Statement of Practice
I am a Brisbane-based installation artist of 25 years’ experience. My artwork deals with memory and multiples. I have completed several public commissions around Brisbane exploring local history, and helping both small and large communities create a strong sense place. More recently I have been exploring history and memory through Eco Dyeing, textiles and stitch.
STUDIES
1990-1993 Bachelor of Arts Honours – Sculpture, QUT, Brisbane.
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2021 Trees that Were, Richard Randall Studio, Mt Coot-tha, Queensland.
2020 Canopy: Urbanisation, Richard Randall Studio, Mt Coot-tha, Queensland.
2019 Canopy, Richard Randall Studio, Mt Coot-tha, Queensland.
2013 The Space Between, Ryan Renshaw Windowbox, Brisbane, Queensland.
2010 Enshrining the Vestiges: Speaking Stones, Blackall Memorial Park, Blackall, Queensland.
2009 Enshrining the Vestiges: Speaking Stones, The Shrine of Memories, Brisbane.
2009 Enshrining the Vestiges: The House is Silent, The Substation, Melbourne.
2007 Voices behind Glass, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Bundaberg.
2007 Into the Forest, Umbrella Studio, Townsville.
2007 Wandering the Hall of Memories, Heartland Festival, Blackall, Queensland.
2007 Voices behind Glass, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.
2006 They Were, the Window, Qld Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane.
2005 Voices Behind Glass, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
2005 Well? Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane.
2003 Reliquary/Relinquish, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane.
2002 They Were, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane.
2001 Autumn, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane.
2001 Records Department, Linden St. Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne.
1999 Archive, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane.
1998 Museum of the Mundane, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane.
1997 Keeping Tally, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane.
1997 Record Room, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane.
1996 In Storage, Micro Gallery, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
1995 In Remembrance, Development Space, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
1994 Home Filing System, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Earth & Air, Richard Randall Studio, Mt Coot-tha, Queensland.
2018 Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside, City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.
2013 Project 22, Textile & Art Academy, Brisbane.
2012 Word Conterminous, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane.
2008 Sculpture by the Sea, Tamarama Beach, Sydney.
2007 Posted, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.
2007 Water, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.
2006 Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach, Currumbin.
2002 Finalist, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2002, Melbourne.
EMPLOYMENT & PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2018-20 Lead Artist assorted Natural Dyeing Workshops, Brisbane City Council, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Queennsland.
2018 – 19 Curator, Queensland Spinners Weavers & Fibre Artists, Brisbane, Qld.
2018 Speaker at Home Economics Institute of Aust (Q) Conference.
2017 5 travelling Eco Dyeing Workshops in association with Red Ridge and Central West Aboriginal Corporation
2017 Recipient of RADF Grant to be Lead Artist for Outback Stars Project.
2016 Recipient of RADF Grant to run Eco Dyeing Workshop in Blackall, Qld.
2015 – 16 Visting Artist, Corinda State High School, Years 10 &11.
2015 & 13 Curator, Fibre Fest Biennial Exhibition for Qld Spinners Weavers & Fibre Artists, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha.
2013 – 2 Day Eco Dyeing Workshops.
2013 Co-Ordinating Artist, Eco Dyeing Activity, Nursery Rd State Special School.
2012-13 Co-Ordinating Artist, School Holidays Craft Time, Brisbane Square Library.
2012 Piece by Piece, Public Artwork, Qld Multicultural Centre, Brisbane.
2011 Calamvale District Park Playground Path, Brisbane City Council.
2011 Guest Artist, Symposium of Public Art in the Non-Urban Contexts.
2010-11 Storyline, South Bank, South Bank Corporation.
2010-11 Time & Tide, 5 Past 5, River Bend Green, South Bank Corporation.
2010 86 Burnett Lane – Burnett Lane, Brisbane City Council, Vibrant Laneways.
2009 co-designer Blackall Memorial Park Refurbishment, Blackall, Qld.
2008 Workshop Artist, Andy Warhol Summer Festival, GOMA.
2006 & 2007 Guest Artist, Clayfield College Year 11 Art Retreat.
2002 Communal Tracks – Urban Traces , Kelvin Grove Urban Village.
CATALOGUES, PUBLICATIONS and REVIEWS
2017 “Eco Dyeing Workshops with Natalie Billing”, Barcoo Independent, 10/11/17 , p4.
2017 “Stars Installation under way” Barcoo Independent, 28/04/17, p5.
2017 “Call for Star makers to step forward” Barcoo Independent, 10/01/17, p5.
2011 “Artists converge on Blackall”, Barcoo Independent, 26/08/11.
2009 “Engraved Pebbles help set war veterans’ memories in stone”, Anna Caldwell, Courier Mail, 22/09/09.
2009 “Shrine of Memories to Veterans”, Northside Chronicle, 23/09/09.
2009 “Artist brings veterans’ memories to life in exhibition first”, Barcoo Independent, 2/10/09.
2006 “Once They Were all just like us”, City News # 133, 13/04/06, p 3.
2006 “Ordinary People” Trent Dalton, Courier Mail Q Weekend, Jan 28 – 29, 2006.
2005 Memento Mori: The Art of Natalie Billing, Ehmann, F. Middleton M.J, Brisbane.
2005 Voices Behind Glass Catalogue, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
2000 Broadsheet, Speed of Life, review of Records Department by Mark Gomes.
1999 Soapbox: Installation Practices & Artists, IMA, Brisbane, 1999.