'Bound together by the river No.2 by Heather Burness
Awards, Grants and Residencies
Education
2004 - Master of Philosophy, ANU, School of Art, Print media and Drawing
workshop
1989/93 - Bachelor of Art (Visual) ANU, Institute of the Arts, School of
Art
Professional
2011 - Sessional Lecturer ANU, School of Art, Printmedia and Drawing
Workshop Sessional Lecturer, NAS Sydney Summer School
2010 - Edition Printer for Naminapu Maymuru White Edition Printer for
string figure makers of Yirrkala: Dipililnga Marika, Mulkun, Birrpunu,
Nyalung and Gamulk, published by Buku Larrnggay Mulka and
exhibited at Garma Festival 2010
Sessional lecturer National Art School Sydney
1996-2009 - Sessional Lecturer, ANU, School of Art, Printmedia and
Drawing Workshop in (variously) Drawing, Etching, Studio Theory
2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 - Teacher, NGA Summer Scholarship Program
2005 - Megalo Access Arts Inc Board of Management
2000 - Final Chair, Studio One Board of Management
Collaborative printer to Naminapu Maymuru White and Michael Maymuru,
Visiting Fellows, Centre for Cross Cultural Research, ANU
1994-98 - Teacher and Edition Printer at Studio One Inc . Works by Emily
Kame Kngwarreye and other Utopia Artists, Gary Shead, Treahna Hamm,
Helen Geier, Gaye Paterson, Margaret Wilson, Annie Franklin, and various
Tiwi Artists.
2011
Cultural Flow; works from the Coorong Warrnambool Regional Gallery
2010
Cultural Flow; works from the Coorong Megalo Print Studio +
Gallery
2008
Shorelines of Belonging The Mann Gallery, Horsham Regional Gallery (one
of a suite of shows under the banner Connection~ Reflection), and also @
ANCA Gallery Canberra
2006
others at the edge Foyer Gallery ANU School of Art
2004
I gazed for 28 Days ANCA Gallery Canberra
0700 to 0900 Experience: Experiment, METIS: TIME 04 Science and
Contemporary Arts Festival, Foyer Gallery, ANU School of Art
2002
first quarter to first quarter, Foyer Gallery, ANU School of Art
2001
near real time, Foyer Gallery, ANU School of Art
2010
earth connections Belconnen Arts Centre
2009
artroom5 Adelaide
2008
Changing Climate…Reinventing Lives Gladstone, Noosa, Cowra, Warwick and
Caloola Regional Galleries. Warringah Printmakers Studio Sydney,
Firestation Print Studio Melbourne, Tresillian Community Centre
Queensland and Megalo Gallery
25x25 Celebrating 25 years of printmaking at Megalo Access Arts
1980-2005 Touring NSW Regional Galleries & Megalo Access Arts in 2005
2007
Site and Soul III CMAG
2006
Resonance Megalo Residency artists from 2005, Megalo Gallery
2004
surface indicators ANU School of Art Gallery and also the sea, the
sea…Gippsland Regional Gallery, Victoria with Kevin Mortensen, Kim
Lawler, Jennifer Marshall and Harry Nankin
2003
the sea, the sea…Horsham Regional Gallery
2001
Mildura Palimpsest #4, Mildura
1998
maritime ANCA Gallery Canberra
From the book, Zone Gallery, Adelaide.
1997
Ici, un bout du monde... Here, one
end of the world, Alliance Francaise, Canberra and also in 1996 @ The
Cercle D’Art de Gentilly, Gentilly Biennale, Paris, France
1996
Fragile objects, Artists books and Limited Editions National Library of
Australia
Near Distance work by seven women artists Crafts ACT Gallery
1993
Exhibition of the Art Colleges Print Society of Japan Machida City
Museum of Graphic Arts Tokyo
Awards,
Grants and Residencies
2011 - Highly Commended finalist Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art
Gallery, Tasmania
2009 - Finalist Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery,
Tasmania
2009 and 11 - artsACT Project funding
2007 - Awarded CPS Australia Capital Arts Patrons Organisation Award
2006 - Highly Commended Goulburn Art Award and Resident, Print media and
Drawing Workshop ANU
2005 - Shortlisted Hazelhurst Art Award, Works on Paper and awarded
Megalo Residency
2002 - Awarded Post Graduate Materials Award 2002. ANU
2001 - Awarded International Works on Paper Fair Emerging Artists
Exhibition
1997 - Artist-in-Residence Experimental Etching Studio, Boston USA
1997 - Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. New York, NY, USA.
1993 - Awarded, Interiors Australia, Australian Construction Services
Award, ANU Institute of the Arts
1993 - Shortlisted, Canson Student Print Award COFA Gallery, Sydney, and
APW, Melbourne
1990 - Shortlisted, 9th Mornington Peninsula Print Acquisitive Award
The Donald Macpherson Collection of Literature and Art
housed at The State Library of New South Wales
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Canberra Museum and Gallery
National Library of Australia
National Gallery of Australia
Private collections in Canada, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand and
Australia