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SELECTED WORKSHOPS and TEACHING
2019        
Albany Summer School (4 workshops), Albany WA
                 Bunbury Felting Group, Bunbury WA
                 Spool & Spindle, Margaret River WA
                 TAFTA Inc. Geelong Fibre Forum, Geelong  Victoria
                 Blue Mountain Felters, Blue Mountains Region NSW
                 Feltwest, Perth WA

2018        Albany Summer School (4 workshops), Albany WA, also 2017-2015)
                  FeltWest, Perth WA
                  Wearable Art Mandurah, Mandurah Western Australia
                  WAFTA - Western Australian Fibre & Textile Association, Perth WA 

2017        
Albany Summer School (4 workshops), Albany WA
​                 
Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria, Melbourne
                  Western Australian Fibre & Textile Association, Perth WA
                  Designing Women, Perth WA
​                  Felters in the Great Southern, Denmark WA
​                  Southern Forest Arts, Northcliffe WA
​                  Feltwest, Perth WA

​2016         
Albany Summer School (4 workshops), Albany WA (also 2015)
​                   West Coast Wilderness Fibre Art Retreat, Tullah Tasmania (also 2014)
​                   Felt Study Group, Hobart Tasmania
​                   Artist-in-Residence, Grampians Texture, Halls Gap Victoria
​                   Western Australian Fibre & Textile Association, Busselton and Perth, Western Australia
                   Great Southern Workshops, Mt. Barker, Western Australia
​                   Felt Study Group, Pittsford NY, USA (also 2014)
                   Felt so Right, Plainwell MI, USA (also 2014)
                   Felt Study Group, Portland CT, USA (also 2014)
                   Wrapt in Rocky, Rockhampton Queensland
​                   Feltwest, Perth Western Australia
​                   CASM Contemporary Art Space Mandurah Western Australia
                   EFTAG, Tuross Head NSW
​                   Margaret River Resource Centre - Felt Study Group, Western Australia
​                   Alexander Park Craft House, Menora Western Australia

2015         Albany Summer School (4 workshops), Albany WA
                   Canberra Region Feltmakers, Canberra ACT
                   The Illawarra Felters, Shellharbour NSW

                   Feltmakers in the Great Southern, Denmark, WA
2014        
Newcastle Art Bazaar, Newcastle, NSW (Yurt Project)
                   Lake Grace Artists' Group, Lake Grace Western Australia (2 workshops and artist in residency)
                  
International Feltmakers Association, Surrey, UK
                   Atelier Fiberfusing, Holland
                   Portland (CT), Plainwell (MI) and Rochester (NY) USA
                   Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton NJ, USA
                   Harrisville Designs, Harrisville NH, USA
                   Illawarra Feltmakers Inc., Shellcove, NSW 

                   Moruya Felting Group, Moruya/Tuross, NSW
                   West Coast Wilderness Fibre Arts, Tullah Tasmania
2013          Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild, Arizona USA  (also 2011 & 2012)    
                   Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati, Ohio USA
                   Harrisville Designs, New Hampshire
                   Halcyon Yarn, Maine, USA (also 2010-12)
                   Columbia Weavers & Spinners Guild, Missouri USA (also 2012)
                   Dyeology, Delaware Ohio, USA
                   Suzanne Morgan Studio, Dallas Texas, USA
                   Palmetto Fiber Guild, Charleston South Carolina, USA
                   The 12th Southern Hemisphere Feltmaking Convergence, Stanwell Tops,
                          Australia - Invited National Guest & Teacher
                   Sunraysia Spinners & Weavers, Mildura Australia
                   Grampians Texture, Victoria Australia (also 2012)
                   Bothwell International Highland Spin-in, Tasmania 
                   The Canberra Region Feltmakers, Canberra Australia
2012           Grampians Texture, Victoria, Australia
                   Hand-weavers & Spinners Guild Tucson, Arizona, USA
                   Peters Valley Craft Center, New Jersey, USA
                   ABC Ranch,  Missouri, USA
                   Halcyon Yarn, Maine USA           
                   Marlene's Felting Madness, Ohio USA
                   Women's City Club, New Hampshire, USA
                   Northeast Felters, Connecticut USA
                   The Victorian Feltmakers, Melbourne Australia
2011           Halcyon Yarn, Maine USA
                   New England Felting Supplies, Massachusetts USA
                   Spirited Hands Studio, Tucson, Arizona USA
                   Marlene's Felting Madness, Ohio USA
                   Northeast Felters, Connecticut USA
                   The Victorian Feltmakers, Melbourne Australia
                   The Canberra Region Feltmakers, Canberra Australia
2010           Halcyon Yarn, Maine USA
                   New England Felting Supplies, Massachusetts USA
2009           Private workshops, Perth, Australia (also 2001-08)
2002           Albany Residential Summer School, Western Australia (also 2001)
2000           Artist In Residence, International Fibre Conference, Mittagong, Australia
1998           International Textile Fibre Forum Conference, Mittagong, Australia
                   The Victorian Feltmakers, Victoria (also 1995-'97)
                   Bunbury Felters Guild, Western Australia  (also 1996-'97)
                   Melbourne School of Millinery
1997           Saint Petersburg State Arts Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia
                   The International Feltmakers Association (workshops in Scotland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Surrey), United Kingdom (UK)
                   Viltgroep, The Netherlands    
                   The University of Melbourne (also 1995-'96)                     
1990           Melbourne Institute of Textiles (also 1989)                        
                                                        ~~~~~

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018          Family Matters, International Exhibition (in print), juried, Surface Design Association USA
                     Beyond the Seam: Conceptual Works in Fibre Art, Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, Mandurah Western Australia (also 
Curator)
2017          Altered States, Perth Town Hall, Western Australia (also curator)

2016          Memory & Commemoration (Touring), Lake Grace Regional Arts Space, Lake Grace WA and GeoArts Bussleton WA
2015           Memory & Commemoration, Perth Convention Centre, Western Australia
2013           Feltportation, Wollongong University FCA Gallery
                   My Artful Journey, WA Craft Show, Claremont, Western Australia
2012           Felternative, Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Prahran, Melbourne
2011           Felternative, The Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Melbourne
2011           Textile Fibre FORUM, Victoria and New South Wales, Australia (also 2006-10)
2011           Beanie Central, Alice Springs (also 2007-2010)
2001          An Odyssey, Lesmurdie, Western Australia
2000        Wrapping up the Millenium, Mount Pleasant, South Australia
1999           The Felt Clothesline, Deakin University Sheep & Wool World Congress, Geelong
                   Rebirth; Western Australian Women Celebrating a Century of Change, Fremantle
                   Rebirth (selected works), Mandurah Regional Art Gallery, Western Australia
1998           The Victorian Feltmakers, Metro Craft Centre, Melbourne
                   Feltwest, Perth, Australia
1997           White Nights International Textile Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia
                   Women '97, The Mechanics Institute, Brunswick, Melbourne
                   Felt Inspired, Metro Craft Centre, Melbourne
1996           Convergence, International Felt exhibition, Portland, Oregon, USA
                   Felt Adventure, Inspirations Gallery, Hepburn Springs, Victoria
1990           Five Women, The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
1989           Graduation, International Wool House, Parkville, Victoria
                   Permaset Print Exhibition, Brookville, New South Wales
1988           World Weavers Wall, International Tapestry Symposium, Melbourne
                                                    ~~~~~

SELECTED ARTICLES, BOOKS and MEDIA (authored/published)
2019       - (forthcoming) Standing Tall: a HeartFELT Reflection, Surface Design Association - blog 
                - Beyond the Seam: Conceptual Works in Fibre Art, review, TEXTILE FIBRE FORUM, issue 133
2018     - SDA Journal, International Exhibition in Print Family Matters (winter issue)
               - FELT, issues 19 & 20, contributor and editor
               - Catalogue Essay, 
Beyond the Seam: Conceptual Works in Fibre Art, Mandurah Western Australia
               - Altered States - exhibition review, TEXTILE FIBRE FORUM, issue 129
2017      - FELT, issues 18 & 17, contributor and editor
2016     -  Worldwide Colours of Felt, ed. Ellen Bakker​
                  - Flourishing Felt
,
FELT, issue 15
               -  Treasure(d) Nests and the Essence of Time, Felt Matters, issue 125
2015      - ​​Enchantment in Felting: Reflections on a Process that Rewards Spontaneity​, FELT, issue 14
                - 
10  QUESTIONS to Martien van Zuilen (Australia, via Holland), VILTKONTAKT, June issue
                -
Fragments and Slivers - Colourful Jewellery in Hand-made Felt, threads.In-fusion, issue 9, June.
                   http://www.thethreadstudio.com/catalogue/infusion/text.htm
2014       - Pots & Pods for Feltmakers: Adventures in the Third Dimension, CD-book, www.textilesanyone.com.au
2013       - Showcase 500 Art Necklaces (500 Series), Lark Crafts
               - The Heartbeat of Felting, verFilzt Und zugeNäht (FUN), issue 1/14  
2012       - (Heart)FELT Mandala: the art of slow work with colour, design and surface decoration, FELT, volume 12, issue 8
               - Felt Making across the Globe, Fiber Art Now, vol. 1 (issue 2)
2011       - Felt Matters - exhibition review and front cover, IFA, issue 105
2011       - Have Yurt, Will Travel (The story of Martien Van Zuilen), Valley Fiber Life (online US magazine)
2001       - The Art of the Yurt: Australia meets Mongolia, in Yurts, Tipis and Benders, (ed. David Pearson), Gaia Books   
               - Nomadic Shelters; an ongoing passion, Textile Fibre Forum #63
2000       - The Next Wish; the Alachikh,  Textile Fibre Forum no. 60
               - Layered Messages in Felt, Feltlines, The Victorian Feltmakers
               - Under Moonlit Skies - a Forum Installation, Textile Fibre Forum #59
1999       - Feltmaking from Mongolia to Australia, International Feltmakers Magazine #56
               - Have Yurt, Will Travel, Conference Proceedings of the World Congress on Black & Coloured Sheep
1998       - Have Yurt, Will Travel; the National Forum Yurt Project, Textile Fibre Forum #63
1996       - Artist Profile, Felt/Filt, issue 1
               - Felt Cocoon - Footwear, Felt/Filt, issue 1
               - A Natural Feeling for Felt, The Weekly Times, July
1994       - Focus on Artist, International Feltmakers Magazine #36
1990       - Hoechst Textile Award; the Finalists, Hoechst Report, vol 19 ( issue 1)
                                                    ~~~~~

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
2019          Albany Summer School, Albany Western Australia (also 2018)
2018          Handweavers, Spinners & Dyers Guild of Western Australia, Perth
2016           Grampians Texture, Grampians Arts, Halls Gap, Victoria

                    The Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association, Perth
2014           Rochester Fibre Arts, New York, USA
2013          
Columbia Weavers & Spinners Guild, Missouri USA
                   Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati, Ohio USA
2012           Tucson Hand-weavers & Spinners Guild, Arizona, USA
2011           The Victorian Feltmakers, Annual General Meeting, Melbourne
                   The Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association, Perth
                   Felters Gathering, Ohio USA
2010           New England Felting Supplies, Massachusetts, USA
                   Northeast Felters Guild, Burlington VT, USA
2009           Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney
2008           Networks of Design Conference, Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK
                   International Conference on the Arts in Society, Birmingham, UK
                   Vision, Memory, Spectacle - AGWSA Conference, University of Western Australia
                   National Birthright Quilt Project, Murdoch University, Perth
2007           International Textile Fibre Forum Conference, Orange, Australia
2006           The University of Western Australia, Perth
1999           National Symposium on Central Asian Textiles, Melbourne
                   5th World Congress on Black & Coloured Sheep, Deakin University, Australia
1998           5th Southern Hemisphere Feltmakers Conference, Adelaide, Australia
1997           Talking Textiles Symposium, City of Glen Eira, Melbourne
                                                    ~~~~~

ARTIST in RESIDENCIES, COMMUNITY ARTS & ADVISORY WORK
2016                   Artist-in-Residence, Grampians Texture, Halls Gap Victoria
2013- present  Convenor, Fibres West Inc. www.fibreswest.com.au
2008-2012      The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Board of Directors
2007-08          Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association, steering committee
2006-2011       The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, staff member international Fibre Forum conferences
2001                  Bothwell International Highland Spin-in, Tasmania, Australia, National Guest - artist in residence (also 1999)
1999                  Golden Outback Festival, Mt Magnet, Western Australia, artist in residence
                          Euroa Fibre Festival, Victoria, artist in residence
                          Ruffy Yurt Fibre Festival, Victoria, artist in residence
1998-present    The Australian National Yurt Project - founder and coordinator
1998-99            World Congress on Black & Coloured Sheep - steering committee and
                          coordinator week-long international fibre art workshop program
1997                  Feltmaking in Australia - a slide-kit featuring 32 Australian artists, organizer and editor
1995                  The Victorian Feltmakers - founder, president (1995-97), editor (1995-97)
1990                  The Women's Gallery, Melbourne, exhibitions assistant
1989-90             Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria, main & exhibition committees
                                                   ~~~~~     

SELECTED ACADEMIC PAPERS (authored and presented)
2009           - A Matter of Cloth, Yarns and Words; materializing time and engagement  through the eye of a needle, AAS Conference, Sydney
2008           - Three stitches of separation and many connecting threads; the cultural fabric of relative strangers among textile artists in
                      Australia, Networks of Design Conference, Falmouth, UK
                   - Knit one, purl one 'Down Under'; unraveling theory and practice in contemporary Australian textile arts,
                      Arts in Society Conference, Birmingham, UK
                   - Locating the F-word through the eye of a needle; unpicking creative textile practice and feminist theory in
                      contemporary Australia, AWGSA, Perth, Aus.
2005           - Fabric-ation of the Steppes; material culture and gendered representations of Mongolian culture and society;
                     Honours (US   Masters) Dissertation, University of Western Australia
                                                    ~~~~~

SELECTED HONORS and AWARDS
2006              - Hackett PhD Scholarship (3 years) The University of Western Australia (UWA)
                      - Women's Service Guild Scholarship (3 years) for research benefiting the interests of women in Western Australia
                      - Wood Memorial Prize and H. Bailey Award - top-ranking graduand UWA
2005              - Cultural Excellence Award, UWA, nomination
                      - Nation-wide runner-up for Best Honours Thesis in 2005, as judged by the Australian Anthropological Society.
2002              - Graduates Association Prize in Arts, Asian Studies, UWA
2001              - The Millennial Award for Arts Scholarship, top-ranking entry into UWA
1997              - The Victorian Feltmakers Inc., Life Membership awarded
1989              - Hoechst National Textile Award - finalist
                      - Permaset National Textile Printing Award -- finalist
                      - Melbourne Institute of Textiles, most outstanding student (also 1988)
                                                    ~~~~~
EDUCATION
2013           PhD Anthropology, The University of Western Australia
2005           1st class Honours degree (US Masters) Anthropology, The University of Western Australia. High Distinction
1997           Felt Research tour - Mongolia, Denmark and Russia
1989           Associate Diploma in Art - Studio Textiles, Melbourne Institute of Textiles
1983           Social Work Degree, The Netherlands 
                                                    ~~~~~


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