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'''Ilka Jane White''' is an Australian artist. Her practice spans projects in textiles, drawing, sculpture and installation, art-in-community and cross disciplinary collaboration. Direct engagement with the natural world is central to White’s making process. Her current work explores relationships between the mind, body, time and place, and questions the separation of these elements.<ref name="listing">{{cite web|title=Member Listing |url=http://www.craft.org.au/learn/our-members/name/ilka-white/ |website=Craft Victoria |accessdate=31 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330140554/http://www.craft.org.au/learn/our-members/name/ilka-white/ |archivedate=30 March 2015 }}</ref>


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'''Ilka Jane White''' is an Australian artist. Her practice spans projects in textiles, drawing, sculpture and installation, art-in-community and cross disciplinary collaboration. Direct engagement with the natural world (and the forces at work therein) is central to Ilka’s making process. Her current work explores relationships between the mind, body, time and place, and questions the separation of these elements.<ref>{{cite web|title=Member Listing|url=http://www.craft.org.au/learn/our-members/name/ilka-white/|website=Craft Victoria|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Ilka White was born in the rural Victorian town of [[Maryborough]] and grew up in the [[Shire of Central Goldfields]] with steady stream of musicians, artists and makers dropping into the family home. Torn between choosing art or drama, White went on to study fashion design so she could become a costume designer and maker for the theatre world<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dolan|first1=Kath|title=Meet the maker: weaver Ilka White|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/meet-the-maker-weaver-ilka-white-20150613-ghlq0s.html|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Meida Network|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref>. After a few years working with costumes, White studied weaving and attained an Associate Diploma in Studio Textiles from Melbourne Institute of Textiles – now RMIT<ref>{{cite web|title=Member Listing|url=http://www.craft.org.au/learn/our-members/name/ilka-white/|website=Craft Victoria|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref>. In 2008 White completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Tapestry) from [[Monash University]], Melbourne<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2ndtamworthtextiletriennial.com/2014/05/30/ilka-white/|website=Group Exchange - 2nd Tamworth Textile Triennial|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref>
White was born in [[Ivanhoe, Melbourne]] and grew up in the rural Victorian town of Maryborough, [[Shire of Central Goldfields]] with a steady stream of musicians, artists and makers dropping into the family home. White went on to study fashion design so she could become a costume designer and maker for the theatre.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kath Dolan|title=Meet the maker: weaver Ilka White|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/meet-the-maker-weaver-ilka-white-20150613-ghlq0s.html|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 June 2015 |publisher=Fairfax Meida Network|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref> After a few years working with costumes, White studied weaving and attained an Associate Diploma in Studio Textiles from Melbourne Institute of Textiles – now [[RMIT University]].<ref name="listing"/> In 2008 White completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Tapestry) from [[Monash University]] in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2ndtamworthtextiletriennial.com/2014/05/30/ilka-white/|title=Ilka White|website=2nd Tamworth Textile Triennial|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref> Between 1999 and 2011 White taught on art and textiles at RMIT and was the teaching artist in residence at the [[Australian National University]] School of Art in 2012.<ref name="listing"/>



==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==


'''''Whitework: A Contemporary Trousseau''''', Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, April 2004
* ''Whitework: A Contemporary Trousseau'', Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, April 2004<ref name="MMurray">{{cite web |author=Martine Murray|url=http://ilkawhite.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Whitework-Catalogue-Essay.pdf|title= A contemporary trousseau by Ilka White|date=April 2004|accessdate=17 February 2017}}</ref>
* ''In the World: (head, hand, heart)'', 17th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, National tour, Australia, 2006

'''''In the World: (head, hand, heart)''''', 17th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, National tour, Australia, 2006
* ''WALK'', Portland Arts Centre, Portland, Victoria and National Tour, Australia, 2006-2009
* ''Drawing Out'', First Site Gallery, RMIT and Big Screen, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, 2010

'''''WALK''''', Portland Arts Centre, Portland, Victoria and National Tour, Australia, 2006-2009
* ''Life in Your Hands: (Art from Solastalgia)'', Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, National Tour, Australia, 2012
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* ''Material Culture''', Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Australia, 2012

'''''Drawing Out''''', First Site Gallery, RMIT and Big Screen, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, 2010
* ''Petite: Miniature Textiles'', Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Australia, 2012
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* ''Spinifex Country'', Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, Australia, 2013

'''''Life in Your Hands: (Art from Solastalgia)''''', Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, National Tour, Australia, 2012
* ''TIME'', Poimena Art Gallery, Launceston, Australia, 2013
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* ''Contemporary Textiles'', Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Australia, 2013

'''''Material Culture'''''', Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Australia, 2012
* ''GhostNets Fish'', Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington, Australia, 2014
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* ''Partnership'', Lot19, Castlemaine, Australia, 2014

'''''Petite: Miniature Textiles''''', Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Australia, 2012
* ''Artists for the Tarkine'', Brightspace, St Kilda, Australia, 2014
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* ''Walking the Merri'', RMIT Project Space, Carlton, Australia, 2014

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* ''Group Exchange'', 2nd Tamworth Fibre Textile Triennial, National tour 2014-2016
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'''''Spinifex Country''''', Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, Australia, 2013

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'''''TIME''''', Poimena Art Gallery, Launceston, Australia, 2013

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'''''Contemporary Textiles''''', Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Australia, 2013

'''''GhostNets Fish''''', Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington, Australia, 2014

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'''''Partnership''''', Lot19, Castlemaine, Australia, 2014

'''''Artists for the Tarkine''''', Brightspace, St Kilda, Australia, 2014

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'''''Walking the Merri''''', RMIT Project Space, Carlton, Australia, 2014

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'''''Group Exchange''''', 2nd Tamworth Fibre Textile Triennial, National tour 2014-2016


==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/meet-the-maker-weaver-ilka-white-20150613-ghlq0s.html]

*[http://www.craft.org.au/learn/our-members/name/ilka-white/]

==External links==
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/meet-the-maker-weaver-ilka-white-20150613-ghlq0s.html

http://ilkawhite.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Whitework-Catalogue-Essay.pdf



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Latest revision as of 14:44, 15 March 2024

Ilka Jane White
Born
Maryborough, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater
Known forTextile art

Ilka Jane White is an Australian artist. Her practice spans projects in textiles, drawing, sculpture and installation, art-in-community and cross disciplinary collaboration. Direct engagement with the natural world is central to White’s making process. Her current work explores relationships between the mind, body, time and place, and questions the separation of these elements.[1]

Early life and education

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White was born in Ivanhoe, Melbourne and grew up in the rural Victorian town of Maryborough, Shire of Central Goldfields with a steady stream of musicians, artists and makers dropping into the family home. White went on to study fashion design so she could become a costume designer and maker for the theatre.[2] After a few years working with costumes, White studied weaving and attained an Associate Diploma in Studio Textiles from Melbourne Institute of Textiles – now RMIT University.[1] In 2008 White completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Tapestry) from Monash University in Melbourne.[3] Between 1999 and 2011 White taught on art and textiles at RMIT and was the teaching artist in residence at the Australian National University School of Art in 2012.[1]

Exhibitions

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  • Whitework: A Contemporary Trousseau, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, April 2004[4]
  • In the World: (head, hand, heart), 17th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, National tour, Australia, 2006
  • WALK, Portland Arts Centre, Portland, Victoria and National Tour, Australia, 2006-2009
  • Drawing Out, First Site Gallery, RMIT and Big Screen, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, 2010
  • Life in Your Hands: (Art from Solastalgia), Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, National Tour, Australia, 2012
  • Material Culture', Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Australia, 2012
  • Petite: Miniature Textiles, Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Australia, 2012
  • Spinifex Country, Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, Australia, 2013
  • TIME, Poimena Art Gallery, Launceston, Australia, 2013
  • Contemporary Textiles, Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Australia, 2013
  • GhostNets Fish, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington, Australia, 2014
  • Partnership, Lot19, Castlemaine, Australia, 2014
  • Artists for the Tarkine, Brightspace, St Kilda, Australia, 2014
  • Walking the Merri, RMIT Project Space, Carlton, Australia, 2014
  • Group Exchange, 2nd Tamworth Fibre Textile Triennial, National tour 2014-2016

See also

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Australian art

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Member Listing". Craft Victoria. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ Kath Dolan (19 June 2015). "Meet the maker: weaver Ilka White". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Meida Network. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Ilka White". 2nd Tamworth Textile Triennial. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  4. ^ Martine Murray (April 2004). "A contemporary trousseau by Ilka White" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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