Wendy Mills b. 1950

  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer),
  • Artist (Video Artist),
  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Wendy Mills is an Australian visual artist whose practice has ranged from temporary installations, to interactive computer works, to commissioned public art. Much of her artwork is characterised by an underlying geometry and the use of translucent and reflective materials, water and light.
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exhibited at
125 Anniversary Exhibition
Date
2006
Place
Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Another Dimension
Date
2006
Place
284 Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP. Drawings of public art proposals.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Double Take
Date
2006
Place
Museum of Brisbane, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Waterfall (studio installation with video projection)
Date
2000
Description

SOLO. Collaboration with Techno Water Design. Sound performance by Carla Thackrah & Morrice Shaw.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.wendy-mills.com/exhibition/wfall.htm
exhibited at
Tekhne - Artists & Architects
Date
1999
Place
RAIA (Royal Australian Institute of Architects) Building, Melbourne, VIC
Description

SELECTED GROUP. Collaboration with architect John Grealy, 4.5m spiraling column of 950 dinner plates.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/plates.htm
exhibited at
Kakadu Goes Corporate
Date
1998
Place
Metro Arts, Brisbane, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.metroarts.com.au/
exhibited at
Habidimap
Date
1997
Place
Brisbane City Hall & Queensland State Government Office Building, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Jupiter's Art Prize
Date
1996
Place
Gold Coast Regional Gallery, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Artist Books
Date
1996
Place
Brisbane City Gallery, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sequinz
Date
1996
Description

SELECTED GROUP. CD-ROM of interactive art, Artlink Magazine, July 1996.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
No one Receiving
Date
1996
Place
Whitebox Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
National Digital Art Awards
Date
1995
Place
Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Recent Works in Electronic Media
Date
1995
Place
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Pseudo
Date
1995
Place
Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP & INSTALLATION. 'Rosebite’ projected video into back of stage in old theatre. Quality of video purposely deteriorated to give appearance of old film. Performers: Morrice Shaw, Eoin Meades.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://wendy-mills.com/exhibition/rose.htm
exhibited at
Intersections
Date
1994
Place
College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Antarctica (thawing of memories)
Date
1993
Place
Mississippi State University, USA
Description

SOLO INSTALLATION. Collaboration with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre. Sound by VoiceArt.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.wendy-mills.com/exhibition/ant.htm
exhibited at
Nature of Space
Date
1992
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP. Projected video installation with recorded sound. Video of Duncan Smith in London, editing Mississippi State University TV centre.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://wendy-mills.com/exhibition/splash.htm
exhibited at
Perspecta
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

SELECTED GROUP & COMPUTER INSTALLATION. 'Sight of Judgement’ interactive installation combining projections of digital images, black mesh and motion sensors. 840×600×400cm.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.wendy-mills.com/exhibition/judge.htm
exhibited at
Perspecta
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

NATIONAL.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
4th Australian Sculpture Triennial
Date
1990
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

INSTALLATION. 'You are the Door’ Polythene film, stainless steel, permalar. 400×800×600cm.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://wendy-mills.com/exhibition/door.htm
exhibited at
A New Aesthetic
Date
1990
Place
Lindon Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

SELECTED GROUP & INSTALLATION. 'Memories of Next Easter’ Installation of transparent cibachromes and recorded sound. Sound by Stephen Leek and VoiceArt. 400×400×400cm.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://wendy-mills.com/exhibition/mems.htm
exhibited at
Memorial
Date
1990
Place
Institute of Modern Art annex exhibit
Description

SOLO & INSTALLATION & PERFORMANCE. Polythene film, stainless steel, candles, water, projections. Live sound performance by VoiceArt. 100×20×4metres.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://wendy-mills.com/exhibition/memor.htm
exhibited at
Gold Coast Prize
Date
1989
Place
Gold Coast Regional Gallery, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Encounter-3
Date
1989
Place
South Australian College of Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Description

SELECTED GROUP. 'Sweet Enclosure (tears for the mothers, syrup for the sons)’ Stainless steel, polythene film, Golden Syrup, water. 344×344×240cm.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://wendy-mills.com/exhibition/encl.htm
exhibited at
Aberdare Art Prize
Date
1989
Place
Ipswich City Gallery, QLD
Description

SELECTED GROUP.

Type
Exhibition
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Other occupations
  • Art/Design Consultant
  • Teacher/Tutor/Lecturer
  • Art/Design Consultant (Art/Design Consultant 1998: Artwork Consultant, Gillespie Asia Pacific Architects for Redevelopment of South Bank, Brisbane. 1991: Design Consultant for Sculpture, Griffith University, Brisbane.)
  • Teacher/Tutor/Lecturer (Teacher/Tutor/Lecturer 1987: Sessional teacher, Queensland College of Art. 1988: Tutor in Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, Australian Flying Art School. 1987/1996: Tutor in Drawing & Installation, Brisbane Institute of Art 1990-96: Sessional lecturer in Sculpture & Drawing, Academy of Arts, Queensland University of Technology & Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.)
References [<ExternalResource: Sturgeon, Graeme (1990), ''Wendy Mills' in Contemporary Australian Sculpture', Craftsmen House, Australia, pp 63-66.>, <ExternalResource: Sturgeon, Graeme (1984), ''The Sculptors' in Australian Sculptors Now', National Gallery of Victoria & The Committee of the Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, Australia, pg. 49.>, <ExternalResource: Scarlett, Ken (1993), ''Chapter Four: Recycled Parkland - King Edward Sculpture Park, Brisbane' in Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens', G+B Arts International Limited, distributed by Craftsmen House, Australia, pp 43-46.>, <ExternalResource: Morrell, Timothy (2003), 'Wendy Mills', IMA Publishing, Brisbane, QLD, pp 42-53.>, <ExternalResource: 'Wendy Mills - Intersections between the Seen and the Sensed'.>, <ExternalResource: Macarthur, John (2000), ''Radar Art' in Architecture Australia magazine', VOL 89 ISSUE 1, JAN-FEB. p.>, <ExternalResource: Kirby, Sandy (1992), '"'Sight Lines - Women's Art & Feminist Perspectives'', Gordon and Breach, distributed by Craftsmen House, Australia, pp 130-133.>, <ExternalResource: Hoffie, Pat, 'Not Fence Sitting - The Art on Line Project', Artlink, Australia, 1998, VOL 18 ISSUE 2. pp 32-33.>, <ExternalResource: Helmich, Michel, 'Wendy Mills' Water Tables', Artlink, Australia, 2000, VOL 20 ISSUE 4. pp 62-64.>, <ExternalResource: Burne, Phillippa (1995), 'Portraiture and Technology', Artlink, Australia, , VOL 15 ISSUE 2 & 3. pp 43-.>, <ExternalResource: Perng, Teresa (2009), 'Interview with the artist'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Library of University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW'.>] [<ExternalResource: Sturgeon, Graeme (1990), ''Wendy Mills' in Contemporary Australian Sculpture', Craftsmen House, Australia, pp 63-66.>, <ExternalResource: Sturgeon, Graeme (1984), ''The Sculptors' in Australian Sculptors Now', National Gallery of Victoria & The Committee of the Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, Australia, pg. 49.>, <ExternalResource: Scarlett, Ken (1993), ''Chapter Four: Recycled Parkland - King Edward Sculpture Park, Brisbane' in Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens', G+B Arts International Limited, distributed by Craftsmen House, Australia, pp 43-46.>, <ExternalResource: Morrell, Timothy (2003), 'Wendy Mills', IMA Publishing, Brisbane, QLD, pp 42-53.>, <ExternalResource: 'Wendy Mills - Intersections between the Seen and the Sensed'.>, <ExternalResource: Macarthur, John (2000), ''Radar Art' in Architecture Australia magazine', VOL 89 ISSUE 1, JAN-FEB. p.>, <ExternalResource: Kirby, Sandy (1992), '"'Sight Lines - Women's Art & Feminist Perspectives'', Gordon and Breach, distributed by Craftsmen House, Australia, pp 130-133.>, <ExternalResource: Hoffie, Pat, 'Not Fence Sitting - The Art on Line Project', Artlink, Australia, 1998, VOL 18 ISSUE 2. pp 32-33.>, <ExternalResource: Helmich, Michel, 'Wendy Mills' Water Tables', Artlink, Australia, 2000, VOL 20 ISSUE 4. pp 62-64.>, <ExternalResource: Burne, Phillippa (1995), 'Portraiture and Technology', Artlink, Australia, , VOL 15 ISSUE 2 & 3. pp 43-.>, <ExternalResource: Saines, Deborah Durie (1993), 'Interview with the artist', Unknown.>, <ExternalResource: 'Library of University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW'.>]
Related people
  • Grealy, John (associate of)
  • Palumbo, Joe (associate of)
  • Shaw, Morrice (associate of)
  • Thackrah, Carla (associate of)
  • Eurell, Jennifer (sibling of)
  • Mills, Marie (sibling of)
  • Mills, Donald (sibling of)
  • Grealy, John (associate of)
  • Palumbo, Joe (associate of)
  • Shaw, Morrice (associate of)
  • Thackrah, Carla (associate of)
  • Eurell, Jennifer (sibling of)
  • Mills, Marie (sibling of)
  • Mills, Donald (sibling of)
Related person groups
  • Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australia Council (associate of)
  • Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australia Council (associate of)
Related works
  • Oscillations (creator of)
  • Cotton Tree (creator of)
  • Lens (creator of)
  • Sweet Justice Pool (creator of)
  • Sweet Words Wind Barriers (creator of)
  • Arc (creator of)
  • Crossing (creator of)
  • Fairweather Bells (creator of)
  • Concentric Intersection (creator of)
  • On This Auspicious Occasion (creator of)
  • Cooling Towers (creator of)
  • Unilodge Building Entry Artworks (creator of)
  • Capalaba Business Centre Sculpture (creator of)
  • Fortitude (creator of)
  • Shell (creator of)
  • Water Artwork for Library Square, Cleveland, Queensland (creator of)
  • Snakes (creator of)
  • Inverting the Square (creator of)
  • Gates of Heaven (creator of)
  • Acts of Silence (creator of)
  • Preparation for White (creator of)
  • Oscillations (creator of)
  • Cotton Tree (creator of)
  • Lens (creator of)
  • Sweet Justice Pool (creator of)
  • Sweet Words Wind Barriers (creator of)
  • Arc (creator of)
  • Crossing (creator of)
  • Fairweather Bells (creator of)
  • Concentric Intersection (creator of)
  • On This Auspicious Occasion (creator of)
  • Cooling Towers (creator of)
  • Unilodge Building Entry Artworks (creator of)
  • Capalaba Business Centre Sculpture (creator of)
  • Fortitude (creator of)
  • Shell (creator of)
  • Water Artwork for Library Square, Cleveland, Queensland (creator of)
  • Snakes (creator of)
  • Inverting the Square (creator of)
  • Gates of Heaven (creator of)
  • Acts of Silence (creator of)
  • Preparation for White (creator of)
Related collections
  • Suncorp, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Government Office, Tokyo (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Private Collections (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Mildura Arts Centre, VIC (collected in)
  • Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Brisbane City Council, QLD (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Suncorp, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Government Office, Tokyo (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Private Collections (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Mildura Arts Centre, VIC (collected in)
  • Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Brisbane City Council, QLD (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Award - Australia Council VA CB New Work Grant (received)
  • Award - Queensland Government Year of Built Environment Award (received)
  • Award - Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board Overseas Studio Grant (received)
  • Award - Arts Queensland grant for Institute of Modern Art (received)
  • Award - Australia Council, New Media Arts Fund (received)
  • 1992 Award - Visual Arts Fellowship, Queensland State Government (received)
  • Award - Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board Overseas Studio Grant (received)
  • Australian Network for Art and Technology Award (received)
  • 1987 Award - Premier's Art Award, Queensland State Government (received)
  • Award - Australia Council, Visual Arts Board, Project Grants to Individual Artists (received)
  • Award - Lillian & Andrew Pedersen Memorial Prize for Small Sculpture, Queensland Art Gallery (received)
  • Warana Caltex Sculpture Prize (received)
  • Award - Australia Council VA CB New Work Grant (received)
  • Award - Queensland Government Year of Built Environment Award (received)
  • Award - Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board Overseas Studio Grant (received)
  • Award - Arts Queensland grant for Institute of Modern Art (received)
  • Award - Australia Council, New Media Arts Fund (received)
  • 1992 Award - Visual Arts Fellowship, Queensland State Government (received)
  • Award - Australia Council, Visual Arts/Crafts Board Overseas Studio Grant (received)
  • Australian Network for Art and Technology Award (received)
  • 1987 Award - Premier's Art Award, Queensland State Government (received)
  • Award - Australia Council, Visual Arts Board, Project Grants to Individual Artists (received)
  • Award - Lillian & Andrew Pedersen Memorial Prize for Small Sculpture, Queensland Art Gallery (received)
  • Warana Caltex Sculpture Prize (received)
Related events
  • 125 Anniversary Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Another Dimension (exhibited at)
  • Double Take (exhibited at)
  • Waterfall (studio installation with video projection) (exhibited at)
  • Tekhne - Artists & Architects (exhibited at)
  • Kakadu Goes Corporate (exhibited at)
  • Habidimap (exhibited at)
  • Jupiter's Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Artist Books (exhibited at)
  • Sequinz (exhibited at)
  • No one Receiving (exhibited at)
  • National Digital Art Awards (exhibited at)
  • Recent Works in Electronic Media (exhibited at)
  • Pseudo (exhibited at)
  • Intersections (exhibited at)
  • Antarctica (thawing of memories) (exhibited at)
  • Nature of Space (exhibited at)
  • Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • 4th Australian Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)
  • A New Aesthetic (exhibited at)
  • Memorial (exhibited at)
  • Gold Coast Prize (exhibited at)
  • Encounter-3 (exhibited at)
  • Aberdare Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Signing (exhibited at)
  • Homage to Women Artist in Queensland (exhibited at)
  • Fish Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Gold Coast Prize (exhibited at)
  • Suncorp Biennial Awards (exhibited at)
  • Works on Paper (exhibited at)
  • Masks (exhibited at)
  • A.R.X. (exhibited at)
  • Dyadic Offering (exhibited at)
  • 9th Mildura Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Transcience (polar inversion) (exhibited at)
  • Harvey Drawing Prize (exhibited at)
  • Divine Union: A Temporary Affair (exhibited at)
  • 8th Mildura Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Small Sculpture (exhibited at)
  • 125 Anniversary Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Another Dimension (exhibited at)
  • Double Take (exhibited at)
  • Waterfall (studio installation with video projection) (exhibited at)
  • Tekhne - Artists & Architects (exhibited at)
  • Kakadu Goes Corporate (exhibited at)
  • Habidimap (exhibited at)
  • Jupiter's Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Artist Books (exhibited at)
  • Sequinz (exhibited at)
  • No one Receiving (exhibited at)
  • National Digital Art Awards (exhibited at)
  • Recent Works in Electronic Media (exhibited at)
  • Pseudo (exhibited at)
  • Intersections (exhibited at)
  • Antarctica (thawing of memories) (exhibited at)
  • Nature of Space (exhibited at)
  • Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • 4th Australian Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)
  • A New Aesthetic (exhibited at)
  • Memorial (exhibited at)
  • Gold Coast Prize (exhibited at)
  • Encounter-3 (exhibited at)
  • Aberdare Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Signing (exhibited at)
  • Homage to Women Artist in Queensland (exhibited at)
  • Fish Drawings (exhibited at)
  • Gold Coast Prize (exhibited at)
  • Suncorp Biennial Awards (exhibited at)
  • Works on Paper (exhibited at)
  • Masks (exhibited at)
  • A.R.X. (exhibited at)
  • Dyadic Offering (exhibited at)
  • 9th Mildura Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Transcience (polar inversion) (exhibited at)
  • Harvey Drawing Prize (exhibited at)
  • Divine Union: A Temporary Affair (exhibited at)
  • 8th Mildura Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Small Sculpture (exhibited at)
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