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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creator of
Oscillations
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Hydrotherapy Facility, Nathan. Commissioned by QSAC Queensland Govt. Perforated sheet & tube steel. 1500×600×150cm.

 
creator of
Cotton Tree
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Redcliffe Hospital Courtyard Screen. Commissioned by Queensland Health. Glass screen with digital print and laser-cut aluminium panel. 1500×200×120cm.

 
creator of
Lens
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Metropole Building, Brisbane. Commissioned by Baulderstone Hornibrook. Perforated stainless steel. 1650×550×78cm.

 
creator of
Sweet Justice Pool
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/justice.htm

Hobart Place, Canberra. Commissioned by Urban Services ACT Govt. Pool with text in tiles and bubbles. 950×250×50cm.

 
creator of
Sweet Words Wind Barriers
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/wind.htm

Hobart Place, Canberra. Commissioned by Urban Services ACT Govt. Sets of perforated steel sails. 600×530×100cm.

 
creator of
Arc
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/ark.htm

Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital Atrium. Commissioned by Queensland Dept of Health. Suspended steel & glass sculpture. 950×450×160cm.

 
creator of
Crossing
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/cross.htm

Coranderrk Street Pedestrian Bridge, Canberra. Commissioned by artsACT, ACT Govt. Four light boxes 480×85cm on bridge columns.

 
creator of
Fairweather Bells
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/fairw.htm

Railway Bridge, Caboolture. Commissioned by Caboolture Shire Council. Two 750×550×200cm sculptures of stainless steel, each with 192 bells.

 
creator of
Concentric Intersection
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/concen.htm

Spectacle Garden, Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane. Commissioned by Landplan Studio. Stainless steel, terracotta & with changing display of flowering plants. 370×370×150cm.

 
creator of
On This Auspicious Occasion
Date
URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/occasi.htm

Queen Street Mall Redevelopment, Brisbane. Commissioned by Brisbane City Council. Stainless steel, slumped glass & water. 2100×300×100cm.

 
creator of
Cooling Towers
Date
URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/towers.htm

Carindale Town Square. Commissioned by Suncorp, Queensland. Stainless steel, glass, water, lights, tiles. 750×150×250cm.

 
creator of
Unilodge Building Entry Artworks
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/unilod.htm

Commissioned by Cottee Parker Architects & Brisbane Campus Apartments. External sculpture of stainless steel, light & glass, 100×150×85cm; sandblasted glass balustrade 400×88cm. Internal sandblasted glass wall 1050×240cm.

 
creator of
Capalaba Business Centre Sculpture
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Commissioned by Jexville Development Capalaba, Queensland. Stainless steel sculpture. 500×400×150cm.

 
creator of
Fortitude
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/fortit.htm

Brunswick Street Railway Station, Fortitude Valley, Queensland. Commissioned by Institute of Modern Art for “Art on Line” Project. Temporary installation of 3,800 artificial flowers. 2600×200×10cm.

 
creator of
Shell
Date
URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/shell.htm

Water sculpture for Sunshine Coast Airport, Queensland. Commissioned by Maroochy Shire Council. Stainless steel & water for internal Rainforest Island. 280×200×241cm.

 
creator of
Water Artwork for Library Square, Cleveland, Queensland
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Commissioned by Redland Shire Council. Installation of boat propellers & jets of water.

 
creator of
Snakes
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/snakes.htm

Lighting sculptures for Treasury Casino Entry Foyer & Baccarat Room, Brisbane. Commissioned by Jupiter’s Casino. Collaboration with lighting designers Peter Barry & Assoc. (project managers). Crystal, gold plated metal, lighting. 550×200×190cm.

 
creator of
Inverting the Square
Date

Entry Sculpture for Grand Mariner Building, Gold Coast. Stainless steel sculpture in pool and attached to wall. Lighting used to reflect light and shadows on walls. Stainless steel, light, water. 550×200×190cm.

 
creator of
Gates of Heaven
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King Edward Park, Brisbane. Commissioned by Brisbane City Council. Stainless steel. 230×230×350cm.

 
creator of
Acts of Silence
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URL
http://www.wendy-mills.com/public/acts.htm

One year installation in Lyric foyer QPAC. Commissioned by Queensland Performing Arts Complex Brisbane. Polythene film, stainless steel, lighting. 1580×660×170cm.

 
creator of
Preparation for White
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Awarded Lillian & Andrew Pederson prize for Small Sculpture, Queensland Art Gallery. Acrylic and polyester resin, plaster sculpture. 78×63×55cm.

 

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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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