Esme Timbery b. 1931

Also known as Esme Russell
  • Artist
Shellworker, Esme Timbery lives and works in La Perouse, NSW. Her shellworked harbour bridges are created from wood, glue, cardboard, fabric, glitter and shells gathered from the beaches of the NSW south coast.
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Citations

  • Bergmann, Meredith; Mundine, Djon; Perkins, Hetti; Munroe, Keith (2005), ’2005 Parliament Of NSW Indigenous Art Prize’, Campbelltown Arts Centre, biography written by Tess Allas.

  • Vanni, Dr Ilaria (2000), '“Bridging the gap: The production of tourist objects at La Perouse”’, Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture, Oxford University Press, Edited by Sylvia Kleinart and Margot Neale.

  • Mendelssohn, Joanna (2004), 'The secret majical hybrid life of us’, New Matilda.

  • Allas, Tess (2006), 'Esme Timbery’, Art Monthly, No. 187.

  • Moore, Catriona and Holder, Jo (2006), 'Round Tables, Square Holes’, Artlink, vol 26, No. 1.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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Related collections
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Nuru Gilli, Aboriginal Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Nuru Gilli, Aboriginal Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)