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Name
Wendy Mills
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer)
  • Artist (Video Artist)
  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Art/Design Consultant
  • Teacher/Tutor/Lecturer
Birth date
1950
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1980-
Residence
  • 1976 Brisbane, QLD
Training
  • Diploma of Fine Arts (Sculpture) (BA equivalent), 1977 - 1979 Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, QLD
  • 1967 - 1970 East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
Cultural Heritage
  • Australian/British
Languages
  • English

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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)
Indigenous notes