Sally Kidall
Through site-specific environmental installations I seek to challenge the predictability of expectations & ‘cultural homogeneity’. My art practice is inspired by the complexities, equilibrium and fragility of the natural environment and by the ways in which our man-made systems work within, or in opposition to, these natural systems. The focus of my practice is the concept of transition, including notions of unpredictability, vulnerability and ephemerality. It is informed by issues relating to ecology, cultural displacement, consumption, materialism and changing climates.
WEBSITES http://sallykidall.wordpress.com/
http://www.axisweb.org/p/sallykidall
EDUCATION
2007 PGC. Cert. HE Teaching & Learning in the Creative Arts
UNIVERSITY OF THE CREATIVE ARTS Farnham, Surrey UK
2006 MA Art, Design & Media
PORTSMOUTH UNIVERSITY UK
1992 Diploma of Arts (Interior Design)
TAFE: DESIGN CENTRE ENMORE AUSTRALIA
1983 BA Degree Visual Arts (Sculpture)
NORWICH SCHOOL OF ART, Norfolk UK
ORGANISATIONS
AININ Committee (Artists in Nature International Network)_Treasurer
NAVA (National Association Visual Arts, Australia)
ISC (International Sculpture Centre, USA)
EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES
next projects:
2017 SCULPTURE AT SCENIC WORLD 2015 Katoomba, NSW AUSTRALIA
2017 HILL END FESTIVAL 2017 Commission NP, Hill End
2017 MCA_Talk as part of VIVID
2017 THE STORY OF SPACE Goa, INDIA
residencies recent:
2017 HILL END ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM Hill End NSW
2014 “The Grass is Always Greener: lest we forget”
AININ Land Art Symposium & Residency Gran Canaria, SPAIN
2014 “Bow Hill Beckons” Collaborative Residency BOWHILL, SA
2012 “At the Table: are we sitting comfortably I
Kyiv Sculpture Project_Residency, Kiev, UKRAINE
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE FESTIVAL
Partnership with THE YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK UK
shortlisting:
2017 Finalist 1st Selection_ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE_Land Art, ITALY
2017 Finalist _CHENG LONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT TAIWAN
2016,13 Finalist _Artist In Residency WOLLONGONG CITY GALLERY NSW
2016 Finalist_INTRA REGIONALE: Site-Specific Art Hanover GERMANY
2015,13 Finalist_2013 & 2015 Residency I-PARK ENVIRONMENTAL ART PROGRAM USA
site-specific environmental installations _recent:
2016 “Nomadic Winds: a journey’s rest”
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_Bondi, Australia
2016 “One Journey Ends: another begins…”
SCULPTURE AT BARANGAROO Sydney, Australia
2016 “In the Bag: when is enough enough? Lilyfield Road Bridge Commission
LEICHHARDT COUNCIL Sydney AUSTRALIA
2016 “In the Bag: is enough enough?”
HARBOURVIEW SCULPTURE TRAIL Auckland NEW ZEALAND
2015 “Lest We Forget: is enough enough?” Westdown Quarry
“Terra Firma: there’s no place like home” Fairy Cave Quarry
Feature Artist_STEP IN STONE_Quarry Sculpture Trail &
Residency. Sponsored by ARTS COUNCIL UK East Mendips, Somerset UK
2015 “At the Table: time for action” Commission _Art on the Greenway
LEICHHARDT COUNCIL AUSTRALIA
2015 “There’s No Place Like Home: is enough enough?”
KATOOMBA CULTURAL CENTRE Katoomba, NSW AUSTRALIA
2015 “In the bag: is the grass greener?”
SCULPTURE AT SCENIC WORLD 2015 Katoomba, NSW AUSTRALIA
2014 “Nomadic City: Lest we forget I”
PALMER SCULPTURE BIENNALE Palmer, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
2014 “Nomadic City: Lest we forget II”
UNI. WESTERN SYDNEY SCULPTURE AWARDS NSW
2013 “Nomadic City: Lest we forget II”
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_Bondi Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA
2013 “Nomadic City: Lest we forget I”
N. SYDNEY SITE SPECIFIC ART AWARDS Sydney NSW
2013 “Nomadic City: Lest we forget I” First Prize
ON THE SHORE, Sculpture Prize_Thirroul Festival NSW
2013 “At the Table: are we sitting comfortably III”
LEVEL 7 DAVID JONES Sculpture by the Sea NSW
2012-13 “The Grass is Always Greener”
WOLLONGONG CITY GALLERY NSW
2012 “In the Bag: time will tell”
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_Bondi Sydney NSW
2012 “In the Bag: are we sitting comfortably? II”
UNI. WESTERN SYDNEY SCULPTURE AWARDS NSW
2012 “In the Bag: time will tell” First Prize
ON THE SHORE Sculpture Prize _Thirroul Festival NSW
2011 “In the Bag: are we sitting comfortably?”
YERING STATION SCULPTURE AWARDS Victoria
2011 “Staying Afloat: is enough enough? First Prize & Peoples Choice
ON THE SHORE Sculpture Prize _Thirroul Festival NSW
2010 “At the Table: are we sitting comfortably”
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA Sydney NSW
2010 “Affluenza: are you sitting comfortably”
WEEREEWA_Sculpture Prize Lake George NSW
2009 “Apple Web”
5 LANDS EPHEMERAL ART WALK Avoca Beach NSW
2008 “Plug-In” SCULPTURE BY THE SEA Sydney NSW
2007 “Cradle to Cradle III”(Chandelier) _Art Vaults 2007
BARGATE MONUMENT GALLERY Southampton, UK
2007 “The Experiment II”
STROUD HOUSE GALLERY Stroud, Gloucestershire UK
2006 “Stepping Lightly” _Landmarks III LOWOOD GALLERY Armathwaite, Cumbria UK
selective group show:
2016 YATOO Geumgang Nature Art Biennale Video Exhibition KOREA
2016 ‘Step in Stone cont.’ SALISBURY ART CENTRE UK
2015 “On-Photocopy: Displacement” 44AD ARTSPACE Bath UK
2015 “step in stone inside” BLACK SWAN GALLERY Frome Somerset UK
2014 “Sculpture Inside” invited SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_ WA
2012 “Drawn Apart” Paper Plane Gallery Rozelle NSW
2011 Directors Cut BLAKE PRIZE Sydney
2011 Sculpture by the Sea ORANGE REGIONAL GALLERY NSW
2006 “ReNew06: A Collaboration” 68 HOPE ST GALLERY Liverpool UK
2006 “Under the Influence” “Head Turner” GALLERY IOTA Ramsgate Kent
2005 “Fragmentations” FARNHAM MALTINGS GALLERY Surrey
1991 AIR SPACE Redfern, Sydney
1986 BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE London
1985 WOODLAND GALLERY Blackheath London
1983 BRIXTON ART GALLERY London
AWARDS
2017 Finalist 1st Selection Arte Laguna Prize_Land Art, Venice, ITALY
2016 Gallery NSW Society Subsidy Award, Sculpture by the Sea
2016 Catalyst Subsidy Award, Sculpture by the Sea
2013 Sydney Water_Environmental Sculpture Subsidy Award, Sculpture by the Sea
2013 First Prize ON THE SHORE Sculpture, Thirroul Festival
2012 First Prize ON THE SHORE Sculpture, Thirroul Festival
2011 First Prize ON THE SHORE Sculpture, Thirroul Festival
2010 Environmental Sculpture Prize ON THE SHORE Sculpture Prize
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS recent:
2015 ISC Sculpture Conference, Arizona, proposal accepted
2015 Presentation STEP IN STONE Somerset UK
2015 Visual Arts Teachers Conference Scenic world Katoomba
2014 AININ Symposium & Conference
TUFI’ ARTES Grand Canaria, SPAIN
2014 Presentation TREE HOUSE Mentoring Group, Bristol UK
2013 Opening Exhibition Talk: Beyond Bundanoon
The ILLAWARRA GRAMMAR SCHOOL Wollongong
2012 Sculpture Conference
INTERNATION SCULPTURE CONFERENCE Kiev, UKRAINE
2011 Art & the Environment Conference WOLLONGONG CITY GALLERY
2011 Opening Exhibition Talk: Life the Environment
ART ARENA GALLERY Wollongong
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2016 YATOO Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2016 p KOREA
2016 Sculpture by the Sea the First Twenty Year 1997-2016, p 72 & 83, 2016.
2016 Don Abbott, ‘Sculpture Out West The 2016 Harbourview Sculpture Trail’
Art New Zealand, pp 79-81, Winter 2016
2016 Terry Gifford, ‘Step in Stone Exhibition, Fairy Cave Quarry, Somerset, October 2015’,
Alpine Journal, 2016
2014 Dr. Marilyn Walters, ‘The Sliding Aesthetic’.
UWS Sculpture Award and Exhibition Catalogue 2014, pp 3-5, 2014
2012 Kiev Sculpture Project ‘Sally Kidall’
First International Sculpture Festival Catalogue, pp 60-65, 2012.
2012 Monica McMahon, ‘The Fifth University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award 2012,’
UWS Sculpture Award and Exhibition Catalogue 2012, pp 3-5, 2012
2011 Sculpture by the Sea the First Fifteen Year 1997-2011, p 125, 2011.
2015 http://themummyproject.com/review-of-sculpture-at-scenic-world/
2013 http://www.sixtoeight.net/2013/02/david-jones-sculpture-by-sea.html
2011 http://www.sheridanrogers.com.au/are-you-sitting-comfortably/
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