FIONA FELL

 

Born 12th July 1966, Lismore NSW, Australia

 

Education

1987                 Bachelor of Arts  University of New England, New South Wales

1988                 Graduate Diploma  Centre for the Arts, Tasmania

            1998-2000         Master of Arts  Southern Cross University, New South Wales

 

Professional Experience

1991                 Life drawing tutor  Access Contemporary Art Space, Lismore

                        Ceramics tutor, workshop supervisor  Newcastle Studio Potters

1992                 Ceramics and sculpture lecturer  part time, Centre for the Arts, Tasmania

1993                 Ceramics lecturer  part time, Queensland College of Art

Ceramics tutor  Australian Flying Art School, northwest and central Queensland

                        International Ceramic Conference  Adelaide, Guest speaker .

1994                 Ceramics, sculpture and drawing lecturer  part time, Southern Cross University

Art co-ordinator  The Buttery, Binna Burra Drug/Alcohol Rehab

1996                 Ceramics lecturer  part time, University of Western Sydney.

                        Ceramics tutor/workshop supervisor  Newcastle Studio Potters

                        Ceramics tutor  University of Newcastle

                        Designer and maker  Western Sydney University Design Centre

1997                 Ceramic lecturer  part time casual , Southern Cross University                

            1998                 Presenter and exhibitor  California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art

            1999                 Co-ordinator of ceramics  Murwillumbah TAFE, New South Wales

                                    Ceramics lecturer  Southern Cross University

            2001-03            Ceramics/sulpture lecturer  Southern Cross University

                                    Ceramics lecturer  Lismore TAFE, New South Wales

            2004                 Co-ordinator of ceramics  School of Contemporary Art, Southern Cross University

            2005                 Co-ordinator of 3-D, ceramics and sculpture  School of Contemporary Art, Southern Cross University                  

2006                 Co-ordinator of 3-D, ceramics and sculpture  School of Contemporary Art, Southern Cross University Cross University,

School of Art and Social Sciences

                        Working Party committee member, 11th National Ceramic Conference Verge 2006

 

Solo Exhibitions

1988                 Ceramic Sculpture  Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart

1989                 Room by Room  Lismore Regional Art Gallery

1990                 This Tenuous Earth  Legge Gallery

1991                 Complaints Of The Shadow  Legge Gallery

1992                 Endlessly In One Motion Depart  Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart

1993                 Dry Lips  Legge Gallery

1995                 Portage  Legge Gallery

1996                 Migration Of The Mawkish  Legge Gallery

1997                 Heel  Legge Gallery

1999                 Render Me Senseless  Legge Gallery

2000                 Eventual Body Spaces  Southern Cross University Art Museum, New South Wales

2001                 Wholly Gestures  Despard Gallery, Hobart

Coming To Distance  Legge Gallery

2002                 Suspended Sigh Legge Gallery

2003                 as long as there is .... Grafton Regional Gallery

2004                 Plumb-line Legge Gallery

2005                 Snoring for your Smile Michael Fox Gallery, Brisbane

2006                 Graft Legge Gallery

 

 

 

Group Exhibitions

1985                 Staff and Student Show  Lismore Regional Art Gallery

1986                 The Flinders Ranges Show  Lismore Regional Art Gallery

1987                 Graduate Exhibition  Lismore Regional Art Gallery

1988                 Graduate Diploma Exhibition  Centre for the Arts Gallery, Hobart

1989                 Ceramic Sculpture  Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales

Bravura  Lismore Regional Art Gallery

1990                 The Cow Show  Legge Gallery

National Ceramic Award  Canberra School of Art Gallery

                        Shifting Ground  Art Gallery of New South Wales

Legge Gallery Preview  Watters Gallery, Sydney

1991                 6th National Ceramic Conference  Griffith University, Queensland

Primitive Concepts - The Four Elements  Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery,

Maitland City Art Gallery, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery

Reference Points, New Australian Acquisitions In Context  Queensland Art Gallery

1992                 Thisness  Legge Gallery

Fishers Ghost Awards  Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales

Works from Stock and Studio  Legge Gallery

The Max Watters’ Collection  Muswellbrook Art Gallery, New South Wales

1993                 Tempest - Stormy Works  Legge Gallery

Ten Big Works  Legge Gallery

                        The 30th Anniversary Fisher’s Ghost Art Award  Campbelltown City Art Gallery

1994                 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

International Ceramic Art  Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan    

Artists Don’t Believe in Sanity Clause  Legge Gallery

1995                 Delinquent Angel  Australian Historical, Aboriginal and Contemporary Ceramics, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Feanza, Italy; on tour Chicago; Japan.  Touring Australia 1996-97: Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery Darwin; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide; S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney; Old Treasury Building, Melbourne

Mad, Bad, Woman. Out Of The Void  Queensland Art Gallery

32nd Festival of Fisher’s Ghost  Campbelltown City Art Gallery

1996                 Mellow Down Easy  Legge Gallery

Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Wedge  Beaver Gallery, Canberra

1997                 Home Brand  Casula Powerhouse, Sydney

                        Group Show  Legge Gallery

                        No Holds Barred  Stripp Gallery, Melbourne        

                        Sanguine Valediction  Legge Gallery

1998                 Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

                        Something Sexy on Pico  Jennifer Joyce Gallery, Santa Monica, USA

                        Figurative Ceramic Sculpture  John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA

                        Christmas Show  Legge Gallery

1999                 10th Summer Exhibition  Legge Gallery

2000                 Ten Years  Legge Gallery

                        Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

                        11th Summer Exhibition  Legge Gallery

            2001                 A Suburb Called Millennium Downs  with Brian Doar and Kate Dunn, Object Gallery, Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Customs House, Sydney

                                    Sculpture 2002  Legge Gallery

                                    Group Show  Legge Gallery

            2002                 Cowboy : Indian Fusions Gallery, Queensland

                                    Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

                                    Legge Gallery Summer Show Legge Gallery

            2003                 Figurative Sculpture Legge Gallery

                                    LEGS eleven Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney

                                    Summer Show Legge Gallery

            2004                 Voyage of the Underwhelmed Legge Gallery

                                    Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

            2005                 Sculpture 2005 Legge Gallery

                                    Reflexions Lismore Regional Gallery

                                    Summer Show Legge Gallery

            2006                 Group Show Legge Gallery

                                    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Kiln, The Delmar Gallery, Sydney

                                    Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

 

Awards

1986                 Visual Arts Faculty Prize for Ceramics and drawing

Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education

1987                 Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education College Medal

Visual Arts Prizes for ceramics, painting and drawing

Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education, New South Wales

1988                 Amnesty International Encouragement Award  Hobart

1991                 Project Development Grant  V.A.C.B Nine Ceramic Artists

1994                 Fishers Ghost Ceramic Award  Campbelltown City Art Gallery

1996                 Project Development Grant - Los Angeles Studio  Australia Council

1997                 International Guest Artist  Toki City Gifu Prefecture, Japan

            1998                 Project Development Grant – Overseas studio  V.A.C.B., Los Angeles, USA

            2000                 Craftmark accredited, craft @ work program  Craft Australia

 

Bibliography

Andersch, Joerg :The Mercury, Hobart 26/5/2001

The Australian 16/2/95

Australian Art Investor, February 1990

The Courier Mail 16/2/95

Chin Lui, Diane: California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art

Craft/Art January-February 1991

Craft Australia  Autumn 1987

Craft Australia Autumn 1988

Geissler, Marie: Figurative Continuum  Craft Arts International  no.46. pp56-58, 1999 

The Hobart Mercury 10/2/88, p.27

Kidd, Courtney:  Survival of the Fittest  Sydney Morning Herald, 18 July 2000

Modern Clay Work – Japan and Asia/Oceania  Gallery Seiho, Toki City, Japan (catalogue to  exhibition), 1998

Newcastle Herald, Art City, November 1990

Peripheries Regional Gallery Magazine, 28/7/89

Pottery in Australia, February

Sinnot, Pam:     This Tenuous Earth, Recent work by Fiona Fell  Ceramics Art & Perception Issue no.4, pp.68-69

Traffic Report  a publication of 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, California, USA, April1998

Vogue Living Dec - Jan 1990

Watson, Bronwyn:       Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 19/11/93

Were, Ian : In the Pacific rim: international artist residences , Object 45 , May-June 2005

 

Collections     

 

Queensland Art Gallery

Taipae Fine Arts  Museum - Taiwan, 

18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, California, USA

Cera Techno, Toki City, Japan

Lismore Regional Gallery

Grafton Regional Gallery

Moet & Chandon Acquisition Fund

The Max Watters Collection – Muswellbrook, New South Wales

Northern Rivers University Art Gallery

Campbelltown City Art Gallery

Australian Capital Equity Collection

Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

University of Western Sydney

Queensland University of Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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