Mary-Louise Edwards has worked as an arts industry professional for the past 20 years. Her experience includes curating and coordinating exhibitions for public galleries, the coordination and administration of arts programs in the private sector and teaching art and art history at a tertiary level.
In 2010 Mary-Louise is undertaking postgraduate studies in Librarianship at Charles Sturt University in order to pursue a career change to the Information Science Sector.
marylouiseedwards.blogspot.com and "Tapestry Terrain: In Residence at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop"
Some more Curriculum Vitae
Education
2009 Masters in Fine Art by research, Monash University,
Melbourne.
2008 Diploma in Workplace Training and Assessment, TAFE, KAL
Multimedia, Melbourne.
1998 Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Victorian College of
the Arts, Melbourne University.
1987 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, Queensland College of Art,
Griffith University, Brisbane.
Professional Experience
2009-10 Library Assistant, Lending Services and Reserve, Monash
University Libraries, Caulfield and Clayton Campuses, Melbourne.
2006-08 Tutor, Sculpture, Drawing, Art History and Theory
Centre for Adult Education, Melbourne.
2005 Exhibition Coordinator and Designer for Make The Common
Precious, a national craft exhibition, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne.
2005 Program Coordinator, Melbourne Artists In Conversation, a
series of weekly talks by guest speakers for the City Library and the Centre for Adult Education, Melbourne.
2003-05 Program Manager, Visual Arts Short Course Program, Centre
for Adult Education, Melbourne.
2003 Program Administrator, Visual Arts Short Course Program,
Centre For Adult Education, Melbourne.
2000-2001 Curator for Ripped and Refined: Re-Threading Difference,
an international textile exhibition, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne.
1996 Tutor, Arts Business Studies, Queensland University of
Technology, Brisbane.
1992-1995 Tutor, Fine Art Department, Queensland College of Art,
Griffith University, Brisbane
1992 Tutor, Diploma of Visual Arts, Seven Hills College of
TAFE, Brisbane.
1990-91 Program Assistant, Arts Workshop Program, Griffith
Artworks, Griffith University, Brisbane.
1990 Arts Project Officer, Queensland Trades and Labour
Council, Brisbane.
1990 Project Assistant, Women's Art Competition for Infoline,
Queensland Government, Brisbane.
1989 Tutor, Diploma Visual Arts, Seven Hills College of TAFE,
Brisbane.
1988 Studio Technician, Fine Art Department, Queensland
College of Art, Brisbane.
Exhibition History
2009 MFA solo exhibition, Postgraduate Gallery, Monash University
2008 Artist-in-Residence at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop,
Melbourne.
2007 Solo exhibition at the La Trobe University Visual Art
Gallery, Bendigo.
2007 Darebin La Trobe Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne
2006 Yering Station Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne.
2006 City of Melbourne Arts Project Grant, Melbourne.
2006 Solo Exhibition, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2003 Cicely and Colin Rigg Award Exhibition, National Gallery
of Victoria.
2001 City of Yarra Arts Grant, Melbourne.
2001 Pat Corrigan Arts Grant, National Association for the
Visual Arts.
Select Bibliography and other Writing
2008 Mary-Louise Edwards, "Tapestry Terrain: In Residence
at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop", peer reviewed for Scope: Contemporary Research Topics, (www.thescopes.org), art: 3 review, Otago Polytechnic,Nov 2008
2006 Ramona Barry, "Into the Colourfield: Mary-Louise
Edwards", Craft Culture Magazine, reviews.
2006 S. Lindsay, R. Phelan, S. Bond, Stained
exhibition catalogue essay, Craft Victoria
2003 Katie Somerville, Cicely and Colin Rigg
exhibition catalogue essay, National Gallery of Victoria.
2001 Suzie Attiwill, "Folded Text" Ripped and Refined:
Re-Threading Difference exhibition catalogue, Craft Victoria.
2001 Natasha Bullock, "Poetics of Pulp" exhibition
catalogue essay, RMIT Gallery.
1999 Sandra Bridie, "Talk 50" Junkan Cycle interview
and exhibition catalogue essay, Talk Artists Initiative.
1996 Mary-Louise Edwards, "Writing On The Wall",
Eyeline Magazine, No. 32
1995 Denise Fry, "Indralia Re-Visited & Vacant
Lot", Eyeline Magazine, No. 30
