Curriculum Vitae - Cecile Williams
Curriculum Vitae - Cecile Williams |
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P.O. Box 884 Denmark, Western Australia 6333 Tel mob 0439 328 940 Email: |
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| Education | ||
| Diploma Fine Art (Sculpture) Claremont School of Art Perth WA | ||
| 1982-84 | Diploma Graphic Design Perth Technical College WA | |
| Selected Exhibitions and Commissions | ||
| 2025 | LAND SEA AIR, Encounters with Nature, Arts and Culture Christmas Island THE SHINING (HI-VIZ in focus), Albany Town Hall, WA | |
| 2021/22 | TOY STORIES, IOTA21 Indian Ocean craft triennial Midland Junction Art Centre WA HOLD, IOTA21 Indian Ocean craft triennial Midland Junction Art Centre WA DWELLING RITUALS Holmes a'Court Gallery Vass Felix WA | |
| 2021 | REFLECTION/SUBMERSION, Festival of Perth Exhibition, Holmes a'Court Gallery West Perth WA | |
| 2020 | SCULPTURE AT BATHERS, Exhibition, Kidogo Art house Fremantle WA | |
| 2019 | TREE-CYCLED sculpture commission for Southern Forrest sculpture walks Northcliffe WA W.O.W Weavers of Waste collaborative textile exhibition, CRC Gallery Denmark WA |
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| 2018 | OUT OF THE BLUE Exhibition Bribie Island, Seaside Museum QLD | |
| 2017 | THE HABITS OF HORSES temporary sculpture commission, Mundaring Sculpture Park WA SCULPTURE AT BATHERS Exhibition, Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle WA |
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| 2016 | BUNBURY SOUTH WEST SURVEY SHOW, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery WA | |
| 2015 | TRAPPED Solo Exhibition, Perth Winter Arts Festival Gallery Central, Northbridge WA | |
| 2014 | COAST Exhibition, Holmes a'Court Gallery, Vasse Felix, Margaret River WA | |
| 2013 | FINGERS & PETALS, The Gallery, Ellenbrook WA SCULPTURE BY THE SEA Ghostnets Australia collaborative Artwork, Perth WA |
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| 2012 | SCULPTURE BY THE SEA Ghostnets Australia collaborative Artwork, Sydney NSW | |
| 2011 | GHOSTNETS AUSTRALIA Group exhibition, Butter Factory Arts Centre QLD | |
| 2010 | CONTAINED Festival of Perth Solo Exhibition, Gallery Central, Perth WA REPAIRED LOG commission for Southern Forrest Sculpture Walk, Northcliffe WA |
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| 2008 |
PEEP Glimpses of last 4 decades, from Kerry Stokes Collection, Art Gallery of WA SILVER Artrage 25yrs Exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA RESURECT-TIP TEMPLE Installation Exhibition, Vancouver Arts Gallery, Albany WA |
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| 2007 | PEEP Glimpses of Kerry Stokes Collection, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC | |
| 2006 | THIRD EYE FORTH HAND Exhibition, Heathcote Museum and Gallery, Perth WA | |
| 2001 | INTERNATIONAL ART EXCHANGE Exhibition, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University WA PEEP Solo Exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre WA |
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| 2000 | DOLL Touring Exhibition Adelaide Festival, Art Space, Adelaide SA | |
| 1999 | Public Art Commission MULTI MEDIA INSTALLATION for Clarkson Senior High School WA | |
| 1995 | Public Art Sculptures, Narrogin Park Community Project WA | |
| 1993 | Public Art Sculpture ONCE APON A LAKE Perth Railway Station, WA | |
| Selected Artist Projects | ||
| 2025 | Special effects in shadow booth, collaborating with Jane Davies for Southern Edge Arts, WA Residency in mentoring and collaboration with community for Land See Air exhibition, Art & Culture, CI |
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| 2024 | Residency in Shadow Development with Jane Davies & Sanjeeva Margio at Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA | |
| 2024 | Residency in Junk Puppet making at Fitzroy Crossing Senior and Primary school with Theatre Kimberly WA | |
| 2023 | Sculptor in residence at Arts Ceduna including public workshops for Tarnanthi Art Fair Adelaide SA | |
| 2022 | Co-creator, designer & maker, SHOWDAY, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA | |
| 2020 | Tura Artist residency FLOWING, Fitzroy Crossing district high School, Fitzroy Crossing WA | |
| 2019 | Set, costume & puppet designer ON OUR BEACH Immersive theatre show, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA Artist Mentor - Weavers of Waste resulting in exhibition W.O.W at Brave New Works festival, Denmark WA |
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| 2018 | Artist Mentor for W.O.W. Weavers of Waste, Denmark WA CD, ADVENTURES IN THE CREATURE GARDEN, Barking Gecko WA Props maker, TOM VICKER'S EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA |
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| 2017 | Theatre designer & maker for THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE, Brave New Works Festival, Denmark WA Artist in residence Gascoyne junction primary school AWSOME ARTS, Gascoyne Junction WA |
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| 2016 | Set and costume designer/maker for GREENS POOL THE MUSICAL, Brave New Works Festival, Denmark WA Set designer for THE LIVING TESTAMENT, Brave New Works Festival, Denmark WA Marine debris art workshop tutor, Port Hedland WA |
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| 2015 | Co-produced IMMERSION, an event combining arts, science & environmentalists WA | |
| 2014 | Designer for set & costume RHYTHMS OF LIFE multi-media performance, Denmark WA Awsome Arts festival Creative challenge SHAPING STORIES, Film & Arts residency Collie WA |
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| 2013 | Artist in Residence TAGIMOUCIA ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS & MUSIC FESTIVAL, Taviuni Fiji Community Artist for WESTERN DESERT KIDNEY HEALTH PROJECT Laverton WA |
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| 2011-12 | Artist - GHOSTNETS AUSTRALIA, Mapoon, Weipa, Goulburn Is, Gove Yirrkala, Groote Eylandt NT, Cairns QLD Community Artist for WESTERN DESERT KIDNEY HEALTH PROJECT, Menzies WA Artist in residence RECYCLE SCULPTURE PROJECT, Albany Grammar School WA |
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| 2011 | Artist in residence SEA GONDWANA AIR Environmental Arts Project in six Southwest Schools WA Artist CULTURE LOVE workshops environmental based, Hammond Island, Torres Strait Artist - Textile Workshops for YARNS OF THE HEART CANWA Noongar doll Narrogin Pingelly WA |
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| 2010 | Artist for GHOSTNETS AUSTRALIA, Saibai Is Torres Straits QLD Designer of set, costumes & puppets for Visual Theatre BIRTHDAY, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA Artist in residence in collaboration with Sandy MacKendrick for environmental Art Trail Christmas Island |
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| 2009 | Designer for Circus Theatre performance COLLIDESCAPE Christmas Island | |
| 2008 | Artist in Residence - recycle sculpture & sound project & community workshops RESURECT-TIP TEMPLE, Albany WA Designer for sets, costumes & Community Artist for THE BIG 50 YEAR CELEBRATION, Christmas Island Designer of Puppets Sets & workshops KAPOW SECRETS FROM A STOREROOM, Youth Theatre SEA Albany WA |
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| 2007 | Designer of sets & costumes for Circus Performance RARE EARTH, Christmas Island Designer SPLAT Art comes to life, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre performance WA Designer/community artist for THE BIJ FAIRBRIDGE FESTIVAL, large scale community arts sculpture WA Set designer and community artist for FESTIVAL OF THE WIND, Esperance WA Ephemeral Art Collaboration with Mix art collective A TASMANIA PERSPECTIVE AT QUARANUP, Albany WA |
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| 2006 | Artist in residence creating ephemeral sculptures for NORTHCLIFFE SCULPTURE WALK, Northcliffe WA Artist in residence for BIKE LAB workshops Awesome Childrens Festival, Albany and Esperance WA Community artist for Put Art Collective ephemeral artworkshops CANE TOAD ARTS PROJECT, Kununurra WA Puppet designer and maker for RED DOG, Black Swan Theatre Company WA |
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| 2005 | Art in Residence, recycle sculpture making THE POLLUTION PROJECT Ð Kununurra Library, Kununurra WA Art tutor for Katanning Environmental art workshops HOT SPOT Albany WA Arts facilitator, lino print ans Fibre workshops, Warringarri Aboriginal Art Gallery Kununurra WA Designer and community artist for circus theatre performance HIGH SPIRITS, Christmas Island Art Tutor for Environmental Art workshops with PIAC students in Denmark and Albany WA |
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| 2004 | Designer for puppetry performance H2O, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Perth International Arts Festival WA Artist in residence mask workshops, Bulla Camp Primary School, N.T. Gallery Assistant, Waringarri Aboriginal Art Gallery Kununurra WA Sculpture Workshop Tutor, Bandyup Women's Prison WA |
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| 2003 | Designer of Set, Costumes for Christmas Island School Circus, Christmas Island Visual Artist tutoring mental health clients for HOUSE project DADAA, WA |
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| 2002 | Designer collaborating with Lorraine Biggs, Ihos opera performance SCHWA, Hobart, TAS Designer, set, costumes and puppets for theatre performance HAREBRAIN, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA |
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| 2001 | Community Artist, puppet & mask workshops DEADLY FUSION YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL, Kununurra WA Designer, set, costumes and puppets for theatre performance THE DEEP, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre WA |
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| Solo Exhibitions | ||
| 2015 | TRAPPED Gallery Central, Northbridge | |
| 2010 | CONTAINED Festival of Perth, Gallery Central Perth WA | |
| 2001 | PEEP at Fremantle Arts Centre WA | |
| 1992 | Western Australia House, London UK | |
| 1991 | Basel Exchange Exhibition, Switzerland | |
| 1990 | Perth Institute of Contemporary Art WA | |
| Creative Development | ||
| 2024-26 | Creative research program 3 year zoom course, extending & developing creative practice Dr Ruth Hadlow, Tas | |
| 2024 | IOTA 2024 conference WA | |
| 2021 | Creative development Rewind to Play DLGSC funded project WA | |
| 2018 | Objects as metaphor Master class by Dr Clare Dyson, Albany WA | |
| 2016 | Ideas Development Master class by Dr Ruth Hadlow, Canberra ACT | |
| 2014-2019 | Master classes Dr Ruth Hadlow, Articulating Practice, Vic, Poetic affect and innovation; Critical analysis, ACT | |
| 2010 | Mid Career Fellowship research and development, Department of Culture & Arts WA | |
| 2008 | New Work Grants from Australia Council & Culture & Arts WA resulting in solo exhibition CONTAINED | |
| 2006 | Quick Response Grant National Puppetry Summit TAS | |
| 2003 | Development in Advanced Digital and Traditional Puppetry C.A.D.S.A Film & Television Institute WA | |
| 2001 | Artist Residency International Art Exchange Triangle Project, Dingo Flats, Walpole WA | |
| 2000 | New Works development grant Dept Arts WA resulting in PEEP Solo exhibition Fremantle Arts Centre WA | |
| 1999 | VLAM International Community Arts Collaboration Cape Town South Africa & Southern Edge Arts WA BEYOND SOUND Sculpture and Sound Installation in collaboration with musician Peter Keelan, Hanoi Vietnam |
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| 1996 | Canada Ð performing with Whak at The Edmonton International Street Performers festival WHAK Visual Arts / Music creative performance touring West Canada a WA Department for the Arts grant |
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| 1995 | East Africa-Harare Zimbabwe residency in textile design | |
| 1991 | Basel Switzerland Artist Exchange Award recipient WA Department for the Arts | |
| Travel / Residencies | ||
| 2013 | Taviuni island Fiji - Artist in Residence Tagimoucia Environmental Arts and Music festival | |
| 1997 | International Community Arts Collaboration in Cape Town, Southern Edge Artesia & South African community artists Vietnam - collaboration with Sound Artist Peter Keelan at Hanoi Conservatory of Music | |
| 1996 | Canada - performing with Whak at The Edmonton International Street Performers festival | |
| 1995 | Harare, Zimbawe residency in textile design | |
| 1991 | Europe, Basel exchange recipient | |
| Collections | ||
| Art Gallery of Western Australia Janet Holmes a'Court WA Curator of Singapore Museum - Singapore Edith Cowan University, WA Central Tafe Perth WA, Kerry Stokes collection, WA Gomboc Gallery, WA Artrage, WA Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland Paper Collar Gully Collection, WA Numerous private collections in Australia & Singapore |
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| Selected Publications | ||
| 2017 | garlandmag.com Kevin Murray 12 March | |
| 2016 | Mara Yunqu, The story of the western Desert Kidney Health project | |
| 2015 | ABC Great Southern WA Artist Turns Trash to Treasure, Katrina Beavan The Australian June, review by Victoria Laurie The West Australian May, Steven Bevis |
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| 2014 | Yarns of the Heart Publication CANWA | |
| 2010 | ArtLink Vol 30 no 4 Stirring 2 Kevin Murray Art Monthly Australia issue 229 May Australian Art Review West Australian An island of props, Ric Spencer X-press magazine Contained Objectified, Emma Bergmeier February Insite Scoop Summer 2009/10 issue 23 Festival 10 Visual Arts Perth International Arts Festival FebÐMarch |
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| 2008 | Out of the Box Weekend Australian Ted Snell Peep Glimpses of the last four decades from the Kerry Stokes collection Art & Australia vol 45 No 4 Peep reveiw by Hannah Mathews Silver Artrage 25 Marcus Canning Andrew Gaynor |
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| 2007 | Telling Tails WA Artists in schools partnerships DCA, Arts Line autumn | |
| 2006 | Hot Spot contemporary art from the great southern WA | |
| 2003 | Just Imagine, A children's guide to the Art Gallery of Western Australia | |
| 2001 | Smarts Arts Info. Issue 10 June 2001, Judith McGrath 1/9/01 www.artseen.vbw.com.au/peepskin.html Artist In Residence, John Stringer, Sandpiper Press, Perth 1995 |
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| 1999 | Wendy Walker, The Adelaide Advertiser, 22 April | |
| 1998 | Kate Malkovic, Soup Magazine, May | |
| 1997 | Smarts Arts Info issue 10 June, Jenny Wright | |
| 1995 | One Hundred Years, Art Gallery of WA | |
| 1990 | David Bromfield, The West Australian, March | |
| 1989 | Christine Sharkey, The West Australian, February | |