Selected Resume of Sue Dennis: textile artist & tutor
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Solo Exhibitions
- 2011:“Destination USA” Gallery 159 Brisbane QLD
Exhibitions - Guest artist
- 2009: “Quilts by Sue Dennis” Burnie Bray Respite Centre Brisbane QLD
- 2004: “Easter Art Show” Roma Art Group QLD
- 2002: “Sue Dennis Quilt Artist” retrospective, Queensland Quilt Show, Brisbane QLD
Exhibitions - 2 person
- 2006: “Spinifex and Snappy Gums” Art quilts by Sue Dennis & photographs by Bob Dennis Gallery 159 Brisbane QLD
Exhibitions - Invitational
- 2010: “SAQA: A Sense of Direction- Sightlines” touring exhibition International Quilt Festival Houston, Chicago & Long Beach USA
- 2009: “Tiqe 2009 Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition” Taiwan
- 2008: “SAQA: A Sense of Place” International Quilt Festival, Chicago & Long Beach USA
- 2007: “SAQA: A Sense of Place” International Quilt Festival Houston USA
- 2006: “A Sense of Place” international touring exhibition
- 2006:“Re-fabricating retrospective” Sydney Quilt Show NSW
- 2005:“Best of the Best” Australasian Quilt Convention, Melbourne VIC
- 2005: “Wish You Were Here- in Australia” international touring exhibition
- 2005: “Two by Two” international touring exhibition
- 2004: “Quilts of the Pacific Rim” touring exhibition USA
- 2003: “Organic” international touring exhibition
- 2000: “Stackette Quilt Display” Queensland Quilt Show Brisbane QLD
- 1996 :“In canto con l’arte” Sardinia Italy
Exhibitions- Juried
2010
- “STATE of the ART quilt 10” Australasian Quilt Convention Melbourne, Textile Art Festival Brisbane, Boonah Regional Art Gallery QLD
2009
- “Art Quilt Australia” CRAFT ACT-craft & design centre, Canberra ACT
- “STATE of the ART quilt 09” touring exhibition QLD
- “SAQA: Oceania Art Textiles” Gallery 159, Brisbane QLD
- “SAQA: A Sense of Time” International Quilt Festival, Chicago & Long Beach USA
- “My Place” international touring exhibition
2008
- “SAQA: Oceania Art Textiles” Queensland Quilt Show, Brisbane
- “SAQA: A Sense of Time” International Quilt Festival, Houston USA
- “My Place” international touring exhibition
2006
- “SAQA: The Creative Force” International Quilt Festival, Houston USA
2005
- “The Best of SAQA” International Quilt Festival, Houston USA
- “Quilts: a World of Beauty” International Quilt Festival, Houston USA
- “Across Australia” international touring exhibition
- “World Quilt & Textile” touring exhibition USA
2004
- “I Remember Mama: Mother, My Family, And Me” touring exhibition, Houston USA
- “One Step Further/Marvellous Miniatures” Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery VIC
2003
- “Husqvarna MASTERPIECES: Spirit & Strength” 2 year international tour
- “World Quilt Competition” Michigan & New Hampshire USA
- “Quilted Journeys: Immigration Stories” Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco
- “Fourteenth Anniversary Series Dame Mary Durack Outback Craft Awards” Queensland Museum, Brisbane QLD
2002
- “Transformations” Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery QLD
- “BERNINA World Quilt Competition” touring exhibition USA
- “Re-fabricating our Indigenous Spirit” Braemar Gallery NSW
- “Thirteenth Anniversary Series Dame Mary Durack Outback Craft Awards” Queensland Museum, Brisbane QLD
2001
- “Under the Southern Cross” touring exhibition “Celebration Quilts 2001” Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra ACT“BERNINA World Quilt Competition” touring exhibition USA
- “Journeys- The Immigration Experience” Shiavello Access Gallery, Immigration Museum, Melbourne VIC
- “Twelfth National Dame Mary Durack Outback Craft Awards” Queensland Museum, Brisbane QLD
- “Re-fabricating our Relationships” Braemar Gallery NSW Curator Annabelle Solomon
2000
- “BERNINA World Quilt Competition” touring exhibition USA
- “PROGRESSIONS–Art Quilters Step into the Future” Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery QLD
- “Re-fabricating the Future” Braemar Gallery NSW
- “Horizons” international touring exhibition
1999
- “Bounty” international touring exhibition “Australian Quilts in Public Places” Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Melbourne VIC
- “Eleventh National Dame Mary Durack Outback Craft Awards” Queensland Museum, Brisbane QLD
- “BERNINA World Quilt Competition” touring exhibition USA
1994
- “Sixth National Dame Mary Durack Outback Crafts Awards” Queensland Museum, Brisbane QLD
Exhibitions - Group
- Since 1992, a regular exhibitor at the “Queensland Quilt Show” Brisbane QLD
- Since 1995, a regular exhibitor at the “Sydney Quilt Show” Sydney NSW
Collections
- Immigration Museum, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
- Cagliari City collection, Sardinia ITALY
- Private collections in Australia, Italy, New Zealand & USA
Articles written
2010
- Down Under Textiles Issue 1 “The lure of oil sticks” p64-65 “Paint stick rubbing” p66-67 Journals p25
2009
2009
- Down Under Quilts No.137 World Quilt & Textile 2009 p44-48 “Journals: design or visual” p65
- Textile Fibre Forum Issue 1, No.93 “SAQA: Oceania Art Textiles” p8-9
- SAQA Journal Vol19 No.1 “SAQA: Oceania Art Textiles” p24-25
- Material Facts “2QAQ column” 4 times per year
2008
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol16, No.5 “An Aussie Quilter in New York City” pXXXII-XXXIV
- Material Facts “2QAQ column” 4 times per year
- SAQA Journal Vol 18, No.1 Winter “USA on a scholarship” p9 & 26
- Ozquilt Network Newsletter 70 Dec “World Quilt & Textile 2009” p5
- Quilters Companion No.34 “Vanuatu Inspirations” p90-91, “Holiday Memories” project p94-95
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol16, No.5 “An Aussie Quilter in New York City” pXXXII-XXXIV
2007
- Materials Facts Vol24 No.3 September “An Aussie Quilter in New York City & Athens, Ohio” p33-34
- Ozquilt Network Newsletter Issue 65 September “An Aussie quilter in New York City & Athens, Ohio” p1 & 7-9
2006
- Textile Fibre Forum Issue 2 No.82 “Spinifex & Snappy Gums- Sue and Bob Dennis” p34
Publications
2010
- 1000 Artisan Textiles by Sandra Salamony & Gina M Brown.
- 2010 Calendar, July feature image The Quilters Guild of NSW
- Art Quilt Australia 09 catalogue p6 “Spirit Land”
2009
- Galleria of Machine Artistry and Quilting p62-63
- Portfolio 16 Studio Art Quilt Associates Inc
- Machine Quilting Unlimited Vol XIV No.4 p46-51
- Down Under Quilts No.131 STATE of the ART quilt 09 p42-46
- Down Under Quilts No.129 Oceania Art Textiles p78-81
- Tiqe 2009 Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition catalogue p85-88,245
- Get Creative Dec 08/Jan 09 Teacher profile p144-145, p128
2008
- Portfolio 15 Studio Art Quilt Associates Inc p65
- SAQA: A Sense of Time catalogue, p20-21
- Down Under Quilts Issue 122 July “Exhibition News-An Invitation to A Sense of Place” p78-81
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol16 No.9 May “Quilter’s Story- The Sentinel Series” p76-78
- Get Creative April “It’s a fat quarter world- Meet Sue Dennis World Quilt Competition coordinator in Australia” p16-17
- Textile Fibre Forum Issue 1 No.89 “Many Voices- Common Thread” p45
2007
- Bernina inspiration No.39 Autumn-Winter “Quilt- A Hot Land by Sue Dennis” p30-31
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol16 No.2 Exhibition preview “World Quilt & Textiles 2007” p90-94
- A Sense of Place- Artists working in a series catalogue p22-25
- Portfolio 14 Studio Art Quilt Associates Inc p51
- Magic Patch Issue 38 “Re-Fabricating retrospective” by Tanya Coxsedge p43-48
- “Patchwork Art Textiles” 6th Exposition Internationale “Regard Vers L’Australie” catalogue- “A Sense of Place” exhibition
- Down Under Quilts No.110 “re-fabricating difference” p92-95
- Australin Art in Syria “A Sense of Place” catalogue p7 & 10
2006
- SAQA: The Creative Force catalogue p34
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol14, No.10 Showcase a Quilt “The Wet Dry #2” pXXII-XXIII
- Down Under Quilts, Meet a Quilter No.93
2005
- Quilters Companion, Great Australian Quilts No.2 p51-54
- I Remember Mama by Karey Patterson Bresenhan, Primedia p81
2004
- British Patchwork & Quilting, Issue 124 p54-57
- Fiberarts Jan/Feb 2004 p42-47
2003
- Down Under Quilts Issue 70 p96-98
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol 10, No.11 p68-69
- Craft Arts International No.58 p110-112
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol 10, No.8 p36-40
- Textile Fibre Forum Vol 22, Issue 2, No.70 p14-15
2002
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol 9, No.4 p70-72
2001
- Down Under Quilts Yearbook No. 58 p82-84 & p90-91
- “Quilted Journeys-Stories of Immigration” Australian Quilts in Public Places catalogue, p5
- Celebration Quilts 2001 catalogue p46
- The Template Vol 19, No.21 the cover & p22
- Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol 8, No.11 p40-42
- Under the Southern Cross catalogue, No. 12
- Textile Fibre Forum Vol 20 Issue 3, No.61 p56 & inside back cover
2000
- Australian Bounty “Quilts Australiennes – Natura 2000” catalogue No.16
Grants
- 2010: Artist-in-residence Great Expectations Creativity Centre LaGrange, Texas USA
- 2006: Recipient of The Quilters Guild of NSW Scholarship
- 1994: Regional Arts Development Fund Grant
Prizes/Awards
- 2009: “Queensland Quilt Show” Second, Professional Art Techniques
- 2009:“Queensland Quilt Show” Third, Professional Small Quilt
- 2008: “Quilts Across Queensland” First, Ruth Stoneley Tribute Challenge
- 2007:“Queensland Quilt Show” First, Professional Small Quilt
- 2007: “Queensland Quilt Show” Second, Open Pictorial
- 2007:“Quilts Across Queensland” First, Professional contemporary
- 2007:“Quilts Across Queensland” Machine Quilting Award
- 2005:“Queensland Quilt Show” First, Open Pictorial
- 2005: “Quilts Across Queensland” First, Professional Contemporary
- 2004:“Queensland Quilt Show” First, Abstract Quilt
- 2003:“Queensland Quilt Show” First, Professional Small Quilt
- 2003:“Quilts Across Queensland” First, Professional Contemporary
- 2002:“Queensland Quilt Show” Second, Art Quilt
- 2001:“Australian Quilts in Public Places” Acquisitive winner Immigration Museum Melbourne VIC
- 2001:“CHALLENGE 2001 Queensland Quilters Inc” First
- 2000:“Australia’s What We Make It Challenge” First, The Quilters Guild Inc NSW
- 1999:“Eleventh National Dame Mary Durack Outback Craft Awards” First,
- 1999: “Mt Gravatt Show” Ruth Stoneley Shield, Supreme Champion, Brisbane QLD
- 1998:“Quilt-o-rama” First, Professional innovative, Brisbane QLD
- 1998“Quilt-o-rama” Second, Professional small quilt, Brisbane QLD
- 1998: “Mt Gravatt Show” Presidents Trophy, Reserve Champion, Cot Quilt Champion, Brisbane QLD
- 1997: “Mt Gravatt Show” Champion Quilter, Brisbane
- 1992:“Mt Isa Quilters Group Challenge” Winner, Mount Isa QLD
Lectures/Guest speaker
- 2009: Empire Quilters, New York USA
- 2009: Guest speakerCoorparoo Quilters, Brisbane QLD
- 2008: Be Creative by the Sea, Coffs Harbour NSW
- 2008: Tasmanian Quilting Guild, Launceston Tasmania
- 2008: Heritage Seaside Quilters, Forster NSW
- 2007: Guest Speaker Centenary Quilters
- 2004: Queensland Quilters Inc State Conference, Brisbane QLD
- 2002: Guest speaker Vision Patchworkers Beginners Graduation Night, Ipswich QLD
Curator
- 2010 – 2009: STATE of the ART quilt juried exhibition, Queensland Quilters Inc
- 2009 – 2008: SAQA: Oceania Art Textiles juried exhibition
Tutor
2011
- Remarkable Symposium, Queenstown New Zealand
2010
- Goonellabah Quilters, Lismore NSW
- Australasian Quilt Symposium, Melbourne VIC
2009
- Schoolhouse Quilters, Brisbane QLD
- Empire Quilters, New York USA
- Textile Art Festival, Brisbane QLD
- Queensland Quilters Inc, Brisbane QLD
- Outside the Square Samford Patchworkers QLD
- ATASDA, Brisbane QLD
2008
- Australasian Quilt Symposium, Melbourne VIC
- Be Creative by the Sea, Coffs Harbour NSW
- Tasmanian Quilting Guild, Launceston Tasmania
- Ballaarat Quilting Weekend, Ballarat VIC
- Quilt Essentials QLD
- Caloundra Quilters QLD
2007
- Quilt Symposium Manawatu, Palmerston North New Zealand
- The Quilters Guild of NSW Inc
- Quilt Indulgence Festival, Mittagong NSW
Various
- 2006 – 1999: Regular tutor in Brisbane for shops & various patchwork & quilting groups
- 1995-94 : Regular tutor of Patchwork and Quilting with the Queensland Arts Council
- 1995-92 : Regular tutor of Patchwork and Quilting at Isa Uniforms and Fabrics, Mt Isa & throughout North West Queensland
- 1995: Learn to Sew tutor, Aboriginal and Islander Development Women’s Recreation Assoc, Mt Isa QLD
Judge/Juror
- 2009: Australian Machine Quilters Association, Brisbane QLD
- 2009: Gold Coast Quilters Vikki Pignatelli Challenge, Gold Coast QLD
- 2008, 2002, 2001: Benleigh Show QLD
- 2007: Gold Coast Quilters Challenge, Gold Coast QLD
- 2006: Queensland Quilt Show, Brisbane QLD
- 2004: “Masquerade” juror, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery QLD
- 2002: The Grape & Watermelon Festival Quilt Challenge, Esk QLD
- 2000: 121st Mackay Regional Show QLD
- 1999: Mt. Gravatt Show QLD
- 1999: Inaugural Cominyah Quilt Show QLD
Professional Activities
- 2010: Studio Art Quilt Associates exhibition committee
- 2010 - 2006: Australian Co-ordinator World Quilt & Textile USA
- 2010 – 2007 : Chairof 2QAQ - Queensland Quilters Art Quilts
- 2009 – 2006: Oceania representative Studio Art Quilt Associates
- 2008 – 2004: Director The Australian Forum for Textile Arts
- 2007: Accredited Teacher- Special Techniques The Quilters Guild of NSW
- 2000 - 1998: CHALLENGE 99 Convenor Queensland Quilters Inc. Biennial Challenge competition
Memberships
- International Quilt Association
- Ozquilt Network Inc
- Queensland Quilters Inc
- Surface Design Association
- Studio Art Quilt Associates
- Sunnybank Quilters
- The Quilters Guild of NSW Inc
Websites
- Ozquilt Network Inc www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
- Studio Art Quilt Associates www.saqa.com
- My Place Quilts www.myplacequilts.com
- Celebration Quilts 2001 www.canberraquilters.org.au/celebration/main.html
Education
Bachelor of Arts 1976 University of Queensland QLD
Born 1955, Brisbane, Queensland
Currently lives and works in Queensland