Sally DARLISON
Not All Who Wander Are Lost
8 - 31 May 2014
"All That is Gold Does Not Glitter" by J. R. R. Tolkien
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
Wandering, exploring, seeking and learning. Traveling allows us to find new places, learn of others, creates empathy, opens our eyes to other ways of living.
Wandering isn’t always aimless.
Traveling for 3 months through Europe and Morocco in 2012 was the catalyst for my body of work.
Traveling and creating can be difficult and to help me record and remember this trip I collected the brochures and maps along the journey. Using these and my little travel kit of water colour pastels, pencil, fineliner, glue stick, gesso, needle and thread I created a set of little books, to be a reminder of the trip, to challenge my creativity, give me time to be and help me to process the impact of such an epic trip.
These little, flimsy and not too perfect books along with my many photographs have been the starting point for my artwork.
Each book represents a place in the journey - a country, city or several smaller places.
Each piece represents a small drop in the ocean of learning that took place on the journey.
Look with new eyes wherever you go, it will always be refreshing
Sally Darlison
2014
Wandering isn’t always aimless.
Traveling for 3 months through Europe and Morocco in 2012 was the catalyst for my body of work.
Traveling and creating can be difficult and to help me record and remember this trip I collected the brochures and maps along the journey. Using these and my little travel kit of water colour pastels, pencil, fineliner, glue stick, gesso, needle and thread I created a set of little books, to be a reminder of the trip, to challenge my creativity, give me time to be and help me to process the impact of such an epic trip.
These little, flimsy and not too perfect books along with my many photographs have been the starting point for my artwork.
Each book represents a place in the journey - a country, city or several smaller places.
Each piece represents a small drop in the ocean of learning that took place on the journey.
Look with new eyes wherever you go, it will always be refreshing
Sally Darlison
2014
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SALLY DARLISON
Curriculum Vitae
Melbourne, Victoria
Qualifications:
2006 Diploma of Visual Arts, Major - Printmaking, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
2005 Certificate IV Workplace Assessment and Training, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
2001 Diploma of Arts, Studio Stitch/Textiles, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
1987 Graduate Diploma Music Education, Victoria College, Toorak
1983 Diploma of Teaching (Primary), Victoria College, Toorak
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Not All Who Wander Are Lost, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn
2010 Long Socks: Red Gallery, Nth Fitzroy
2007 In My Father’s Shoes: Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy
2005 Mapping Memories: Lumina Gallery, Malvern
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
2001
Sally has exhibited in group exhibitions in Australia and overseas for the past 14 years.
Private collections both nationally and internationally.
Collections:
Awards:
2010 Roberts McCubbin P.S. Art Show - Best Open Medium
2006 Box Hill Institute Printmaking Award, Judge - Rebecca Mayo
2005 Roberts McCubbin Artist’s camp Fair Art Show – Highly Commended
2003 Creative Harmony Artworks Exhibition - Highly Commended
Publications:
2011 Australian Book Arts Journal, Issue 5,
2010 Textile Fibre Forum, Issue 4 no. 100, 2010, p24,25
2009 The Map as Art, Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, ed. Katherine Harmon, Princeton Architectural Press, NY,2009,p.77
2008 Textile Fibre Forum, issue 1, no. 89, 2008 Boundless books", pg 48
2006 Fiberarts magazine, Summer 2006, Vol 33, no. 1
2006 Fibre forum Magazine (issue 3 no. 83)
2001 Fibre forum Magazine (issue 4, no 64
Sally is a Primary Art teacher at St Andrews Christian College. She has lectured in Art and Drama at Latrobe University in Graduate Diploma, Primary Education and Box Hill Institute in Textile Art and regularly teaches workshops in collage, surface design and textile art.
Curriculum Vitae
Melbourne, Victoria
Qualifications:
2006 Diploma of Visual Arts, Major - Printmaking, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
2005 Certificate IV Workplace Assessment and Training, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
2001 Diploma of Arts, Studio Stitch/Textiles, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
1987 Graduate Diploma Music Education, Victoria College, Toorak
1983 Diploma of Teaching (Primary), Victoria College, Toorak
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Not All Who Wander Are Lost, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn
2010 Long Socks: Red Gallery, Nth Fitzroy
2007 In My Father’s Shoes: Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy
2005 Mapping Memories: Lumina Gallery, Malvern
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2013
- 5 Frames, Couta Boat Club, Sorrento
- Summer, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn
- 8th Annual Artist Book Exhibition, Artisan Books, Fitzroy
2012
- The Sketchbook Project
- Beautiful Soup, print exhibition, St Heliers, Abbbotsford Convent
2011
- Girls Bust Out , Canterbury Girls S C
- Hart Art, Hartwell PS
- Opus, Artist Book exhibition, Artisan Books, Fitzroy
- Matchbox Zine, online exhibition, Australian Book Arts Journal
- Bound And Bagged, online exhibition, Australian Book Arts Journal
- 9 by 5, Walker St Gallery, Dandenong
- Over Under, Opendrawer Gallery, Camberwell.
2010
- Atlas, Artist Book exhibition, Artisan Books, Fitzroy
2009
- Small Works, bsg, Fitzroy
2008
- She Who Explores, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
- Into The Fold, Artists Books exhibition, Artisan Books Fitzroy
2007
- Art Melbourne 07 Melbourne Exhibition Building (selected)
- Fiber Cartography: Mapping Imagination & Experience; Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, Connecticut USA. (selected) Curator; Liz Good.
2006
- ‘Shoot The breeze’ Graduate Exhibition Box Hill TAFE Visual Arts Diploma, CUSP gallery Northcote
- Expressions Wool Quilt Award 2006 (selected), Geelong Wool Museum
- Hurrah! Exhibition, Steps Gallery, Carlton
- Linden Postcard Exhibition, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda
- Crossroads –Inter-twined 9 exhibition, Steps Gallery, Carlton.
2004
- Expressions 2004 Wool Quilt Award (selected) Geelong Wool Museum
- Embroiderers Guild “Tiny Tarts and Petite Fours” Exhibition
2003
- Linden Postcard Exhibition, Linden Gallery St. Kilda
- ‘A4 Max’ – Inter-twined 9 Exhibition at Charles Smith Gallery, Fitzroy
- Miniature Textile National – Beechworth (selected)
2002
- Friends of the Zoos Exhibition (selected)
- Expressions 2002 Wool Quilt Award - Geelong Wool Museum (selected)
- Embroiderers Guild “From Hands and Heart”
- Friends for Craft – Steps Gallery Carlton (selected)
- Textile Fibre Forum, Geelong – “Divisions and Boundaries” – Intertwined 9
2001
- Embroiderers Guild - “Threads of Imagination”
- 4cats Gallery Abbotsford - Carnival; Graduate Exhibition
Sally has exhibited in group exhibitions in Australia and overseas for the past 14 years.
Private collections both nationally and internationally.
Collections:
- Roberts McCubbin P.S.
- Trinity Grammar Chapel
- Box Hill Institute TAFE
Awards:
2010 Roberts McCubbin P.S. Art Show - Best Open Medium
2006 Box Hill Institute Printmaking Award, Judge - Rebecca Mayo
2005 Roberts McCubbin Artist’s camp Fair Art Show – Highly Commended
2003 Creative Harmony Artworks Exhibition - Highly Commended
Publications:
2011 Australian Book Arts Journal, Issue 5,
2010 Textile Fibre Forum, Issue 4 no. 100, 2010, p24,25
2009 The Map as Art, Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, ed. Katherine Harmon, Princeton Architectural Press, NY,2009,p.77
2008 Textile Fibre Forum, issue 1, no. 89, 2008 Boundless books", pg 48
2006 Fiberarts magazine, Summer 2006, Vol 33, no. 1
2006 Fibre forum Magazine (issue 3 no. 83)
2001 Fibre forum Magazine (issue 4, no 64
Sally is a Primary Art teacher at St Andrews Christian College. She has lectured in Art and Drama at Latrobe University in Graduate Diploma, Primary Education and Box Hill Institute in Textile Art and regularly teaches workshops in collage, surface design and textile art.
