News
2024
Heysen Prize for Landscape (23 Nov - 26 Jan 25)
My new rug hooked textile work 'Pelt' will be exhibited in Hahndorf, South Australia later this year as part of the Heysen Prize for Landscape celebrating the work of local artist Hans Heysen. 'Pelt' explores the extinction of the Thylacine and the future extinction of the native Dingo, now under threat.
Pelt work in progress on frame
Yering Station/Yarra Valley Arts Sculpture Exhibition (27 Oct - 8 Dec), Yering Station Winery, Vic.
A new body of work titled 'Body Parts (The Muse)' will be installed indoors in the Yering Winery as part of the 2024 Yering Station/Yarra Valley Arts Sculpture Exhibition and Awards. This work celebrates the aging female body from a feminist perspective highlighting the continued violence against women.
Remagine Art Prize (10-26 May), Wallarobba Arts & Cultural Centre, NSW.
Won my first art prize in the category Recycled and Reused material for my work 'Yellow Torso', a coiled sculptural form, part of 'The Muse' series at the Remagine Art Prize. The exhibition focussed on the theme 'Crossroads of Consumption' and encouraged artists and visitors to think about reducing waste.
Yellow Torso
Petite Miniature Textiles, (27/4 - 23/6), Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria.
Exhibiting two new coiled forms The Torso and Hollow Head as part of my new body of work The Muse, in this showcase of contemporary and diverse textiles. The work explores the aging female body and the artist as the muse.
The Torso - photograph by Matthew Stanton
Georges River Art Prize (27 October - 18 January), Hurstville Museum & Gallery, NSW.
A new coiled basket form 'The Hollow Head' is being shown in this art prize that includes paintings and sculptures. This work is part of a new series of works entitled 'The Muse' that celebrates the abstracted aging female form loosely inspired by the artist's own body.
Photograph by Matthew Stanton