JACQUELINE SPEDDING
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Born Sydney, 1968 

EDUCATION
2009–11  Master of Fine Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Including a semester on international exchange to Cardiff School of Art & Design, UK, Master of Ceramics program. MFA research paper topic: 'The Object of the Archive'. 
2002–03 Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary), University of Western Sydney
1995–96 Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts
1992–95 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts
1987–90 Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Sydney

EXHIBITIONS
2017 - Field Trip, Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives - BigCi, Bilpin, NSW
2017 - WAS Biennale, Modern Art Projects - MAP, Blue Mountains, NSW
2016- NorthWest, North Contemporary Art Space with MAP, North Sydney, NSW
2015 - Reflex Shadow Screen, WEST Project Space,  Hazlebrook, NSW
2014 - Shelter, Woodford Academy, National Trust, Woodford
2014 - Shadow Weave, Regional Art Space, Western Plains Cultural Centre, NSW
2014 - Cultivate: New Artisans Exhibition, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2014- Collectors’ Edition #1, Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, NSW
2014 - Sculpture At Scenic World, Blue Mountains, Australia
2014 - SPLICE, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney
2013 - Making Ground, Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, NSW
2012 Beyond the Borders, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
2011 Post Graduate Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
1997 Homebrand, Casula Powerhouse, NSW
1996 Next, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
1995 Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Perth
1995 eatME, Zitlip Gallery, Chippendale
1995 Out of Context, Craftspace, Sydney
1995 From Strength and Hope, The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo; Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery
1995 Tools, Towers, Tables and Other Tails, Zitlip, Chippendale, NSW
1994 New Professional Grant Exhibition, Craftspace, Sydney
1994 Bounce, Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney 

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AWARDS
2014 Winner, Major Acquisitive Award, Sculpture at Scenic World
2011 Finalist, Dominik Mersch Gallery Award, Sydney College of the Arts
2010 Zelda Stedman Student Travel Scholarship, Sydney College of the Arts
1994 Finalist, New Professional Grant, NSW Crafts Council 

REVIEWS / ARTICLES
'A tale of cicadas and the Woodford Academy', Blue Mountains Gazette, 14 Jan 2015, p 38 'Cultivate: New Artisans', ARTAND , Reviews/Commentary - selected exhibition '
Cultivate: New Artisans 2014 Exhibition', Raven Contemporary
Katarina Sakkas, 'Environmentally integrated art-making: Sculpture at Scenic World exhibition, 24 Apri - 18 May,' review, Real Time, issue 121, 2014
Elizabeth Fortescue, 'Strangers in the Forest,' review, Daily Telegraph Best Weekend, 26 May 2014, pp 8-9
'Pottery in the Vines Takes Prize', news, Blue Mountains Gazette, 30 Apr 2014 , p 19
Gina Fairly, 'Sculpture at Scenic World', review, Artshub, 29 Apr 2014
Caitlin Gibon, 'Sculpture at Scenic World', interview, 2SER 107.3, 26 Apr 2014 
Caterina Leone, 'Making Ground: Blue Mountains as Material', review, Australian Ceramics, 17 January 2014
Libby Sullivan, 'Lawson’s Creatives', profile, The Cloudscape, 20 Aug 2013
'Art on the Margins', Blue Mountains Gazette, arts, 14 November 2012
Pottery in Australia, profile graduate work, 1995, 1997 

COLLECTIONS
Scenic World sculpture collection; Everett Community College art collection, Washington; private collections. 

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CONFERENCES & PUBLIC SPEAKING
2014 'Shelter' Woodford Academy, National Trust, Blue Mountains, artist talk
2014 Nepean TAFE Fine Arts students, artist talk
2014 ‘Recalcitrance in the Archive’, conference paper, Affective Habitus: New Environmental Histories of Botany, Zoology and Emotions, Australian National University
2014 Workshop presentation, The Anthroposcene: Aritsts and Writers in Critical Dialogue with Nature and Ecosystems, Australian National University
2014 'Cascade Artist Studios, Pecha Kucha, Blue Mountains
2013 ' BElonging: Art at the Margins,' Pecha Kucha, Blue Mountains
2012 'The little birds must die,' panel paper, Philosophical and Ethical Directions, Australian Ceramics Triennial, 28 Sept–2 Oct, Adelaide, SA 

PROJECTS
2012 Mentor, BElonging: Art at the Margins, Nepean Youth Accommodation Services, Penrith 

COLLABORATIONS
2013 Beata Geyer ‘Lemon (Ian Millis project), Artspace, Sydney, 7 Nov– 8 Dec 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
National Association of Visual Artists

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current - Senior Collections Officer, Sydney University Museums
2016-2017 -  Executive Officer, The Dictionary of Sydney
2016 - Casual Lecturer - Fine Arts, Federation University through WSI, Nepean
2013-2015 - Coordinating Editor, The Dictionary of Sydney
2012 established  Cascade Artist Studios, Lawson
2012 Mentor, BElonging: Art at the Margins project, Nepean Youth Accommodation Services Mar–Jun 2012, Casual Lecturer, Foundation Studies, Sydney College of the Arts
Jun–Sep 2012, Project Officer, ObjectLab, Sydney College of the Arts
Dec 2006–2010, Project Manager, SCA Images Online, Sydney College of the Arts
Jun–Dec 2006, Educational Designer, Sydney College of the Arts, USyd
Mar–Dec 2006, Project Officer, Digital Archive Project, Sydney College of the Arts
Mar–May 2006, Research Assistant, Sydney College of the Arts, USyd
Jan–Dec 2005, Visual Arts Teacher, NSW Department for Education and Training
Jan–Dec 2004, Ceramics Teacher, Gymea TAFE (Ceramic Design Studio) TAFE NSW 
Jan–Dec 2004, NSW Dept of Education and Training
Feb 2003–04, Editorial Assistant, Ceramics: Art & Perception magazine
1996- present - freelance editing and publication design 

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Photo by Ona Janzen, 2014.
Jacqueline Spedding is a Blue Mountains based artist with a Master of Fine Arts majoring in ceramics. Jacqueline uses found objects and organic material in her sculptural practice and installations. Her work is characterised by permanence and decay held together in tension as a way of exploring the transient nature of our existence. 

Jacqueline graduated from Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, in 2012 including six months on exchange in the Master of Ceramics program at Cardiff School of Art and Design in Wales, UK. After graduating, Jacqueline set up Cascade Artist Studios with three other artists in Lawson where she lives. 

Spedding’s artwork has been exhibited in public and private galleries, artist-run initiatives and non-traditional art spaces. In 2015 she exhibited a site-specific installation, Shelter, at the Woodford Academy, a  National Trust of Australia property located in the Blue Mountains. Prior to this she won the major acquisitive award at Sculpture at Scenic World for her work, Transcend.  Jacqueline has shown in group exhibitions at Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, Western Plains Cultural Centre, the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, USA. Her work featured in a national review of ceramics, Homebrand, at the Casula Powerhouse and she was selected for Hatched, a national review of emerging artists held at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA). 

Spedding has taught fine art and ceramics as a casual lecturer for Federation University, Sydney College of the Arts and Gymea TAFE. She currently works as a Senior Collections Officer for Sydney University Museums.
Copyright Jacqueline Spedding. Updated February 2018.
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