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NALDA MAY SEARLES
http://searles-art-adrift.blogspot.co http://thestringmakers.blogspot.com
EDUCATION
1989 - 91 Fine Arts degree painting major (distinction). Curtin University of Technology, WA
1978 Commenced Self teaching fibre textile basketry and stitch skills
1969 - 72 Psych nurse training Mental Health Services, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 The Stringmakers. Tjulyuru Gallery Warburton Ranges and Holmes a Court Gallery Perth.WA
2010 13th International Tapestry Trienial of Lodz Museum Poland.
2009 -2013 Nalda Searles Drifting in My Own Land. National Australian Tour . 18 venues.
2009 Yellow Vest Syndrome Fremantle Arts Centre. WA
2007 - 10 Recoil National touring exhibition. MAGNT
2006 - 08 Woven Forms National touring exhibition
2007 Canopy of Air Elllenbrook Gallery, WA
Freeing the beast Spectrum Gallery, WA
2006 17th Tamworth Biennial and touring
Call and response Crafts Council of NT, Darwin, NT
Mine own Executioner Mundaring Arts Centre, WA touring exhibition
2004 - 06 Seven Sisters: Fibres Arising from the West FORM, WA touring exhibition
2002 - 04 Tracking Cloth Wollongong City Art Gallery, toured Indonesia
2002 Coiled up Adelaide Festival. Intertwine Project
2001 SOFA Chicago USA. Australian Craft Council
On Line artist in residence John Curtin Gallery with Pantjiti Mary Mclean
Folded Australian Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
Commitment Fellows Exhibition FORM, WA
Home is Where the Heart is Art Museum University of South Australia, SA
2000 Folded Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Miniature Textiles Art and Craft Museum, Itami, Japan
1999 X (Go along Now) Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
Searles at Bat Centre Durban, South Africa
1997 Recoverings Moores Building, Fremantle. WA
1996 Language of the Land Learning Ngaanyatjarra. Kalla Yeedip, Midland, WA
1995 Longitudinal Project Minmya Kutjara. Pantjiti Mary Mclean and Nalda Searles.
Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
1992 En Kai Paii process project. PICA, WA
1989 Sticks and Stones Eileen Keys and Nalda Searles. Christensen Collection,
WA touring exhibition
1988 Burnt Offerings with Eileen Keys Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
1987 Bush Picnic with Keys and Sounness New Collectables Gallery, WA
1986 Strings From the Pilbara Narek Galleries, Canberra, ACT
1985 Bush Meetings and Basketry Craft Council of Western Australia, WA
1983 Basketry of Nalda Searles Cheese Factory, Balingup, WA
CURATORIAL
2010 Mine Own Executioner . Mundaring Art Centre.
2002 - 05 Dr Pantjiti Mary Mclean Fellowship Retrospective Tandanya, SA
2001 Pantjiti Mary Mclean. On Line. John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, WA
1999 Go Along Now. Fremantle Arts Centre. 3 Galleries, WA
1998 Recent Paintings Pantjiti Mary Mclean Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Recent Paintings Pantjiti Mary Mclean Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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1996 Recoverings assistant co-ordinator with Holly Story and Christina McGuinness
Panjtiti Mary Mclean and Nalda Searles at Goldfields Arts Centre Gallery, Kalgoorlie, WA
1994 High Fibre Diet with John Kean Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
Warta Kutju Street Art Project Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, WA
Warta Kutju Street Art Project Border Art Workshops, San Diego, USA
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Street Art Children’s Art with Philippa O'Brien, Kalla Yeedip Gallery, Midland, WA
1993 Hunting Grounds Pantjiti Mary Mclean Paintings with John Kean,
Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
1984 Grass Basketry of Marjorie Ridley Craft Council of Western Australia, WA
ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2000 East Kalgoorlie Primary School Mine painting project with Pantjiti Mary Mclean
East Kalgoorlie Primary School Mural with ngaatjatjarra language
with Pantjiti Mary Mclean
1998 Mullewa Community Park Design, WA
1997 Piney Lakes Sculpture Project Melville, WA
O’Connor Primary School Design and Structure Project with Mary Mclean
(Award for excellence)
1995 Doomboom Kep with composer Kerry Fletcher. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
and Fremantle Festival Street Projection
1994 - 95 Gnarogin Park, Site Artist Narrogin
1994 Lake Monginup Reserve Esperance Project, Design team visual artist. CEAD
WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES, TEACHING, LECTURES
2009 -13 Public floor talks ofn touring exhibition.
2009 Workshop development Roebourne Arts Group.
2008 Creative Development Workshop, Hobart, TAS
2007 South Project Soweto. Johannesburg, South Africa
Basket Makers of Victoria Design Development Workshop
Curtin University Visual Art Students Workshop. Fibre Textiles
Blackstone Festival. Tutor. Blackstone Community
Clever Hands FORM Port Hedland in association with Woven Forms exhibition. Tutor
Jigalong Community. Martumilli Arts. Punmu Community. Tutor
2006 Tafta at Geelong Tutor. Fibre Textile Workshop by 1 week. Tutor
Selling Yarns (Indigenous Fibre textiles) Charles Sturt University Darwin. Speaker
Woven Forms Workshop Leader. 100 women at FORM
Woven Forms Forum. Speaker
2005 Residency Blackstone Community. Fibre textiles. Tutor
Tatfta @ Brisbane, Tutor
Residency Parrngurr Community. Tutor
2004 South Project. Craft Victoria Speaker and Workshop
Residency Parnngurr Community. Tutor
Arts Event Blackstone Community. Tutor
Tjanpi Festival Warburton Ranges. Speaker and Tutor
2003 Residency Punmu Community Western Desert. Tutor
Residency Carnarvon Community. Tutor
2002 Adelaide Festival Intertwine Project. Tutor
2001 TAFTA at Geelong. Tutor
2000 Canberra School of Art Residency in Fibre Textiles. Tutor
Wollongong University Residency in Fibre Textiles Tutor
1987 - 06 Inclusive Edith Cowan University Textile Student Bush Camp, Workshops, Lectures
Tutor and Artist in Residence
1999 Lectures Pretoria Tecknikon and Durban Art Gallery, South Africa
Artist in Residence, Bat Centre, Durban, South Africa
1998 - 99 TAFTA Fibre Textile Workshops, Mittagong. Tutor
1997 - 01 Inclusive Environment Art and Design Midland TAFE, Fibre Textile/Painting
1996 Western Desert Fibre Workshops. Tutor
1994 Fibre Networks High Fibre Diet. Fremantle Arts Centre, WA. Tutor
1994 - 98 Narrogin Aboriginal Corporation. Teaching Fibre Textiles
(Narrogin Dolls Joyce Winsley and co)
1993 - 95 Hobart and Regional Tasmania Fibre Workshops and Residency. Tutor
1991 - 93 Inclusive Warta Kutju Aboriginal Corporation Street Art Project.
Healthway, Kalgoorlie, WA
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COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Museum of Western Australia
Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory
Wollongong City Gallery
Edith Cowan University Art Collection
John Curtin Gallery Art Collection
Murdoch University Art Collection
Australian Capital Equity, Kerry Stokes Art Collection
Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
John Curtin University Art Collection in collaboration with Pantjiti Mary Mclean
Clements Collection in collaboration with Pantjiti Mary Mclean
Weise Collection in collaboration with Pantjiti Mary Mclean
Queensland Art Gallery in collaboration with Pantjiti Mary Mclean
Australian Capital Equity, Kerry Stokes Art Collection in collaboration with Pantjiti Maru Mclean
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Nalda Searles A stitching of words. DVD produced by George Karpathakis and AlisonBarrett
2009 Nalda Searles Drifting in My Own Land. Editied by Andrew Nicholls.
2008 Recoil ArtBack NT. Edited Margie West
2007 Canopy of Air Catalogue essay Philippa O'Brien
ART TEXTILES of the WORLD Australia Vol 2. Telos. UK
Cultural Strands FORM Publication
2006 17thTamworth Fibre Textile Biennial Catalogue
2005 Woven Forms Object Gallery, NSW. Catalogue
2004 Seven Sisters - Fibres Arising from the West Catalogue
2003 Tracking Cloth Wollongong City Gallery Catalogue
2002 17thTamworth Fibre Textile Biennial Catalogue
2000 Essential Truths Readily to Hand Catalogue
1998 17thTamworth Fibre Textile Biennial Catalogue
1997 Masters of Their Craft Noris Ionou
Periphery Magazine Issue 31 and 37
Recovering Catalogue
AWARDS
2010 Lifetime membership to WAFTA for contribution to textiles
2009 Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to the Visual Arts.
2006 New Work Grant. ArtsWA for preparation for Fellowship application
1998 Award for Excellence in Public Art, Government of Western Australia
1997 Fellow Craft West
1995 Creative Development Fellowship ArtsWA
1991 Awards for outstanding graduating student Curtin University Visual Theory & Painting
1984 Creative Development Grant Australia Council
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