CV
Born London (GB) 1987, Meeanjin/Brisbane (AUS) 1993-2013, Naarm/Melbourne (AUS) 2014- ongoing
Represented by Tolarno Galleries
Education
2019, 2014- 2016 Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture and Spatial Practice) First Class Honours, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2010, 2005- 2007 Bachelor of Fine Art (Fashion Design) Honours, Queensland University of Technology
Solo Exhibitions
2023 This body is experiencing pleasure, Tolarno Galleries, Victoria
Gorgeous, Tolarno Galleries, Victoria
2022 Harbingers: Loie, Lilith, Artemisia, Sarah and Pixie, Maitland Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2019 Fantasies 2, Ararat Gallery TAMA, Victoria
2018 Fantasies, Metro Arts Gallery, Queensland
2016 Felt and Held, George Paton Gallery, Victoria
Group Exhibitions
2024 Flying Out (Firecracker), Tolarno Galleries, Victoria
New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design, Salamanca Arts Centre, Tasmania; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria; Hamilton, Victoria (upcoming); Redcliffe Art Gallery, Queensland (upcoming); Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Queensland (upcoming)
2023 Melbourne Now, Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria
New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design, Jam Factory, South Australia; Benella Art Gallery, Victoria
15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Queensland
2022 Fragile Beauty, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Victoria
Text Tile, Caves Gallery, Victoria
Ellen José Art Award, Bayside Gallery, Victoria
Improper Structures, Creo Melbourne, Victoria
2021 Leftover Love, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Victoria
Fresh Materials: New Australian Textile Art, Townsville City Galleries, Queensland
Primavera: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, New South Wales
Clove Hitch, Sawtooth ARI, Tasmania
2020 A Family Album, Town Hall Gallery, Victoria
Making Art Work, Institute of Modern Art (Belltower), Queensland
RAZZLE DAZZLE, Brisbane City Council Outdoor Gallery, Queensland
Fun Room, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria
Tough and Tender, Side Gate, Victoria
2019 Four Letter Word, Artbank, New South Wales
Performing Textiles, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Victoria
2018 Beyond Reason, QUT Art Museum, Queensland
Lucky Charm, Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Victoria
Dress Code, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
Home Made Good, The Johnston Collection, Victoria
This Wild Song, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria
This Wild Song, Australian High Commission, Singapore
Mia and Skye in the Sleepover, BLINDSIDE Play Screen, Victoria
2017 Objective Memory, KINGS ARI, Melbourne CBD (including a Tactile Tour for visually impaired members of the public)
Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Western Australia
Fresh!, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2013 EN MASSE, Fish Lane Studios, Brisbane
2010 Echo Echo, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2008 Re-Making- Brisbane Square Library, Brisbane (collaboration with Monika Holgar, using de-accessioned historical garments
donated from the National Trust)
Shape of Things to Come- The Block, QUT, Queensland
2007 ARC Art Craft and Design Biennale- QUT Art Museum
Green is the New Black – Artisan Gallery, Brisbane
Viewfinder, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Public collections
Artbank: Bunnies in Love, Lust and Longing #3, 5 and 9 (2017-18)
Wangaratta Art Gallery: Dissolved nightie in lilac (2018), The art of setting yourself free/ From Lucy with love (2016)
Wesfarmers: Imagining Frances’ cape (2023)
Ararat Gallery TAMA: Waiting (2023)
City of Darebin: Wall Kisser (2022)
Awards, Residencies, Grants
2023 Finalist, 15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Victoria
2022 Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2021 Sustaining Creative Workers Grant, Creative Victoria
Quick Response Arts Grant, Creative Development, City of Melbourne
2020 Create Grant, Australian Council for the Arts
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant
Individual Development Grant, Moreland City Council
Australian Tapestry Workshop residency, South Melbourne, Victoria
2019 Winner, National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award (VCA Grad Show)
Finalist, Victorian Craft Awards, Craft Victoria
Finalist, Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, Wangaratta Art Gallery
2017 Varda Artist Residency, Sausalito, California, USA
Individual Development Grant, Moreland City Council
Finalist, Fischer's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, New South Wales
Finalist, Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria
Finalist, Victorian Craft Awards, Craft Victoria
Finalist, Contemporary Sculpture Association Graduate Survey Show, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford
2016 Winner, Mary & Lou Senini Student Art Award (Textiles) McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park
Winner, National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association Award (VCA Grad Show)
Workshops/ Talks / Other
2023 Mentor for VCA Access program, Masters of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of the Arts
Panel discussion ‘Weaving Together - Tapestries from the Artbank collection’, Artbank, Victoria
Australian Queer Archives x NGV Ballet Box discussion with Meg Slater, The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria
Artist talk for ‘New Exuberance: contemporary Australian textile design’, Benella Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
2022 ‘Making Time with Hannah Gartside’ 1.5 hour workshop and discussion for 12-21 year olds, Museum of Contemporary Art
Art Forum lecture for Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, VIC
In-conversation with Mig Dann, for her survey exhibition ‘The Intimacy of Scrutiny’ at Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, VIC
2021 Co-presenter ‘You are an artist and that is how you have to live’, 1.5 hour lecture/discussion, for recent VCA graduates, presented with artist Georgia Spain
Workshop facilitator, Rising Festival, Museo Areo Solar project (4 workshops with participants from schools, community groups, and staff and students from University of Melbourne, run in collaboration with the Science Gallery)
Guest lecture at Coll Arts for Fashion Design and Sustainability 1st year students
2020 'Repeating Pattern’ online workshop for VCA/MCM students at University of Melbourne
Making Art Work, commission ‘Knowing Fabric’ 45 minute live-stream performance lecture, Institute of Modern Art
2019 Poem reading with Kate Woodcroft for artist Sarah Poulgrain’s event ‘A set of new skills’, Institute of Modern Art
Children’s Workshops facilitator, Footscray Community Arts Centre
2018- Costume and set design and construction for Willow Beats (Kalyani Mumataz and Narayan Johnston)
2016
2018 Guest lecture and tutorials at Queensland University of Technology for BFA 4th year Fashion Design degree students
2017 Presenter, Textile Fibre Forum, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria
2009-2013
Ballet costume maker and dresser, Queensland Ballet including Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Carmen, Coppelia, Cinderella, La Sylphide, The Little Mermaid, King Arthur and the Tales of Camelot and Swan Lake
2013 Costume maker, Queensland Theatre Company, Mothercourage and her children
Christmas Holiday Workshops facilitator, Brisbane Square Library, Queensland
Sunday Salon workshop facilitator, Brisbane Square Library, Queensland
2012 Christmas Holiday Workshop facilitato, Brisbane Square Library, Queensland
Sewing Circle workshop facilitator, Brisbane Square Library
'Sewing School' project commission for Peppermint Magazine, Summer 2012
2011 Art Bites Workshops facilitator, Brisbane City Council, Queensland
Collage Workshops facilitator- Ideas Festival at State Library of Queensland
2010 Costume maker, Queensland Theatre Company, Grimm's Fairytales
Tutor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
Costume maker, Opera Queensland, Space Encounters
Art Bites Workshops facilitator, Brisbane City Council, Queensland
2010- 2008
Costume designer and wardrobe co-ordinator/maker, Dance, Queensland University of Technology
Research trips
2017 August- week long studio assistant work, and mentorship with Australian artist Jemima Wyman in Los Angeles, California, USA.
2013 June- three day workshop on natural-dyeing techniques with textile artist India Flint in Queensland, AUS.
2011 September- trip to Denver, Colorado, USA for the National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA) conference and masterclasses with artist Shelley Thornton.
2010 January- doll-making workshop with Central St Martins, London, GB.