Education 2016 Masters of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University 1987 Bachelor of Arts, Visual Art, Sydney College of the Arts 1983-1984 Studied Gold and Silversmithing, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Exhibitions Individual Exhibitions: 2020: Unintended Consequences, Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2019: Strange Objects 2013 - 2019, F Tanner Baker Micro Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW 2019 Re-imagine; reinterpret,Studio Ingot, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC 2016 Strange Objects, Small Object Space (SOS) Artisan, Brisbane, QLD, http://www.artisan.org.au/ 2001 Small Works, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC 1998 (July) Blaze, Makers Mark, Sydney, NSW 1998 (May) Blaze, Makers Mark, Melbourne, VIC
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2021 Precious Collective on-line Jewellery Week - Narrative 2021 Contemporary Wearables '21 Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery 2020 Academics in Pandemic, An online exhibition from Ethical Metalsmiths 2020 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art PrizeFinalist, Sydney, NSW 2020 Use, Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery, SA; Hurstville Museum and Gallery, Hurstville NSW; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW 2019 100% Recycled, Grey Street Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD 2019ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan 2019 Profile 2019, JMGANSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2019 In the Drawer, Small Space Jewellery, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, part of theRadiant Pavilionprogram 2019 Use, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au; Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/; Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, QLD; Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery, Biloela, QLD 2018 Use, POP Gallery, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD www.jmgq.com.au 2017 Contemporary Wearables ’17, Toowoomba Regional Gallery 2017 Why Jewellery? 2, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong why-jewellery.com 2017 Five, A curated JMGQ members exhibition, Gallery 88, Redcliffe, QLD 2017 Mostyn Open 20, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales mostyn-open-20 2017 Why Jewellery? 2,Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD why-jewellery.com 2016 Radical Jewellery Makeover, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD 2016 Trace,JMGQ Exhibition Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 2016 - 201818th Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany and touring 2017 - 2018: (Museum voor Edelsmeedkunst, Juwelen en Diamant, Antwerp; Silberwarenmuseum Ott-Pausersche Fabrik, Schwäbisch Gmünd; Robbe & Berking Yachting Heritage Centre, Flensburg; Museum Zons, Dormagen) 18-silbertriennale-international 2016Worn & Weathered, Webb Gallery,Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD 2015 Pendulum, JMGQ Exhibition Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 2015Precious-The Lure of Skill, Bosz Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 2015Lux Lumens, JMGQ Exhibition gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW 2014 So Fresh + So Clean, Ethical Metalsmiths Annual International Juried Digital Student Exhibition and Emerging Artist Award so-fresh-so-clean/ 2013 Participate, JMGA Delegates Exhibition in conjunction with 15th Conference, Participation and Exchange Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 2013 Confluence/Influence, JMGQ Exhibition, Brisbane City Council Central and Carindale Libraries, Brisbane, QLD 2012 103 Pendants, JMGQ Exhibition, Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 2012 In the Now, JMGQ Exhibition, Contemporary Artisans Collective, Brisbane QLD 2011 Shared Visions, QCA Group Exhibition, Stanko Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland 2011 - 2012 Contemporary Wearables ’11, Toowoomba Regional Gallery and touring 2011 - 2014 Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor, artisan, Brisbane QLD and touring 2011 Inundation, JMGQ Exhibition, Contemporary Artisans Collective, Brisbane QLD 2010 Revisiting the Australian Landscape, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland QLD 2010 Radical Jewellery Makeover, artisan, Brisbane QLD http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/projects/rjm-online-exhibitions-and-about/rjm-v---brisbane-au/ 2009 The Ring, Studio Ingot Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC 2009 Fired Up at the Top End, Framed-The Darwin Gallery, Darwin NT 2009-2010 Contemporary Wearables ‘09, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and touring 2008 - 2010 Ornamentomology, College Gallery, Queensland College of Art, South Bank 2008 and touring 2006 19th International Cloisonné Jewellery Contest, Tokyo Japan 2005-2006Contemporary Wearables ‘05,Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, and touring 2004Chromophobia,Studio Ingot, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC 2001-2002 Contemporary Wearables ‘01,Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, and touring 2000 Sites for Adornment,Doggett Street Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 1999Defining the Object,Quadrivium, Sydney NSW 1998The Ring Show,Zu Design, Adelaide, SA 1998The Brooch Show,Zu Design, Adelaide, SA 1997Blast,Work by contemporary enamellists, Makers Mark, Melbourne, VIC and Sydney NSW 1997Fire in the Heart,Australian Enamel, Craftspace Gallery, Sydney, NSW 1997Contemporary Wearables,Toowoomba Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD and touring 1997 Bodywear, Distelfink Gallery, Armadale, Melbourne, VIC 1996-1997MAD Ethos,Crafts Council of QLD, Brisbane; Old Bakery Gallery, Lane Cove, Sydney NSW (1996); Anima Gallery, Adelaide, SA (1997)
Commissions 2019 Trophies for the Queensland Resources Council Resources Awards for Women 2004 Enamel work for the Primatial Cross for the Archbishop of Melanesia (with David Clayton) 1988 Enamel work for the Ceremonial Mace, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW (with Helge Larsen)
Grants 2020 Individuals Fund Grant, Arts Queensland 1998 Individual Professional Development Grant, The Arts Office, QLD Government 1996 Individual Professional Development Grant, Arts Queensland 1995 One of 6 recipients of shared Promotions and Marketing Grant, Arts QLD, for MAD ETHOS (Marketing Australian Design Ethos) 1995 Individual Professional Development Grant, Arts QLD
Publications Selected Press 2020 Unintended Consequences by Helen Wyatt, Klimt02 2020 What's On City of Sydney 2019 USE Catalogue 2016 Christianne Weber-Stöber/Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunste.V. (ed.) Silver Triennial International-18th Worldwide Competition catalogue, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2016 Strange Objects catalogue, Artisan and Griffith University 2016 Strange Objects on-line catalogue: Strange-Objects-by-Catherine-Large.pdf 2016 Artisan Blog feature:www.artisan.org.au/strange-objects/ 2014 Catherine Large EM Student Member Interview: catherine-large-em-student-member-interview/ 2010 Revisiting the Australian Landscape Catalogue, Queensland College of Art, Griffith university 2009 Contemporary Wearables ’09 Catalogue, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, 2008 Ornamentomology Catalogue 2005 Contemporary Wearables ’05 Catalogue, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, 2000 Sites for Adornment, Catalogue (JMGA 10th Biennial Conference) 1998 Jeff Shaw, Courier Mail 12/05/98, Review 1997 Judith O’Callaghan, Object Magazine 1/97,Fire in the Heart: Australian Enamel, Review
Public Collections 1999 Alice Craft Acquisition Permanent Collection, Alice Springs, NT 1995 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT 1994 Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, Ipswich, QLD
Corporate Collections 1996 BP Oil Refinery, Pinkenba, Brisbane, QLD