Artists
- * REPRESENTED ARTISTS
- * Andjana Pachkova
- * Barbara Ryman
- * Black Pacha
- * Christel van der Laan
- * Claire Primrose
- * Denis Clarke
- * Diane Appleby
- * Eden Lennox
- * Elizabeth Kelly
- * Gretal Ferguson
- * James Barker
- * Jill Crossley
- * John Donegan
- * Margarita Sampson
- * Nicole Taubinger
- * Oscar Martin
- * Robin Lawrence
- * Shaelene Murray
- * Snem Yildirim
- * Spalding
- - EXHIBITED ARTISTS
- Bic Tieu
- Brendon Stewart
- Clare Hooper
- Derryn Tal
- Felicity Peters
- Felix Gill
- Fiona Meller
- Harley Oliver
- Jo Wood
- Merilyn Bailey
- Sally Simpson
- Sione Falemaka
- Tom Christophersen
- Vicki Mason
- Zoe Brand
Vicki Mason
Artist Statement
Making jewellery fulfils a need I have to create objects that hold special meanings. These objects can potentially provoke in the wearer and viewer a need for a response or interaction of some kind. A dialogue is opened up – jewellery then acts as a portable tool for the communication of ideas.
My work references my passion for plants as subject. I’m interested in notions of place, belonging and the life cycle and I use plants as metaphors to represent these ideas. Plants native to Australia, exotic plants, plant forms found in the fine and decorative arts and plants used in gardens are just some sources referenced and researched. Botanical motifs have a long history within jewellery’s imagery so are a rich source for reinterpretation and investigation
I combine flexible pedestrian plastics (upholstery and stationery remnants), textile processes and materials alongside metal and metal techniques to create a cross media/material discourse that works across traditional classifications of what jewellery and textiles should be.
EDUCATION
2007 – 2011 Australian National University, Master of Philosophy (Research) Gold and Silversmithing, Canberra, Australia
2006 Box Hill Institute, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Melbourne, Australia
1993 – 1995 Otago Polytechnic, Diploma in Craft Design, (Major: Jewellery) Dunedin, New Zealand
1989 – 1992 University of Otago, Bachelor of Arts, (Major: Classical Studies) Dunedin, New Zealand
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Most recent achievements
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Vignettes from a suburban front yard, Craft, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Botanical Fictions, e.g.etal, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Offshoot, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
2003 Pacific Specific, Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand
2002 Pacific Specific, Object Galleries, Sydney, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2014 4th Buda Contemporary Textile Award and Exhibition 2014 Awards, Castlemaine, Australia
2013 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Artisans in the gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia
Beyond precious... beyond the oceans, Helene Aziza Gallery, Paris, France
2012 mmmmm...., Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong (touring to Sydney 2013)
Once more with love, Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia (touring 2012 - 2013)
The Waterhouse Natural History Prize, Finalist, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia
Diamond Jubilee, Association of Contemporary Jewellery, Birmingham School of Jewellery, Birmingham, UK (touring UK 2012)
SOFA: New York, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
2011 VnX: Filigree to Flora, BILK, Canberra, Australia
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Artisan, Brisbane, Queensland (touring Australia 2011 – 2013)
SOFA: New York and Chicago, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
2010 Signs of Change, FORM, Perth, Australia
Transmutations: Material Reborn, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, USA
SOFA: New York and Chicago, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
2009 Bravura, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Contemporary Wearables ’09, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
SOFA: New York and Chicago, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
SELECTED GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2014 Australian Tapestry Workshop, Artist in Residence, Melbourne, Australia
2012 City of Melbourne, Project Grant, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Arts Victoria, Artists in Schools, Grant, Melbourne Girls College, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Contemporary Wearables Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition, 2009 Award, First Prize, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2006 National Contemporary Jewellery Award, First prize: Jewellery using non precious materials, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2005 Australia Council for the Arts, VACB, New work grant
2004 Arts Victoria, International Program – Cultural Exchange. Towards ‘North and South’ exhibition involving Australian/UK artists at Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2013 The Age newspaper, 22nd June 2013 - http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/homestyle/the-nature-of-adornment-20130621- 2onn7.html
2011 Art Jewelry Today 3, Jeffery B. Snyder, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2011
2010 Craft Arts International, Softer Options, Issue 79, 2010, p 47 - 50
SELECTED WORK HISTORY
2014 National Gallery of Victoria, Masterclass as part of Melbourne Now
2011- 2013 TAFTA, The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Geelong Forum, conference workshop tutor, Geelong, Australia and Contextart Forum, Blue Mountains, Australia
2009 ongoing Swinburne University of Technology, TAFE, Sessional tutor, Diploma Costume for Performance, Melbourne, Australia
2006 – 2007 Box Hill Tafe, Sessional tutor, Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology - Jewellery
2002 ongoing Centre for Adult Education (CAE), Part-time jewellery teacher, adult education program,
Melbourne, Australia
COMMISSIONS
Absolut Vodka Commission, ‘Seven Deadly Sins’, International Anniversary Advertising Campaign, 2001, Sydney, Australia
COLLECTIONS
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW, Australia
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Absolut Vodka Art Collection, Sweden