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Studies
2002-2003 Surface Treatment- Ceramics, Northern Beaches TAFE Sydney
1991-2000 Part-time studies in Ceramics, Randwick TAFE, National Art School, Sydney
1998 Part-time study in jewellery/metalwork, Sydney Collage of the Arts
1988-1990 Bachelor of Visual Arts - Sculpture Major, Sydney College of the Arts
1987 Part-time studies in Sculpture, Printmaking and Life-drawing, NAS
Solo Exhibitions
2016 OFFERING - Arthouse Gallery Sydney
ONE A DAY The Lost Ones Gallery Ballarat - solo show - photographic installation od 365 images of ephemeral sculptures made over 1yr
2015 ONE A DAY Mossgreen Gallery Melbourne - solo show - photographic installation od 365 images of ephemeral sculptures made over 1yr
2015 Collaborating with Nature 2005 -2015 - Survey Show - Manning Regional Gallery NSW
2014 The Impossibility of Nature King Street Gallery on William Sydney
2013 Plastiscenic Mossgreen Gallery Melbourne
2012 Plastiscenic - Future Remains King Street Gallery on William Sydney
A Ripple Effect Noosa Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery Qld
2011 Interlaced Mossgreen Gallery Melbourne
2009 Macroscope King Street Gallery on William
2008 Paradise Found Mossgreen Gallery Melbourne
2007 Array Michael Nagy Fine Art Sydney
2006 Align Mossgreen Gallery Melbourne
2005 Re – Kindle [Survey show] Manly Art Gallery and Museum Sydney
2003 New Work Michael Nagy Fine Art Sydney
2002 New Work Gallery 101 Melbourne
2000 New Work Michael Nagy Fine Art Sydney
1998 New Work Michael Nagy Fine Art Sydney
1997 Recent Work Federation Zen Artefact Gallery Clovelly Sydney
1996 Recent Work Federation Zen Artefact Gallery Sydney
1994 The Solar-Powered Bat-Pack Festival of the Winds Bondi Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Breathing In / Breathing Out - Summer Group Show, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2023 Seeding / Receding - PAPER & CLAY group show Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
LEAF LOVE - installation, Mending & Tending: Art that works for Nature - Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay NSW.
Lidia's Way - performance and ephemeral art - ART IN NATURE III - THE MOMENT OF CREATION - NAT ART RESIDENCY Correjo, SPAIN
2022 The Songstress - Rhythms for Regeneration Finalist Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize - Open Category - Works on Paper and Photography
Lunar Echo - (Ephemeral Art Photo Print ) “ART in NATURE II” - SM PRO ART & Culture - Museum of Nature of Cantabria - Spain
2020 What Was, What Is, What May Be - RESILIENCE - The Hambidge Center - Georgia USA
Fallen - RESONANCE - Gallery 378 Atlanta GA USA
2019 Decade + ART OMI - Australian ART OMI Committee Survey Show - Dominik Mersch Gallery - Sydney
Reflections of a Fading Sky - Group Landscape Show - Arthouse Gallery - Sydney
2018 Lorne Sculpture Biennale - Small Works Exhibition
Imag(in)ing - Ewart Gallery -Willoughby Workshop Arts -Sydney
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair - Arthouse Gallery
VISIBLE | INVISIBLE FLOATING LAND ( Lost & Found) Noosa QLD - ephemeral street art/ tape art outdoor installation
SEED RAIN - Seeing Science - collaboration with Sichong Chen (seed scientist) GCS Gallery - Sydney ( originally created for Ku -ring -gai PH Art +Science Project)
2016 SEED RAIN - Ku -ring -gai PH Art +Science - collaboration with Sichong Chen (seed scientist) MAGM - Sydney (Co-curated by Katherine Roberts and Susan Milne)
Human/Animal/Artist - McLelland Sculpture Gallery Melbourne (co-curated by Janine Burke and Penny Teale)
2015 Under The Sun - Arthouse Gallery Sydney
2015 In the Still - Arthouse Gallery Sydney
2014 Melbourne Art Fair ( Mossgreen Gallery - Horizon)
One from None - Newcastle Rgional Gallery NSW ( Curator - Sarah Johnson)
Efflorescent Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn NSW
2013 Mentors: Inspirational Women Grace Cossington Smith Gallery Wahroonga, Sydney
Living Data - Science Art and Talks - Ultimo Science Festival UTS, Sydney
SEE - Public Art Event Manly Cove Sydney curated by Kendal Henry and Eramboo Artist Environment
2011-13 Heirloom LOVELACE -Make Lace not War International Lace Award Powerhouse Museum, Sydney [Curator-Lindie Ward]
2012 A Verdant Heart King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
A Verdant Heart Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
2010 Abstract Nature Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, NSW
2009 The Artist and the Northern Beaches Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2008 Compositions King Street Gallery on William,Sydney
2005 Inaugural Exhibition-Stable Launch Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
NOW – contemporary Australian artists Mossgreen Gallery
2003 Second Life –New Life Manly Art Gallery and Museum
2001 Extinction Denied Volvo Gallery, Sydney
1998 Colony Sculpture By The Sea Coastal Cliff Walk, Bondi-Tamarama
1997 Cluster Sculpture By The Sea, Coastal Cliff Walk
1994 Air-Pocket Entis Eidos Eco-Design Foundation, Sydney
1993 Batmania -The Water City of Wax Associated Project of the 5TH Australian Sculpture Triennial, Yarra River, Melbourne
1993 Batmania-Cities First Draft West Gallery, Sydney
1992 Socket First Draft West Gallery
1991 Osmosis Airspace Gallery, Sydney
Commissions, Residencies & Awards
2023 Seeding / Receding - Peoples Choice Award - Northern Beaches Environmental Art Prize, Sydney
The Instant of Creation - NAT ART RESIDENCY Fellowship - Cantabria SPAIN.
2022 Shimmer - private commission, Sydney
2020 The Insistence Of Nature - wall sculpture for Wild Luxury Whale Beach Sydney
2019 Hambidge Centre of the Arts and Sciences - residency for 2 weeks OCT - Georgia USA
2017 RAW Art Prize - Finalist
VISIBLE | INVISIBLE FLOATING LAND ( Lost & Found) Noosa QLD - ephemeral street art/ tape art outdoor installation
2010 Art Omi Residency, Omi International Arts Center, New York
Travelling Scholarship Recipient, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld
2004 Finalist Blake Prize for Religious Art Sydney University Sydney
2003 Finalist Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize South Australian Museum Adelaide SA
2001 Public space sculpture, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
Collections
Artbank, Australia
Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
Macquarie Bank, Australia
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
Shepparton Regional Gallery, Victoria
Smorgan Family Collection, Melbourne
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Qld
Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW
Bibliography
2022 CREATE NSW Public Art Toolkit online pg 145/146
2012 Holzi, Lisa: ‘Found-The Art of Recycling,’ Walker Books
Llewellyn, Cherry: ‘A show a must,’ Noosa News
2010-11 Osborne, Margot: Abstract Nature Exhibition catalogue, pp40-41
Rackman, Melinda: ‘Decoding dataspheres: Abstract Nature at Samstag,’ Art Monthly
Australia, Dec-Feb, pp 46-49
Radok, Stephanie: ‘Abstract Nature,’ Reviews-Artlink, Vol 30 No 4, Dec 10, p96
2009 Clement, Tracey: ‘Shona Wilson: Macroscope,’ Artguide Australia, Nov/Dec, pp28-29
Dwyer, Lynne: The Planner-Spectrum –Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14-15, p24
Adams, Kate: ‘Shona Wilson,’ Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 09/2009, pp116-117
Keens, Leta: ‘Under the Microscope,’ Belle Magazine, Oct/Nov 2009 p62
Stretton, Rowena: ‘Shona Wilson,’ Mercedes Magazine, Jan, p30
Shona Wilson: Macroscope Catalogue, published King Street Studios P/L
2008 Osborne, Margot: ’Australian Beauty,’ Artlink Magazine, Volume 28, No2, pp24-29
Pearson, Helen (ed): Celebrate Art Series: Looking at Buildings in Contemporary Art,
Integrated Education Ltd Publishing, Sydney pp5-10
Shona Wilson: Paradise Found Catalogue, published by Mossgreen Gallery
2006 Macgillicuddy, Bridie: ‘Salvage and Detritus,’ Craft Art, Issue 64
Horton, Shelley [producer]: Sunday Arts Program Documentary, Sunday Arts, ABC TV
‘Australia’s Most Collectable Artists,’ Australian Art Collector, Full List-Iss 35
Keenan, Cath: The Hot Seat- Spectrum-Sydney Morning Herald
2005 Mullholland, Henry: Review on ABC Radio 702
McDonald, John: ‘Warm the Spirit, tickle the eye,’ Review- Spectrum-Sydney Morning
Herald, Aug 20, p28
2004 Waller, Richard: ‘The Shore Thing,’ Vogue Living May/June
2003 Hoban, Sue: ‘Natural approach to creativity,’ The Manly Daily, Mar 11
Profile on Shona Wilson, The Manly Daily, Mar 11
2002 Weiss, Karen: ‘Shona Wilson’s Other Pathways: Ceramics,’ Art and Perception No. 47 2002
Israel, Glenis: Artwise 2, Visual Arts 7-10, NSW Educational Textbook
2001 ’Profile – Shona Wilson,’ Sunday Program Produced by Wendy Boynton, ABC TV Gallery Section-Art In Australia, Vol 38 No 4, p602
2000 Generation Next – Shona Wilson, Belle Magazine
1998 Profile-Shona Wilson, Object Magazine – No 1
Workshops and Teaching
2014 - 2023 ongoing - numerous Ephemeral Art workshops Collaborations With Nature with adults (the general public) and inivitations to teach workshops and give talks in school settings from preschool to highschool.
For detailed information please contact the artist.