JAN IRVINE-NEALIE: RESUMÉ
   

During the past twenty five or so years I have pursued my impulse to make visual art statements through the use of textile materials and techniques.

My subject matter is largely drawn from landscape, both known and imaginary. Through landscape I have explored my own sense of physical and metaphysical place. I’ve used landscape as a symbolic stage for exploring ideas and simply for the pleasure of tracing its majesty and mystery.

I’ve used textiles as a medium for rendering images, uncovering a natural affinity with its flexibility in both form and function. Initially, I progressed quickly through traditional fabric methods until I found the versatility of airbrushing dye onto whole cloth to achieve my composition.

Early in this progression I began using a hand stitched effect across the entire work. Punctuating fabric layers with an army of stitches is a peaceful, meditative process which suits my purpose and the resulting surface, a link to early ‘stipple’ quilting of the past, beguiles me still. Its soft, undulating texture and shifting quality of light has become a known characteristic of my work today.

I enjoy a wide acceptance for my art textiles and have been represented in national and international exhibitions and publications. In addition to my studio practice I’ve worked as an exhibition designer, arts administrator, teacher/lecturer and coordinator of community development and public arts programs.

I live and work with my husband, woodfire potter Chester Nealie, in a rural setting in New South Wales, Australia.

 

 

May 2009


Solo Exhibitions
2002           Emergence & Evolution, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong (Textile Fibre Forum) NSW Australia
2000-01       Fragility & Endurance – art textiles by Jan Irvine-Nealie, Queen Victoria Museum & Art                                      Gallery, Launceston Tasmania Australia
1995           Jan Irvine: Textiles. Sacara Gallery, Seiki Japan
1994           Virtue or Obsession, Jam Factory Gallery, (Women’s Suffrage Centenary) SA Australia
1991           Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Australia
1988           Miniatures, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney (World Crafts Conf.) NSW Australia
1984           Sequences in Time, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Australia
1983           Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide SA Australia
1982           Bethany Art Gallery, Barossa Valley SA Australia
Joint Exhibitions – with potter Chester Nealie
2007                                                 "Local Artists in China" exhibition, Stables Gallery, Mudgee, NSW, Australia
2007, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1998    Nealie & Irvine-Nealie, Cubicle Gallery, Gulgong NSW Australia
2007, 2006, 2003, 2000, 1999              Art for Wine, Stables Gallery, Mudgee NSW Australia
1993                                                  Views and Vessels, Artworks Gallery, Lakes Entrance VIC Australia

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007           Connected, Framed – The Darwin Gallery, NT Australia
2006-07      Threads of Contention, QVMAG at Inveresk, Launceston TAS Australia
2006           Freeland Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
                  Art for Wine, High Valley, during Wine Festival, Mudgee NSW Australia
2005           Chester Nealie & Friends, Ron Sang Gallery, Auckland New Zealand
                  Contemporary Quilts From Australia, Museum of the American Quilter’s Society,
                      Padukah Kentucky USA
                  The Expressive Stitch, Fairfield City Museum and Art Gallery, NSW and tour Australia
2004           Quilts of the Pacific Rim, Pan Pacific Quilt Show and Conference, Honolulu & Myrtle Beach
                     Quilt Show, South Carolina USA
                  Our Land, Horsham Regional Art Gallery (Fibre Forum & ART IS Festival), NSW Australia
                  Contexture, Framed – The Darwin Gallery, NT Australia
1999           Art Textiles of the World: Australia, Sturt Gallery (exhibition/book launch) NSW Australia
                  Quilt Show ’99, Retrospective group by invitation, The Quilters Guild, Sydney NSW Australia
                      (Winner – First and Second: Professional Innovative category)
1998           The World Quilt ’98 in Japan, Nagoya (invited) Japan
                  Origins and New Perspectives: Australian Contempory Textiles, Lodz Poland
1998, 2000, 2002 Land, Stables Gallery, Mudgee and regional tours NSW Australia
1997           Dare to Differ, Quilter’s Guild of SA Inc., Prospect Gallery, Adelaide SA Australia
                  Small Offerings, Butcher’s Hook Gallery, Mudgee NSW Australia
                  17th National Craft Award, Museum & Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin NT Australia
                  Vintage Crop: Art of Mudgee, Stein Gallery, Fairfield Reg. Heritage Centre, Sydney Australia
                  Nealie, McMeekin & Irvine, Oz Artspace, Katoomba NSW Australia
1996           Favourite Quilts, Mudgee Quilting Group/Mudgee Arts Council, Stables Gallery Australia
                  Quilts from the Pacific Rim, National Patchwork Association Autumn Quilt Fairs at
                      Portsmouth, Trentham, Cambridge and Cheltenham, UK
1996           International Exchange Exhibition: Japan/Australia, Meitetsu Dept. Store, Nagoya Japan
1995           Australia Dreaming, Quilters’ Guild exhibition, Quilt Show’95, Sydney Australia/
                      and Sydney Fair, Nagoya Japan
                  Running Stitch Wool Quilt Exhibition, National Wool Museum, VIC (acquired) Australia
1994           Art of the Object, by Craft Australia for South American tour South America
1993           Discerning Textiles, Goulburn Regional Gallery and Australian tour Australia
1992           Tutors’ Exhibition, Fibres West, Perth WA Australia
1992, 91, 90, 87 Hunters Hill Quilt Exhibition, Hunters Hill, Sydney NSW (by invitation) Australia
1991           Tutors Exhibition, Quilt Symposium ’91 – Dunedin, New Zealand
                  Threads of Journeys, Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs: Cultural Relations Program Australia/
                      Launch – High Court Building, Canberra and 2 year international tour International
1990           Index/Interfex, Craft Australian trade display, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW Australia
1989           Craft Survey Exhibition, Metro Arts, Brisbane QLD Australia
                  Commission Textiles, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
                  Quilt National, Ohio, USA (toured USA, Japan) USA/Japan
1988           Women ’88 Awards, Hilton Hotel and Devise Art Gallery, Melbourne VIC (acquired) Australia
                  Quilt Australia ’88, The Quilters’ Guild, Sydney NSW (Won political category) Australia
                  Classics at the Craft Centre, Crafts Council NSW (World Crafts Conf.), Sydney NSW Australia
                  Cloth and Beyond, School of Art, Wollongong University NSW (toured) Australia
                  Australian Contemporary Quilters: an invited exhibition, Link Gallery, Canberra ACT Australia
                  Fine Fibre, Weswal Gallery, Tamworth NSW Australia
                  Hunters Hill Miniature Quilt Exhibition, Hunters Hill, Sydney NSW Australia
1987           Winter Exhibition, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong NSW Australia
                  Spring Showing, Crafts Centre Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
1987-93       Quilts Covering Australia, suitcase exhibitions, Quilters’ Guild Inc. (national tour) Australia
1992, 88, 86Tamworth National Fibre/Textiles Biennial. Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW
                      (‘86 acquired, ‘92 toured) Australia
1986-87       National Survey of Contemporary Embroidery, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide SA
                       and national tour Australia
1986           Craft Purchase Exhibition, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, TAS (acquired) Australia
1984           Over the Top, Regional Gallery, Wollongong NSW

                  Australia Craft in Australia – exhibition/book launch, Woolloomooloo Gallery, Sydney NSW                        Australia Australian Textile Award, Sydney Textile Museum, Sydney NSW Australia
                  Contemporary Crafts: Design and Tradition, Crafts Centre Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
                  Art Walk, Window Shows by Crafts Council of SA, Adelaide Festival of Arts SA Australia
                  Quilting Bee Project, Arts Council Chambers, Adelaide SA Australia
1983           Contemporary Australian Quilts, Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia
                  Artists in St Peters, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide SA Australia
                  State of the Crafts, Crafts Council of SA exhibition, Mt Gambier SA Australia
                  Makers’ Choice, Jam Factory Gallery, Crafts Council SA (exhibitor/selector) Australia
1982           Quantum Leaps Quilt Show, Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, Quantum Leaps – SA
                  Womens Arts Festival. Sydney tour for Women in Arts Festival, NSW Australia

Selected Commissions
2004           Cudgegong House Pty Ltd: “Summer Rain”, art textile – 1080mm x 2850mm NSW Australia
2004           Annette Gero Collection: “Drought Breaker”, art textile – 600mm x 1100mm NSW Australia
1996           Mudgee Wine Grape Growers: “Mudgee Valley View”, art textile – 4M x 1.5M NSW Australia
1988           Bernard Young Design Group: fabric hanging to designer’s brief – 4M x 5M,
                  Golden Gate Hotel, Sydney NSW Australia
1987           Bicentennial Exhibition: Backdrop to Stage 2: the Environment. Scenic artwork
                     – total of 32M x 4M average Australia
1985           Adelaide Festival Centre: “Flinders Trail”, large continuous interactive fabric panels as
                  Exhibition -. Designer: Silver Harris SA Australia
1983           Adelaide Festival Centre: “Pinocchio”, 8 large interactive fabric exhibition panels –
                     20M x 2.4M Designer: Silver Harris SA Australia
1982, 83      Young & Rubicum Pty Ltd: Soft sculptures (x5) for Actil advertising account. SA Australia
                  Privately commissioned art quilts

Collections
                  Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin NT Australia
                  National Wool Museum, Geelong VIC Australia
                  Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW Australia
                  Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Ararat VIC Australia
                  Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia
                  Tamworth National Fibre Collection, Tamworth NSW Australia
                  Private and corporate collections in Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Japan

Publications
2009            Surface Design Journal — Spring edition, Cover, 32-37 USA
2009            Mudgee Region Tourist Guide — Cover, p32, Australia
2007           Down Under Quilts, January 2007 pp. 70-76 Australia
2005          Textile Fibre Forum, Vol 24, Issue 2, no. 78 (inside back cover) Australia/NZ
2003          Textile Fibre Forum, Vol 22, Issue 2, no. 70 (cover, inside front cover) Australia/NZ
2001          Textile Fibre Forum, Vol 20, Issue 2, no. 62 (pp. 14-15) Australia/NZ
                 Fragility & Endurance, Glenda King, Crafts Arts International, No. 53 (pp. 18-22) Australia
2000          Fragility & Endurance, solo exhibition catalogue, Glenda King, Queen Victoria
                     Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia
1999            Art Textiles of the World – Australia, Michael Koumis, Telos Art Publications UK
1998            Origins and New Perspectives – Contemporary Australian Textiles, exhibition
                      catalogue, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia
1998            Masters of their Craft: Contemporary, Decorative and Applied Arts in Australia,
                      Noris Iannou, Craftsman House, Sydney NSW Australia
1995           Australia Dreaming, The Quilters’ Guild Inc., Fairfax Press, Sydney NSW Australia
                  Textile Fibre Forum, Vol 14, Issue 1, No. 42 (pp. 30-31) Australia/NZ
                  88 Leaders in the Quilt World Today, Nihon Vogue, Tokyo Japan
1994           Virtue or Obsession, solo exhibition catalogue, Jennifer Isaacs, Jam Factory Craft &                                            Design Centre, Adelaide SA Australia
                  Contemporary Embroidery, Anne Morrell, Merehurst, London UK
1993           Artfile, Craft Arts International, Sydney NSW Australia
                  The Crafts Movement in Australia, Grace Cochrane, NSWU Press, Sydney NSW Australia
                  Decorative Arts & Design from the Powerhouse Museum, Powerhouse Publishing Australia
                  Quilting, Dorothy Ostler, Merehurst, London UK
1990           Interior Designers Handbook, Vol 7, No. 1 Australia
1989           Tsuchin, Quilters Magazine, Tokyo Japan
                  The Makers, ABC TV Documentary Series Australia
1982           SAM, South Australia Magazine, June issue’ SA Australia
                  Artlink, Vol.2, No. 4 Sept-Oct Australia
                  Craft Australia, Winter edition Australia
                  Vogue, November issue Australia
1983           SA Crafts, Summer edition SA Australia
1984           Craft in Australia, by Alan Moult, Reed Publishers, Sydney NSW Australia
1985           Craft Australia, Summer Edition, (pp.55-57) Australia
1986           The Template, Quilters’ Guild magazine, March, Vol. 4, No. 3 NSW Australia
                  Craft Arts, Spring edition Australia
1987           New Quilts: Interpretations and Innovations – Quilt National, Schiffer Press USA
                  Australian Quilts: the People and their Art, Jan Irvine, Quilters’ Guild Inc., Simon
& Schuster, Sydney Australia
                  Textile Fibre Forum, Vol. 6, Issue 1, no. 18 (3 articles) Australia/NZ
1988            Quilt Australia, Quilters’ Guild Inc., Bay Books, Sydney Australia

Most Recent Workshops
2009            Running Stitch with Style, Textile Fibre Forum, Orange, NSW, Australia
                   Thinking in Stitches & Running Stitch with Style, Grampians Texture, Halls Gap Victoria, 
                   Australia
                   People Who Run With Stitches, Bunbury Arts Centre, Bunbury WA Australia                  
2008            Inunder & Overit
2008               Textile Fibre Forum, Orange NSW Australia
                   Stitch the Project-Draw the Line
2004                Text-Isle (Regional Fibre Forum), Launceston TAS Australia
2003                Textile Fibre Forum, Mittagong NSW Australia
                   Slick Tricks & Sleight of Hand-Devices for Designers,
2003                Perth WA Australia
2002                Textile Fibre Forum, Mittagong NSW Australia

Awards, Acquisitions, Grants and Residencies
1999            Quilt Show ’99, Retrospective group by invitation, The Quilters Guild, Sydney NSW
(                      Winner – 1st & 2nd: Professional Innovative category) Australia
1998, 96       Artist in Residence – Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS Australia
1995            Running Stitch Wool Quilt Exhibition, National Wool Museum, VIC (acquired) Australia
1988            Women ’88 Awards, Hilton Hotel/Devise Art Gallery, Melbourne VIC (acquired) Australia
                   Quilt Australia ’88, The Quilters’ Guild, Centrepoint, Sydney NSW
                       (1st: Political category) Australia
1987            Artist in Residence – Textiles Dept, School of Art, Wollongong University NSW Australia
1986            Tamworth National Fibre/Textiles Biennial. Tamworth Reg. Gallery, NSW (acquired) Australia
                   Craft Purchase Exhibition, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, TAS (acquired) Australia
                   Professional Development Grant – Crafts Boards of the Australian Council Australia

Training
1968-70       SA School of Art/Western Teachers College, Adelaide SA – Dip Teach: Secondary Art
1983-84       Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, SA – Gallery Assistant (exhibition installation, including
1984            Adelaide Festival of Arts program.)

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