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Catherine Truman

Catherine Truman

Born: 1957, Catherine Truman, Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia

Media: Objects, installation, film, contemporary jewellery

Current: Current partner /co-founder; Gray Street Workshop, Adelaide, South Australia (est 1985) 42 years full-time practice

Professional Experience

Residencies

2019
Ophthalmic Imaging Clinics, Flinders Centre for Ophthalmology, Eye and Vision Research, School of Medicine, Flinders University.
The State Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of South Australia.

2016-17
Flinders Centre for Ophthalmology, Eye and Vision Research, School of Medicine, Flinders University.

2014
Ian Gibbins Microscopy Suite, Flinders University.

2010-09
Autonomic Neurotransmission Laboratory, Dept.
Anatomy & Histology School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.

 

Awards

2018
Selected finalist Funaki Contemporary Jewellery Award.

2017
Selected Jamfactory Icon.

2016
Selected as feature artist and subject of monograph for SALA.
Arts South Australia Fellowship.

2011
Ruby Award, SA Govt. for Arts Enterprise (Gray Street Workshop).
Synapse Residency ANAT.

2008-10
Master of Australian Craft.

2007-08
Australia Council of the Arts Fellowship.

 

Exhibitions (Solo & Group)

2021
Shared Reckonings | Santos Museum of Economic Botany and the Deadhouse, Adelaide Botanicla Gardens, part of the 2021 Adelaide Festival.

2020
Made/Worn | Australia Design Centre, Sydney. National touring.
Elegy, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne.

2019
Trick of the Light, (solo) | The National, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2018
Aroura Australia | Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, Canada.

2017-20
Catherine Truman: no surface holds, (solo) | JamFactory, Adelaide, South Australia, national touring during 2018-2020.

2016-17
Up Close and Far Away | Galerie Ra, Amsterdam.

2016
Catherine Truman, (solo) | SALA feature artist exhibition, Gallery 9, Art Gallery of South Australia.

2015-16
Theatre of Detail: Gray Street Workshop celebrates 30yrs | Gray Street Workshop Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, National & international touring.

2014
The Microscope Project, | City Gallery, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide.
The Other Side | Galerie S O, London, UK.

2013
Beijing International Jewelry Art Biennial 2013 | Beijing, China.
Fictional Science, (jointly with Sue Lorraine) | Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2014-09
Collect | Saachi Gallery, London, UK, SOFA NY, USA.

2012
Some Uncertain Facts, (solo) | Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Victoria.
Forces of Nature | Australian Embassy Gallery, Washington DC, USA.

2011/12
Jewellery Unleashed | Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, Netherlands; Museum Bellerive, Zurich.

2010
21st Century: Art in the First Decade | Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art.
Abstract Nature | SAMSTAG Art Museum, University of South Australia.
Gray Street Workshop | Celebrates 25 years, Art Gallery of South Australia.

 

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Represented

Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Coda-museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Artbank
Danner-Stiftung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand
University of Tasmania, Hobart
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Art Gallery of Western Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne