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Artists Statement


Academic Studies

1988-89

Full time Associate Diploma of Visual Arts Kelvin Grove Brisbane College of Advanced Education./ Queensland University of Technology.

1970-71

Full time Secondary School Art Teaching. Kelvin Grove Teacher's College

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Employment

2004 Independent Curator Craft Queensland
2000-2001 Artist-in Residence Edwards Dunlop Paper

1997-8

Acting Gallery director

Queensland Arts Council

1993-2009

Workshop tutor

 

1988-89 

Employed to design all over fabrics for a city fashion boutique, and resort wear manufacturer.

Remartchi - fashion house

1979-87 

Manufacturing business - screen printed and painted garments.

Self employed 

1974-78 

 Secondary art teacher - . Some primary art teaching, and  tertiary lecturing at McCaulay Teacher’s College.

All Hallows' Brisbane

1972-73 

Secondary art teacher.

Stanthorpe State High.

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Professional Activities

2009 Guest speaker Opening of In Your Dreams at Caloundra Art Gallery and Bundaberg Arts Centre
2008 Guest  speaker Opening of In Your Dreams at Rockhampton Art Gallery and Logan Art Gallery and Albury Art Gallery.
  Initiated the collaborative artist’s book In Your Dreams includes 30 artists from Australia, Canada and Germany.  Book available on In Your Dreams website.
  Facilitated Journey of the Fitzroy River Collaborative Artist’s Book Project Rockhampton Art Gallery
  Addressed Noosa Books Back to Basics  seminar day   talk on artist’s own work and its context - Noosa Regional  Gallery
2007 Munich Invited to attend Amerika Haus for Lang Nacht du Musee ( Long Night of Museums) where In Your Dreams is being shown – delivering public lecture children’s workshops and other speaking opportunities. 
  Munich - Amerika Haus Awarded Qld Government grant to attend Lang Nacht Du Musee where In Your Dreams was featured.
2006 Selected work included in 2006 calendar  Pitcher Partners
2005 Delivered the Christine & David Campbell lecture  Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery
2004-8 Curator: In Your Dreams An international art exchange exhibition between artists in  Australia, Canada and Korea..
2004 Curator: Book Works An exhibition of Queensland artist's books for Craft Queensland
2003 Artists talk - Lost and Found Caloundra Regional Art Gallery
  Artists talk - Paper as Object Gold Coast Arts Centre
2002 Co-curator :Lost & Found An international art exchange exhibition between artists in Brisbane, Australia and Hong Kong, China.
2002 Curator: Kraft + paper an exhibition of Australian artists working with paper, Gallery 482, Brisbane
2000-2001 Artist-in-residence Edwards Dunlop Paper - artists with industry project
2001 Artist's talk Noosa Regional Gallery, floor talk for Paper as Object exhibition
1999-2004  Board member of  TAFTA TAFTA - The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Ltd
1998 Selector - Warwick Regional Art Gallery Two local exhibitions selected to hang in Brisbane at the Arts Council Gallery
1998 Project Manager – for the Queensland Arts Council for the Oliviero Toscani – 15 years of images for the united Colors of Benetton exhibition brought out from Italy for touring within Australia for three years.

1996 

 Artist’s Talk - Prospect Gallery 

"Second Look" exhibition 

1992 

 Artist's Talk - Ipswich Regional Gallery 

juried group exhibition "Threaded Paradox" exhibition

1992 

 Artist's Talk - Warwick Regional Gallery 

 solo exhibition at Warwick Regional Gallery

1978 

 Co-authored book - "Macrame - the Australian Way" 

Published by Jacaranda Wiley.

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Publications

2009 Queenslander's All Over Book written to mark the Queensland sesquicentenary. Written by Joan Burton Jones Foreword by Kevin Rudd PM Aust
  http://www.helensanderson.com.au/ Archived by National Library of Australia, and State Library of Queensland
  http://www.inyourdreams.helensanderson.com.au/ Archived by National Library of Australia, and State Library of Queensland
2008 Textile Fibre Forum Issue 3, No 91, 2008 In Your Dreams
  Courier Mail Thursday 31 July 2008  Around the Galleries 
  Morning Bulletin – Rockhampton  2nd May 2008 Forging ahead for beautiful artworks
  Rockhampton & Fitzroy News – 7th May 2008 Triple treat art launch
2007 Lenningen, Germany 3rd December 2007  Teckbote Kirchheim
  Munich Found – September 2008 Three Continents – Many dreams
2006 National Library of Australia, and State Library of Queensland Lost and Found website archived
  Brandon Sun Newspaper 5.7.2006 Global Vision
  Winnipeg Free Press Newspaper 1.9.2006 30 artists delve into dream world –
2006 30 Artists delve into dream world Winnipeg Free Press Newspaper 1.9.06
  Global Vision Brandon Sun Newspaper 5.7.2006
  Lttp://www.geocities.com/lost_and_found_hk_au/index.html

 

archived by the National Library of Australia, and State Library of Queensland
2004 Textile Fibre Forum Kraft + Paper, curated paper exhibition
2003 Textile Fibre Forum Vol 22 Issue 1 No 69 Lost and Found, International Group Exhibition
2002 Textile Fibre Forum Vol 21 Issue 3 No 67 Remembered and Seen
2001 Eyeline Special Issue: the critical writing process 2001 - Dr Margaret Maynard: Paperscapes
2000 Textile Fibre Forum Volume 19, Issue 3, No 59, 2000.  The Music Series
1999

 South West News

Artist recaptures her childhood memories  16.6.99 

27.5.99

 Stanthorpe Border Post

Fruit of the Vine 27.5.99

1998

 Craft Arts International

No.42 1998 Portfolio No 169 Helen Sanderson ,

  Branching Out Queensland Arts Council April 1998 Vol2 No.1 Helen Sanderson Monoprints
 

Craft Arts International

 No44 1998 Buyers Guide No17

  Courier Mail Review  18.12.98 Nature Exhibition at Craft Queensland Gallery by Jeff Shaw

1997

 Textile Fibre Forum 1997 Vol. 16, issue No 2 No. 49 

Helen Sanderson - Evolving Histories

1996

 Photo front cover Touring & Development Directory 1996-97 

Queensland Arts Council publication 

 

Textile Fibre Forum 

Vol.15, issue 3 No. 47

1994 

 Photo front cover and article Craft Link magazine. 

Vol 8 March 1994

1993

 Eyeline Magazine

 "Threaded Paradox" exhibition  No 21 review

1992 

The Brisbane Review -

 August 13- "Engaging Contemporary Fibre Art"

  Courier Mail -

Tuesday August 4 - Style File

 

 Warwick Daily News - June 4 Threaded Paradox Catalogue 

Ipswich Regional Art Gallery
  Brisbane Circle  June 1992 Vol 3
   Textile Fibre Forum No 34 1992 - Recent Work by Helen Sanderson
 

 Craft Link

June 1992 Vol 6 No 5 representing the Australian Craft Show

  Crafts Arts International No 24 - representing the Crafts Council of Queensland Art and Australia Vol 30 No 2 - Summer.
  Artfile

- a source book of Australian contemporary artists and galleries.

1990

 Textile Fibre Forum

 No 30 Gallery review.

1990

 9th National Fibre Exhibition catalogue 

 Tamworth Regional Art Gallery.

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Individual Exhibitions

2008 Two Vines - from Ballandean to Tuscany paintings  Montego's on the Bay, satellite exhibition curated by Art Gallery of the Sunshine Coast
2006 Co-Ordinates Paintings and artist's books RM Galleries, Brisbane
2005 Antarctica An exhibition of painting and artists books at Maria Perides Gallery, Brisbane
2003 Past and Present Exhibition of landscape oil paintings at Maria Perides Gallery, Newstead, Brisbane.
2002 Exhibition featuring book works created while artist in residence at Edwards Dunlop Paper. Special Collections Display Unit of the James Hardie Library of Australian Fine Arts.
2002 Remembered and Seen March 22nd until Sunday 14th April 2002  Warwick Art Gallery … an exploration of the local landscape through memory and observation.
2000 "Helen Sanderson: The Music Series" Exhibition of collage works touring Queensland with Q'ld Arts Council
1999 "Helen Sanderson: The Music Series"   Exhibition of collage works at Lyric Lounge, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane.

1999 

 "Fruit of the Vine"

Exhibition of land- scape painting  Trevenen House Gallery, Brisbane.

1998

"Dance Series"

 Queensland the University of Technology Theatre

1997 

 "The Spirit of the Dance"

Exhibition of drawings, monoprints, artist’s books and works on canvas relating to the Australian Folkloric Dance Company. Gilchrist Galleries, Brisbane.

1997 

 "Helen Sanderson: The Folkloric Dance Series"

Lyric Lounge of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Tour

1997-8 "Helen Sanderson: The Folkloric Dance Series"  Toured Queensland under the combined auspices of the Queensland Arts Council  and the Queensland Performing Arts Trust.

1996 

"Helen Sanderson: The  Symphony Orchestra Series" .

Toured under the auspices of the Queensland Arts Council and the Queensland Performing Arts Trust for 1996/7

1995 

 "Orchestra Player Series" 

ABC House, Brisbane.

1995 

"Helen Sanderson: The Symphony Orchestra Series"

 Lyric Lounge of the Queensland Performing Arts Complex.

1992

"City/Country: An Exploration"

Warwick Regional Gallery

1991

"Recent work - Helen Sanderson

Carseldine Campus Gallery -Queensland University of Technology

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Group Exhibitions

2009 Tasmania 1:100,000 Mapping the Island 10 Days on the Island Festival, IXL Atrium Hobart, Tasmania
 

In Your Dreams

Caloundra Regional Art Gallery; Bundaberg Arts Centre; Cairns Regional Gallery
2008 Back to Basics

Books exhibition 2009 for the Noosa Regional Gallery

  Boxed Visions The Studio, West End, Brisbane
  Freestyle Books artists books from the collection State Library of Queensland
  Libris Awards Australian Artists book prize, Mackay Artspace
  ART =START+  international project by Ko de Jonge, Holland
  In Your Dreams Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery; Logan Art Gallery; Albury City Regional Art Gallery
  Untitled tape art project – initiated in Canada
 

Selected for the Libris Awards

Australian Artists book prize, Mackay Artspace, Mackay, Queensland

  ART =START+ International project by Ko de Jonge, Holland
  In Your Dreams International art exhibition begins its Australian tour at Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery;  then moves to Logan Art Gallery; Albury City Regional Art Gallery
2007

Group Show

RM Galleries, Brisbane
 

In Your Dreams

Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany Museum für Papier at Lenningen, Germany
 

3 artists 3 countries

Museum für Papier at Lenningen, Germany
2006 In Your Dreams international exchange exhibition- Canadian component 2006: Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Canada; The Mennonite Heritage Center Gallery in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Libris Awards 1st Australian artist's book awards - Mackay Regional Art Gallery
  Opening exhibition RM Galleries at Palma Rosa, Brisbane
2005 Australian Red Cross Asia Quake & Tsunami appeal invitational show Museum of Brisbane
  Women at Work in Contemporary Society Warwick Regional Gallery - works selected by Q'ld Art Gallery
  Image as Text as Image Artist's book exhibition Noosa Regional Art Gallery
2004 Book Works exhibition of Queensland artists' books at Craft Queensland
  A Vision of the Future Curated by Dawn Oelrich at  Bribie Island Community Arts Centre
2003-4 Lost and Found
 Exhibition touring to Warwick Art Gallery; Redcliffe City Art Gallery; Caloundra Regional Gallery and Logan Art Gallery
2001-4 Paper as Object
 Exhibition touring:

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery;
Canberra School of Art ;
Moree Plains Regional Gallery; Broken Hill;
Mildura Arts Centre; Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta; Gippsland Art Gallery/Latrobe Regional Gallery; Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery;Grafton Regional Art Gallery ;
New England Regional Art Gallery Armidale; Warwick Art Gallery; Gold Coast City Art Gallery; Tamworth;  Dalby; Emerald

2003 15 artists Invitational at Redcliffe City Art Gallery
  Under the influence
 Book Arts Faculty and Students   Invitational, Arrowmont, USA
  Global connection 03.03.03

 IAPMA  Geneva Switzerland

  Envelope

  Detroit Film Centre USA

2002 August Kraft +Paper Gallery 482, 482 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
2002 Lost and Found, March 2002 Fringe Gallery Hong Kong, Aug-Sept 2002 in Brisbane. an international exchange exhibition with four Australian and four Hong Kong artists
2001 4th Artists Book + Multiples Fair  organised by Noreen Grahame of Grahame Galleries, held at School of Arts Bldg, Brisbane
  Out of Step , mixed textile exhibition Trevenon House Gallery, Brisbane
2001 June/July Paper as Object Noosa Regional Art Gallery, and future tour of Australia
2001  March 28- June 1st Island Postcards   Tasmaniana Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart
2001 Secrets and Longings: Textures of Life Port Macquarie & Hastings Regional Gallery, Pt Macquarie, NSW
2000 mixed exhibition Trevenen House Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Watling-Von Bibra Art Award Land-Water-Australia Bruce Watling Galleries, Southport
1999 "festivity" Trevenen House Gallery, Brisbane

1998

 "artist’s books+multiples fair brisbane"

Grahame Galleries , School of Arts, Brisbane

1998

 "Turkish Delights" 

Artrysts Gallery, Roseville, Sydney

1998

 "Nature" Craft 

Queensland Gallery, Brisbane

1997 

 "Universal Languages" 

Gilchrist at the Cannery, Teneriffe Q’ld

1997

 "Artist’s Books"

 Main Street Editions, Hahndorf S.A.

1997

 "Mind Maps" 

Metro Arts Gallery, Brisbane

1997

 "The Director’s Choice" 

Tony Gill Galleries, Montville

1996 

 "Second Look" This was the inaugural juried exhibition of the National Textile Biennial.

Prospect Gallery, South Australia.

1997

"Identity" A series of work looking at artists whose work explores identity.

BBC Gallery, Brisbane

1997

 "Black & White" works on paper and ceramics exhibition 

The Contemporary Art & Design Gallery, Brisbane

1997

 "About Brisbane" Exhibition 

 Gilchrist Galleries, Brisbane

1996

 "artists’ books + multiples fair ‘96" Exhibition 

 Metro Arts Gallery, Brisbane, organised by Grahame Galleries

1996

 "The London Artists’ Book Fair"

Exhibition of artists’ books from around the world Work taken by Main Editions, Hahndorf, S.A Barbican Concourse Gallery in London, U.K.

1996

 "Performance to Pewter" Exhibition from the showcase series.

 Queensland Arts Council Gallery, Brisbane, 

1996

"Gifted"

An exhibition of selected work by members of the Crafts Council of Queensland

1995 

 "Book Artists: Booked In"

 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery

1995

 "Earth, Fire Water" A series of works dealing with landscape.

BBC Gallery, Brisbane

1994-1997 

 Exhibitions - permanent

 Gilchrist Galleries, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

1994

 "A Different View"

Touring exhibition curated by Kim Mahood, assistance by Arts Queensland, VACB, and Flying Arts School. This work toured to:Townsville - Umbrella Studio;Mt Isa - Civic Centre;Cloncurry - John Flynn Place;Rockhampton - Walter Reid Centre;Mackay - City Library;Dalby - Regional Gallery;Noosa - Regional Gallery;Lismore - Regional Gallery;Ipswich - Regional Gallery;Brisbane - Fireworks Gallery.

1995

 "Artists Book + Multiples Fair"

Grahame Galleries, State Library of Queensland

1995

 "Southbank Impressions"

Contemporary Quilt touring exhibition with Queensland Arts Council.

1993 

 "Function Art" 

Bartleme Gallery, Brisbane

1993

 "Celebrate Australia"

Slides selected to be exhibited in Tokyo,a $40 million promotional extravaganza aimed at changing Australia's image in Japan. The slides will be left permanently at Australia House in Tokyo.

1993

 "Highly Irregular . . Quilts Not According to Rule" 

Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Exhibition touring to Campbelltown Regional Gallery, Albury Regional Gallery, Melbourne Meat Market Craft Gallery

1993

 "Pasqua - A Group Exhibition to Celebrate Easter"

Meat Market Craft Centre, North Melbourne

1993

 "Farm Series" 

Magazine Space, Pier 9, Brisbane.

1993

Selected as one of eleven Queensland artists to make a submission for a major commissioned work for the new Federal Law Court building.

 

1993

"Dressed to Kill" Selected to provide brooches to the Australian National Gallery Gift Shop in conjunction with the exhibition. Australian National Gallery Gift Shop 

 

1992

 "One Thousand Miles"

Crafts Council of Queensland.

1992

"Recent Work by Fibre Artists Bernadette Will and Helen Sanderson".

Studio awarded by Artist in Studio program. McWhirter's Artspace, Brisbane.

1992

Australian Craft Show, Brisbane

(share space with Adele Outteridge)

1992

"Threaded Paradox" Contemporary Fibre Art

Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, juried exhibition.

1992

 "The Third Dimension and More" 

Metro Arts Gallery

1991 

 "Linkages with Thread"

 Queensland Craft Council Gallery

1991

 "Town and Country" 

Caltex Warana Gallery

1990 

9th National Fibre Art Exhibition Tamworth Regional Art Gallery
1990 Presenting Kerry McLaren, Bernadette Will and Helen Sanderson McWhirter's Artspace  

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Major Commissions

1995

Large nine-panelled work commissioned for the office foyer of HTM Wilson - stockbrokers 

 21st floor Riverside Centre in Brisbane.

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Public Collections

Queensland Department of Treasury

Toowoomba TAFE College Library

Department of Primary Industries in Queensland

James Hardie Library of Australian Fine Art collection

Queensland Arts Council Collection

Edwards Dunlop Paper

Brisbane Grammar School

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Prizes

 1989 

1st Prize - Caloundra Art Show - Textile Award

 1972 

Most improved student award - Kelvin Grove Teacher's College

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Memberships

 The Australian Forum of Textile Arts

 Queensland Artworkers Alliance

 

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Web Sites

I currently have my work on the following web sites:

 
  My site - this one! http://www.helensanderson.com.au

  Lost and Found Art Exhibition 

http://www.geocities.com/lost_and_found_hk_au/index.html

   In Your Dreams Exhibition

http://inyourdreams.helensanderson.com.au/

  Queensland Artworkers Alliance:  

http://www.artworkers.asn.au

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Availability

Helen Sanderson is currently available for commissioned art works, workshops, tutorials etc.

Please contact Helen directly.

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