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KATH INGLIS CURRICULUM VITAE - SELECTED
2001 - 2024 Contemporary Jeweller; currently working from a studio at the Hahndorf Academy in Peramangk Country (Adelaide Hills), Australia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION
2021 - 2023 Studio Head - JamFactory Jewellery + Metal Studio
2020 - 2022 Board Member - Hahndorf Academy
2008 - 2012 Board Member – Guildhouse
2010 Graduate Diploma in Education - University of South Australia
2007 - 2009 Jewellery Lecturer - South Australian School of Art – University of South Australia
2005 - 2010 Co-Director - soda and rhyme │ jewellery design studio
2002+2003 Design Associate JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design - Metal Design Studio
2000 Bachelor of Applied Arts - Jewellery + Metalsmithing South Australian School of Art - University of South Australia
AWARDS/GRANTS
2020
National Contemporary Jewellery Award - Design Excellence Award Winner - Griffith Regional Art Gallery
2019
Guildhouse Collections Project - Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Arts SA - Independent makers and presenters project grant
2018
Arts SA - Independent makers and presenters project grant
2016
Arts SA - Independent makers and presenters project grant
2015
Guildhouse - oneonone mentorship with Catherine Truman
2012
Arts SA - Independent makers and presenters project grant
2008
Arts SA – project and development grant
2005
Australia Council - established artist new work grant
2004
ArtsSA - project and development grant
Craftsouth - mentorship with Catherine Truman
2002
Design Institute of Australia - Merit Award - Jewellery 'Skin Deep Bangles'
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Immersed in the offsure, JamFactory Gallery 2, Adelaide, Australia
2022
Entanglements, Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2020
Epiphyte, Studio Ingot, Melbourne, Australia
2019
Of uncertain value, Museum of Economic Botany - Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, Australia
2018
In light of, Quoil Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
In light of, Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2017
Projected Surface, San W Gallery, Shanghai, China
2016
Projected Surface, The Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf, Australia
Neck of the Woods, Worth Gallery, Kent Town, Australia
2015
Lamina, Studio 2017, Sydney, Australia
2014
Lamina, Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Lamina, The Barn, Aldgate, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Contemporary Wearables '23, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Gold: 50 years of JamFactory Alumni, Gallery 1 JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
2022
Girt by Sea, The National, Christchurch, New Zealand
From little things..., Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia
2021
Small Connections, Craft ACT, Canberra, Australia
Seeking the Sublime, Floating Goose Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
The Perfect Brooch, Bilk Gallery, Manuka, Australia
2020
National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Australia
Full Circle, Bilk Gallery, Carwoola, Australia
2019
Offbeat Bijou, Florida CraftArt, Florida USA
Surface, Collect Space - JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
Annual, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2018 National Contemporary Jewllery Award 2018, Griffith Regional Gallery, Griffith, Australia
Obsessed: compelled to make, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, Australia
Island Welcome, Craft, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Contemporary Wearables '17, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Left Right, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy, Australia
Bro.och, Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Curious Object, Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa, Australia
Not the Usual Suspects, Burra Regional Gallery, Burra, Australia
2016
Up Close Far Away, Gallerie Ra, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Guildhouse 50, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Revealed³: Someone’s and Everyone’s, Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia
Nature, SanW Gallery, Shanghai, China
Interchange, Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
ONEONONE, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Calendar Girls, Gray Street Workshop, Adelaide, Australia
2015
Offshoot, Worth Gallery at Fisher Jeffries, Adelaide, Australia
With Love, Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2014
2nd Tamworth Textiles Triennial, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, Australia
2013
40 years of JamFactory, JamFactory gallery 1, Adelaide, Australia
SOFA Chicago 2013, Represented by Hedone Gallery New York, USA
Beyond Precious, 19 Paul Fort, Paris, France
Two Ways, Gray Street Workshop Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Bloom and Blush, Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2012
National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Australia
BILK on tour, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Valley, Australia
Un-natural Acts, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2011
Bend, Stitch, Carve, JamFactory - Collectors Space, Adelaide, Australia
Un-natural Acts, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor, Artisan, Brisbane, Australia
2010
Plastic Show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA
By Example, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
2009
Precious Pendants, Object Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Annual, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Contemporary Wearables 09, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Southern Stars Northern Lights, Bluecoat Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, UK
it’s simple they match, ZuDesign – jewellery + objects, Adelaide, Australia
2008
Flipside, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, USA
soda and rhyme, JamFactory gallery 2, Adelaide, Australia
Fresh 08, Workshop Bilk, Queanbeyan, Australia
COLLECTIONS
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery - Contemporary Wearables, Caulerpa with Epiphytes Neckpiece 2023
Museé des Art Décoratifs Paris, France - Horizon Neckpiece 2018
Art Gallery of South Australia - Rhianon Vernon-Roberts Memorial Collection, Waterfalls Neckpiece 2016
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery - Contemporary Wearables, Colourful Reflections Brooch 2013
Territory Craft - Alice Springs Craft Acquisition Awards, Skin Deep Bangles 2003
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
p. McDonald, SA Weekend, 3/4th August 2019, p.11
J. Pierce, Adelaide Review, issue 466, December 2018, p.42
P. Craswell, Obsessed:Compelled to make, Australian Design Centre, 2018, p.42
C. Clifton, Adelaide Matters, issue192, June 2016, p.18
N. Probert, Adelaide Hills Magazine, Spring 2014, p.64-67
2nd Tamworth Textiles Triennial 2014
JamFactory, Designing Craft/Crafting Design: 40 Years of JamFactory, 2013, p.100-1
Artisan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor, 2011, p.69
Larks Crafts, 21st Century Jewellery - the best of the 500 series, 2011, p.114-5
Urbis - Design/Living/Architecture, issue 55, 2010, p.77
Dr N. Cherry, Review: Southern Stars Northern Light, Association of Contemporary jewellery (ACJ) Findings, 2009
Lark Books, 500 Plastic Jewellery, 2009, p.130 + 334
L. Davis, Artists come from a land down under, The Daily Post, Liverpool, August 6, 2009, p25
Vogue Australia, Feb 2009, p.33
The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008, Darling Publications, 2008, p.939-940
J. Smit, Monument - Architecture & Design, 'Design Atlas', issue 68, 2005, p.84
Lark Books, 1000 Rings, 2004, p.182 + 204
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
Riesling Art Trail - Auburn ‘Gathering’ a group of five bluestone sculptures on the Riesling Trail near Auburn. Worked in collaboration with Glass Blower Verity Burley and Stonemason Peter Russell
Adelaide Botanic Gardens Commissioned by Flightpath Architects to design and construct ‘Glass Door Knobs and Wall Brooches’ for the Amazon Waterlily Pavilion. Worked in collaboration with Naomi Schwartz
Lyell McEwin Hospital To design public artwork ‘Dandelion Garden’ for the new entrance of the hospital. Worked in collaboration with K. Freene and S. Luttin
Ross Sands Residence Commissioned by Ross Sands Architects to design fence and gate features for a private residency in Stirling South Australia. Worked in collaboration with K. Freene, MJ Ryan-Bennett and R. Roberts