Jeff Mincham Resume |
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Master of Australian Craft |
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| Born |
1950 Milang, South Australia |
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| Education |
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| 1974 |
Tasmanian School of Art |
| 1973-70 |
South Australian School of Art (Postgraduate Studies) |
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| Professional Experience |
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Extensive management experience in a variety of arts organisations at state and national level including: President, Royal South Australian Society of Arts & Crafts Council of South Australia; Head of Jam Factory Ceramics Workshop; Chair of Hahndorf Academy Museum and Art Gallery; Member of Craft Australia Interim Board; Committee Member, “Visions of Australia” (current).
Judged over 20 major Art and Ceramic Awards throughout Australia and NZ.
Guest lecturer and demonstrator in Australia and overseas, including over 100 workshops and summer schools conducted in all states and in the United Kingdom, America and New Zealand. Including the following positions: |
| 2003 |
Guest Lecturer, Canberra School of Art, Australia |
| 1996 |
Guest Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland |
| 1994 |
Guest Demonstrator, Raku Ho’olaul’ea, Hawaii, USA |
| 1992 |
Guest Lecturer, McGregor Summer School, Toowoomba, Queensland Invited Speaker, Crafts Council of Australia, National Conference, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1991 |
Guest Demonstrator, International Potters Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales. |
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Solo
Exhibitions |
| 73 solo exhibitions since 1976 in Australia, New Zealand and America. Including the following recent exhibitions: |
| 2008 |
The Nature of Things, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
2007 |
Wide View, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
Natural Perceptions, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Victoria
Jeff Mincham at Masterworks, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
| 2006 |
Natural Perceptions, BMG Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
Recent Ceramics, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT |
| 2005 |
Enduring Nature, The Art of Jeff Mincham, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2004 |
Jeff Mincham Australian Ceramics, Masterworks, Auckland, NZ
A Potter’s Landscape – 30 Year Survey Exhibition, Jam Factory, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 2003 |
A Sense of Place, Quadrivium, Sydney, NSW |
| 2002 |
Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT |
| 2001 |
BMG Art, Adelaide, South Australia
Mira Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
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Group
Exhibitions |
Participated in over 200 group shows, including invitational, survey and touring exhibitions in Australia, USA, NZ, Italy, France, Japan, China, Taiwan, Britain and the Netherlands eg: Chemistry, Art in South Australia 1999-2000, Art Gallery of SA; Landscape, Memory and Imagination, Brisbane City Gallery [2001]; Material Cultures, Australian National Gallery [2002].
Including the following recent exhibitions: |
2007 |
Raw Earth, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2006 |
The Teabowl, invited group exhibition, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
Surface Connections, invitational group exhibition, Manningham Gallery, VIC
South Australian Icons, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, SA
Bowl, curated group exhibition, Kiew Liew Design, Adelaide, SA
SOFA, Chicago, USA
COLLECT, V&A, London, UK
ART LONDON 2006, Chelsea, London, UK
The Crafted Object, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT |
| 2005 |
SOFA, Chicago, USA
Revealing Nature, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW |
| 2004 |
50 Years of Australian Ceramics, Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW
Celebrating the Master, Skepsi on Swanston, Carlton, Victoria
Sydney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award, Shepparton, Victoria |
| 2002 |
Material Culture, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Cover Story - 40 Years of Pottery in Australia Covers, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW |
| 2001 |
Presiding Officers Exhibition, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore
Landscape, Memory and the Imagination, Brisbane City Gallery, QLD |
| 2000 |
Chemistry- Art in South Australia 1990-2000, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Place and Identity- Contemporary South Australian Ceramicists, Art Museum, University of South Australia
19th National Craft Acquisition Award, Darwin, Northern Territory |
| 1993 |
7th National Ceramics Conference, Adelaide, SA |
| 1992 |
VIC Health National Craft Award, National Gallery of Victoria
2nd Perth International Crafts Triennial, Perth, WA |
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| Recent Awards |
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| 2009 |
Named Living Treasure for 2009 under the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft series |
| 2007 |
Recognised as a Master of Australian Craft, under Living Treasures, Master of Australian Craft Programme |
| 2000 |
19th National Craft Acquisition Award, Darwin, Northern Territory |
| 1998 |
Toowoomba Biennial Acquisitive Award
Bathurst Art Purchase Award
Townsville Ceramic Award
Winner, South Australian Ceramics Award |
| 1997 |
Winner, Newcastle Regional Gallery Award |
| 1996 |
Stanthorpe Arts Festival Sculpture Award |
| 1995 |
Winner, Nillumbik Art Award |
| 1992 |
Honorary Mention, 3rd Mino International Ceramics Award, Nagoya, Japan
Winner 11th Gold Coast National Ceramic Award
Winner, Alice Springs Craft Award |
| 1991 |
Australia Council Fellowship |
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| Collections |
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| Represented in over 100 permanent public collections, including all major state and regional galleries in Australia and the Australian National Gallery. Also: Parliament House, Canberra; Government House, South Australia. International collections include: The Australian Chancery, Saudi Arabia; The Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales; The National Galleries of Malaysia and Taiwan; The State Collection of Hawaii; the Silber, Stephen Alpert and Johnson Collections, USA. Private collections in Australia and Internationally. |
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| Commissions |
Electricity Trust of SA (Bronze Sculpture)
Playford Commemorative Memorial Trust (Bronze Sculpture)
Mary Mackillop College, SA (Ceramic Sculpture)
Park Lane Hotel, Sydney
Golden Coast Resort Hotel, Hong Kong
Hyatt International, Adelaide. |
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| Selected Publications |
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Regular contributor to Pottery in Australia.
Major Articles in Craft Arts International, 1985 & 1992, No. 24 |
| 1999 |
Noris Ioannou, ‘Landscape, Memory and the Imagination’, Craft Arts International, No. 45 |
| 1997 |
T. Davis, ‘Scottish Sojourn’, Pottery in Australia, December |
| 1996 |
Noris Ioannou, Masters of their Craft, Craftsman House, NSW |
| 1995 |
Tim Andrews, A Review of Contemporary Work, Raku
I. Gregory, A & C Black, Sculptural Ceramics, London |
| 1994 |
R. Pipenburg, Raku Pottery, Pebble Press, Farmington Hills, Michigan
Janet Mansfield, Contemporary Ceramic Art in Australia and New Zealand, Craftsman House, NSW |
| 1990 |
N. Drury, New Art Four, Craftsman House, NSW |
| 1988 |
Janet Mansfield, The Collectors Guide to Modern Australian Ceramics, Craftsman House, NSW |
| 1986 |
Noris Ioannou, Ceramics in South Australia 1936-1986, Wakefield Press
Peter Dormer, The New Ceramics: Trends &Traditions, 1986/96, Thames & Hudson
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| 1984 |
A. Moult, Craft in Australia, Reid Publications, NSW |
| 1983 |
P. Lane, Studio Ceramics and Ceramic Form: Shape and Direction,
1983/88, Collins, UK
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