Education
2017 - 18
Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, National Art School, Sydney
1982 - 86
BA Visual Arts and Postgraduate Diploma, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
1983
Guest student, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1979
Pre-foundation, Heatherley's School of Fine Art, London, UK
Awards and Residencies
2024
Keramikkünstlerhaus Scholarship Neumünster, Germany
2023
Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, N.S.W.
2021
Onslow Storrier studio at La Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, N.S.W.
Finalist, Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Meroogal House, Nowra, Museums of History, N.S.W.
Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, N.S.W.
Finalist, Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Meroogal House, Nowra, Museums of History, N.S.W.
2021
Winner, Muswellbrook Art Prize for ceramics, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, N.S.W
Selected, Ceramix, Manly Art Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
Selected, Ceramix, Manly Art Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
2020
2nd Prize, Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Meroogal House, Nowra, Museums of History, N.S.W.
Finalist, McClelland National Small Sculpture Prize, Langwarrin, V.I.C.
Onslow Storrier Studio at La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, National Art School
Finalist, The Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture, Sydney, N.S.W.
Onslow Storrier Studio at La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, National Art School
Finalist, The Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture, Sydney, N.S.W.
2019
Hill End Artist in Residence, N.S.W.
Finalist, Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Melbourne, V.I.C.
Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, N.S.W.
Finalist, Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Melbourne, V.I.C.
Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, N.S.W.
2018
Recipient, N.E Pethebridge Ceramic Award, National Art School, National Art School
Recipient, Mansfield Ceramics Art and Perception Magazine Award, National Art School
Finalist, Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Meroogal House, Nowra, N.S.W.
Finalist, The Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture, Sydney
Recipient, Mansfield Ceramics Art and Perception Magazine Award, National Art School
Finalist, Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Meroogal House, Nowra, N.S.W.
Finalist, The Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture, Sydney
2017
Finalist, Still - National Still Life Art Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, N.S.W
2016
2nd prize, Handpicked Handmade, Gallery Klei, Sydney, N.S.W.
Finalist, 2016 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, QLD
Residency, Shiro Oni Studios, Onishi, Japan
Finalist, 2016 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, QLD
Residency, Shiro Oni Studios, Onishi, Japan
2011
Studio Residency, The Trophy Room, Sydney, N.S.W
2010
Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, N.S.W
1987
Recipient, Desiderius Orban Art Award, N.S.W Travelling Art Scholarship
Solo Exhibition
2023
Little Saints, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2022
Masculin / Féminin, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2021
Apothecary now!, Object Space, Australian Design Centre, Sydney
2020
Pottery is my Poetry, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2019
Looking for Gold, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Looking for Gold, reprise, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W.
Looking for Gold, reprise, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W.
2014
Menopause Memorial Ware and Other Souvenirs, Chinaclay, Clovelly, Sydney, N.S.W
2011
The end of life as I know it, The Trophy Room, Sydney, N.S.W.
Sassy Park Ceramics, The Curio - A collectors cabinet, Sterling by Gaffa, Sydney, N.S.W.
Sassy Park Ceramics, The Curio - A collectors cabinet, Sterling by Gaffa, Sydney, N.S.W.
2009
The Smoking Girl and other Tales, Pablo Fanque, Sydney, N.S.W.
Selected Group Exhibition
2024
2023
2023-2021
2022
2023
2023-2021
2022
Word Clay, Paper Boat Press, Brisbane, Queensland
Tiled, Kil.n.it group show, Australian Design Centre, Sydney
Everybody Wants to Live Together, Kil.n.it at Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Sydney
Rendered, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
Clay: Collected Ceramics, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
Paper & Clay, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
26.04.23, Home @735 Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
Clay Dynasty, Power House Museum, MAAS, Sydney
Candles + Sticks, Fitzroy, Melbourne
We Are Kil.N.It, Raft Space, Alice Springs/Mpantwe, NT
The vase and flower show 2, 7 Clovelly Rd, Clovelly, Sydney
Homies, China Heights, Sydney, programmed by Mackenzie Rowe and Sam Stephenson
Call and response, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
Tiled, Kil.n.it group show, Australian Design Centre, Sydney
Everybody Wants to Live Together, Kil.n.it at Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Sydney
Rendered, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
Clay: Collected Ceramics, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
Paper & Clay, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
26.04.23, Home @735 Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
Clay Dynasty, Power House Museum, MAAS, Sydney
Candles + Sticks, Fitzroy, Melbourne
We Are Kil.N.It, Raft Space, Alice Springs/Mpantwe, NT
The vase and flower show 2, 7 Clovelly Rd, Clovelly, Sydney
Homies, China Heights, Sydney, programmed by Mackenzie Rowe and Sam Stephenson
Call and response, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
2021
Ceramix, The Australian Ceramics Association and MAG&M, curated by Sophia Cai, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
Out of the darkness: A survivor’s journey, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
EZY ART SHOW 2, EzyMart, Liverpool St, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, N.S.W
Out of the darkness: A survivor’s journey, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
EZY ART SHOW 2, EzyMart, Liverpool St, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, N.S.W
2020
The vase and flower show, 7 Clovelly Road, Sydney
Object, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
My Imagination, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Object, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
My Imagination, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019
Home, J Block Studio, Sydney
Blooming Christmas, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
The Curiosities, Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne
Blooming Christmas, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
The Curiosities, Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne
2018
Released, Postgraduate exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
Ceramics (Now), Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2018 Invitational, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney
Ceramics (Now), Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2018 Invitational, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney
2017
Text, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2016
Onishi Ceramics, Shiro Oni Residency exhibition, Gunma, Japan
Private lives, the artist as collector, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, as part of Tom Carment's collection, Australia
Private lives, the artist as collector, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, as part of Tom Carment's collection, Australia
2015
CUPS………..Runneth Over, in honour of a humble and treasured domestic object, Chinaclay, Clovelly, Australia
Collectors Space, curated by Glenn Barkley, Art Month Sydney as part of Noel McKenna's collection, Surry Hills, Sydney
Impromptu II, Group exhibition of Sculpture and other non functional object, Chinaclay, Clovelly, Australia
Collectors Space, curated by Glenn Barkley, Art Month Sydney as part of Noel McKenna's collection, Surry Hills, Sydney
Impromptu II, Group exhibition of Sculpture and other non functional object, Chinaclay, Clovelly, Australia
2014
Volcano Garden, Published Art, Sydney
Cultivate, Artisans in the Garden, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney
Compassionate Voices, Voiceless, Koskela, Sydney
Cultivate, Artisans in the Garden, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney
Compassionate Voices, Voiceless, Koskela, Sydney
2013
Useful, Here and Now, Carriage Works, Sydney
Collections
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, N.S.W.
Ballarat Art Gallery, Bendigo, V.I.C.
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, N.S.W.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, N.S.W.
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, N.S.W.
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Private collections: Australia, Japan, U.S.A.
Ballarat Art Gallery, Bendigo, V.I.C.
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, N.S.W.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, N.S.W.
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, N.S.W.
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Private collections: Australia, Japan, U.S.A.
Published Writing and Curatorial Projects
2023
Kylie Johnson, Tiffany Johnson, Fire and Earth, Thames and Hudson, Australia, Uk and USA publication, 2023
2022
John McDonald, No risk for this reward, review of the 2022 Portia Geach Prize, Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, October 1, 2022, pp.10-11 https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/times-have-changed-an-art- prize-for-women-feels-increasingly-quaint-20220926-p5bl45.html
Stephen Bird, The writing is on the wall, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 61 No 2, July 2022, pp.82-87
2021
Karen Pakula, Bunnings sausage sizzles and AstraZeneca: what will these 2021 pots reveal about us, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 5, 2021 www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/jars-bear-artistic-meaning-in-a- world-gone-to-pot-20211205-p59ew7.html
2021
Talking
practice: Sassy Park,
Sculpture Club Journal, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, online
Ceramics that speak, Dr Jennifer Jones-O'Neill, Untitled Issue 7 (Autumn 2021), Art Gallery
of Ballarat Association, pp. 6-9.
Ceramics that speak, Dr Jennifer Jones-O'Neill, Untitled Issue 7 (Autumn 2021), Art Gallery
of Ballarat Association, pp. 6-9.
2020
The vase and flower show, exhibition curator, 7 Clovelly Road, Sydney, Australia
2019
Hill End Artist Residency, author, N.S.W report, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 58 No 3, November 2019. p.135.
Ceramics Suits Me, I am used to Disappointment: Making Objects of Contemplation, author, Ceramics: Art + Perception, vol. #113. 2019, pp. 92-101
2016
Beautiful Obsolescence, exhibition curator, U.N.S.W., with Dr Miles Park, Sydney, Australia