Vanessa Wallace

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Biography

Born in 1981, I have spent the vast majority of my 32 years living, and working in Perth. I completed Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) at Edith Cowan University in 2003 and hold an Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts from Central TAFE. I have been exhibiting in group exhibitions since 2000, including the 2013 Libris Awards and held my first solo exhibition at Moora Fine Art Gallery in 2009. Awards include the Print Council of Australia commissioned artist in 2012. Currently I work as a senior technicial officer, specializing in printmaking, at Edith Cowan University. My art practice works mostly across printmaking and textiles, particularly finding its outlet through book and zine making, etching, solvent transfer, stitch, digital print and letterpress. I also work in an assistant role with other artists, mostly by providing technicial skills such as book binding, typesetting and printing.

Solo Exhibitions

2011
Recent Work, Westside Studios, Subiaco, WA
Recent Work, Westside Studios, Subiaco, WA

2009
Grounded, Moora Fine Arts Gallery, Moora, WA
Grounded, Moora Fine Arts Gallery, Moora, WA

2009
Veneers and Interiors, The Gallery at Ellenbrook, Ellenbrook, WA
Veneers and Interiors, The Gallery at Ellenbrook, Ellenbrook, WA

2008
Here and There, Breathing Space, Edith Cowan University Mt Lawley Campus, WA
Here and There, Breathing Space, Edith Cowan University Mt Lawley Campus, WA

2008
Back and Forth, St Gertrude’s College, Benedictine Community of New Norcia, WA
Back and Forth, St Gertrude’s College, Benedictine Community of New Norcia, WA

Group Exhibitions

2014
Antipodean Worlds: Prints from Staff and Students from ECU, Australia, Memorial Union - Lakefront on
Antipodean Worlds: Prints from Staff and Students from ECU, Australia, Memorial Union - Lakefront on Langdon Gallery, Wisconsin Union Galleries, University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA

2013
Becoming: process in creative work in relation to the lived environment, Art Gallery of University o
Becoming: process in creative work in relation to the lived environment, Art Gallery of University of Shanghi, Shanghai, China.

2013
2013 Libris Awards, Artspace MacKay, MacKay, Queensland
2013 Libris Awards, Artspace MacKay, MacKay, Queensland

2012
PCA Commissioned Artist Print Viewing, various venues throughout Australia
PCA Commissioned Artist Print Viewing, various venues throughout Australia

2012
Est, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA
Est, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA

2011
Of Spears and Pruning Hooks, Junction Gallery Polytechnic West, Midland, WA
Of Spears and Pruning Hooks, Junction Gallery Polytechnic West, Midland, WA

2010
Stitched and Bound, Heathcote Museum and Gallery, Applecross, WA
Stitched and Bound, Heathcote Museum and Gallery, Applecross, WA

2009
Moments In Between, The Gallery at Ellenbrook, Ellenbrook, WA
Moments In Between, The Gallery at Ellenbrook, Ellenbrook, WA

2007
Traces of the Mundane, Spectrum Art Space, Northbridge, WA
Traces of the Mundane, Spectrum Art Space, Northbridge, WA

2006
Print, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA
Print, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA

2005
The Salvation Show, (An Artrage event), Former Pallas Nightclub, Northbridge, WA 06.08.04, Moores Bu
The Salvation Show, (An Artrage event), Former Pallas Nightclub, Northbridge, WA 06.08.04, Moores Building, Fremantle, WA

Awards

2013
Finalist, Libris Awards, Artspace MacKay
Finalist, Libris Awards, Artspace MacKay

2012
Print Council of Australia commissioned artist
Print Council of Australia commissioned artist

2010
City of Swan Print Media Excellence Award
City of Swan Print Media Excellence Award

2009
Janet Holmes à Court Grant for Veneers and Interiors exhibition at the Gallery Ellenbook
Janet Holmes à Court Grant for Veneers and Interiors exhibition at the Gallery Ellenbook

2005
Western Australian Printmedia Emerging Artist Award
Western Australian Printmedia Emerging Artist Award

2005
Mundaring Bicentenary Scholarship Trust Recipient
Mundaring Bicentenary Scholarship Trust Recipient

Collections

Edith Cowan University

Print Council of Australia Archives

State Library of Victoria

Shire of Mundaring

Canson Australia

Galleries

Edith Cowan University

Print Council of Australia Archives

State Library of Victoria

Shire of Mundaring

Canson Australia

Publications

Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University

Print Council of Australia Archives
Print Council of Australia Archives

State Library of Victoria
State Library of Victoria

Shire of Mundaring
Shire of Mundaring

Canson Australia
Canson Australia

Residencies

2008
Artist in Residence, Friends Picnic Day, Benedictine Community of New Norcia
Artist in Residence, Friends Picnic Day, Benedictine Community of New Norcia

2008
Artist in Residence, Print Department, School of Contemporary Art, Edith Cowan University
Artist in Residence, Print Department, School of Contemporary Art, Edith Cowan University

Vanessa Wallace
Drawing, Photography, Print making

Artist Statement

All works form part of an on-going exploratory series, where conceptually I investigate the ground underfoot, in order to create a lexicon which captures fleeting moments of my life-world.