education
2016 Bachelor of Arts, (visual art, writing) Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
2006 Advanced Diploma, Visual Art, (fine art, sculpture) Central TAFE, Northbridge, Western Australia
1995 Kalamunda Senior High School, Special Art Programme, Kalamunda, Western Australia
as artist
Windsweepers, at Sculpture at Bathers, 2022
From the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, 2022
Tears of the Ancestors, Museum of Loss, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, 2022
Albatross, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, 2021
HOLD, Midland Junction Art Centre and part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, 2021
Mundaring Hills Open Studios, 2021
Empty Nesters Project, City of Melville, 2021
Colour Me, Beautiful, artist delegate for Vahri McKenzie, part of the Bunbury Biennale, HE | SHE | THEY, Bunbury Regional Art Centre, 2021
Tied Up With String, Mundaring Arts Centre, 2020
WOMXN 2020, Hard and Soft, invited artist, Spectrum Gallery, ECU, March 2020
Lust for Lustre, Ellenbrook Arts, 2020
Midwest Art Prize, finalist, 2019
Stations of the Cross, invited artist, curated by Claire Bushby, 2018
Immaterial, duo exhibition with Mandy Harwood, Spectrum Project Space, 2017
In Conversation, Spectrum Gallery, ECU, 2014
Darlington Arts Festival Invited artist, 2014
Alchemy, Melody Smith Gallery, (part of the Perth Fringe World program), Perth, WA, 2013
Lush, selected works from Midland Artsource Studio artists, curated by Eden Lennox, Ellenbrook Gallery, Ellenbrook, WA, 2012
Love, Honor and Obey, Oats Factory, Carlisle, WA, 2011
The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, 2010
Southbound Festival, Cello Lady, Busselton, WA, 2008
Artrage and Northbridge Festival, fire sculptures, 2008-9
Sandy Beach Reserve Sculpture Walk, Town of Bassendean, WA 2010
Sleepers Project, PICA, Perth, WA, 2011
Telethon Fundraiser Invitation Award, Burswood, WA, 2008
Piney Lakes Sculpture Walk, City of Melville, 2007
Piney Lakes Sculpture Walk, City of Melville, 2008
Material Pleasure, Heathcote Gallery, 2008
Artopia Big Draw, Perth, WA, 2007
New Works, New Faces, Perth Galleries, WA, 2007
Gomboc Sculpture Survey, 1999
Freelance Illustrator, Illustrated Ape Magazine, London, UK, 2001
as curator
NAIDOC week celebration, fashion parade and art exhibition, Ellenbrook Arts, 2021
Swan Open Studios event, Ellenbrook / City of Swan, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
Greywing ensemble exhibition and performance, Ellenbrook Arts, 2022
Lunchbars of Perth, Brett Leigh-Dicks, Ellenbrook Arts, 2022
Lust for Lustre, Ellenbrook Arts, Jan – Feb, 2020
Robert Andrew: Our Mutable Histories, Ellenbrook Art Gallery, 2019
Since Confessing, solo exhibition by Tami Esancy, Ellenbrook Art Gallery, 2018
Whadjuk's Kallip, Charmaine Cole, Joondalup Art Gallery, 2017
Ryck Rudd solo exhibition, Capriccio!, Arts in Focus, City of Joondalup, 2017
Burda Burda Dhulga (Telling a Story with Songlines), Julie Dowling, Joondalup Art Gallery, 2016
Second Hand, Arts in Focus, Bonnie Boogaard, Joondalup Art Gallery, 2016
Community Invitation Art Award, City of Joondalup, 2013-16
Community Art Exhibition, City of Joondalup, 2014-16
Mei, Arts in Focus, Rebecca Jensen, Joondalup Art Gallery, 2015
City of Bayswater Art Award, 2016
Yey Sussurus, A Selection of Works by Innovative Aboriginal Women Artists, part of NAIDOC week, Joondalup Art Gallery, 2014
Spontaneous Watercolour Exhibition, Zig Zag Cultural Centre, Kalamunda, WA, 2012
The York Society Annual Art Exhibition, 2012
Spectrum Youth Arts Exhibition, Zig Zag Cultural Centre, Kalamunda, WA, 2011
bigDIVERSE, Zig Zag Cultural Centre, Kalamunda, WA, 2011
collections and commissions
Cruthers Collection of Women's Art at UWA, 2021
Central TAFE Art Auction (fundraiser), Northbridge, WA, 2010
Swamp Curlew, Central TAFE Collection, 2009
residencies
Artist in Residence, Midland Junction Art Centre, 2024, with Dr Vahri McKenzie
Artist in Residence, Northcliffe Southern Forest Sculpture Walk, Northcliffe, WA, 2007
reviews
www.seesawmag.com.au/news/something-in-nothing-immaterial/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/10100244/brides-and-prejudice/
http://thethousands.com.au/perth/look/rizzy-gemma-ben-ary-love-honour-obey/
publications
No Stone Without A Name, Philippa O'Brien, published by the Ellenbrook Cultural Foundaiton Inc., 2022
Lust for Lustre, catalog foreword, 2020
Contributing author, Robots and Art, Exploring an Unlikely Symbiosis, Editors: Herath, Damith, Kroos, Christian, Stelarc, Springer Singapore, 2016, Hardcover ISBN 978-981-10-0319-6
Contributing co-author, Nervoplastica, Guy Ben-Ary, Bio Robotic Art and its Cultural Contexts, Published by the Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdanzk Poland, ISBN 978 83-61646-53-2
http://www.artcollector.net.au/JanetYatesMemoriesofExoticLands
http://www.janetyates.com.au/prod/mem-invite
Introductory catalogue essay, Janet Yates, Memories of Exotic Lands, Zig Zag Cultural Centre 2012
Reviewer, Fringe World 2018, www.fringefeed.com.au/reviews/alira-callaghan-gallery-as-residency-1886
Reviewer, Fringe World 2018, www.fringefeed.com.au/reviews/drowning-1991
Professional appointments
Executive Director, Ellenbrook Cultural Foundation, since 2017
Chairperson, Art on the Move, since 2023
Chairperson, GalleriesWest, 2021-2023
Board Member, Art on the Move, 2021-2023
Artistic Director, Eco Fashion Week, Closet of the Anthropocene, 2024
Judging and selection panels
Judge, SWAN - South West Art Now, A New Constellation, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, 2024
Selection Panelist, City of Kalamunda Art Prize, 2024
Committee Member, Darlington Art Festival, since 2022
Selection Panelist, City of Melville Art Award, 2021
Judge, Northam Art prize, 2023
Judge, Bindoon Show, 2022
Judge, Mandjar Art Awards, 2020
Judge, City of Melville Art Awards, 2019
Judge, North Midlands Agricultural Society Art Prize, 2019
Judge,17th Annual St George's Art Prize, 2019
Judge, Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape, 2018
Judge, City of Bayswater Art Award, 2018
Judge (visual arts), Fringe World, 2018, 2019
Curator, City of Joondalup, 2014-2017
Judge, Town of Bassendean Art Awards, 2017
Board Member, Mundaring Arts Centre, 2016-2019
Board Member, Galleries West, since 2018
Selection Panel Member, Paper Mountain’s annual program, 2015, Paper Mountain Artist Run Initiative, Northbridge, WA
Consultant and grant writer, The York Society, WA 2012
Grant writer, SymbioticA School of Biological Arts, Universtiy of Western Australia, WA 2012
Arts Consultant, Zig Zag Community Arts Group, Kalamunda, WA, 2009
Grant writer for SymbioticA / Art on the Move Adaptation exhibition, City of Mandurah, 2012
Grant writer for Guy Ben-Ary mid career fellowship, Department of Culture and the Arts, 2010
Grant writer for Guy Ben-Ary established career artist fellowship, Australia Council, 2012
http://southern.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Zig-Zag-lines-up-art-for-seniors/7607401/
http://www.theprogram.com.au/Event/20-08-2011/love-honour-obey
Artsource 6 x 6 artist talks, Perth, 2010
Pecha-Kucha, Artist’s Talks, Northbridge, WA, 2008
Freelance Writer and Illustrator, Illustrated Ape Magazine, London, UK, 2001
