Sandra Angliss – Australia

Born 1960, Mordialloc, Melbourne

“Mother and Child – Box Hill” glazed earthenware, oil paint & toys 53 cm X 30 cm x 20 cm (approx)

Occupation:

Mother/artist/teacher/community arts worker

Education:

2002 Bachelor of Teaching (Primary & Secondary), Deakin University, Burwood,

Melbourne

1992 Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts), Institute of Education, Melbourne University

1988 Bachelor of Arts (Painting and Printmaking), Royal Melbourne Institute of

Technology, Melbourne

1984-1990 Private art lessons, Margery Hummel Bennett

Media:

Mixed media, painting, printmaking, ceramics, ceramic murals etc.

Experiences relating to art:

2003/2004 Chair, INWAA-Australia inc. & INWAC member (since 1999)

1998 Etchings for “The Lightmaster” poetry book (poems by Michael Crane, Published by Phoebe Publishing, Mt Evelyn, Victoria)

1996 Conservatory of Fine Arts, Penang, Malaysia: Cultural exchange; taught etching to art students in return for Chinese Painting lessons.

1995 – 2004 City of Whitehorse, Day Disability Programme (OPSACS); art teacher.

Since 1989 - Employed as a community teacher/artist by a variety of local councils and schools in Melbourne; creating public and community artworks with children, adults and with people of all abilities in a variety of social settings. Presenter; Public Seminars, both in Australia and overseas.

Solo Exhibitions:

1998 “The Lightmaster”, etchings, Art at Linden Gate Gallery, Yarra Glen, Victoria

1998 “The Lightmaster”, etchings, Greenaway Gallery, Camberwell, Melbourne

1995 “Personae” The Box Hill community Arts Centre, Box Hill, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions:

1985 – 2004 Numerous group exhibitions, both in Australia and overseas, selected:

2002 ‘Her Presence in Colours V – International Women’s art Towards a Sustainable

Environment’, Clock Tower Gallery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, Britain.

2000 ‘Conflux’, New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, Carlton

1999 ‘Poetica and Symbols’ Goya Gallery, Fitzroy

1999 ‘Her Presence in Colours IV – International Women Artists’ Exhibition’, Marsi

Gallery, Suan Pakkad Palace, Thailand

1998 ‘Her Presence in Colours III – International Women Artists’ Exhibition’, Penang

State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia

1998 ‘The Journey Within – Experiences with Cancer’, St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne

1997 ‘Cancer the Journey’ Anti-cancer Council’s touring exhibition through numerous

Victorian Regional galleries

1997 ‘Cancer – the Journey’, Vic Health Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria

Important Collections:

Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne; Music Department

Box Hill Community Arts Centre and collected privately

Artists’ statement:

“Mother and Child – Box Hill” began as an exploration of the mother-child relationship. I started this sculpture as a way of relieving post-natal depression – the flip-side to the ‘high’ of becoming a mother. It took many months to create – I started with the feet (houses) and worked my way up her body, by the time I created her spiky hair-do I was feeling much better; it is as though through using my hands and my imagination I had re-built some new strength within, and I was able move on psychologically. Family, children, community and creativity are all close to my heart.