Yhonnie Scarce b. 1973

  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Yhonnie Scarce, a descendant of the Kokatha and Nukunu people, is a glass artist whose work is informed by the effects of colonisation on Indigenous Australia. She was the 2008 inaugural South Australian state recipient of the Qantas Foundation Encouragement Award.
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Name
Yhonnie Scarce
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Receptionist
  • Trainee
  • Clerical Support Officer
  • Aboriginal Education Worker
  • Tutor
Birth date
1973
Birth place
Woomera, SA
Active Period
  • 2004-
Residence
  • 2008- Melbourne, VIC
  • 1991 - 2007 Adelaide, SA
  • 1983 - 1992 Alice Springs, NT
  • 1981 - 1983 Hobart, TAS
  • 1974 - 1981 Adelaide, SA
Training
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Scarce, Yhonnie

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Other occupations
  • Receptionist
  • Trainee
  • Clerical Support Officer
  • Aboriginal Education Worker
  • Tutor
  • Receptionist (Receptionist The Centre for Australian Indigenous Research and Studies, Adelaide University)
  • Trainee (Trainee Visual Arts department Tandanya National Cultural Institute)
  • Clerical Support Officer (Clerical Support Officer Research Branch of Adelaide University)
  • Aboriginal Education Worker (Aboriginal Education Worker Open Access College, South Australian Education Department)
  • Tutor (Tutor Indigenous Art, Culture and Design at Univeristy of South Australia)
Copyright agents
  • Scarce, Yhonnie
  • Scarce, Yhonnie
Trainings
Related people
  • Gough, Julie (associate of)
  • Cumpston, Nici (associate of)
  • Albert, Tony (associate of)
  • Fisher, Andrea (associate of)
  • Birnie, Joel (associate of)
  • Thomas, Jared (relative of)
  • Mumbulla, Charmaine (relative of)
  • Gough, Julie (associate of)
  • Cumpston, Nici (associate of)
  • Albert, Tony (associate of)
  • Fisher, Andrea (associate of)
  • Birnie, Joel (associate of)
  • Thomas, Jared (relative of)
  • Mumbulla, Charmaine (relative of)
Related person groups
  • University of Adelaide (associate of)
  • Tandanya National Cultural Institute (associate of)
  • North Lands Creative Glass Centre (associate of)
  • University of Adelaide (associate of)
  • Tandanya National Cultural Institute (associate of)
  • North Lands Creative Glass Centre (associate of)
Related works
  • Little Growths (creator of)
  • Enee Meanee Minee Mo (creator of)
  • Shackled (creator of)
  • What They Wanted (creator of)
  • Oppression, Repression (family portrait) (creator of)
  • Little Growths (creator of)
  • Enee Meanee Minee Mo (creator of)
  • Shackled (creator of)
  • What They Wanted (creator of)
  • Oppression, Repression (family portrait) (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of South Australia Library Art Collection, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of South Australia Library Art Collection, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum Residency, University of Virginia (received)
  • Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Qantas Foundation Encouragement for Australian Contemporary Art Award (received)
  • Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Artist Award (received)
  • Women in Research Fellowship - Monash University (received)
  • 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • Mayne Group Limited Travel Grant - ARTSA (received)
  • Adelaide City Council High Commendation Award - Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition (received)
  • Project Assistance Grant - The Helpmann Academy (received)
  • Library Art Purchase Prize, University of South Australia (received)
  • Irene and David Davy Scholarship for the Advancement for Aboriginal Education (received)
  • Honours Scholarship for Indigenous Australian Students (received)
  • Encouragement Award - Tandanya Visual Arts Fellowship (received)
  • Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Qantas Foundation Encouragement for Australian Contemporary Art Award (received)
  • Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Artist Award (received)
  • Women in Research Fellowship - Monash University (received)
  • 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • Mayne Group Limited Travel Grant - ARTSA (received)
  • Adelaide City Council High Commendation Award - Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition (received)
  • Project Assistance Grant - The Helpmann Academy (received)
  • Library Art Purchase Prize, University of South Australia (received)
  • Irene and David Davy Scholarship for the Advancement for Aboriginal Education (received)
  • Honours Scholarship for Indigenous Australian Students (received)
  • Encouragement Award - Tandanya Visual Arts Fellowship (received)
Related events
  • painthing (as one) (exhibited at)
  • Making Tracks: A Glimpse at Two Decades of Aboriginal Art in South Australia (None)
  • Glassheart (exhibited at)
  • Shards (exhibited at)
  • Uneasy (exhibited at)
  • The Haunted and the Bad (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture 2008 (exhibited at)
  • There Forever (exhibited at)
  • Indigenous Responses to Colonialism: another story (exhibited at)
  • Our Metro Mob (None)
  • Forget Me 'NOT' (exhibited at)
  • The Last Picture Show (exhibited at)
  • Petroglyphs - Signs of Life (exhibited at)
  • Manta (land) (exhibited at)
  • Helpmann Graduate Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Inbarendi Ku - coming together (exhibited at)
  • Self Titled (exhibited at)
  • Fin de Siecle (exhibited at)
  • painthing (as one) (exhibited at)
  • Making Tracks: A Glimpse at Two Decades of Aboriginal Art in South Australia (None)
  • Glassheart (exhibited at)
  • Shards (exhibited at)
  • Uneasy (exhibited at)
  • The Haunted and the Bad (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture 2008 (exhibited at)
  • There Forever (exhibited at)
  • Indigenous Responses to Colonialism: another story (exhibited at)
  • Our Metro Mob (None)
  • Forget Me 'NOT' (exhibited at)
  • The Last Picture Show (exhibited at)
  • Petroglyphs - Signs of Life (exhibited at)
  • Manta (land) (exhibited at)
  • Helpmann Graduate Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Inbarendi Ku - coming together (exhibited at)
  • Self Titled (exhibited at)
  • Fin de Siecle (exhibited at)