Qualifications:
Certificate of Art [Painting]
Trained Secondary Teachers Certificate [Textiles]
Bachelor of Education [Painting/Textiles]
Solo Exhibitions:
1990 Distelfink Gallery [Textiles and Mixed Media] Waverley City Gallery [Textiles and Mixed Media]
1984 Distelfink Gallery [Textiles] Waverley City Gallery [Textiles]
Phoenix Gallery Deakin University [Textiles]
1981 Phoenix Gallery Deakin University [Painting]
1980 Student Gallery Deakin University [Painting}
Group Exhibitions:
2013 “Two in a Boat” A two woman show at AGRA [Painting]
2011 “Sorelli IV” “Two Feet Across” Steps Gallery Carlton [Painting]
2011 “ Salamanca Gallery” Tasmania [Painting]
2007 - 2008 Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony III
“New Under the Sun” [Textiles]
2007 Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School [painting]
2006 “Sorelli III Peruvian Festival” supported by Caritas Australia at the BMW Edge, Federation Square [Painting]
2005 “Sorelli II In an Artist’s Garden” Fund raiser for research at Peter McCallum Institute, Melbourne [Painting]
2004 “Precious Platters” at Sotheby’s for Jewish Museum Australia [Painting]
2003 “Sorelli I” Glen Eira Town Hall [Painting]
2002 “Hurrah!” Steps Gallery Carlton [Painting]
1999 Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony II “Blessed be the Work” [Textiles]
1996 “Hurrah!” Meat Market Craft Center” [Textiles]
1996 -1983 Exhibitions at Distelfink [one of their stable of artists]
1996 Deakin Tutors Exhibition Meat Market Link Gallery [Textiles]
1996 “Box” Craft Council of Victoria [Textiles]
1996 “Greetings from Sydney” Center for Contemporary Craft, Sydney [Textiles]
1996 Mandeville Hall, Loreto – Toorak [Textiles] Distelfink Christmas Exhibition [Textiles]
1995 -1982 Embroiderer’s Guild Exhibitions [Textiles]
1994 “Sew and So’s” C U B Malthouse [Textiles]
1993 “Ornament” Craft Council of Victoria [Textiles]
1992 Highway Gallery, Waverley [Textiles}
1992 “Get the Message” Sale Regional Gallery [Mixed Media]
1992 -1990 Castlemaine State Festival [Textiles and Mixed Media]
1992 -1991 Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony I [Textiles and Mixed Media]
1990 National Craft Exhibition, Meat Market [Textiles and Mixed Media]
1990 -1984 Wool Exhibitions, Wool Museum Geelong [Textiles]
1989 Regional Craft Exhibition, Meat Market [Textiles and Mixed Media]
1985 Distelfink Christmas Exhibition [Textiles]
Commissions and Experience:
2013-1999 Private Commissions in Painting
2011 - 3 part Mural in Austin Hospital
2001 -1996 Mural painting in Indonesia and Singapore working for an Interior Designer
1998 -1982 Private Commissions in Textiles
Work has been represented in England, America and in Japan through DMC
Work in collections of Embroiderer’s Guild, Jewish Museum of Australia and Deakin University
Exhibition Selector and Assessor for Embroiderer’s Guild 1997
Workshops conducted at Benalla Regional Gallery, Embroiderer’s Guild Melbourne and Geelong, Australian Quilters Association
Guest Speaker Waverley Art Society, Australian Quilter’s Association, Embroiderer’s Guild, Melbourne
1982 Resource person Deakin, whilst completing second major degree subject, Textiles
Teaching Experience:
2013 -1998 Private students in home studio [Painting]
2001 -1997 Teacher and Organiser of 3 week tours in Tuscany/Rome, Provence/Paris
1998 -1996 Private workshops in home studio [Textiles]
1996 Master Classes, Embroiderer’s Guild, Melbourne
1995 Master Classes, Deakin University [Drawing]
1993 -1990 Freelance teaching [Textiles]
1990 -1982 Secondary teaching Art/Graphics/Textiles, Melbourne Rudolf Steiner
1981 -1978 Secondary teaching Art/Craft, Loreto Mandeville Hall
1977 -1973 Primary Art/Craft, Lauriston Girls School
1971 Tertiary Craft/Art History PAC [Primary Art and Craft mature teachers] Melbourne Campus
Committees:
2011 -2002 Organiser of 28 member painting group “Sorelli”
1997 -1992 Organiser of 15 member textile group “Hurrah!”
1996 -1992 Member of “Textiles Network” committee at Meat Market
Publications:
24 embroideries printed onto cards by “Tags ‘n Ties’ for National distribution
Articles and photographs in Craft Australia, Craft Arts, National Gallery of Victoria Bulletin, Craft Victoria, Textile Fibre Forum, Textiles at Work
Living environments have appeared in Home Beautiful, Home Beautiful Year Book, Australian Country Crafts, Vogue Living |