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Invitational Exhibitions

  • 2021:  The New Quilt, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia
  • 2017:  Colours of Australia, Taree Regional Art Gallery, Australia
  • 2016:  Golden Textures Quilt Expo en Beaujolais – Villefranche en Saone, France
  • 2015:  Golden Textures Festival of Quilts – Birmingham, England
  • 2014:  Great Southern Land Brenda Gael Smith – Curator Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork – Alsace France

Juried Exhibitions

  • 2023   Quilt National – Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio, USA.
    Jurors: Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Irene Roderick and Chiaki Dosho.
  • 2022  QUILTS=ART=QUILTS – Schweinfurth Art Centre, NY, USA
    Jurors: Jacquie Gering, Sheila Frampton Cooper and Ana Lisa Hedstrom.
  • 2022 Australia Wide 8, Warwick Art Gallery, QLD, Australia. Jurors: Cathy Jack Coupland, Lisa Walton, Sophie O’Brien
  • 2021 The Fine Arts Textile Award – Finalist, Birmingham, UK. Jurors: Anya Paintsil, Dr. Christine Checinska, Cos Ahmet, Jo Hall, Karen Nichol, and Uthra Rajgopal
  • 2021 QUILTS=ART=QUILTS, Schweinfurth Arts Center, Auburn, NY, USA Jurors – Jane Dunnewold, Karen Schultz.
  • 2021 Art Quilt Australia 2021 – Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, NSW – Jurors: Lisa Call, Julie Ryder, Bronwyn Coulston.
  • 2021 Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award – Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC. Jurors: Susan Reid, Hannah Presley and Michael Moran.
  • 2021   Quilt National – Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio, USA.
    Jurors: Nancy Bavor, Brigitte Kopp, Karen Schultz
  • 2019   Quilt National – Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio, USA.
    Jurors:  Francois Barnes, Judy Kirpich, Carolyn Ducey
  • 2019   Dare to Differ – Gallery M, Adelaide South Australia
    Jurors: Suzanne Gummow and Julie Haddrick –Textile Artists
  • 2019   Art Quilt Australia / Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize
    National Wool Museum, Victoria Australia
    Jurors: Padriac Fisher, Director National Wool Museum. Leonie Andrews, Textile Artist. Julie Bradley, Artist
  • 2018  QUILTS=ART=QUILTS – Schweinfurth Art Centre, NY, USA
    Jurors: Gerri Spilka, Kit Vincent, Robert Shaw
  • 2017  Quilt National – Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio, USA
    Jurors: Nancy Crow, Petra Fallaux, Art Martin.
  • 2017  Art Quilt Australia/ Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize Queen Victoria Art Gallery, Tasmania
    Jurors: Padriac Fisher, Director National Wool Museum, Clare Plug – Textile Artist. Mairi Ward, Artist and Designer
  • 2017  Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia.
    Juror: Mardi Nowak, Curator Town Hall Gallery. Karli Hawking, Weaver. Anthony Camm, Director Ararat Art Gallery

Selected Awards

  • 2019   Art Quilt Australia – Highly Commended, Wool Museum, Victoria, Australia
  • 2017   Cathy Rathmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award Quilt National – Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio, USA
  • 2016   1st prize, Art Quilt Category – Sydney Quilt Show
  • 2015   1st prize, Art Quilt Category – One Step Further, Mildura Art Centre, Victoria, Australia
  • 2015   1st prize, Innovative Category – Modern Quilt Show, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2012   1st prize Contemporary Art Quilt Category & Judges Choice, 1st prize, Master Contemporary Art Quilt Sydney Quilt Show, Sydney, Australia
  • 2011   Contemporary Art Quilt Prize – Quilt NSW (Bushwalk Flora 2)
  • 2005   1st prize – Contemporary Quilt Category Australian Cotton Fibre Expo, Narrabri, Australia

Publications

  • QUILT NATIONAL 2019 and 2017: The Best of Contemporary Quilts The Dairy Barn Arts Centre, Athens Ohio (Publisher)              
  • COLOURS OF AUSTRALIA – Directions in Quiltmaking (ORIGINS) QuiltNSW – AJ.B. Fairfax Press. Print
  • CREATIVE PATCHWORK – Annette Claxton (OH ROY) New Holland (Publishers) UK. Print
  • QUILTERS KALAIDESCOPE – Dianne Finnegan (MY TROPICAL GARDEN) Simon & Schuster Australia. Print

Press

  • 2019 Conversations: Anna Brown Ozquilt Network Newsletter. February edition.
  • 2018 Anna Brown Simply Moderne, Quiltmania. Issue 14, page 20. Print
  • 2018   My thoughts on the exhibition ONE STEP FURTHER. Vic Quilter – July edition – page 14. Article
  • 2013   Australian Patchwork and Quilting – Volume 22, No 9, June

Public Collections

  • Quilt Study Centre, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA – Quilt National Collection (REFLECTIONS – Dusk 3)
  • Prospect Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia (KIMBERLEY COLOURS)
  • QuiltNSW, Australia (ORIGINS)

Private Collections

  • Annette Gero, Quilt historian and collector. (PATTERNS 8 Honour the Past)
  • Many others in Australia, USA, and UK.

Related Work History

  • 2020   Juror The New Quilt, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
  • 1997   Juror The Green Show New Quilt, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, Australia
  • 1991-1995 Joint co-ordinator of the New Quilt Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, Australia

Professional Affiliations

  • Ozquilt Network, Australia
  • Studio Art Quilt Associates – Oceania
  • QuiltNSW, Australia
  • Great Lakes Art Society, Forster, New South Wales, Australia

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