Cassandra's Bio and CV

Education:                            
2014                     Bachelor of Visual Arts with Honours, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW
2013                     Bachelor of Visual Arts  Southern Cross University  Lismore NSW                                                   
2011                     Advanced Diploma Fine Arts  Lismore TAFE, NSW                                                
2010                     Diploma of Ceramics  Lismore TAFE, NSW
2009                     Certificate IV in Ceramics  Lismore TAFE, NSW


Experience:                           
2014 Sept           Artist in Residence, Port Augusta Cultural Centre - Yarta Purtli, Port Augusta, SA
2011 April           Artist’s Residency Hermannsburg Potters – Ntaria (Hermannsburg), NT
2009 - 2011        Co-Curator Bigtime Gallery Drake NSW
2008 - 2009        Co-ordinator Team Member Bigtime Gallery Drake NSW


Exhibitions:

Solo/Collaborative Exhibitions:                  
2014                                     'Trading Place' Port Augusta Cultural Centre - Yarta Purtli, Port Augusta, SA
2012 – Nov                           ‘I Walk the Earth’  Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina NSW
2011 Sept – Oct                   ‘Don’t Fence Me In’ Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW

 
Joint Exhibitions:                 
2011 Nov - Dec                    Tres - an Art in the Heart Project, NEXT Gallery, Lismore, NSW
2010 Oct – Nov                    Left of Centre, Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW
2009 May-June                    Rites of Passage, with Clare Urquhart, Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW


Selected Exhibitions:          
2011 Nov                              Sculpture By the Tree, Federal, NSW
2010 August                         Byron Bay Writer’s Festival Sculpture Show, Byron Bay, NSW

                                               
Group Exhibitions:               
2013                                    A Book About Death                                         Tweed River Gallery, NSW
2013 May                             Just Between Us                                              Studio One-29 Lismore, NSW
2012 August                         EnDanger with Karla Dickens                             Lismore Art Space NSW
2012 July                             Survivor with Dadang Christanto                         Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
2012 March                          Sacred Me                                                        She-Oak Shack, Fingal, NSW                                               
2011 October                       Coraki Art Prize                                                 Coraki, NSW
2011 October                       Trash                                                                Serpentine Gallery Lismore
2011 September                   TAFE Student Acquisitive Prize                          Space Gallery Lismore, NSW
2011 August                         Ocean Shores Art Expo                                     Ocean Shores, NSW
2011 August                         Dark Night of the Soul                                        Serpentine Gallery Lismore
2011 March                           IWD@BTG                                                       Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW
2011 Feb – March                 Tree                                                                  Serpentine Gallery Lismore
2011 Feb                              Mambo Surf Deluxe                                           Mambo Art Competition
2011 Jan                               The Matchbox Show                                          The Matchbox Show
2010 Dec                              Make your Mark                                                 Space Gallery Lismore, NSW
2010 Dec                              Affordable Art Market                                         Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW
2010 October                        Coraki Art Prize                                                  Coraki, NSW
2010 September                   TAFE Student Acquisitive Prize                           Space Gallery Lismore, NSW
2010 March                           IWD - Redress the Imbalance                             Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW
2009 Nov                              Revolutionary Ceramicos                                   Space Gallery Lismore, NSW


Grants, Awards, Prizes and Acquisitions:  

2013 - NSW Artist's Grant through National Association for the Visual Arts 
2013 - Highly Commended  “Abundance My Home" Northern Rivers Social Development Council Art Competition