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Pilar Rojas
Born Spain 1984.
FORMAL TRAINING
- 1995-1997: Master of Fine Art by Research & Exhibition
(Ceramics),Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.
- 1987-1989: Design Ceramics, BITEC Higher National Diploma,
Harrow College of Art and Technology, Middlesex, U.K.
EXHIBITIONS
- 1997:
Halved, Elements and Other Memories. George Gallery, St Kilda.
- 1996:
Elements, 16th National Craft Acquisition Award, (Acquired).
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, DaMin, NT.
Elements, 1Cith International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast
Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise. QLD.
Elements, Glass Cabinets, Linden Gallery, St Kilda.
Elements, 22nd Alice Springs Craft Acquisition, Craft Council
of the Northern Territory, N.T.
Elements, The Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda
- 1995:
5 Ceramic pieces, New Wave, Victorian Ceramics Group, City of
Melbourne Town Hall.
21st Alice Springs Craft Acquisition, Craft Council of the
Northern Territory, Alice Springs. N.T.
- 1994:
Salt Water River Festival, Arts Exhibition, Footscray Town Hall,
Footscray.
Clay Fever '94, 25th Anniversary of the Victorian Ceramics Group,
Meat Market Craft Centre, North Melbourne.
20th Alice Springs Craft Acquisition, Craft Council of the
Northern Territory, Alice Springs. N.T.
Tyde /, lI and 111, The Thousand Handed Hydra, Access Gallery,
National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne.
- 1993:
A-4 Art, Westspace, Footscray.
Open Studios, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray.
Closer, Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, 5th Sculpture
Triennial of Australia, Southgate Centre, Melbourne.
Muisca and Tolimer, Melbourne International Arts Festival,
Swanston Walk, Melbourne.
Through My Thoughts Birds Flying in and Out, No Vacancy,
Collins Street Shop Fronts, Melbourne.
- 1992:
Waterlilies, Celestial Studio Shop, London.
- 1991:
Open Studios, South London Arts Co-operative, London.
- 1990:
Spirals, Tableart, London.
- 1989:
Open Studios, 401 112 Workshops, London.
WORK AND OTHER EXPER1ENCE
1996:
Tutor in Glaze Technology , Diploma of Art - Ceramics, Northern
Melbourne College of TAFE, Epping Campus.
Tutor in Ceramics for the Spanish Community , and Ceramics for
the intellectually Handicapped, Footscray Community Arts Centre,
Footscray.
1995:
Tutor in Ceramics, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray.
Slide Presentation for the Bachelor of Fine Art (Ceramics), R.M.I.T.
Melbourne.
1994:
Tutor in ceramics, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray.
1989 - 1993:
Slide presentations for the "Outreach Programme", Royal
Academy of Arts, London.
AWARDS and PRIZES
- 1996:
16th National Acquisition Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the
Northern Territory, Darwin, NT.
- 1996:
Melbourne Institute of Management Award, Linden Gallery, St
Kilda.
- 1995 - 96:
Australian Postgraduate Award (Fees exemption), University of
Melbourne.
- 1994:
Special Mention, 20th Alice Springs Craft Acquisition. Craft
Council of the N.T. Alice Springs, N.T.
PUBLICATIONS
- 1996:
Cultural Theory and Crafts Practice. Notes on the Craft Victoria
Seminar Series. Craft Victoria.
How Multi is Cultural?, Craft Victoria Autumn Magazine, Craft
Victoria, Melbourne.
- 1994:
The Thousand Handed Hydra, Exhibition Catalogue. Faotscray
Community Arts Centre, Melbourne.
COLLECTORS
- Contemporary Craft Collection, The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern
Territory. NT.
- Private collectors in Queensland, Victoria, Britain and Spain.
