QUALIFICATIONS
Current Ph.D. by Research (Women's Studies) - College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
2015 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours - First Class) - South Australian School of Art, The University of South Australia
2012 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Art History and Theory) - South Australian School of Art, The University of South Australia
2008 Certificate IV, Women's Studies - TAFE SA
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
2019 - current
Gallery Staff, Pepper Street Arts Centre
EXHIBITIONS AS CURATOR
2016:
Beyond Nature, The Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, Fringe 2016.
2015:
Diverse Feminisms, curated with Lauren Mustillo, Westbar Gallery, University of South Australia, exhibition held in conjunction with, Transgressions: 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference, Flinders University, September 2015.
2014:
Present Moment, Adelaide South West Community Centre
Cloud Watching, Alice Blanch, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
In Vivo: Inside the Living, Cheryl Hutchens, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
The Talent Within, (co-curated with Jill Newman), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Animalia, Kacey Boxall and Alyshia Eming, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
The Healing Cloth, Chopped Collective, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015:
Being There, Urban Cow Studio
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015:
Concrete and Lived, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Love a Good Yarn: Knitting and Crochet, From Nanna to Now, Migration Museum Adelaide
2014:
Encounter: 2014 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) Graduate Exhibition, SASA Gallery
A Little Scream, South Australian School of Art, Foyer Gallery
Present Moment, Adelaide South West Community Centre
The Healing Cloth, Chopped Collective, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
2013:
Untamed, The Mill
Touching Light, Ladybeads Gallery Space
2012:
Studio Print Exhibition, Fontanelle Gallery Project Space
Red Threads, Lincoln College
Blood Sweat and Theory, Seedling Art Space
2011:
Rare: 2011 SASA Graduate Exhibition, University of South Australia
Nexus Members Exhibition, Nexus Multicultural Gallery
Tree Talk, (with Audrey Emery), Pepper Street Arts Centre
Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Blood Sweat and Theory, SASA Gallery student project space
The RiAus Crochet Coral Reef, The Science Exchange
2010:
Sixteen, SASA Gallery Project Space, part of the 121 artists in 12 weeks project
Seen, Not Heard: An Exhibition of Artist Made Books, Goodwood Library
International Women’s Day Exhibition, St Peters Cathedral
SELECTED COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2016:
WOMAD Festival Kidzone art workshops, Dream Baskets with Lizzy Emery
Summer workshop program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2015:
The Magic of Indigo, summer workshops, Adventuress Textiles, Port Adelaide
‘Start Arts’ Summer Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
‘3R’s Therapeutic Art Workshops,’ Pepper Street Arts Centre (working with adults with Alzheimer’s Disease)
Spring Textile Workshop program,The Magic of Indigo and Bountiful Baskets public workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2014:
Textiles Workshop with students from Trinity College, University of South Australia, Textiles studio
Summer Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2013:
Basketry Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2012:
Textiles Workshop Programs, Fontanelle Gallery workshop space
SALA Basket Making Workshop, Norwood Town Hall
SALA Children’s Art Workshops, Campbelltown Community Centre
Children’s Mosaics Mural Project, Enfield Kindergarten
Dye Making ‘Master Class’ workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Summer Wearable Art workshop, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Silk Shibori Scarf workshop, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Crafty Skills monthly workshops, Tooth and Nail Studio and Gallery
2011:
‘3R’s Therapeutic Art Workshops,’ Pepper Street Arts Centre
Art Workshop Program, Hutt Street Centre Art Program
Crafty Skills monthly workshops, Tooth and Nail Studio and Gallery
Children’s Tie-dye fabric workshop, Enfield Kindergarten
Intergenerational textiles workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Children’s art workshop for Tree Talk exhibition, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2010 Magill community art workshops, Magill Primary School
Campbelltown City art project, SALA Festival event
Pepper Street Arts Centre, children’s mural project
EXHIBITION ESSAYS
2015: 'Talking About the 'F' Word,' co-authored with Lauren Mustillo, Diverse Feminisms, Westbar Gallery, September 2015
2014, 'The Healing Cloth,' Chopped Collective, Women's and Children's Hospital, November 2014
2014, 'A Little Scream,' Honours Student Exhibition, South Australian School of Art Foyer Gallery, June 2014
2014, 'Looking Out, Looking In: Two exhibitions exploring the experience of landscape,' Alice Blanch and Cheryl Hutchens, Women's and Children's Hospital, May 2014
2014, 'Present Moment,' Adelaide South West Community Centre, May 2014
2013, 'Touching Light,' Ladybeads Gallery, May 2013
2012, ‘Concrete Me,’ Concrete Me, Andre Lawrence and Elyas Alavi, Nexus Multicultural Gallery, July 2012.
2012, ‘Re-Collected,’ Re-Collected: A Photographic Survey of Place, Alex Bishop-Thorpe, Prospect Gallery, August 2012.
ART INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2011- 2017, casual workshop instructor, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2009 - 2016, volunteer gallery assistant, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2011-2013, volunteer assistant, art mentor and workshop instructor, Hutt Street Centre Art Program
2011-2012, Workshop Coordinator, ‘Crafty Skills,’ held monthly at Tooth and Nail Studio
2009 - 2011, volunteer gallery assistant, The Jam Factory
Current Ph.D. by Research (Women's Studies) - College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
2015 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours - First Class) - South Australian School of Art, The University of South Australia
2012 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Art History and Theory) - South Australian School of Art, The University of South Australia
2008 Certificate IV, Women's Studies - TAFE SA
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
2019 - current
Gallery Staff, Pepper Street Arts Centre
EXHIBITIONS AS CURATOR
2016:
Beyond Nature, The Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, Fringe 2016.
2015:
Diverse Feminisms, curated with Lauren Mustillo, Westbar Gallery, University of South Australia, exhibition held in conjunction with, Transgressions: 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference, Flinders University, September 2015.
2014:
Present Moment, Adelaide South West Community Centre
Cloud Watching, Alice Blanch, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
In Vivo: Inside the Living, Cheryl Hutchens, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
The Talent Within, (co-curated with Jill Newman), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Animalia, Kacey Boxall and Alyshia Eming, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
The Healing Cloth, Chopped Collective, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015:
Being There, Urban Cow Studio
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015:
Concrete and Lived, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Love a Good Yarn: Knitting and Crochet, From Nanna to Now, Migration Museum Adelaide
2014:
Encounter: 2014 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) Graduate Exhibition, SASA Gallery
A Little Scream, South Australian School of Art, Foyer Gallery
Present Moment, Adelaide South West Community Centre
The Healing Cloth, Chopped Collective, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
2013:
Untamed, The Mill
Touching Light, Ladybeads Gallery Space
2012:
Studio Print Exhibition, Fontanelle Gallery Project Space
Red Threads, Lincoln College
Blood Sweat and Theory, Seedling Art Space
2011:
Rare: 2011 SASA Graduate Exhibition, University of South Australia
Nexus Members Exhibition, Nexus Multicultural Gallery
Tree Talk, (with Audrey Emery), Pepper Street Arts Centre
Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Blood Sweat and Theory, SASA Gallery student project space
The RiAus Crochet Coral Reef, The Science Exchange
2010:
Sixteen, SASA Gallery Project Space, part of the 121 artists in 12 weeks project
Seen, Not Heard: An Exhibition of Artist Made Books, Goodwood Library
International Women’s Day Exhibition, St Peters Cathedral
SELECTED COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2016:
WOMAD Festival Kidzone art workshops, Dream Baskets with Lizzy Emery
Summer workshop program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2015:
The Magic of Indigo, summer workshops, Adventuress Textiles, Port Adelaide
‘Start Arts’ Summer Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
‘3R’s Therapeutic Art Workshops,’ Pepper Street Arts Centre (working with adults with Alzheimer’s Disease)
Spring Textile Workshop program,The Magic of Indigo and Bountiful Baskets public workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2014:
Textiles Workshop with students from Trinity College, University of South Australia, Textiles studio
Summer Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2013:
Basketry Workshop Program, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2012:
Textiles Workshop Programs, Fontanelle Gallery workshop space
SALA Basket Making Workshop, Norwood Town Hall
SALA Children’s Art Workshops, Campbelltown Community Centre
Children’s Mosaics Mural Project, Enfield Kindergarten
Dye Making ‘Master Class’ workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Summer Wearable Art workshop, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Silk Shibori Scarf workshop, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Crafty Skills monthly workshops, Tooth and Nail Studio and Gallery
2011:
‘3R’s Therapeutic Art Workshops,’ Pepper Street Arts Centre
Art Workshop Program, Hutt Street Centre Art Program
Crafty Skills monthly workshops, Tooth and Nail Studio and Gallery
Children’s Tie-dye fabric workshop, Enfield Kindergarten
Intergenerational textiles workshops, Pepper Street Arts Centre
Children’s art workshop for Tree Talk exhibition, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2010 Magill community art workshops, Magill Primary School
Campbelltown City art project, SALA Festival event
Pepper Street Arts Centre, children’s mural project
EXHIBITION ESSAYS
2015: 'Talking About the 'F' Word,' co-authored with Lauren Mustillo, Diverse Feminisms, Westbar Gallery, September 2015
2014, 'The Healing Cloth,' Chopped Collective, Women's and Children's Hospital, November 2014
2014, 'A Little Scream,' Honours Student Exhibition, South Australian School of Art Foyer Gallery, June 2014
2014, 'Looking Out, Looking In: Two exhibitions exploring the experience of landscape,' Alice Blanch and Cheryl Hutchens, Women's and Children's Hospital, May 2014
2014, 'Present Moment,' Adelaide South West Community Centre, May 2014
2013, 'Touching Light,' Ladybeads Gallery, May 2013
2012, ‘Concrete Me,’ Concrete Me, Andre Lawrence and Elyas Alavi, Nexus Multicultural Gallery, July 2012.
2012, ‘Re-Collected,’ Re-Collected: A Photographic Survey of Place, Alex Bishop-Thorpe, Prospect Gallery, August 2012.
ART INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2011- 2017, casual workshop instructor, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2009 - 2016, volunteer gallery assistant, Pepper Street Arts Centre
2011-2013, volunteer assistant, art mentor and workshop instructor, Hutt Street Centre Art Program
2011-2012, Workshop Coordinator, ‘Crafty Skills,’ held monthly at Tooth and Nail Studio
2009 - 2011, volunteer gallery assistant, The Jam Factory