cv details
Perdita Phillips cv
education
selected solo shows
selected group shows
residencies
selected eclogues
awards and prizes
bibliography
publications
experiences
collections and public art projects
education
| 2003–2006 | Doctor of Philosophy, fieldwork/fieldwalking: art, sauntering and science in the walkingcountry, Edith Cowan University |
| 2002 | Certificate IV, Assessment and Workplace Training, Midland TAFE |
| 2000–2001 | Certificate II, Printing and Graphic Arts Desktop Publishing, Pre Press Skills Centre |
| 1998–1999 | Master of Arts (Fine Arts), Goldsmiths College, University of London |
| 1997–1998 | Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London |
| 1992 | Post-Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, Curtin University of Technology |
| 1989–1991 | Bachelor of Arts (Distinction) in Fine Arts, Majoring in Sculpture, Curtin University of Technology |
| 1985–1988 | Bachelor of Science with First-Class Honours in Environmental Science, Murdoch University |
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selected solo shows
| 2013 | fast|slow|complex, Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University |
| 2009 | In Vetland, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University |
| In Vetland: conversations in Three animal artists: Three visions, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle | |
| 2007 | Thinking skin (a collaboration with Jane Mulcock), Animals and Society II: Considering animals, Old Woolstores, Hobart |
| 2006 | Vade mecum, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth |
| fieldwork/fieldwalking, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle | |
| 2004 | Semi, Spectrum Project Space and Kurb Gallery, Perth |
| Four Tales from Natural History, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth | |
| 2002 | Passing Place, Kesselhaus, Germany |
| 2001 | Termitaria I Caution Workers Below and Termitaria II Fragmented Islands, Ballidu Art Lodge, Ballidu |
| Pasteur. Synecdoche., Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle | |
| Dreaming Alternative Pasts: when the colour of salmon gum was a part of our daily lives, Kellerberrin Folk Museum, Kellerberrin, as part of IASKA Open Spaces Program | |
| The Ashness Bridge Room and Some More Experimentations, Junction Gallery, Midland | |
| 1999 | Fieldwork, Hydraulics Lab, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London. |
| 1997 | Workers on Paper, Gallery 1434, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1996 | 0, Moores Building, Fremantle |
| Watershed, Moores Building, Fremantle | |
| 1990 | 1. Extent of space considered with regard to its sufficiency for some implied or specific purpose; free or open space. 2. A space for occupancy or use enclosed on all sides, as in a building, an apartment; frequently named for the use to which it is put, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (September 29 to October 5), Perth |
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selected group shows
| 2013 | Testing Ground, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport |
| 2012 | Yonder, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth |
| Minnawarra Art Award, Armadale, Perth | |
| Adaptation, INQB8 Mandurah Contemporary Art Gallery, Mandurah | |
| “Shadow-Lands”: The Suffering Image, Dennys Lascelles Exhibition Gallery, Deakin University, Geelong | |
| The Conservatorium, Paper Mountain, Perth | |
| Art/Text/Clearinghouse Project + Western Australian Photographic Book Survey, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth. | |
| 2011 | Animals, People – A Shared Environment, POP Gallery, Brisbane |
| CLIP Award 2011, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth | |
| Trans-Siberian Arts Centre Postcard Exhibition, Moscow to Beijing | |
| Visceral: The Living Art Experiment, Science Gallery, Dublin | |
| 2010-2011 | Home Open, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle |
| 2010 | Melbourne 2010: How Can a Network….?, South Project, West Wing, Melbourne |
| Wallpaper, Gallery Central, Central Institute of Technology, Perth | |
| 2009 | Continuum, Junction Gallery, Midland |
| Transmission, one night video projection event, Corner Beaufort and Barlee Streets, Mount Lawley | |
| Diagram, Junction Gallery, Midland | |
| Yellow vest syndrome, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle | |
| 2008 | Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Art Centre, Mundaring |
| Increment, The Gallery, Ellenbrookv | |
| Multicultural Cosmology, Cosmology Gallery, Gravity Discovery Centre, Gingin | |
| 2007 | Open studio, Walking and Art Residency, Banff Centre, Canada |
| Systems of Nature, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands | |
| 2006 | Chart, John Curtin Art Gallery, Curtin University, Bentley |
| The Invisible Reading Room, Next Wave Containers Village, Melbourne, Next Wave Festival/Festival of Melbourne | |
| 2005 | strange strolls, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle |
| 2004-2005 | For Nothing, The Bank, Midland |
| 2004 | Supermart04, Breadbox, Northbridge |
| OCH 04, Artist’s Open Studio, Old Customs House, Fremantle | |
| Books04, Noosa Regional Gallery | |
| 2003 | Land, Photography Centre of Western Australia, Northbridge |
| OCH15, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle | |
| Supermarket, Breadbox, Perth | |
| National Review of Live Art, Midland Railway Workshop, Midland | |
| Difficult and Desperate Times, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle | |
| 2002 | Mnemotech, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth |
| John Leslie Art Prize. Art Refers to the Environment, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale | |
| Refugee, Junction Gallery, Midland | |
| 2001 | Uglie Customs, Moores Building, Old Customs House Artists Exhibition, Fremantle Festival, Fremantle |
| City of Perth Cultural Awards, Council House, Perth | |
| Ribbons, ArtsHouse, Perth and Ballidu Art Lodge, Ballidu | |
| City of Joondalup Invitational Art Award, City of Joondalup | |
| Territory: A discussion of Art and Environments, Mandurah Cultural Centre, Mandurah | |
| Show and Tell, Junction Gallery, Midland | |
| Do it, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth International Arts Festival, Perth | |
| 2000 | 12 (Connected), Moores Building, Old Customs House Artists Exhibition, Fremantle Festival, Fremantle |
| Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth | |
| Cossack Art Prize, Cossack | |
| 1999 | Degree Show MA Fine Art 1999, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London |
| 1998 | Pacific Asian Cultural Forum, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London |
| Canberra National Sculpture Forum, 1998, Selected Project, Canberra | |
| 1997 | Yada Yada Happy Doo-Da Art Show, First Year MFA Exhibitions, Gallery 1434, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1995 | Women’s Work, The Photography Gallery, Perth |
| 1994 | Tugmaan: Ties that Bind, Australia Centre, Manila; Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth |
| 1993 | Some Reflections on the Psychic History of Studio Two, Telmatological Research Institute (in collaboration with Jo Gallyôt and Paul Hay), Artrage Festival, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth |
| Tenth Annual Non-Acquisitive Sculpture Prize Exhibition, Gomboc Gallery Sculpture Park, Perth | |
| 1992 | How the Moving Staircase Art Works: the Curtin Annex Show, Centreways Arcade, Perth |
| Orientations, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth | |
| Artworks, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth | |
| Ozone to Nozone, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth | |
| The Original National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth | |
| 1991 | Degree Show, Curtin University of Technology, Perth |
| Seventh Annual Collaborative Print Award, Arts House, Perth | |
| Woodworks, Curtin University of Technology, Perth |
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residencies
| 2012 | cusp residency, Blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup |
| 2009-2012 | The Sixth Shore residency, SymbioticA for the Adaptation project at Lake Clifton, Mandurah |
| 2009 | Art meets Veterinary Science residency, Murdoch University School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences |
| 2007-2008 | Australia Council SymbioticA Artist in Residence for Green, Grey or Dull Silver: art and the behavioural ecology of the Great Bowerbird, Chlamydera Nuchalis, The University of Western Australia. |
| 2007 | Walking and Art thematic residency, Banff Centre, Banff Canada |
| 2006 | Vade Mecum, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art |
| 2003 | Artist in Residence, WILD course, International Centre for Landscape and Learning, Edith Cowan University |
| 2002 | AFWA Basel Exchange Artist, Switzerland/Germany |
| 2001 | Termitaria, Ballidu Art Lodge, Ballidu |
| Open Spaces Program, International Art Space Kellerberrin, Australia | |
| 1989-1999 | Artist in Resident, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London (audited MA in Cultural Geography) |
| 1995 | Visitant: Residency, Artists’ Foundation of Western Australia, December 1-31, Perth |
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selected eclogues (ephemeral performances)
| 2012-2013 | Shy (Dissolution + Exchange), conceptual mail art project, Southern Hemisphere |
| 2012 | things transferred (difficult questions raised by complex systems), Environmental Utterances Conference, Falmouth, Cornwall |
| 2008 | 80 stones, Broome Bird Observatory, Broome |
| Feather Lesson (with AE), Broome Bird Observatory, Broome | |
| 2005 | Transferrer/transferee piece with artists Lorraine Corker and Clyde as part of group performance for Lone Twin Workshop, National Review of Live Art, Midland |
| 2004 | Things Transferred and Growth of Tongues of Land, as part of On the Beach Conference, International Centre for Landscape and Learning, Edith Cowan University, held in Fremantle |
| 2003-2006 | Strandings: fieldwork/fieldwalking, 44 works in the walkingcountry, Kimberley |
| 2001 | “Where is the Best Salmon Gum?” Competition, Kellerberrin and Tammin Shires, as part of IASKA Open Spaces Program |
| Lacuna Project, Lake Barlee and Fremantle (collaborative art installation and performance) | |
| 2000 | Floristic Survey, Lake Barlee. Lake Barlee |
| Binocs, Mt Elvire | |
| Frog Point, Elvire Rock | |
| Survey, Elvire Rock | |
| Claude, Bruce and the Poussins, Mt Bruce | |
| 1996-2000 | Termitaria, Karinjini, Frasers Hill, Paris, Bilbao, Mediterranean, Carmague, Bordertown, Stonehenge, Loch Ness, Scotland, Duncansby Head, John’ O Groats, Venice, Arran, Giant’s Causeway, Sandy Creek, Bailey Range |
| 1999 | R series, United Kingdom and Ireland |
| Found Men at Chesil Beach, Chesil Beach | |
| Primitive Mobile, Ossian’s Grave, Stonehenge | |
| The Full Monty, Stonehenge | |
| Returning to Eastbourne, Eastbourne and Returning to Bognor Regis, Bognor Regis | |
| Archipelago, Westward Ho! | |
| Objects in the Field, Greenwich | |
| The Slightly Different Thing That is Said, Coopers Hill (Runnymede), Surrey | |
| Ashness Bridge, Ashness Bridge | |
| Sampling (Fieldwork), Lake District | |
| Silver Box Plugged in for Hearing, Glasgow, Derwentwater, Greenwich, Royal Holloway | |
| Wayfinder, Glasgow, Derwentwater, Royal Holloway, Venice, Frasers Hill | |
| Aid Being Used to Improve Reception, Glasgow, Derwentwater, Greenwich, Royal Holloway. | |
| 1997-1999 | Infestation, Laurie Grove Baths |
| Scouting, Foraging, Budding, Sociotomy, Greater London Area | |
| 1996-1997 | Termitaria, Lake Deborah |
| 1995-1996 | 30 30 30, March Fly Creek |
| 1993-1996 | O Wolf Creek Crater, Parry’s Lagoon, Smoke Creek, Emma Gorge, Winjana Gorge, Adcock Gorge, Gantheume Point, Smoke Creek, Watermans, Sorrento, Lake Deborah, half way to Balla Balla, Urala Station, Old Onslow, Lake MacLeod |
| 1992 | Moonwriting, Great Sandy Desert |
| Earthwords, Little Sandy Desert; Great Sandy Desert | |
| Water Diviner, Canning Stock Route (Little Sandy Desert and Great Sandy Desert) | |
| Processionary Caterpillar/Rubbish Tip, Mount Gibson Station | |
| 1991 | Rate of Soil Formation: Two to Three Tonnes per Hectare per Year. Rate of Soil Loss: Two Hundred Tonnes per Hectare per Dust Storm Event, Quarry, Eighty Mile Beach, Lake Baladjie |
| Water Diviner, Pannawonica, Turner River | |
| 1990 | Iceworks, Chilimony Station |
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grants, awards and prizes
| 2012 | Promotion and Marketing Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts |
| Minnawarra Art Award $1000 Acquisitive Prize | |
| 2010 | Department of Culture and the Arts funding for Birdlife limited edition book (with Nyanda Smith, as Lethologica Press) |
| 2009-2010 | Australia Council Inter Arts Grant with SymbioticA for The Sixth Shore project |
| 2007-2008 | Australia Council SymbioticA Residency, Green, Grey or Dull Silver: art and the behavioural ecology of the Great Bowerbird, Chlamydera Nuchalis |
| 2007 | ArtsWA Artsflight to attend Walking and Art residency, Banff Centre, Canada |
| 2003-2006 | Australian Post Graduate Award |
| 2003-2005 | Edith Cowan University Post Gradate Excellence Award |
| 2002 | AFWA Basel Exchange Artist (ArtsWA funding), Switzerland/Germany |
| 2001 | Commendation, City of Perth Cultural Award |
| 2000 | 2nd Prize, Shell Fremantle Print Award |
| 1997-1999 | Commonwealth Scholarship, British Government |
| 1996-1998 | Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, Sculpture Category |
| 1996 | Regents’ Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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bibliography
| 2012 | Jorgenson, D. Take a wander over yonder. The West Australian (September 29-30), p. 73 |
| Ryan, J. C. Review of birdlife. Landscapes, 5(1), 119-121. http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/enpassant/Ryan_birdlife.pdf [!sigh! dead link] | |
| Writing WA. (May 29). Writing WA recommends… A simple rain. The West Australian, p. 7. http://www.writingwa.org/booksreviewed/2012-reviews | |
| Jokiranta, Miyuki. Permeate: Perdita Phillips [interview with the artist]. Off Track, ABC Radio National, Sunday 8 April Available from http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/permeate3a-perdita-phillips/3932726. | |
| Wilkinson, J. Drawn to Birds, a review of birdlife. RABBIT, 3(The Visual Issue), 172-175. | |
| 2011 | Watt, Y. Book Review: Birdlife. Australian Animal Studies Group Bulletin, December, 40-41. http://www.aasg.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AASG-Bulletin_Dec11.pdf |
| Writing WA. (December 8). Writing WA recommends… Birdlife. The West Australian, p. 7. http://www.writingwa.org/booksreviewed/2011-reviews | |
| Artsource. Birdlife and Lethologica Press. Artsource Newsletter, Winter, 25. | |
| Dixon, D., Straughan, E., & Hawkins, H. When Artists Enter the Laboratory. Science, 331(6019), 860 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6019/860.1.short | |
| Martin, C. Synergistic art. The Lancet, 377(9766), 630 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60217-1/fulltext?rss=yes | |
| Dixon, D. Unruly Ecologies: Art, Science and the Monstrous. Unpublished paper presented at the VISCERAL: The Living Art Experiment Symposium, Science Gallery, Dublin. | |
| 2010 | Dixon, D. Unruly Ecologies: Aesthetics, Ambiguity and Adaptation. Unpublished paper presented at the Symposium on Feminism and Ecological Futures, Bristol University. |
| Fries, D. Plein Air: Sharing the Edge of the Sixth Shore: Artists and Scientists Converge at Lake Clifton Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, 25(Spring/Summer), 84-85 from http://http://www.terrain.org/columns/25/fries.htm/ | |
| 2009 | Vickers, K. Yellow Vest Fever: digging and dealing. Art Monthly Australia, 223, 30-32 |
| Snell, T. (5 March). Marks of a fluid landscape find their place The Australian, Arts, p. 10 | |
| Yeoman, W. (28 January). Changing our Perceptions. The West Australian, Today (Arts), pp. 6-7 | |
| Smith, N. The Yellow Vest Syndrome: recent West Australian art Artlink, 29(2), 84-85 | |
| Baucon, A. Geology in Art: An unorthodox path from visual arts to music. [Castelo Branco, Portugal]: Tracemaker.com | |
| 2008 | Painter, S. (22 October). Self-truth all in the execution. The West Australian, Today, p. 7 |
| Bovell, P. Wonder, Curiosity, Truth, Belief. In The Cosmology Gallery: Unity through diversity in a vast and awe inspiring universe (pp. 4-7). Gingin, W.A.: Gravity Discovery Centre Foundation. | |
| Italiano, F. Birdlife. ArtSource Newsletter, Autumn, 5-6. | |
| 2007 | Spencer, R. (19 October). Systems open to fresh classification. The West Australian, Visual Arts, Today, pp. 8-9. |
| 2006 | Williams, P. Cartographies. In P. Williams & B. Cotter (Eds.), Chart (pp. 4-14). Bentley, W.A.: John Curtin Gallery |
| Spencer, R. (28 October). Collating the world. The West Australian, Weekend Extra, p. 13. | |
| Duffy, J. (4 October). Explorers map it out. The West Australian, Arts, Today, p. 6. | |
| Spencer, R. (2 September). Walking the walk. The West Australian, Weekend Extra, p. 13 | |
| Jorgensen, D. Strange strolls: Review. Artlink, 26, 92 available at http://www.artlink.com.au/articles/2757/strange-strolls/ | |
| Marshall, J. Ghost sounds: Philadelphia, Paris, Fremantle… Realtime, 71 (February/March), 13. | |
| Ihlein, L. Monday overdrive Radio 2SER. 30 January | |
| Smith, N. Strange strolls. The Bulletin: Women’s Art Register, 39 (Summer). | |
| 2005 | Arts: Salmon, one of a rare breed. (9 December). The West Australian, Today, p. 6. |
| Uhlmann, P. Leakage of sound. Artsource Newsletter, Spring, 12-13. | |
| Hately, W. (November 5). Sound of the moment. The Fremantle Herald, p. 2. | |
| 2004 | de Clario, D. for nothing. In D. de Clario (Ed.), for nothing (pp. 3-4). Midland, W.A.: The City of Swan. |
| Smith, N. (8 November). Natural brush with science: Perdita Phillips. The West Australian, Today, p. 9. | |
| Spencer, R. (13 November). Spooking the spirits of art. The West Australian, Weekend Extra, pp. 14-15. | |
| 2003 | de Clario, D. this walking thing. In S. Flindell, N. Milican & A. Beck (Eds.), The National Review of Live Art (pp. 10-13). Midland, W.A.: The City of Swan Cultural Development Office. |
| Smith, N. (28 October). Midland festival puts the body in question. The West Australian, Today, Arts, p. 6. | |
| 2002 | Dean, B. Curator’s introduction. In Mnemotech: sense + scape + time + memory (pp. 2-3). Perth: Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. |
| 2001 | Elliott, S. Multiple Bottom Lines. In P. Dailey (Ed.), Territory: a discussion of art and environments (pp. 6-15). Perth: ArtSource: the Artists Agency of WA. |
| O’Brien, S. do it: art can be nice if you travel to Australia. In R. Cook & S. O’Brien (Eds.), do it (pp. 13-16). Perth: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. | |
| Scotney, T. Ribbons. In P. Williams, K. Wilkes & T. Scotney (Eds.), Ribbons. Perth: Ribbons. | |
| Banks, R. (24 December). Winners take path to discovery. The West Australian, Today, p. 6. | |
| The way things were. (3 May). The West Australian, Today, p. 7 | |
| 2000 | Cameron, G. The Power of the print. Art Monthly Australia, 135 (November), 22-24. |
| Underground living inspires new author. (October 10-16). Fremantle Gazette, p. 5. | |
| Snell, T. (October 6). At last, poignant prize-winner packs a political punch. The Australian, The Arts, p. 16. | |
| NT artists share print award. (2 September). The West Australian, p. 97. | |
| 1999 | Wojtas, O. (May 7). Modern explorers chart demise of the ‘lone hero’. The Times, Higher Education Supplement, p. 11. |
| Artist uses geography to connect science and art. (1999, 9 June). The Voice, p. 7. | |
| 1997 | Termite mound mover. (October 8). The Voice, p. 8 |
| 1995 | Episode 12 [video recording], Landscape and you: Landscape review ECU21/95: Edith Cowan University. |
| Enviro-Art an element. (1995, 9 December). Fremantle Herald, p. 16. | |
| Mitchell, B. (November 18). Tree art attacked. Fremantle Herald, p. 13. | |
| 1994 | Bromfield, D. (10 September). Cultural collaborators paint vibrant portrait of Philippines in flux. The West Australian, On Show, Big Weekend, pp. 6-7. |
| Bell, S. (September 2). Artists draw on Filipino links. The West Australian, Today, p. 5. | |
| 1992 | Goddard, J. Introduction. In D. Newton & J. Goddard (Eds.), work (artwork). (pp. 5-7). Perth: Department of Productivity and Labour Relations/Visual Culture Research Unit Curtin University. |
| Bromfield, D. (19 September). Artists explode myth that work is good for you. The West Australian, Big Weekend, p. 7. | |
| Artrage responds naturally. (13 October). The West Australian, p. 39. | |
| 1991 | Reid, R. (10 December). Art of graduating. The West Australian, Education Insight Liftout, pp. 6-7. |
| Worms’ eye view of art. (28 November). The West Australian, p. 52. |
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publications
| 2013 | Artnotes: Western Australia, Art Monthly Australia March 2012 on- |
| Observing across scales: Broome Bird Observatory as a site of multiple exchanges Animal Studies Journal, 2(1), 2013, 74-81. http://ro.uow.edu.au/asj/vol2/iss1/7 | |
| 2013 | A simple rain (Perdita Phillips and Vivienne Glance) Fremantle: Lethologica Press. |
| Fieldwork with bowerbirds. Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture 20 (Spring): 98-105, http://www.antennae.org.uk/ANTENNAE%20ISSUE%2020.docx.pdf. | |
| Walk ’til you run out of water for the themed issue On Foot. Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts 17(4), 97-109 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13528165.2012.671078 | |
| 2011 | birdlife (with, Nandi Chinna, Michael Farrell, Graeme Miles, and Nyanda Smith). Edited by Nyanda Smith and Perdita Phillips. Fremantle: Lethologica Press. |
| The case of the lengthening legs: cane toads in northern Australia. In J. Bull (Ed.), Animal Movements • Moving Animals: essays on direction, velocity and agency in humanimal encounters (pp. 161-195). Uppsala: Uppsala University.> | |
| 2010 | Clotted Life and Brittle Waters [Electronic Version]. Landscapes, 3(2) |
| 2009 | From elsewhere to nowhere. In P. Phillips (Ed.), Diagram. Fremantle: Lethologica Press |
| Diagram. [Exhibition Catalogue. Exhibition curated by P. Phillips and S. Elliott at Junction Gallery, 8 to 22 October 2009]. Fremantle: Lethologica Press | |
| 2007 | fieldwork/fieldwalking: art, sauntering and science in the walkingcountry. PhD Visual arts Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Perth |
| A friendly practice. ArtSource Newsletter, Autumn (Resilience: on Art and Environments), 9, 22-23. | |
| Resilience: Letter from our guest editor. ArtSource Newsletter, Autumn (Resilience: on Art and Environments), 5. | |
| The trouble with sustainability. ArtSource Newsletter, Autumn (Resilience: on Art and Environments), 6-8 | |
| 2006 | A Short Walk in Winnipeg [guided walk pamphlet]. Fremantle: Lethologica Press |
| 2005 | strange strolls. [Exhibition Catalogue. Exhibition curated by P. Phillips at Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, 18 November to 18 December 2005]. Fremantle: Lethologica Press. |
| 2004 | Two visual interventions in the space of a conference about beaches [Electronic Version]. International Centre for Landscape and Language, 2. Retrieved 6 December 2004 from http://www.landscapeandlanguagecentre.au.com/landscape_old/v2_2docs/pphillips/index.html [!sigh! dead link] |
| The Before (A work in 3 parts). In D. de Clario (Ed.), for nothing (pp. 3-4). Midland, W.A.: The City of Swan. | |
| Phillips, P., & timothyboy. Counterproposal. Runway, 3 (published by Firstdraft Gallery). | |
| Doing art and doing cultural geography: The fieldwork/field walking project. Australian Geographer, 35 (2), 151-159. | |
| 2001 | Fieldwork [pamphlet] IASKA, Kellerberrin, Australia |
| Floristic Survey, Lake Barlee, Field Report 2000, Journal of Field Study International | |
| 2000 | Fieldwork (Ashness Bridge) Ecumene 7 (1) 110-111 |
| Objects in the Field Masters of Arts (Fine Arts) Thesis, Goldsmiths College, University of London. | |
| 1998 | Encyclopaedia Isoptera: An encyclopaedia of the arts, sciences, literature and general information about termites. London: Telmatological Research Institute Press. |
| 1989 | The Australian land system approach and Rudall River National Park, Environmental Science Discussion Paper 1/89, Murdoch University |
| 1988 | Techniques for developing management plans and managing remote arid zone National Parks: A case study of Rudall River National Park, Honours Thesis in Environmental Science, Murdoch University |
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experiences
| 2012-current | Western Australian Artnotes Correspondent, Art Monthly Australia |
| 2012 | Judge 2012 Joondalup Invitational Art Award |
| FTI shortcourse in Final Cut Pro X | |
| Presented ‘Zombie environmentalism and cyclonic change’ at Catastrophe and Creativity, Edith Cowan University, Perth | |
| Presented ‘Constructing a resilience aesthetic in the face of zombie environmentalism’ at Regarding the Earth: Ecological Vision in Word and Image, Monash University, Melbourne | |
| Lecturer Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Arts 2nd year VIS2530 Field and Studio | |
| Guest Lecturer Aesthetic Crossovers in Art and Science VISA2214, SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia | |
| Research Proposal Reviewer, Edith Cowan University Faculty of Education and the Arts | |
| External Examiner, Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts Honours Candidate | |
| Presented Walk ‘til you run out of water, or ecosystem complexity and other things at Imaging Nature II 20-22 June, Tarraleah, Tasmania | |
| 2011-2012 | Unit Coordinator/Online Tutor Open Universities Australia (Curtin University of Technology) Bachelor of Arts (Art) |
| 2011 | External Examiner, Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts Graduating Class |
| Lecturer Polytechnic West Department of Art and Design | |
| Guest Lecturer Aesthetic Crossovers in Art and Science VISA2214, SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia | |
| Curated (as Lethologica Press) Art/Text/Clearinghouse Project + Western Australian Photographic Book Survey, Perth Centre for Photography | |
| Judge for 2011 Western Australian Environmental Art Awards, Conservation Council of Western Australia | |
| Presented Ecosystem complexity and adaptive art practices at Balance Unbalance conference, Concordia University, Montreal | |
| Presented draft Walk ‘til you run out of water at Createc Research Colloquium, 15 August, Faculty of Education and Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth | |
| Created soundtrack for Eva Fernández’s installation (terra) australis incognita at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle | |
| Judge for Printmakers Association’s 2011 Western Australian Printmaker’s Award | |
| Guest talk Clotted life and brittle waters and Masters seminar Remapping Aber, Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of Aberystwyth, UK | |
| 2010-2011 | Research Associate at SymbioticA, The Centre for Excellence in Biological Arts, The University of Western Australia |
| 2010 | ArtSource 6 x 6: Shades of Green talk on green art practices, 16 November 2010 |
| Guest talk at ArtSource Marketing Workshop: Promoting your Art, 20 November 2010 | |
| Organised, convened and curated Unruly ecologies: biodiversity and art symposium for SymbioticA http://symbiotica-adaptation.com | |
| External Examiner Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts Masters Candidate | |
| Introduction to Project Management course by The Training Facilitation Group | |
| Lecturer Exploring Soundscapes – lines and narratives Workshop, Lake Clifton | |
| Observing across scales: Broome Bird Observatory as a singular site of multiple exchanges image essay selected for Animal Studies Journal | |
| fieldwork/fieldwalking thesis selected as the top three abstracts in Leonardo Abstracts Service Database with a further offer of a paper for Leonardo, Journal of Arts, Sciences and Technology | |
| Waves and shores in a sound artwork at Createc Research Colloquium, 17 August, Faculty of Education and Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth | |
| The case of the lengthening legs: cane toads in northern Australia presented at Animal Movements • Moving Animals conference, 26-28 May, Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University, Sweden | |
| Workshop participant at Experimenting with Geography, Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh | |
| Workshop participant at Wildlife Sound Recording at Kindrogan Field Studies Centre by Roger Broughton and Phil Riddett, Kindrogan, Scotland | |
| Consultant, ArtSource Onslow public art brainstorm session | |
| Clotted Life and Brittle Waters presented at Hydrobotanics, 17 November, School of Communication and the Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth | |
| 2009-2010 | Research Administrator The Centre for Research in Art, Science and Humanity, Curtin University Department of Art |
| 2009 | Co-curated with Stuart Elliott Diagram, Junction Gallery, Midland |
| External Examiner Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts Honours and Masters Candidates | |
| Tutor Open Universities Australia Curtin University Department of Art | |
| Lecturer Swan TAFE Department of Art and Design | |
| Lecturer Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts first year sculpture | |
| Sessional Academic (seminar lecturer) Curtin University of Technology Department of Art | |
| Attended 2009 Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group Workshop at Gundabooka National Park, near Bourke, New South Wales | |
| 2006–2009 | Conservation Committee Secretary, Wildflower Society of Western Australia |
| 2008 | Lecturer/Mentor Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts 3rd years and first year sculpture |
| Online Tutor Curtin University Department of Art | |
| Lecturer, Weekend workshop, Soundscapes and Walkscapes, Margaret River Centre for Curtin University of Technology | |
| Sessional Academic (seminar lecturer) Curtin University of Technology Department of Art | |
| 2007 | Thinking skin project with anthropologist Jane Mulcock. Presented work at the Animals and Society II: Considering animals, 3-6 July, Old Woolstores, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2007-2008 | Lecturer Swan TAFE Art and Design Department, Midland Advanced Diploma Environmental Art and Design |
| External Examiner Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts Graduating Class | |
| External Examiner Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts Masters program | |
| Guest Editor Resilience: on Art and Environments ArtSource Newsletter, Autumn 2007 | |
| Artist participant Shire of Busselton interdisciplinary design team for Busselton Entry Statement | |
| 2006 | External Examiner Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts Graduating Class |
| Sessional Academic Edith Cowan University School of Communication and Contemporary Arts Sculpture Program | |
| Strange strolls: translation and transformation in sound art walking projects at Senses of Place: Exploring concepts and expressions of place through different senses and lenses, 6 to 8 April, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| Scotch College Analemmatic Sundial Public Art Project | |
| 2005 | Curated and organised strange strolls, a sound and walking art project with 16 Australian and international artists at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery |
| Lone Twin performance workshop, NRLA Midland | |
| Presented the conference paper Transformation, luminance, fading, stranding and walking at Colour thro’ the looking glass, 29 September, Colour Society of Australia, Fremantle | |
| Presented the conference paper Ordinary wilderness at Be true to the Earth: Inaugural Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (Australia-New Zealand) 31 March to 1 April 2005, Monash University, Melbourne | |
| 2004 | Selected for Mediaspace Beyond the Keyboard Workshop |
| The ‘Soul of the Whiteant’ and other stories talk to public at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery as part of Primates show by Lisa Roet | |
| Presented the conference paper ‘Spirals, tracks and trackless wastes: Walking the city and walking the ordinary wilderness’ at Palimpsests: Transforming communities, 11 to 12 November, Curtin University, Perth | |
| South Atwell (Harmony) Primary School Public Art Project | |
| 2003 | Organised OCH15 exhibition of Old Customs House artists, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle |
| TAFE Photography Black and White Darkroom Techniques Course | |
| 2001-2003 | Lecturer Midland TAFE Art and Design Department |
| 2002 | Sound Production Recording Course, Film and Television Institute of WA |
| 2001-2002 | Committee Member The Photography Centre of Western Australia |
| Developed and ran community workshops and designed Timebrook artwork for Hartfield Federation Park Wildlife Viewing Platform, Forrestfield. | |
| 2000-2002 | Adjunct Research Fellow Curtin University of Technology School of Art |
| 2001 | Selected for 2004 Floating Land Project, Noosa regional Art Gallery |
| Participant in Lacuna art and performance project at Lake Barlee | |
| Coordinator 2nd Year Program Curtin University of Technology School of Art Sculpture Program | |
| 2000 | Design submission for WA Department of the Arts City of Lights Public Art Project |
| Short course in Japanese bookbinding, Fremantle Arts Centre | |
| 1997-1998 | PGDip Representative for Course Monitoring Meetings, Goldsmiths College, University of London |
| 1996-1997 | Teaching Assistant University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1993-1996 | Environmental Officer, Argyle Diamond Mines |
| 1995 | CRA Environmental Technology Workshop Sampling and Analysis for Environmental Monitoring |
| Lirrkarn Kerrem Cross Cultural Awareness Course, Warmun | |
| Environmental Team Safety Officer | |
| Peer Support Training | |
| Environmental Section Soils Course conducted by D.C. Blandford and Associates | |
| 1994 | Off Road Driving Course |
| Artist’s Impression and Design for Kununurra Botanic Garden | |
| 1992-1994 | Initiated organisation of an exchange exhibition Tugmaan: Ties that Bind between Filipino and Australian Artists |
| 1992 | Collaborated with Michelle Slarke in A Few Shingles Loose (A passionate Deception), for Ozone to Nozone, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle |
| 1991 | Collaborated with Andrew Leslie in Take, Choose, Discard One, For Seventh Annual Collaborative Print Award, Arts House, Perth |
| Guest Tutor Curtin University of Technology School of Art First-Year Fine Art Program | |
| 1988-1991 | Part Time Tutor Murdoch University Environmental Science Program N216 Route Finding and Navigation for Scientific Expeditions and N212 Population Resources and Environment |
| 1988 | Short course in papermaking, Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 1987 | Team member in writing Draft Management Plan for Lake Yangebup |
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collections and public art
| Armadale City Council collection, Armadale | |
| School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University | |
| Cosmology Gallery, Gravity Discovery Centre, Gingin | |
| Scotch College Analemmatic Sundial Public Art Project | |
| South Atwell (Harmony) Primary School Public Art Project | |
| Waalitij Collection, York | |
| Timebrook Community Artwork, Hartfield Federation Park, Forrestfield, Perth | |
| Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom | |
| Private Collections Australia, United Kingdom, USA |