Biography

Born Bellingen, NSW
Resides, Manly NSW 
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006     Cloissone, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003     Mottled, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2001     Monotypes, Ewart Gallery, Workshop Arts Centre Willoughby, NSW
            Surface and Structure, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
            Paintings, Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour NSW
1999     Humid, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
1998     Lush, Artichoke Contemporary Art, Sydney
            Vanitas Series, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
 

SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS

2004     Canberra Art Prize, Italo Club, Canberra, finalist
            HomeGround, School of Art Gallery, ANU National Institute of the Arts, ACT
2001     Summer, Nicky Ginsberg Art Dealer, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney and  ANCA Gallery, Canberra
            Paintings, Spectrum Gallery, School of Colour and Design, The Rocks, Sydney
            CPM Printmaking Awards, Tweed River Regional Gallery,
2000     New Work, The Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
1998     Australian Contemporary Art Fair (ACAF6), Melbourne Exhibition Building, Melbourne
            Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Sydney
            King’s School Art Prize Invitational, Sydney
1996     Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Finalist
1995     Wet Paint, Spiral Arm Gallery, Leichhardt Street Studios, ACT.
            Finish, Graduating Exhibition, Institute of the Arts (ITA), Canberra School of Art (CSA), ACT
                God Save the Queen, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Braddon ACT.
            Fruits of the Land, Photospace CSA, Canberra
            Female Identities, Foyer Gallery CSA, Canberra
            I Think I Can, Foyer Gallery, CSA, Canberra                                                               
            40 Days & 40 Nights, The Street Theatre, Canberra.
1994     Now & Then, Foyer Gallery CSA, Canberra                             
1993     Window Dressing, with Aleks Danko, Photospace CSA, Canberra    
            Paintings & Works on Paper, Collaboration with Vivienne Binns, Photospace CSA

BIBLIOGRAPHY (*review)

2004     Homeground, catalogue, ANU National Institute of the Arts, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ANU Publishers
 *John Stockdill, “Home Coming”, Artlook  #03 August 04

2002     Sarah Mufford, “The Stuff of Painting: Painting Research in the Studio Setting” Masters Thesis, University of Technology, Sydney

2001     Claire O’Rourke, Spotlight, Metropolitan, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb12, p 14 Reproduced:
*Peeling Back the Talent, Manly Daily, Feb 16
*Former Coffs Artist Back for Show”, Coffs Harbour Advocate, August
 A Conversation with Sarah Mufford Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery Newsletter, Issue 1, Interview1999     ‘Top Exhibitions of 1999’ Sun Herald December

1998     *Sebastian Smee, An Orgy in the Orchard, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 4, reproduced

1998     *Maggie Alderson, Tooty Fruity, Sydney Morning Herald, Good Living, reproduced
            ABC TV, Snapshot, Dec
            ACAF6, Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Catalogue ACGA p68

1996     Sarah Reflects on Art Prize, The Advocate, Coffs Harbour, March 9, front page, Reproduced,

1995          Finish, graduating catalogue, Canberra School of Art Gallery

1996                       Robert Macklin, The World Turns Out to See Our Artists, Canberra Times, Dec 2, p C11, Reproduced,

AWARDS AND HONOURS

2004     Finalist Canberra Art Prize, Italo Club Canberra
2002     NAVA Marketing Grant
2001     Shortlist, ROSL  Travel Scholarship
            Shortlist,  Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
1999     University of Technology, Sydney. Samoa Research Trip
1998     Finalist, The King’s School Invitational Art Prize, Sydney
1996     Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1995     Grant, Canberra School of Art Student’s Association
1995     Residency at Bundanon, Nowra NSW.

LECTURES AND PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2004     Artforum, National Institute of the Arts, Canberra School of Art
2002     Lecture, School of Colour and Design Sydney, Meet the Graduates/ Professional Practices
2001     Interview, Ken Robinson 2NSB Radio, Feb
2000    Lecture, “Professional Practice”, Foundation students, National Institute of the Arts, Canberra School of Art, ANU
1998     Interview, Arts Magazine, Sandra Symons, 2SERFM Sydney

COLLECTIONS

Keig and Company, Paddington NSW; Clayton Utz Lawyers, ACT; Private Collections, Australia, USA

EDUCATION
 

Master of Education (Visual Arts), University of Technology, Sydney, Conferred 2002

Workplace Training Category 1 Certificate, Australian National Training Authority, Sydney 1998

NEIS Program, Business Management Certificate DEETYA , BEC Sydney, 1997

Bachelor of Art (Visual) Australian National University, Institute of the Arts, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, conferred 1996

Bachelor of Art, Macquarie University, Sydney, 1989 – 1990

CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE
 

Self Employed Practising Artist, January 1995 – Present
Guest Painting Lecturer, Sydney Gallery School, 2004- Present
Part Time Painting and Drawing Lecturer, Brookvale Tafe, 2004- present
Painting Lecturer, North Shore School of Visual Arts, 2003- 2005
Painting Tutor, Private Studio Classes, Brookvale, NSW, 2003 – 2005
Painting Tutor, Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby, NSW,April 1999 – Present
Painting and Drawing Tutor, Manly Warringah Community College, Sydney May 1998 – 2003

Drawing and Painting Lecturer, School of Colour and Design Sydney Dec 2000 – Oct 2002 
Board Member Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby Sydney 1999 -2001
Inaugurated, Directed and Administered, Artichoke Contemporary Art and Gallery, Sydney May 1997 – Dec 1998

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