulgong ceramic event, Gulgong NSW Australia
1994
- Curator / installation, Significant Pieces, Ceramics exhibition at Three Ways Gallery, Gulgong during Claysculpt, Gulgong, NSW. Australia
- Exhibition design / installation, Claysculpt Gulgong Masters Exhibition, Stables Gallery, Mudgee NSW Australia sponsored by Mudgee Arts Council.
- Co-ordinator, Claysculpt Gulgong Window Exhibition Trail Business windows in Gulgong NSW Australia
- Co-ordination / support, Claysculpt Gulgong General Exhibitions Program during Claysculpt Gulgong ceramic event, Gulgong NSW Australia
- Exhibition design / installation, A Stable of Artists Inaugural exhibition, Stables Gallery, Mudgee NSW Australia for Mudgee Arts Council.
- Selector / exhibitor, Art of the Object exhibition by Craft Australia to tour South America
- Exhibition design / installation, Fire-Up Gulgong Exhibition, Mudgee Shire Chambers, NSW Australia
- Co-ordinator, Participant’s exhibition for Fire-Up Gulgong, ceramic event by Ceramic: Art & Perception and Mudgee Arts Council, Mudgee NSW Australia
- Exhibition design / installation, National Woodfirers Exhibition, National Woodfire Conference, Northern Rivers University, Lismore NSW Australia
- Exhibition design / co-ordination / launch installation, Threads of Journeys. Touring exhibition of miniature quilt textiles for Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade: Cultural Relations Program. Launched High Court Building, Canberra ACT Australia, 2 yr international tour.
- Exhibition design / installation, Index/Interfex Craft Australia trade display at Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW Australia
1989
- Exhibition design / installation, Commission Textiles. Co-ordinator – Liz Williamson. Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
- Exhibition design / co-ordination, Contemporary Australian Batik. Touring exhibition for Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade: Cultural Relations Program. South East Asia tour
- Exhibition design / installation, Quilt Australia ’88. First national quilt exhibition, The Quilters’ Guild, Centrepoint, Sydney NSW Australia
- Exhibition design / co-ordination / installation, Accentrix. Bicentennial exhibition of contemporary body adornment and jewellery, Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW Australia
- Design / co-ordination / launch installation, Quilts Covering Australia. Miniature quilts suitcase exhibitions for The Quilters’ Guild Inc. 5 year national tour 1988-93 Australia
- Installation, Foyer display for Crafts Council of Australia during World Crafts Conference, Sydney NSW Australia
1986
- Co-ordination / installation of Visual Arts Program, Cultural Exchange Program for SA Department for Arts in Penang, Malaysia
- Design / co-ordination / launch installation, Portable Crafts Series 3: Enamels Exposed & Quilts Uncovered for Crafts Council NSW Touring Exhibitions Program Australia
1985
- Design / co-ordination / launch installation, Portable Crafts Series 1: Youth Works for Craft NSW Touring Exhibitions Program Australia
- Design / co-ordination / launch installation, Portable Crafts Series 2: Through the Looking Glass for Crafts Council NSW Touring Exhibitions Program Australia
1984
- Exhibition installation, Alice in Glass: stained glass by Cedar Prest, Glass Artists Gallery, Paddington NSW Australia
1983-84
- Exhibition installations at the Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, Adelaide SA Australia
- Land of Promises – community arts project of silkscreen prints
- Toiana – installation by Janet Laurence
- Thancoupie/Utopia – ceramics and batiks (national and international tour)
- Akio Makagawa – sculptural installation, Festival Centre Plaza for Come Out ’83
- Rosemary Whitehead – drawings and tapestries
- Toy Theatres – collection from the Performing Arts Museum, Melbourne
- Gay Hawkes – bush furniture from Tasmania
- Touring Without Tears –suitcase exhibitions designed to tour (project co-odinator)
- About Face – public workshop preparatory to Adelaide Festival Opening Parade
- Debra Bustin – sculptural environment installed during Adelaide Festival of Arts
1982
- Exhibition design / co-ordination / installation, Quantum Leap Quilt Show, Festival Centre Gallery, Adelaide SA for Quantum Leaps Womens Art Festival. Toured to Women in Arts Festival, Sydney NSW Australia
ARTIST IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Creative Village Projects
Community consultation for development of public spaces, Arts Council of NSW and Sydney University, working in a collaborative team of artist, architect and landscape architect.
1993
- Brewarrina, NSW Australia with architect Jane Dillon and landscape architect Bill Royal
1992
- Bourke, NSW Australia with architect Jane Dillon and landscape architect Margaret Zulaikha
Banners Projects, Regional Arts NSW programs
1993
- Mateship Festival Banners – community workshop for Mateship Festival committee, Bourke NSW Australia
- Three Towns Project – improvised banners projects responding to community interest. Outback Arts Committee working in Warren, Coonamble and Walgett NSW Australia
1992
- Banners – skills workshop producing flags and pennants of community significance. Boree Aboriginal Centre, Orange NSW Australia
1991
- Bathurst Community Banners Project – 3 month residency to produce 88 banners for street poles in a community workshop. Bathurst Arts Council, NSW Australia
GENERAL WORK EXPERIENCE
OVERVIEW
2016 – present
- Arts Practice – paint on canvas, NSW
1982 – 2015
- Arts Practice – airbrushed and hand stitched textiles, SA & NSW
1985 – present
- Exhibition Design, other arts and culture related projects
1971-1974
- Specialist Primary Art Teacher – pilot programs
2019 – 2017
- Exhibition Designer/Curator, Gulgong Holtermann Museum, Gulgong NSW Australia
2011 – 2016
- Archivist / facilitator to book production team for Chester Nealie: Etched in Fire, Ron Sang Publications New Zealand
2004
- Gallery advisor, 5-month consultancy, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong NSW Australia
1998-99
- Co-ordinator: Gulgong Small Towns Program – Gulgong Chamber of Commerce and Department of State and Regional Development NSW Australia
1986
- Consulting Exhibition Designer to Span Design Group, Sydney NSW Australia. Short listed for “Coming of the Strangers”, State Library of New South Wales Bi-Centennial exhibition
1985-87
- Member – Bicentennial Subcommittee. The Quilters’ Guild Inc., Sydney NSW Australia
1985-86
- Project Officer: Touring Exhibitions Program, Crafts Council of NSW, Sydney
1983-84
- Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery – Exhibitions Program, Adelaide SA Australia. Responsible for exhibition organisation and installation. Included 1983 Come Out Festival & 1984 Adelaide Festival of Arts
1983
- Womens Art Movement Management Collective, Adelaide SA Australia
1980
- Lecturer – Art/Craft, Aboriginal Community College, Adelaide SA
1978-80
- Freelance illustrator for Curriculum Development Branch, Education Dept of SA, Adelaide SA Australia
1981
- Freelance illustrator for Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney NSW Australia
1978-82
- Craft Co-ordinator, St Peters Womens Community Centre, Adelaide SA Australia
1976-78
- Instructor – Sewing Skills, Department of Further Education: Aboriginal Education Unit, Adelaide SA Australia. Field work in Pitjantatjara and other tribal areas
1971-74
- Specialist Art Teacher – Primary Division, Education Dept of South Australia, Adelaide SA Australia
TRAINING
1997
- Open Learning University, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba QLD Australia
Course: Working with the Japanese: Cross Cultural Enterprise
1983-84
- Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, SA Australia. Gallery Assistant responsible for exhibition installation.
Includes 1983 Come Out Festival and 1984 Adelaide Festival of Arts program
1968-70
- SA School of Art and Western Teachers College, Adelaide SA. Dip Teach – Secondary Art Australia