Curriculum Vitae
Cecile Williams
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Curriculum VitaeCecile Williams |
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P.O. Box 884 Denmark, Western Australia 6333 Tel mob 0439 328 940 Email: |
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| Education | |
| Diploma Fine Art, Claremont School of Art | |
| 1982-84 | Diploma Graphic Design, Perth Technical College |
| Creative Development | |
| 2010 | Mid Career fellowship research and development Department of Arts and Culture WA |
| 2008 | New Work Grant Australia Council New Work Grant Department of Arts & Culture WA |
| 2006 | Quick Response Grant National Puppetry Summit TAS |
| 2003 | Development in Advanced Digital and Traditional Puppetry C.A.D.S.A. Film & Television Institute WA |
| 2001 | Artist Residency International Art Exchange Triangle Project at Dingo Flats, Walpole WA |
| 2000 | Arts WA New Works development grant - resulting in PEEP solo exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre WA |
| 1999 | VLAM International Community Arts Collaboration, Cape Town South Africa & Southern Edge Arts WA Beyond Sound Sculpture and Sound Installation in collaboration with musician Peter Keelan, Hanoi Vietnam |
| 1996 | Whak Visual //Music performing tour in West Canada |
| 1991 | Recipient of Arts WA artists exchange award in Basel, Switzerland |
| Selected Exhibitions / Commissions | |
| 2011 | GHOST NET AUSTRALIA Group exhibition, Butter Factory Arts Centre QLD |
| 2010 | CONTAINED Festival of Perth solo exhibition, Gallery Central Perth WA REPAIRED LOG commissioned artwork for Southern Forrest Sculpture Walk WA |
| 2008 | PEEP Glimpses of the last 4 decades from the Kerry Stokes collection, Art Gallery of WA SILVER Artrage 25yrs, Perth Institute of Contempory Art WA RESURECT-TIP TEMPLE installation, Vancouver Art Gallery Albany WA |
| 2007 | PEEP Glimpses of the last 4 decades from the Kerry Stokes collection, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC |
| 2006 | THIRD EYE FORTH HAND Exhibition, Heathcote Museum and Gallery WA |
| 2003 | Tile Wall Art Commission, in collaboration with Kate Campbell Pope, Karri Lodge Residents Home, WA |
| 2001 | INTERNATIONAL ART EXCHANGE John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, WA PEEP Solo Exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre WA |
| 2000 | DOLL Touring Exhibition Adelaide Festival, Art Space, Adelaide SA |
| 1999 | Public Art Commission - Multi media installation for Clarkson Senior High School WA |
| Art Work | |
| 2011 | Visual Artist in residence GONDWANA SOUTHERN EDGE ARTS AIR project Six Southwest Schools WA Artists for CANWA NoongarDoll workshops for YARNS OF THE HEART, Narrogin, Pingelly WA Workshop Artist for GHOST NETS AUSTRALIA, Groote Island, Mapoon, Aurukun, Cape York QLD Community Artist for GHOST NETS AUSTRALIA, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair QLD |
| 2010 | Workshop Artist for GHOST NETS AUSTRALIA, Saibai Island Torres Strait QLD Designer and fabricator for Visual Theatre Birthday Spare Parts puppet Theatre WA |
| 2009 | Designer for Circus Theatre performance Collide Ascope, Christmas Island |
| 2008 | Artist in Residence recycle sculpture & sound project & community workshops Resurect Ð Tip Temple, Albany WA Designer and Community Artist for The Big 50 year Celebration, Christmas Island Designer of Puppets Sets and workshops for Kapow Secrets from a Storeroom, Youth Theatre Performance SEA |
| 2007 | Designer for Circus Performance Rare Earth, Christmas Island Designer Splat Art comes to life, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre performance WA Designer/community artist for The BIJ Fairbridge Festival, large scale community arts sculpture WA Set designer and community artist for Festival of the Wind, Esperance WA Ephemeral Art Collaboration, Mix visiting artists Project : A Tasmania Perspective at Quaranup, Albany WA |
| 2006 | Ephemeral Artist residency Northcliff Sculpture walk, Northcliff WA Visual Artist for Bike Lab Awesome Childrens Festival, Albany and Esperance WA Ephemeral Art workshops Kununurra Put Art Collective Cane toad art project, Kununurra WA Puppet designer and maker for Red Dog, Black Swan Theatre Company WA |
| 2005 | Art Residency The Pollution Project - Arts WA funded Kununurra WA Art tutor for Katanning Environmental art workshops part of the Hot Spot Albany WA Arts facilitator, lino print ans Fibre workshops, Warringarri Aboriginal Art Gallery Kununurra WA Designer and community artist for circus theatre performance High Spirits, Christmas Island Art Tutor for Environmental Art workshops with PIAC students in Denmark and Albany WA |
| 2004 | Visual Designer for Perth International Arts Festival show H2O, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA Mask Workshop Tutor, Bulla Aboriginal Community Primary School, N.T. Gallery Assistant, Waringarri Aboriginal Art Gallery Kununurra WA Sculpture Workshop Tutor, Bandyup WomenÕs Prison WA |
| 2003 | Visual Designer, Set, Costumes for Christmas Island School Circus, Christmas Island Visual Artist tutoring mental health clients for HOUSE project DADAA, WA |
| 2002 | Visual Designer collaborating with Lorraine Biggs, IHOS Opera performance, Schwa, Hobart, TAS Visual Designer, Set, Costumes and Puppets for Harebrain, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA |
| 2001 | Community Artist, large scale Puppet and Mask Workshops Deadly Fusion youth arts festival, Kununurra WA Visual Designer, Set, Costumes and Puppets for The Deep, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2010 | CONTAINED Festival of Perth solo exhibition, Gallery Central Perth WA |
| 2001 | PEEP at Fremantle Arts Centre WA |
| 1992 | Western Australia House, London UK |
| 1991 | Basel Exchange Exhibition, Switzerland |
| 1990 | Perth Institute of Contemporary Art WA |
| Travel / Tours | |
| 1997 | International Community Arts Collaboration in Cape Town, Southern Edge Artesia & South African community artists Vietnam Ð collaboration with Asia Link Sound Artist Peter Keelan at Hanoi Conservatory of Music |
| 1996 | Canada Ð performance tour of Street Theatre and Folk Music Festivals with Whak |
| 1995 | East Africa |
| 1991 | Europe, Basel exchange recipient |
| Commissions | |
| 2010 | Commissioned artwork for Southern Forrest Sculpture Walk WA |
| 1999 | Public Art Sculpture, Clarkson Senior High School Ð WA Government Christina McGuiness, Sculptural Post Box |
| 1995 | Public Art Project, Narrogin Park Community Project WA Christina McGuiness, Fence Installation |
| 1993 | Public Art Sculpture, Perth Railway StationÐ WA Government |
| Collections | |
| Art Gallery of Western Australia Curator of Singapore Museum-Singapore Edith Cowan University Kerry Stokes collection Gomboc Gallery Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland Numerous private collections throughout Australia |
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| Selected Publications | |
| 2010 | ArtLink Vol 30 no 4 Stirring 2 Kevin Murray Art Monthly Australia issue 229 May Australian Art Review issue 22 Feb-April Insite Scoop Summer 2009/10 issue 23 Festival 10 Visual Arts Perth International Arts Festival FebÐMarch |
| 2008 | Peep Glimpses of the last 4 decades from the Kerry Stokes collection, Artlink Peep article by Andrew Gaynor, Art & Australia vol 45 No 4 |
| 2007 | Telling Tails WA Artists in schools partnerships DCA, Arts Line autumn |
| 2006 | Hot Spot contemporary art from the great southern WA |
| 2003 | Just Imagine a childrenÕs guide to the Art gallery of Western Australia |
| 2001 | Smarts Arts Info. Issue 10 June 2001, Judith McGrath 1/9/01 www.artseen.vbw.com.au/peepskin.html Artist In Residence, John Stringer, Sandpiper Press, Perth 1995 |
| 1999 | Wendy Walker, The Adelaide Advertiser, 22 April |
| 1998 | Kate Malkovic, Soup Magazine, May |
| 1997 | Arts Info issue 10 June |
| 1990 | David Bromfield, The West Australian, March |
| 1989 | Christine Sharkey, The West Australian, February |