Born 1977. Lives and works in Parramatta NSW Australia.
SELECTED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Since 2007
Full time studio practice (art practice / self employed hand-engraver)
2009 – 2011
Committee member (Secretary), JMGA-NSW
2004 – 2006
Advanced Diploma in Jewellery and Object Design, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Design Centre
2005 – 2006
Certificate III in Hand Engraving, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Design Centre
1995
Associate Diploma in Music, Australian Music Education Board
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Bells, Dominik Mersch Gallery offsite exhibition space: 812B George St, Sydney
2020
Approaching Zero, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
An Immeasurable Distance, The Lock-Up, Newcastle
2018
between stars, between stones, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2016
Dark Matter, DOMINIK MERSCH GALLERY, Sydney
2015
Iota, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
Infinity, Courtesy Of The Artist, Sydney
2013
Draw, Courtesy Of The Artist, Sydney
2008
Emma Fielden, Studio 20/17, Sydney
2007
Emma Fielden, Metalab, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Rock Paper Scissors, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
Decade+ (Art Omi Australia Committee Fellowship Alumni Exhibition), Dominik Mersch Gallery
The Fall, Dominik Mersch Gallery
Decade+, Australian ART OMI Committee Survey Show, Dominik Mersch Gallery
2018
Condo, Mexico City, represented by Dominik Mersch Gallery
Summer Group Show, Dominik Mersch Gallery
Aurora Australia, curated by Katie Scott (Gallery Funaki), Montreal, Canada
2017
NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, Artspace, Sydney
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Paramor Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (winner of the Mayoral Award)
10 – Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Dominik Mersch Gallery
PAS17.2, Parramatta Artists Studios, curated by Elizabeth Chang
2016
Parramatta Artists Studios Ideas Platform exhibition, Artspace. Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, Talia Linz, and Sophia Kouyoumdjian
Drawing Conversations, drawing symposium at National Art School. Participation by invitation, invited to exhibit by Catherine O’Donnell
The Blake Prize. Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
Phenomena. Parramatta Artists Studios / Parramatta Lanes. Curated by Sophia Kouyoumdjian
Parramatta Artists’ Studios at The King’s School 37th Annual Art Show, curated by Sophia Kouyoumdjian
2015
Sydney Contemporary. Dominik Mersch Gallery, 2015
Drawn To Form: The Matter in Hand. Blacktown Arts Centre. Curated by Merran Esson and Abdullah M.I. Syed, 2015
National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Courtesy of the Artist, Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft and Design
2013
Earth to Earth Ashes to Ashes, Studio 2017, Sydney
Breathe Into, Courtesy of the Artist, Jam Factory, Gaffa, Percolator Gallery Queensland
2012
National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Metalab, Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft and Design
The Year Was 2006, Studio 2017, Sydney
2011
In Line/In Metal, Aaron Faber Gallery New York, SOFA Chicago, USA
2010
Tea Wares, Jam Factory, Adelaide
Winter Brooches 10, Studio 2017, Sydney
Wrapped, Studio 2017, Sydney
Say Your Piece, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2009
10th Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Buda Historic Home and Garden Castlemaine, Shepparton Art Gallery, Arts Centre Melbourne, Geelong Art Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery
Winter Brooches 09, Studio 2017, Sydney
2008
Profile, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Sydney College of the Arts
Graduate Metal XI, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Sydney College of the Arts
Winter Brooches 08, Studio 2017, Sydney
Vessel, Studio 2017, Sydney
2007
Cracker, Metalab, Sydney
2005
Contemporary Wearables 05, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Mosman Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Maroondah Art Gallery
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of South Australia, The Daadler Collection of Contemporary Jewellery
Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Private collections in Australia, New Zealand and abroad
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2019
Arts Projects Grant, Australia Council for the Arts.
2018
Art Omi Australia Committee Fellowship for Art Omi Artists Residency, New York USA
2017
NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, Create NSW and Artspace Sydney. Finalist
Paramor Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Winner of the Mayoral Award
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. Finalist
2016
The Blake Prize. Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Finalist
Blacktown City Art Prize. Finalist
2014
Winner of the National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery
2013
New Work Grant (mid-career), Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts
2012
National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Finalist
2009
Winner of the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Award, 10th Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Buda Historic Home and Garden
2006
[email protected], Craft Australia. Highly commended
Awarded the Jewellery and Object Design Award and Residency, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Design Centre Enmore
RESIDENCIES
2019 – 2021
Parramatta Artists Studios Rydalmere, two year residency
2019
The Lock-Up, Newcastle, artist in residence
2018
Art Omi Artists Residency, New York USA
2018
Parramatta Artists Studios, one year residency
2018
The Lock-Up, Newcastle, artist in residence
2017
Parramatta Artists Studios, one year residency
2016
Parramatta Artists Studios, one year residency
2016
House of Wonder panel discussion. Gravity Geeks Art, Science and Ideas Symposium, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre. A joint venture by Penrith Regional Gallery, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) and Western Sydney University
Drawing Conversations. Exhibiting artist at National Art School drawing symposium
SELECTED PROJECTS AND PRESENTATIONS
2019
Asad Raza workshop, Kaldor Public Art Projects, The Clothing Store, Carriageworks, Sydney
2019
Explorations of the Infinite, in conversation with Julie Ewington, The Lock-Up, Newcastle
2019
An Infinite Universe, panel discussion at Western Sydney University Penrith Observatory
2019
Youth Mentoring program with Western Sydney HSC art students. An initiative of Peacock Gallery, Parramatta Artists Studios, and Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE)
2018
In Conversation: From the Studio to The Gallery, panel discussion with Sophia Kouyoumdjian, Liam Benson and Tom Polo, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2017
Art + Science CONNECT (Sydney Science Festival), MAAS Powerhouse Museum, artist talk
2016
House of Wonder panel discussion. Gravity Geeks Art, Science and Ideas Symposium, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre. A joint venture by Penrith Regional Gallery, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) and Western Sydney University
2016
Drawing Conversations. Exhibiting artist at National Art School drawing symposium
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
Emma Fielden: The Whole and Parts of Infinity, Julie Ewington.
2019 Postcard from Newcastle, Erin McFadyn, Art and Australia, Ocotber 2019
2019
Is the Universe Infinite?, Damon Cronshaw, Newcastle Herald, August 2019
2018
‘The only certainty is transformation’: Emma Fielden’s changing states, The Art Life, Nadia Odlum, November 2018, http://theartlife.com.au/2018/the-only-certainty-is-transformation-emma-fieldens-changing-states/
2017
Art is exercise for the brain – Art + Neurobiology, Art Guide Australia, Dr Barbara Doran, February 2017, www artguide.com.au/art-plus/art-exercise-brain
2016
Invisible Forces, exhibition review, ArtAsiaPacific, Chloé Wolifson, July 2016, www.artasiapacific.com/Blog/INVISIBLEFORCES
2016
Gravity and Wonder in the Art Gallery, radio interview, Booksand Arts with Michael Cathcart, ABC Radio National, 4 October 2016, www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/gravity-(and-wonder)/7899862
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