Tania Rollond
Artist Statement & CV
Five Senses
While I’m in my five senses
they send me spinning
all sounds and silences,
all shape and colour
as thread for that weaver,
whose web within me growing
follows beyond my knowing
some pattern sprung from nothing -
a rhythm that dances
and is not mine.
from Five Senses by Judith Wright
As I lean over the wheel, magpie songs swell outside and then flood through the open door. As my pencil searches for a line, the lightning flash of a rosella cuts across the window. As I take up my paintbrush, a passing storm stains the sky and stirs the ants - I take a deep breath as the first swollen drops land.
I shape the forms, draw out the lines and paint the colours that trace these rhythms on each white surface; patterns of this place and time.
Biography and Education
2008-2009 Master of Fine Art studies in Drawing at College of Fine Art (COFA), UNSW, Sydney
2008-2010 2001-2009 Living and working as practicing artist in Southern Highlands, NSW
Part time teaching at National Art School, Sydney and Campbelltown TAFE
Campbelltown Art Centre, College of Fine Art (COFA), UNSW
1996-2000 Full-time studies in Bachelor of Fine Art (Ceramics), National Art School, Sydney
Study trip to China and Hong Kong, visiting various museums and kiln sites
1996-1997 Part-time studies in Ceramics, Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, Perth, WA
1995 Travel through Nepal, India, Morocco and Europe for research and study.
Living in London, part-time studies in textiles, The City Lit, London, UK
1994 Worked as Graphic Designer
1991-1993 Bachelor of Arts (Design), Curtin University, Perth, WA
Major in Graphic Design, minor in Textile/Surface Design
1973 Born in Esperance, Western Australia
Solo (and Two Person) Exhibitions
2009 ‘Magpie Songs’ Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne, with Don Court
2007 ‘Memory and Invention’ Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
2008
‘Salute’ Fusions Gallery, Brisbane
‘Tim Olsen Drawing Prize’ Kudos Gallery, Sydney
‘Australian Woodfire Survey’ Freeland Gallery, Sydney
‘Botanicals’ Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney
2007
‘ICMEA Emerging Artists Competition’ (Finalist), Fuping, Shaanxi, China
‘Soothe’ Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne
‘Cup Show’ All Hand Made Gallery, Sydney
‘Ceramics at the National Art School’, ClayEdge Ceramic Conference, Gulgong
2006
‘Tea Bowls: Survey of Australian Contemporary Ceramics’ Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
‘Clay STATEments’ National Ceramics Conference, Brisbane
‘The Colour of White’ Sturt Gallery, Mittagong
‘Encrusted’ Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne
2005
‘Small Wonders’ Delmar Gallery, Sydney
‘Walking the Line’ Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
‘Winter Exhibition - Chilli’ Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong
‘On the Table’ Planet, Sydney
‘Common Ground’ Delmar Gallery, Sydney
‘Between Seasons Show’ Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong
2004
‘Oribe and Cloth’ All Hand Made Gallery, Sydney
‘Winter Exhibition - Porcelain’ Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong
2003
‘Love Your Work’ The Muse Gallery, Sydney
2002
‘Table Talk’ Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney
2001
‘Birthday Exhibition’ Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney
2000
‘Treasures of the Three Kings’ Beowulf Gallery, Sydney
‘Graduate Exhibition’ Cell Block Theatre, Sydney
‘Port Hacking National Pottery Competition & Exhibition’ Hazelhurst Arts Centre
Awards and Grants
2007 NAVA Marketing Grant
2000 The Janet Mansfield Ceramics Prize, National Art School, Sydney
Winner, Student Wheel thrown Section, Port Hacking Pottery Competition
1999 FONAS scholarship for Outstanding Student in Second Year Ceramics, NAS
1992 Member, Vice Chancellor’s List for Outstanding Academic Performance, Curtin University
1991 Member, Vice Chancellor’s List for Outstanding Academic Performance, Curtin University
Publications - Journals and Catalogues
Finch, Karen, ‘Tania Rollond: Journeys’, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 70, 2007, pages 49-54
Harding, Leslie (curator) ‘Walking the Line’ exhibition catalogue, published by the National Art School, July 2005
Esson, Merran (curator) ‘Common Ground: Contemporary Ceramics’ exhibition catalogue, published by Trinity Grammar School, Society of the Arts, April 2005
Conferences and Invitations
2008 Attended ‘Marking Time’ Drawing Conference, COFA, UNSW
Attended ‘Sturt Woodfire 2008’ Sturt, NSW
2007 Attended 2nd International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association Conference, Fuping, Shaanxi, China, and presented lecture on recent work
2005 Presented lecture for ‘Artists Unplugged’ series, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong
1998 Attended ‘Edge’ 9th National Ceramics Conference, Perth
Collections
Bendigo Regional Art Gallery
FuLe International Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, Shaanxi, China
National Art School, Sydney
Private collections in Australia and Japan