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Education

• 2000 [Candidate], Master of Fine Art and Design Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
• 1998 BFA (honours) Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart.
• 1994-7 Bachelor of Arts (visual arts) Southern Cross University, Lismore.
• (X-institutional at Tasmanian School of Art 1997
• 1972-3 Ceramics Certificate, National Art School, East Sydney Technical College.

Professional Art Experience

• 2000 Technician in Printmaking, Tasmania School of Art, Hobart
  • 1999 Participant at the 9th National Ceramics Conference and recipient of Artsbridge grant
  • 1994 'Archcerart' (custom made tiles) Lismore, NSW Brookvale, Sydney, NSW
  • 1992-93 Ceramics Studio, Larnook, via Lismore, NSW
  • 1991 Ceramics Studio, Doubleview, Perth, WA
  • 1987-88 Toy Maker, Lismore NSW.
  • 1979-86 Ceramics Studio, Larnook, via Lismore, NSW.
  • 1977 Attendant in Ceramics, Alexander Mackie C.A.E. The Rocks, Sydney
  • 1975-76 Ceramics Studio, Brookvale, Sydney NSW
  • 1974-75 Screen Printer, Original Displays,

Selected recent exhibitions

• Republic Hotel, North Hobart Jan /Feb2000.

Vernacular Spectacular

• Carnegie Gallery, Hobart October 1999 with Jane Quon

Ecological Manipulations

• Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth WA June-August `99

Craft is Dead, Long Live Craft

• Side Space Gallery Hobart, December 1998.(3 person)

Beuys Too

• Plimsol Gallery Hobart November 1998

Peep Show

• The Long Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart, May-June 1998

The Flourishing Ecology

• Victorian Crafts Gallery Melbourne, May-June 1998

Craft is Dead, Long Live Craft

• Central Academy Kuala Lumpar April,98

TSAH Student Exhibition

• Acqua Blu Elizabeth St Pier, Hobart, Jan 1998 (solo)

Apier-Nomore

• Side Space Gallery, Hobart, December 1997.(3 person)

The Boys are Back in Town

• The Long Gallery Salamanca Place, Hobart, 1997

On the Wall and on the Floor

• Carnegie Gallery Hobart, 1997

Sound Scapes

• Fine Art Gallery UTAS Hobart, 1997

Eclectic Prints

• Entrepot Gallery Hobart, 1997 (solo show)

Hobart Now

• S.C.U. Art Museum, Lismore NSW, 1996

Sustainability

• University of Technology, Sydney, 1996.

East Timor: Its Future in the Asia Pacific

Selected Galleries and Festivals exhibited at between 1976 -96:

• Macquarie Galleries, Sydney NSW.
• Von Bertoch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW.
• Manly Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
• Berrima Galleries, Berrima NSW.
• Nimbin Art Gallery, Nimbin NSW.
• Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
• Mackay Harrison Gallery, Ballina NSW.
• Murwillumbah Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
• Trinity Art Prize, Lismore NSW.
• Nimbin Spring Festival, Nimbin NSW.
• WA. Craft Council Gallery, Perth, W.A.

Other Selected Career Highlights:

• Journals of a Cultural Drifter: With Santiago Bose , Paper making project, Southern Cross University Museum, Lismore NSW, 1994-5
• Lets Clay With Fire: (Ceramists of the Northern Rivers:) Curator / participant, the Chocolate Factory, Lismore NSW 1994.
• Earth Warp: Mixed Media installation in collaboration with Jenny Clarke, Nimbin Arts Festival, spring 1993.
• Head Pots: (solo show,) Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1976

Published:

• Reflective States, Virtual Ceramics by Ken Ford: : Ceramics Technical No.10 2000 pp107-108
• Working the Surface: Ceramics Technical No.8 1999

Article by Penny Smith.

• Mountain Memories: (reproduction) Art Monthly, June 1998
• Packaged Clay: Ceramics Art and Perception, vol 19, 1994
• Craft is Dead; Long Live Craft: WWW site 1998

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