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
Professional positions
2025 - Tutor, McGregor Summer School, University of Southern Queensland
2022 – 2025 Tutor, Brisbane Institute of Art
2023 Tutor, School of Creative Arts University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, (September 2023)
2023 Tutor, McGregor Winter School, University of Southern Queensland
2008 – 2023 Lecturer, Jewellery and Small Objects, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
2022 Tutor, McGregor Winter School, University of Southern Queensland
Exhibitions
Individual Exhibitions:
2022 Of Scale and Intrigue, Small Object Space, artisan, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, QLD
2020 Unintended Consequences, Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
2019 Strange Objects 2013 - 2019, F Tanner Baker Micro Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW
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
(May) Blaze, Makers Mark, Melbourne, VIC
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 Highly commended, Milburn Art Prize for Landscape, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor, Brisbane, QLD
Finalist, Profile 2025, JMGANSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Finalist, 21st Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
2024 Elemental JMGQ Member exhibition, Metcalfe Gallery, BiA, Windsor, QLD
Finalist, National Contemporary Jewellery Award finalist, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW
Review. React. Respond Gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
Finalist, Reflect|Refract JMGA National Members Award Exhibition, Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco WA
2023 Finalist, ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
Finalist, Contemporary Wearables ‘23, Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Something for the Ear, Bilk Gallery, ACT
Finalist, 20th Silver Triennial International , DIVA, Antwerp: KreisMuseum Zons
Finalist, Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor, Brisbane, QLD
2022 Finalist, Profile 2022, JMGANSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Finalist, ITAMI International Craft Exhibition, Itami City Museum of Art, History and Culture, Itami Japan
Finalist, National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW
Finalist, 20th Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
2021 AdornAxis Remote Viewing online exhibition
Precious Collective on-line Jewellery Week - Narrative
Finalist, Contemporary Wearables '21, Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
2020 Academics in Pandemic, An online exhibition from Ethical Metalsmiths
Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
Use, Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery; Hurstville Museum and Gallery, Hurstville NSW;
New England Regional Art Museum, NSW
2019 100% Recycled, Grey Street Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
Finalist, ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
Finalist, Profile 2019, JMGANSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
In the Drawer, Small Space Jewellery , North Fitzroy, Melbourne, part of the Radiant Pavilion program
Use, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au; Tweed Regional Gallery,
NSW artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/; Noosa Regional Gallery and Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery QLD
2018 Use, POP Gallery, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD www.jmgq.com.au
2017 Finalist, Contemporary Wearables ’17, Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Why Jewellery? 2, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
why-jewellery.com
Five, A curated JMGQ members exhibition, Gallery 88, Redcliffe, QLD
Mostyn Open 20, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales mostyn-open-20
Why Jewellery? 2, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD
why-jewellery.com
2016 Radical Jewellery Makeover, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
Trace, JMGQ Exhibition Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2016 - 2018 Finalist, 18th Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany and Museum voor Edelsmeedkunst, Juwelen en Diamant, Antwerp; Silberwarenmuseum Ott-Pausersche Fabrik, Schwäbisch Gmünd; Robbe & Berking Yachting Heritage Centre, Flensburg; Museum Zons, Dormagen)
Worn & Weathered, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
2015 Pendulum, JMGQ Exhibition Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Precious-The Lure of Skill, Bosz Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Lux Lumens, JMGQ Exhibition gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
2014 So Fresh + So Clean, Ethical Metalsmiths Annual International Student Exhibition and Emerging Artist Award
so-fresh-so-clean/
2013 Participate, JMGA Delegates Exhibition in conjunction with 15th JMGA Conference, Participation and Exchange, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Confluence/Influence, JMGQ Exhibition, Brisbane City Council Central and Carindale Libraries, Brisbane, QLD
2012 103 Pendants, JMGQ Exhibition, Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
In the Now, JMGQ Exhibition, Contemporary Artisans Collective, Brisbane QLD
2011 Shared Visions, QCA Group Exhibition, Stanko Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
Finalist, Contemporary Wearables ’11, Toowoomba Regional Gallery and touring in 2012
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor, artisan, Brisbane QLD and touring until 2014
Inundation, JMGQ Exhibition, Contemporary Artisans Collective, Brisbane QLD
2010 Revisiting the Australian Landscape, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland QLD
Radical Jewellery Makeover, artisan, Brisbane QLD
http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/projects/rjm-online-exhibitions-and-about/rjm-v---brisbane-au/
Commissions
2023 The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and Women in Mining and Resources Queensland (WIMARQ) 2023 Awards
2019 Trophies for the Queensland Resources Council Resources Awards for Women 2020 Awards
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 Goldschmiedekunst e.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
Current Memberships
Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Queensland Chapter Inc www.jmgq.com.au
JMGANSW www.nsw.org.au
Klimt02 klimt02.net/jewellers/catherine-large
British Society of Enamellers www.enamellers.org/
Awards
2025 Highly Commended, Milburn Art Price for Landscape, Brisbane Institute of Art
2006 Award for Encouragement, 19th International Cloisonné Jewellery Contest, Japan Shippo Conference
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
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
Professional positions
2025 - Tutor, McGregor Summer School, University of Southern Queensland
2022 – 2025 Tutor, Brisbane Institute of Art
2023 Tutor, School of Creative Arts University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, (September 2023)
2023 Tutor, McGregor Winter School, University of Southern Queensland
2008 – 2023 Lecturer, Jewellery and Small Objects, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
2022 Tutor, McGregor Winter School, University of Southern Queensland
Exhibitions
Individual Exhibitions:
2022 Of Scale and Intrigue, Small Object Space, artisan, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, QLD
2020 Unintended Consequences, Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
2019 Strange Objects 2013 - 2019, F Tanner Baker Micro Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW
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
(May) Blaze, Makers Mark, Melbourne, VIC
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 Highly commended, Milburn Art Prize for Landscape, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor, Brisbane, QLD
Finalist, Profile 2025, JMGANSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Finalist, 21st Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
2024 Elemental JMGQ Member exhibition, Metcalfe Gallery, BiA, Windsor, QLD
Finalist, National Contemporary Jewellery Award finalist, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW
Review. React. Respond Gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
Finalist, Reflect|Refract JMGA National Members Award Exhibition, Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco WA
2023 Finalist, ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
Finalist, Contemporary Wearables ‘23, Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Something for the Ear, Bilk Gallery, ACT
Finalist, 20th Silver Triennial International , DIVA, Antwerp: KreisMuseum Zons
Finalist, Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor, Brisbane, QLD
2022 Finalist, Profile 2022, JMGANSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Finalist, ITAMI International Craft Exhibition, Itami City Museum of Art, History and Culture, Itami Japan
Finalist, National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW
Finalist, 20th Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
2021 AdornAxis Remote Viewing online exhibition
Precious Collective on-line Jewellery Week - Narrative
Finalist, Contemporary Wearables '21, Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
2020 Academics in Pandemic, An online exhibition from Ethical Metalsmiths
Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
Use, Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery; Hurstville Museum and Gallery, Hurstville NSW;
New England Regional Art Museum, NSW
2019 100% Recycled, Grey Street Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
Finalist, ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
Finalist, Profile 2019, JMGANSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
In the Drawer, Small Space Jewellery , North Fitzroy, Melbourne, part of the Radiant Pavilion program
Use, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au; Tweed Regional Gallery,
NSW artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/; Noosa Regional Gallery and Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery QLD
2018 Use, POP Gallery, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD www.jmgq.com.au
2017 Finalist, Contemporary Wearables ’17, Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Why Jewellery? 2, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
why-jewellery.com
Five, A curated JMGQ members exhibition, Gallery 88, Redcliffe, QLD
Mostyn Open 20, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales mostyn-open-20
Why Jewellery? 2, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD
why-jewellery.com
2016 Radical Jewellery Makeover, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
Trace, JMGQ Exhibition Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2016 - 2018 Finalist, 18th Silver Triennial International, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany and Museum voor Edelsmeedkunst, Juwelen en Diamant, Antwerp; Silberwarenmuseum Ott-Pausersche Fabrik, Schwäbisch Gmünd; Robbe & Berking Yachting Heritage Centre, Flensburg; Museum Zons, Dormagen)
Worn & Weathered, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD
2015 Pendulum, JMGQ Exhibition Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Precious-The Lure of Skill, Bosz Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Lux Lumens, JMGQ Exhibition gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
2014 So Fresh + So Clean, Ethical Metalsmiths Annual International Student Exhibition and Emerging Artist Award
so-fresh-so-clean/
2013 Participate, JMGA Delegates Exhibition in conjunction with 15th JMGA Conference, Participation and Exchange, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Confluence/Influence, JMGQ Exhibition, Brisbane City Council Central and Carindale Libraries, Brisbane, QLD
2012 103 Pendants, JMGQ Exhibition, Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
In the Now, JMGQ Exhibition, Contemporary Artisans Collective, Brisbane QLD
2011 Shared Visions, QCA Group Exhibition, Stanko Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
Finalist, Contemporary Wearables ’11, Toowoomba Regional Gallery and touring in 2012
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor, artisan, Brisbane QLD and touring until 2014
Inundation, JMGQ Exhibition, Contemporary Artisans Collective, Brisbane QLD
2010 Revisiting the Australian Landscape, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland QLD
Radical Jewellery Makeover, artisan, Brisbane QLD
http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/projects/rjm-online-exhibitions-and-about/rjm-v---brisbane-au/
Commissions
2023 The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and Women in Mining and Resources Queensland (WIMARQ) 2023 Awards
2019 Trophies for the Queensland Resources Council Resources Awards for Women 2020 Awards
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 Goldschmiedekunst e.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
Current Memberships
Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Queensland Chapter Inc www.jmgq.com.au
JMGANSW www.nsw.org.au
Klimt02 klimt02.net/jewellers/catherine-large
British Society of Enamellers www.enamellers.org/
Awards
2025 Highly Commended, Milburn Art Price for Landscape, Brisbane Institute of Art
2006 Award for Encouragement, 19th International Cloisonné Jewellery Contest, Japan Shippo Conference
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