SAM KEANE - CLAY WORK - mfa
CURRICULUM VITAE
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BORN: Adelaide South Australia.
MEDIUM: Clay.
Clay artist. Designer, Domestic ware alternatives, Decorative sculptural pieces, Porcelain jewellery, Exhibition work. Public Art.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2011
30 Aug-11 Oct Artist+Youth=Connections Project. Mentor.
2011 Commission - Senator Clare Moore/Kevin Rudd (Minister for Foreign Affairs) 'Andrew Fisher House' Ceramic Tiles.
2010 Demonstrator - Teapot Workshop. BIA Brisbane Qld Feb
Winner sculptural section Goldrush exhibition 2010
2009-10 Artist-mentor. All Abilities Playground Project. Gympie Qld.
2009-Feb 28 Curator - Native Pods a creative interpretation. Gympie Regional
2010-6th Oct First Prize. Sculpture Section Gold Rush Annual Art Competition Gympie Qld
2010-Sept Judge - Mt. Perry Qld Annual Art exhibition
2010 Judge - Wondai Qld Annual Art Awards
Jan 31st Demonstrator - Teapot Workshop. BIA Brisbane Qld .
2009-10 Artist-mentor. All Abilities Playground Project. Gympie Qld.
2009-Feb 28 Curator - Native Pods a creative interpretation. Gympie Regional Gallery
2008-Sept 6 Facilitator -Clay sculpture workshop. (inspired by the 'Bronzes') Gympie Regional Gallery
2008 Artist-in-Residence, Teapot Show Gympie Regional Gallery. 8-9 May
2004-2007 Regional Disability Council. Sunshine Coast Qld
2007- Private classes. Gympie Qld
2007 Commission - International Womens Day. Gympie and District Women Health
2005 Master of Fine Arts (Ceramics) Monash University. Vic.
2005-2001 Candidate,
Master of Fine Arts, Monash University, Victoria
2002-2001 Design
Team and maker. Gold
City. Community Mural.
1999-2000 Graduate
Diploma in Visual Arts (Ceramics) Monash Uni. Vic
1998-1999 Children's
Workshops, Cooloola Shire Public Gallery, Gympie Qld
1998 Curator,
The Tree Exhibition, Cooloola Shire Public Gallery Gympie Qld
1996-2006 Workshops
with Women's Health Centre Gympie Queensland.
1996 Workshops
with Gympie State High School
1996 Established
Studio - Gympie, Qld
1994 Artist
in Schools Program, Adelaide, South Australia.
1992 Guest
Artist, Strathalbyn Primary School,
South Australia.
1991 Established
Studio - Strathalbyn, South Australia.
1991 Workshops,
Youth with intellectual and physical disabilities, Adelaide SA
1991 Certificate
in Community Services (introductory) Murray Bridge SA
1990 Artists
in Schools Programme, Evanston Gardens,
South Australia.
1989-1994 Artist-in-Residence, 'Woolshed', Ashbourne, South Australia. Pottery Tutor, Drug and Alcohol Services
1989 Guest
Ceramics Lecturer North Adelaide TAFE.
Community
Centres, Youth, Health Service
1988 Pottery
Instructor TAFE Aldgate South Australia
NWS9 Demonstration
for children's Television Show
1987 Workshop/demonstration,
Come Out Festival, Birdwood Mill, SA.
1986-1987 Three
television interviews
1985 Established
Studio, Hahndorf, Producing
individual sculptural and decorative pieces Assoc. Dip,
Jewelry &
Silversmithing. SACAE, Underdale SA.
Assistant
Editor, Potter's Guild of South Australia
1983: Pottery Instructor Art and Crafts Centre Mitcham, SA
1981-1985: Group studio, shared - Picadilly, South Aust
1981: Ceramic Designer
1976: Established studio, Burnside
1975: Travelled to UK, Europe and USA for six months
Worked
at pottery, McLaren Vale South Aust
1974 -1975: Craft Certificate Course, DFE, Norwood South Aust
1970 -1974: Pottery Teacher, Adult Education. (TAFE) South Australia.
1966: Pottery Course, Adult Education. (TAFE) South Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 SAM'S TEAPOT SHOW, Gympie Regional Gallery. 29 April -17 May
2005 Graduating Exhibition MFA Monash University Gallery Caulfield Vic
2001 'Aspects & Impact', Cooloola Shire Gallery, Gympie Queensland
1998 'Silk Road to China' Magpie Gallery, Kingaroy, Queensland.
1992 Gasworks Gallery, Strathalbyn, South Australia
1991 Gasworks Gallery, Strathalbyn, South Australia.
1989 Focus Gallery, Crafts Council, Sydney, New South Wales.
1986 Tall Poppies Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
1985 Tessha's Gallery Marryatville, Birchgrove Fine Crafts, Hahndorf SA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Martin Hanson memorial art awards. Gladstone Regional Gallery Queensland
2010 Gold Rush Art Competition/exhibition Gympie Regional Art Gallery
2010 12 Feb Grid 11. Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Qld.
2008 Redcliffe Craft Awards Redcliffe Qld
2004 The Rye Crop Mura Clay Gallery Sydney NSW
2003 GRID Regional Gallery Hervey Bay Qld
2002 Goldrush exhibiton Gympie. Qid
2002 Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award Exhibition Gladstone QId.
2002 Facets of Five. Magpie Gallery Kingaroy Queensland.
2001 Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award and Exhibition Gladstone Regional Art Gallery Gladstone Queensland.
1999 Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards and Exhibition Regional Art Gallery Gladstone Queensland.
1998 The Tree, Cooloola Public Art Gallery, Gympie Queensland.
1998 Domestic Fetish, Adelaide Hilton International Hotel. Adelaide. S.A.
1998 Cooloola & Company, Ceramics, Cooloola Public Gallery Gympie Qld.
1997 Artistic Tracks to Cooloola, Gympie, Queensland.
1996 & 1997 Hot & Spicy, Aromas - Noosa, Queensland.
1996 Platters Exhibition, Hyatt, Coolum Queensland.
1996 Cooloola Cultural Pageant, Gympie Queensland.
1995 The Annual Tea & Coffee Pot Exhibition, Struggletown Arts Complex, Narellan, New South Wales
1994 Garden Exhibition - Studio 20, South Australia
1994 The Teapot Show - Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne Victoria.
1994 Contemporary Australian Jewellery, Griffith Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
1994 Wombats, Adelaide Institute Building South Australia (With the Royal
1994 Zoological Society of SA National Wombat Conference.)
1993: Mother's Day Exhibition - David Jones, Adelaide SA
1993 Noah's Arts - Adelaide Zoo, South Australia
1992 Toby Jugs, Tankards & A
Sherry for the Ladies. The Potter's Arms, Mt.Barker,
SA Mad Hatter's Teapot
Show-Studio 20, Blackwood, South
Australia
1991 Collectibles - Crafts Council Brisbane Queensland
1991 Teapots - The Potters Gallery, Brisbane Queensland
1991 Annual Teapot Show, Glebe, New South Wales.
1991 Telegraph Gallery, Victor Harbour, South Australia
1991 Gasworks Gallery, Strathalbyn, South Australia
1991 Inglewood Award, South Australia
1990 Homage to Vincent - Vincent Arts Gallery, Adelaide,
1989 Box Hill National Award, Box Hill, Victoria.
1989 Cats - Adelaide Festival Centre, South Australia
1988 Classics - Craft Council, Sydney New South Wales.
1988 L'Unique Festival of Arts, Adelaide, South Australia
1988 New Collectibles Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
1988 Acquisition Award Exhibition, Darwin, Northern Territory
1987 Seven SA Women Ceramists - Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne Victoria.
1987 Potters Guild of SA - Members Show, Potters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1986 6th National Crafts Award - Darwin NT
1987 Alice Craft Acquisition - Alice Springs, Northern Territory
1987 National Ceramic Award - Canberra, ACT
1987 Gold Medal Exhibition - L'Unique, Adelaide, South Australia
1987 Birchgrove Gallery, Hahndorf, South Australia
1987 Indigenous Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
1987 Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
1985 Beaver Galleries Canberra, ACT
1984 & 1985 Annual Teapot Show - Sydney, New South Wales.
1984 Gold Medal Exhibition - Studio 20, Blackwood, South Australia
1983 & 1984 Art Mart - Alice Springs, Northern Territory
David Jones Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
Penelope's, Hahndorf, SA
AWARDS
2010 First Prize Gympie Gold Rush Art Competition. Gympie Qld
2002 Award of Merit. Gympie Gold Rush Art Competition. Gympie Qld.
1996 First Prize, Pottery - Cooloola Cultural Pageant, Gympie, Qld
1986 Gold Medal - Potter's Guild, SA - Adelaide Festival of Arts
1984 First Prize - Annual Teapot Show, Sydney, NSW
COLLECTIONS
Wide Bay Australia
'The Teapot Guy' Los Angeles USA
Art Gallery of South Australia
Several corporate collections in Australia and Overseas
COMMISSIONS
2011 Continue
2010 Several private commissions. Qld
1995 Private Commission - sculpture, Adelaide, SA
1994 Peter Carrigy, Wood Craftsman Adelaide SA
1990 Hilton Hotel, Sydney, NSW
1989 lan Hannaford and Partners, Adelaide, SA
PUBLICATIONS
The Journal of Australian Ceramics 47#2 July 2008
Pottery in Australia.Vol 40 Number 2
Norris lonnou, 'Ceramics in SA 1836 -1986' Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1986
Pottery in Australia May 1989, June 2001
Bush Telegraph No 12 1997
Noosa Blue No30 1996
Craft Arts International No 26 1992/93
House and Garden June 1989
Leisuretime Feb/March 1998
December 1986
New Idea July 1987