Curriculum Vitae

Education

current candidate - Master of Fine Arts - Monash University

Master of Visual Arts - Monash University  - 2010

Graduate Diploma of Secondary Education (Art) - Charles Sturt University - 2001

Bachelor of Art (Art History) – Griffith University – 2001
Diploma of Western Calligraphy – Chatswood Evening College Inc. - 1998

Selected Awards & Exhibitions

2010         Sculpture on the Edge  - Bermagui Headland
Finalist - Basil Sellers Art Award  - Eurobodalla
Atlas - artist’s books exhibition – Artisan Books, Fitzroy

2009        Commendation & Packers Prize - Meroogal Women’s Art Award – & touring exhibition
Lakelight Sculpture - Jindabyne
Out of the Box III - Bega Regional Gallery, Bega
Judges Commendation - Books Beyond Words - National Book Arts Award, - East Gippsland Art Gallery
Towards Postmodernism - Bega Regional Gallery, Bega

2008        Meroogal Women’s Art Award – and touring exhibition – various venues
Acquisitive book art award/exhibition – Next Art Gallery, Southern Cross University, Lismore
Into the Fold – artist’s books exhibition – Artisan Books, Fitzroy

2007        2nd Prize – Meroogal Women’s Art Award – and touring exhibition – various venues
                Botanical Rhythm - (Guest Artist) North Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, Coffs Harbour
                Books.07 – Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa
                Acquisitive book art award/exhibition – Next Art Gallery, Southern Cross University, Lismore
                Text/TXT – artist’s books exhibition – Artisan Books, Fitzroy
                A Celebration of the Alphabet – Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra
                Out of the Box II – Bega Regional Gallery, Bega

2006        Forty Weeks – solo exhibition – Spiral Gallery, Bega
                Out of the Box – Bega Regional Gallery, Bega
                Honorable Mention – ‘In the Beginning’ Art Award – Chapel on Station Gallery, Box Hill
                Red/Read – artist’s books exhibition – Artisan Books, Fitzroy
                From the Rainforest to the Sea – Gold Coast Regional Gallery, Gold Coast

2005        Books.05 – Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa
                Meroogal Women’s Art Award – Touring Exhibition

2004        Art in the Streets – People’s Choice Award, Bega

                Words for Peace – San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, USA

                Meroogal Women’s Art Award - Touring exhibition

2003        Magic Lines – Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea

2001        Pen Play – (Guest Artist) Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
                Inklings – ASC Guild Member Exhibition, Headmasters Gallery, St Ives

1999        Calligraphy – Past, Present, Future – Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega
A Matter of Taste – ASC Guild Member Exhibition, Headmasters Gallery, St Ives
Fireshed Art Show II – group show in conjunction with the Four Winds Festival, Bermagui

1998        Celebrating Nature with the Pen – North Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, Coffs Harbour
Fireshed Art Show I, group exhibition in conjunction with the Four Winds Festival,  Bermagui

1997        Award of Excellence – Letter Arts Review Annual Review, USA
Confluence, international juried contemporary calligraphy exhibition, University of Illinois, USA
The Writing’s on the Wall, ASC group exhibition, NSW State Parliament House
A Spring Exhibition – ASC Guild Members Exhibition, Lurline Gallery, Katoomba
Riverdance – celtic art exhibition, in conjunction with the original ‘Riverdance’ tour – Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Symphony of Letters – Botanic Gardens, Coffs Harbour

1996        Beyond Tilba – solo exhibition, Tilba Woodturning Gallery, Central Tilba
                Pen to Palette, ASC group exhibition, Headmasters Gallery St Ives

1995        Unanimously elected Guild Member of the ASC – the highest form of peer recognition in Australia for calligraphy

1993        For Tomorrow Woodworkers Assoc. of NSW exhibition, State Library of NSW
Inaugural recipient of the ASC National Open Scholarship

Rhonda’s work has featured in publications including: ’Artlink’ (vol 29#4), ‘500 Handmade Books’ Lark Books,
‘WordsWorth’ - Contemporary Australian Calligraphy 2009/2010, Craft Arts (Australia), Letter Arts Review (USA),
The Edge (UK), Kalligrafia, Postscipt & Colophon (Australia)