Wendy Dodd

Artist Statement 

I was brought up in a scientific family but developed an interest in weaving and am a retired textile conservator. I worked at the Australian War Memorial for 23 years in textile conservation. I have a bachelor of Arts in the field of visual art. In 1987 I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study textile conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and to visit other textile conservation laboratories in England, France and Switzerland. I am a weaver but also work with other textile media. I have exhibited regularly in group exhibitions since I graduated in 1987. 

My current interest is using mushroom spores for printing and the uses of mushroom mycelium to remove toxic materials and renovate soil.


Curriculum Vitae

Education

1968 - Completed 4 years Nursing training at Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane

1987 – Completed Degree in Visual Art (ANU)

Awards

1987 – Churchill Fellowship to study textile conservation at Victoria and Albert Museum & visit textile conservation studios in UK, Switzerland, France

Group Exhibitions

1981 Ararat Miniatures

1982 City of Brisbane Art Awards

1983 Showcase Craft Council ACT
         Textile Works Bitumen River Gallery ACT
          Ararat Miniatures (purchased)
1984 Small is Beautiful Crafts Council ACT

1985 Ararat 3rd Biennial (purchased)

1986 Crafts Council ACT members exhibition
         Queen Victoria Art Gallery Launceston

1987 Ararat 4th Biennial

1988 XTEX Scarf Show Cuppacumbalong

1989 Ararat Biennial Fibre and Text     

1990 Australian Crafts Meat Market Melbourne  

1991 Sight Lines Craft Council ACT

1992 XTEX Rug Show Canberra   
         XTEX Interface Canberra
        Discerning Textiles Goulburn Regional Gallery

1995 XTEX Self/edge

1996 A Matter of Weight Wollongong City Gallery
         Below the Surface Goulburn Regional Gallery
         Derivations Craft ACT

1997 Swanky Hankies Canberra

1998 More Swanky Hankies

2011 Casting the Net Strathnairn, travelled to Barometer Gallery, Sydney

2012 Networks Belconnen Art Centre

2013 Mapping Strathnairn Strathnairn

2016 Covet Belconnen Art Centre, travelled to Bratislava & Amsterdam
         Covet 2 Canberra School of Art Foyer & Barometer Gallery Sydney

2018 Trees ANCA Gallery Dickson ACT

2020 Tree Conversations: networking with the wood-wide-web Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Wendy Dodd

Wendy Dodd

Wendy Dodd