| contemporary jeweller / object maker |
| lives, works and loves melbourne, australia |
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| P + F : + (61) 0 3 . 9 6 5 4 . 7 9 5 7 |
| A : 801/289 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 3000, Australia |
| E : annadee@annadavern.com.au |
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| EDUCATION |
| current : Master of Fine Art (Research), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| 1999 : Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| 1993 : Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney |
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| EXHIBITIONS |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2001 'Pacific Sands', e.g. et al, Melbourne |
| 2000 'Reliquiae', e.g. et al, Melbourne - Object Galleries, Sydney |
| 1996 ‘Veil’, Shelf Project, Craft Victoria |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2002 'Less is More, Less is a Bore', Brisbane City Art Gallery. |
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| 2001 'Contemporary Wearables 2001', Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery (travelling). |
| 2001 'Metal Element', Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney |
| 2001 'Australian Craft & Design Showcase', Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2001 'Postcard Show', Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne |
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| 2000 'Surface', Object Gallery, Customs House, Sydney |
| 2000 'Darn It', e.g. et al contemporary jewellery gallery, Melbourne. |
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| 1999 ‘Contemporary Wearables ’99’, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery (travelling). |
| 1999 ‘Hermann Art Award’, Span Galleries, Melbourne. |
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| 1998 ‘New Jewellery from Australia’, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland. Selected exhibition by Paul Derrez. |
| 1998 ‘the gift’, Craft Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1998 SOFA, Chicago, USA, represented by Jewellers Werk Galerie, Washington, DC, USA |
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| 1996 ‘Head First’, JMGA, Craftwest exhibition, WA |
| 1996 ‘Miniatures Show ‘96’, Roar II Gallery, Fitzroy. |
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| 1995 ‘Graduate Metal’, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne |
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| 1993 ‘Integral’, Craftspace, Sydney |
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| MAJOR COMMISSIONS |
| 2001 Absolut Vodka. to design an accessory for the 'Seven Deadly Sins' publicity campaign. |
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| GRANTS & AWARDS |
| 2002 Project Grant from South Australian Youth Arts Board, to act as mentor to SA jeweller Emma Grace |
| 2000 Pat Corrigan Artist Grant, National Association for Visual Arts. |
| 1999 Studio residency at Object Studios, Centre for Contemporary Craft, NSW. |
| 1999 Emily Hope prize for figurative work. RMIT graduation award. |
| 1996 Head First, exhibition award, Highly Commended, organised by JMGA and Craftwest. |
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| PUBLISHED PAPERS |
| 1999 'Body of Language' (review) Artlink, Adelaide, Vol 19, No. 4/1999. p86 |
| 1997 'Craft - Objects and Writing' (review), Craft, Craft Victoria Melbourne, Vol. 27, No.1/1997 |
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| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 2002 'Jewellers' glittering prizes', The Weekend Australian, Feb 9-10. p.R21 |
| 2002 'Chic Craft', The Age newspaper, Melbourne, February 27, p.Domain7 |
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| 1999 'Miniature Treasures', Domain liftout, The Age newspaper, Melbourne, August 25, |
| 1999 New Jewellery from Australia' (review), Lemel in Object, No. 1/99 |
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| 1997 Peers, J. Girl Power Craft. The Material Girl as Maker?, Craft, Melbourne; Vol. 27, No.2 |
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| 1994 'Four Elements' (review), Craft Arts International, No. 30, p92 |
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| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
| Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Collection |
| McMillan collection, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| RMIT Union Arts collection, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
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| REPRESENTED BY |
| e.g. et al, Melbourne, 185 little collins st, 03 9663 4334 |
| Craft Victoria, Melbourne, 31 Flinders Lane, 03 9650 7775 |
| Quadrivium, Sydney, level 2, Queen Victoria Building, George st, 02 9264 8222 |
| Elemental, Perth, 357 - 365 Murray Street, 08 9226 2799 |
| OXOXO, Baltimore, USA, 1617 Sulgrave Ave 21209 MA |
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| LINKS |
| anna davern at quadrivium gallery: |
| http://www.quadrivium.com.au/default.asp?Requesttype=Artists&ArtistID=59 |
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| anna davern at craft australia: |
| http://www.craftaus.com.au/affiliates/ABC/affiliation_art.asp?artist=181 |
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| anna davern at object studios: |
| http://www.grow.org.au/incubators/where_are_the_incubators/object_studios/body.html |
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| For more information and a more comprehensive CV please contact the artist. |
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| Image on home page is a detail from "physalis alkekengi" 2000. The objects are small ornaments |
| to be hung from a button, they average in size about 35mm2. |
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| THANKS TO |
| Carlos at atdezigns.com for site design and construstion. |
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| photographers Andrew Barcham, and Amanda Dalgleish. |
