Susan Kneebone – Australia

 

 

 

 

 

Silent Response     ceramic: glazed earthenware and stoneware     installation: 100CM X 100CM X 15CM

 

Born 1963, Sydney, Australia

 

Occupation:

Artist and art tutor in tertiary education and community arts

 

Education:

2001   Masters in Fine Art: Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1998   Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons): Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1986   Bachelor of Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia

 

Media:

Mixed media, ceramics and installation

 

Experiences related to art:

Lecturer in Installation and Experimental Art, Victorian University of Technology

Tutor – Box Hill Community Arts Centre

Community and Festival Arts Projects with public participation

 

Honours and awards:

2004   Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Exhibition: Highly Commended

2002   Nillumbik Ephemeral Art Prize

2000   Friends of the VCA grant

1994, 1995 Harry Curtis Prize: VCA

1995   19th Walker Ceramics Award

 

Solo exhibitions:

2001   ‘Stockpile’: Linden Contemporary Art Gallery, St Kilda

2000   ‘Parlourama’: Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne

1998   ‘Whispers of Identity’: Gabriel Gallery, Footscray Community Arts Centre

 

Group exhibitions:

2004    ‘Undercurrent’, Site Specific Ephemeral Art Installation: Warrandyte

2004, 2003   Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition

2004    Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize, Customs Wharf Gallery, Williamstown

2003    ‘strand Ephemera’: Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville

2002, 2003  CSA: St Kilda Botanical Gardens

2002   ‘Environmental Acts’: Maroondah Art Gallery

2001   ‘Lie of the Land’: Gabriel Gallery, Footscray

2001   ‘Mildura Palimpest #4’: Mildura, Victoria

2001   ‘Floating Land’, International Site Specific Art Project: Noosa

2001    Hermanns Art Award Exhibition

2001   Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition

2000   ANZ Contemporary Art Award, ANZ

 

 

Important collections:

Walker Ceramics

Bundanon Trust Art Collection, Bundanon, NSW

 

 

Artists’ Statement:

 

My art practice explores the domestication of the Australian landscape stemming from early colonising practices. Acclimatisation societies of the 18th century and their ongoing legacy of introduced species hold a fascination for me as we try to readdress the ecological imbalance using all sorts of desperate measures including experiments with biotechnology. These antiquarian relics are reminders of this indelible legacy imprinted on the delicate landscape.