CV
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Qualifications |
| 2019 - current |
Master of Research Candidate, (Commonwealth Supported Place), RMIT University |
| 2004 – 2010 |
Bachelor of Fine Art (Ceramics), RMIT University |
| 1997 |
Postgraduate Diploma of Fine Art (Art Curatorship and Museum Management), University of Melbourne |
| 1983-1987 |
Bachelor of Education (Arts and Crafts), Melbourne College of Advanced Education (MCAE) |
Awards & Grants |
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| 2019 | Higher Degree by Research Travel Grant (HDRTG), RMIT University |
| 2011 | Australia Council ArtStart Grant |
| 2011 | Scholarship Recipient, RMIT Honours Endowment Travelling Scholarship |
| 2011 | RMIT University Ceramics Honours Award for Excellence |
| 2010 | RMIT Ceramics Honours Student Award |
| 2009 | Ge & Ge Sponsors Award, Ceramics Victoria 40th Anniversary Exhibition |
| 2007 | Mary and Lou Senini Student Art Award, McClelland Art Gallery |
| 2007 | Clayworks Ceramics Award for Excellence, RMIT |
| 2007 | George Alexander Foundation Grant, RMIT |
| 2006 | Siemens RMIT Fine Arts Scholarships |
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Exhibitions |
| 2020 | Wyndham Art Prize, Shorlisted, Wynham Art Gallery |
| 2019 |
Conversation with a Landscape, Vitrine Gallery, Craft Victoria |
| 2012 |
Ain't No Mountain High Enough-Milestones for Two Centuries of Women Climbers, Mailbox 141 Flinders Lane, Melbourne |
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Selected Group Exhibition |
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2020 |
Tarkine in Motion 2020: Frontlines, Bob Brown Foundation Exhibition, Long Gallery, Hobart |
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The Talking Ornament, Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne Design Week 2020 |
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2019 |
Presenters Exhibition, Princes Wharf One, Hobart |
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2018 |
Material Memories, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston |
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Finalist, Kyltie Pate Award, Mansfield |
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2017 |
Finalist, Craft Award, Craft, Melbourne |
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2016 |
Wonky, Curated by Sophia Cai & Caitlin Shearer, Tinning Street Presents, Brunswick. |
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2015 |
Storm in a Teacup, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, curated by Wendy Garden |
| Victorian Craft Award, Craft Victoria | |
| Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award, MC3 Art Gallery, judges by Robert Reason, Curator of European & Australian Decorative Arts, Art Gallery f South Australia | |
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2014 |
the course of objects: the fine line of inquiry at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum, an Australian Ceramics Association Biennial Exhibition |
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2012 |
28th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award |
| Tooth and Nail: Cross Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ceramics, a RMIT, NETS (Victoria) and Chinese Museum (Melbourne) International and National Touring Exhibition | |
| 2011 | Narrative Knot, Manly Art Gallery and Museum |
| RMIT Student Representative, Affordable Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings | |
| 2010 | Ceramics RMIT Student Exhibition, Carbon Black |
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Resonate, First Site Gallery |
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| 2009 |
Bottled, Pan Gallery |
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Siemens RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Exhibition, RMIT Gallery |
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Unearth, RMIT Graduate Exhibition, Skepsi on Swanston |
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Stirring, Skepsi on Swanston |
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Perspective, selected members exhibition, Craft Victoria |
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Ceramics Victoria 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Manningham Art Gallery |
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Pat Emery Award & Exhibition, Yarra Sculpture Gallery |
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| 2007 |
Mary and Lou Senini Student Art Award for Ceramics, McClelland Gallery |
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Pat Emery Award & Members Exhibition, Paynter Gallery, Bendigo Pottery |
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Ceramics Faculty Exhibition, RMIT School of Art Gallery |
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| 2006 |
Siemens RMIT Fine Arts Exhibition, RMIT Gallery |
Residency |
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| 2017 | Northcote Pottery Residency |
| 2013 | Travel to Berlin, Dresden, Munich, RMIT Honours Endowment Travelling Scholarship |
| 2008 | Jingdezhen Pottery Workshop and Experimental Sculpture Factory, China |
Conferences |
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| 2017 | Holding Place Making Space, The Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart |
| 2013 | Clay Push, Ceramics Conference Gulgong, NSW |
| 2012 | Subversive Clay, 2012 Australian Ceramics Triennale, Adelaide |
| 2009 | Australian Ceramics Triennale, Sydney |
| 2006 | Verge 11th National Ceramics Conference, Brisbane |
Workshops |
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| 2019 |
Mirrnong Minnie Bush Animals Inspired by the Tjanpi Desert Weavers with Aunty Bronwyn Razem Razem, RMIT University |
| 2019 | Weave Down South Workshop with Maparu Weavers, CERES Environment Park |
| 2013 | 3D Collage with conservator Penny Byrne, Slow Clay Centre |
| 2011 | Anton Reijnders, Masterclass, RMIT University |
Media |
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| 2016 |
Cai, S 2016, ‘Embrace a Little Wonkiness’, Wonky Exhibition Catalogue |
| 2013 |
O'Dwyer, R 2013, Delivering the Long Look, Journal of Australian Ceramics, Issue 522, (July 2013), pp.71-74. |
| 2012 |
Ballard, B., The Narrative Knot, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 88, p. 28-33 |
| 2011 |
Wedd, G 2011, ‘The Narrative Knot Stories in Ceramics’, Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 50 Issue 3, (Nov 2011) pp. |
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Professional Activity |
| 2008-ongoing |
Critical writing & publishing on contemporary ceramics & craft |
| 2019 |
Master of Ceremonies, Holding Space Making Place Conference, Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart |
| 2018-2019 |
Lecturer in Ceramics - RMIT |
| 2017 |
Lecturer in Objective-Based Design - Ceramics, RMIT |
| 2014-ongoing |
Victoria Wide Writer for the Journal of Australian Ceramics Blog on contemporary ceramics lookingwithsofteyes.blogspot.com |
| 2012-ongoing |
Studio at Elm Place Studios, North Melbourne |
| 2011 |
Guest Editor, Journal of Australian Ceramics, Issue 550/1 |
| 2009 |
Lecture 15 Days In Jingdezhen, Australian Ceramic Triennale, Sydney |
| 2003 |
Project Manager, Craft Victoria Including creation of inaugural Scarf Festival 2003 |
| 2002 |
Curator of Fold, group exhibition at Craft Victoria |
| 2000-2001 |
Program Manager, Craft Victoria |
| 1999 |
Touring Services Project Manager, Museums Australia (Victoria) |
| 1997-2000 |
West Space Committee Committee Member (Footscray to CBD) |
| 1996 – 1998 |
Assistant Registrar, National Gallery of Victoria |
| 1988 – 1994 |
Art and craft teacher, Kurunjang Secondary College, Victoria |
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Industry Membership |
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Bluestone Collection, inaugural member & Honorary Treasurer |
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Craft Victoria |
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Australian Ceramics Association |
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| Victorian Institute of Teaching |