exhibitions
There will be a number of contemporary jewellery and metalwork exhibitions taking place around Sydney to co-incide with the 2006 JMGA Conference. Further details about each exhibition will continue to be added below.
To learn more about the various sponsors of the JMGA Conference, click here.
- CHANGE
30 years of jewellery & objects by Ruudt Peters (The Netherlands)
SCA Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle
Balmain Rd enter at Cecily Street lights
28 January 2006 - 25 February 2006
Tuesday to Friday 11am - 5pm, Saturday 11am - 3pm
Supported by the Mondriaan Foundation
Tel: 02 9351 1008 - Luminaries:
SCA Galleries 1 & 2, Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle
Balmain Rd enter at Cecily Street lights
Curated by Rhana Devenport
28 January 2006 - 25 February 2006
Tuesday to Friday 11am - 5pm, Saturday 11am - 3pm
Tel: 02 9351 1008
New work by six Australiasian jewellers
Carlier Makigawa; Barbara Heath; Margaret West; Warwick Freeman; Catherine Truman; Marian Hosking - Graduate Metal X
Jewellery & objects from recent graduates
View the Graduate Metal poster
Exit Gallery and Auditorium Foyer, Sydney College of the Arts
Balmain Rd enter at Cecily Street lights
27 January 2006 - 3 February 2006
Opening 27 January
Tel: 02 9351 1008 - Japanese jewellers x 5
Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo
Curated by Louise Mitchell
Harris Street, Ultimo
January 2006
Tel: 02 9217 0111 - Rian de Jong: still
Project Space, Object Gallery,
415 Bourke Street, Surry Hills
21 January 2006 - 19 March 2006
Open 11am – 6pm Tuesday to Sunday (Closed Monday - and Australia Day)
Free Admission
Telephone: +61 2 9361 4511
still is a collection of jewellery and objects by leading Dutch contemporary jeweller Rian de Jong. This exhibition is presented as part of on Location: making stories the Biennial Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia international conference, with support from the Mondriaan Foundation. - Jewellery Out of Context (JOC)
An exhibition of New Zealand artists
The Muse is situated corner Marie-Ann Street and Thomas Street, Ultimo, Sydney
Opens January 27 - 12 February 2006, open 7 days, also open during all 3 weekends
Curated by Dr Carole M Shepheard & Peter Deckers
Generously supported by TAFE NSW - Sydney Institute Design Centre Enmore and Creative New Zealand
Tel: 02 9217 3418
Click here for more information and a list of artists - On Location Overseas
Australia Council for the Arts Studio Residency Recipients from New South Wales, 1990 - 2005
Australia Council, Elizabeth Street Windows
372 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, Sydney
17 December 2005 - 21 February 2006
Tel: 02 9215 9000
On Location Overseas profiles six Sydney based Jewellers who over the last ten years have received an Australia Council, Visual Arts Board overseas studio residency. This exhibition presents work conceived during the period overseas, as well as recent works. The artists featured in this exhibition are Tracey Clement, Pierre Cavalan, Sheridan Kennedy, Bridie Lander, Helge Larsen and Susanna Strati. - Sighting the Past
Curated by Julian Holland and Lyndel Wischer
Four contemporary jewellers respond to the Macleay Museum collection
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney (between Parramatta Road footbridge and Great Hall)
5 December 2005 – 11 May 2006 (closed 19 December 2006 – 6 January 2006)
Monday to Friday, 10.00 am to 4.30 pm
Enquiries: 9036 5253 Admission free
Artists: Diane Appleby, Keith Lo Bue, Susanna Strati and Alice Whish
The collections of the Macleay Museum are providing the stimulus for four contemporary jewellers to prepare works for an exhibition to be launched in January 2006. Sighting the Past: Four contemporary jewellers respond to the Macleay Museum collections is being mounted to coincide with the Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group of Australia’s biennial conference which will be held in late January. It will showcase works by Diane Appleby, Keith Lo Bue, Susanna Strati and Alice Whish.
Each artist is producing several works for the exhibition which will be shown in conjunction with items from the Macleay’s collections. Sighting the Past is a collaborative project between the Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group of Australia, NSW Branch, and the Macleay Museum. It will be open to the public from early December and run until May 2006. - In The Can
An exhibition representing the Gold and Silversmithing Workshop, including recent works by staff, past and present students- Australian National University School of Art
GIG Gallery
70A Glebe Point Road, Glebe
24 January 2006 - 5 February 2006
Tel. 02 9552 1552 - Victorian Stories
A special exhibition of the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia - Victoria
Brenda May Gallery,
2 Dank Street, Waterloo NSW 2017
17 January 2006 - 11 February
Tel: 02 9318 1122
www.2danksstreet.com.au
Tuesday to Saturday 11am - 6pm
Victorian Stories:is a travelling exhibition that showcases the work of the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia - Victoria (JMGA-Vic). This exhibition has been staged in conjunction with the 2006 JMGA International Conference, On Location - Making Stories: siting, citing, sighting, to be held in Sydney. Victorian artists have responded to this theme in a number of ways experimenting with materials, process, scale and subject matter within the wider context of an investigation into location and narrative. For over 20 years the JMGA-Vic have organised and staged Annual Members Exhibitions which have ensured that the group has continued to grow and thrive. These exhibitions provide a supportive platform for the development and exchange of ideas and philosophies amongst practitioners. Importantly, they also increase community awareness of the value and diversity of contemporary jewellery and metalsmithing through exposure to a variety of audiences. Brenda May Gallery is proud to support this exhibition. - New Work from Maningrida
Horus and Deloris, Contemporary Art Gallery
Gallery Director, Caroline Wales
Level 2, 102 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont, Sydney
17th January 2006 - 2 February 2006
Open 11am-6pm Wed-Sun, except Australia Day open from 11-4pm.
Curated by Dr Louise Hamby and Alice Whish
Web address: www.horusanddeloris.com.au
Tel/fax: 02 9660 6071
New Work from Maningrida presents recent necklaces made by women artists from Maningrida. The materials and techniques used blend traditional indigenous ideas, technology and natural materials to explore visual pattern and construction in new formats. Of the twenty-two artists represented there are established necklace makers like Elsie Marmanga and Susan Malgarrich alongside new artists including Angela Djingarraja and Freda Wayidjba Ali. - rewind/FORWARD
Curated by Margot Douglas
Art Gallery of New South Wales - Research Library and Archive
Art Gallery Road,The Domain, Sydney
25 January 2006 - 28 April 2006
Research Library open: Monday-Friday 10am-4pm & Wednesday evenings to 9pm
Steven Miller or Susan Schmocker Tel: 9225 1700, www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
This exhibition by Townsville-based artist Margot Douglas, explores her family history within the colonial pioneering era of Queensland, from the later half of the 19th century through to the early 20th century. Margot's great grandfather, John Douglas, was a political figure within this period. Although principally known as Premier of Queensland 1877-79 and after whom Port Douglas was named, it was his role as Government Resident in the Torres Straits from 1884 -1904 that held the focus for exploration. New insights into the personal lives of her ancestors and their contributions to political history, community development and the foundation work for Federation have been gleaned by the artist through research into the cultural and heritage influences on personal, political and pioneering convictions of that time. By overlaying references of diaries, photographic material, and correspondence from family and public life, exploring this cultural connection developed into body of work, housed in a series of contemporary version of archival boxes, as jewellery and artist books described their maker as "books for the body". - VOLUME
curated by Cesar Cueva
Metalab {studio+gallery} , ContemporaryJewellery+Objects
10b Fitzroy Place, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010
(02) 8354 1398 Moble: 0415 031 788
(Show runs till March 1st)
Volume offers an insight into the preoccupations and creative development of 6 practicing silversmiths each at varying stages of their artistic careers. The featured artists are noted for their innovative and creative
approaches to metalsmithing. The artists include Oliver Smith, Rohan Nicol, Robert Foster, Sean Booth, Eric Yun Hsiang andCesar Cueva.
- Thinktank
Works created by students currently completing a BA (Jewellery) at Charles Sturt University
Metalab {studio+gallery} , ContemporaryJewellery+Objects
10b Fitzroy Place, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010
(02) 8354 1398 Moble: 0415 031 788
(Show runs till March 1st)
At the JMGA conference in 2006, Metalab in Surry Hills will exhibit the work of students studying in the BA
Jewellery at Charles Sturt University. The exhibition will show a selection of projects from across the program. These illustrate the technical and conceptual excellence emerging from the studio. The exhibition will
identify a new force in the jewellery design and manufacturing education sector. - Out of Site
JMGA-NSW Members Exhibition
Pyrmont Studios 6 Scott Street, Pyrmont
(off Harris St, near John St Square Light Rail Station)
26 January - 5 February 2006
Thurs & Fri 12-6pm, Sat & Sun 11-4pm
Sponsored by: A&E Metal Merchants, House of Jewellery, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and NSW Ministry for the Arts
The Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia - NSW is having a survey exhibition whereby each member is invited to show one favourite piece of their work. This exhibition will be truly wonderful in its diversity. It is being held to coincide with the JMGA Conference in Sydney. This contemporary jewellery and object exhibition is a must see! - Mourning Jewellery from
the Chernobyl Collection
a Belarusian travel exhibition
3 gallery - Sherman Gallery
16-20 Goodhope Street, Paddington
Saturday 4 February - Wednesday 8 March 2006
Tel: 02 9331 1112 - (Im) Permanent Resident
Kinokunyia Gallery,
Level 2, The Galeries Victoria
500 George St Sydney.
Curated by Rui Kikuchi
27 January 2006 - 26 February 2006
- Exsighting, exciting, exsiting
A-Space
Emily Bullock, Pierre Cavalan, Jan Donaldson, Tomoyo Hiraiwa and Josie Cavallaro
Cleveland Street, Surry Hills
24 January - 4 February 2006
Tel: 02 9698 5156
- Worn: Contemporary wearables in glass
Sabbia Gallery
Ground Floor,
72 Campbell Street Surry Hills NSW 2010
19 January - 18 February 2006
Tel: 02 9281 4717
Worn will be presented in Sabbia Gallery’s experimental space - Gallery 2. The exhibition is held in conjunction with New Masters : New Glass, the gallery’s first show for 2006. Since opening in March 2005, Sabbia Gallery’s focus has been the promotion and representation of Australian artists working in glass. WORN has been coordinated by Kylie Johnston to further explore the diversity of work being created by our contemporary glass artists. The artists selected to exhibit have dedicated their artistic practice to the making of jewellery and sculptures in glass, they include: Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Ruth Allen, Lucette Aubort, Sophia Emmett, Kristin McFarlane, Sally Mussett, Blanche Tilden and Bethany Wheeler
For more information about this exhibition click here (PDF)
Other Exhibitions and Events
- Transformations: the language of craft
Curated by Robert Bell
11 November 2005 - 29 January 2006
National Gallery of Australia
10am - 5pm daily
Canberra
This is the first survey exhibition of contemporary craft to be held at the National Gallery of Australia includes 85 Australian and International artists.
Yo Akiyama,Keiko Amenomori-Schmeisser, Giampaolo Babetto, Gordon Baldwin, Giles Bettison, Julie Blyfield, Alison Britton, Micheal Brennand-Wood, Harlan Butt,Tanija and Graham Carr, Claudi Casanovas, John Cederquist, Scott Chaseling, Dale Chihuly, Sharon Church, Deb Cocks, Patrick Collins, Lia Cook, Marilyn Da Silva, Edmund De Waal, Georg Dobler, Pippin Drysdale, Edward Eberle, Bern Emmerichs, Merran Esson, Arline Fisch, Donald Fotescue, Robert Foster, David Freda, Warwick Freeman, Tetsuo Fujimoto, Sueharu Fukami, Kevin Gordon, Patrick Hall, Beth Hatton Yasuo Hayashi, Brian Hirst, Agneta Hobin, Sergei Isupov, Ritz Jacobi, Herman Junger, Jun Kaneko, Tsukasa Kofushiwaki, Daniel Kruger, Sara Lindsy, Nel Linssen, Jessica Loughlin, Helmut Lueckenhausen, Bodil Manz, Ivan Mares, Robert Marsden, Karl Millard, Klaus Moje, Mascha Moje, Ron Nagle, Kimpei Nakamura, Jiri Nekovar, Albert Paley, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Peter Prasil, Wendy Ramshaw, Kirstie Rea, David Regan, Kristina Riska, Christopher Robertson, Gerd Rothman, Micheal Rowe, Bill Samuels, Adrian Saxe, Helen Shirk, Robert Smit, Matin Smith, Bettina Speckner, Ivana Sramkova, Catherine Truman, Ken Thaiday Snr, Grant Vaughan, Tone Vigeland, Irene Vonck, Toni Warburton, David Watkins, Alice Whish, Susan Wraight, Gulumbu Yunupingu, Toots Zynsky. - Collect
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