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'''Pamela Irving''' (born 1960) is a prominent Australian [[artist]] and educator specialising in [[bronze]], [[ceramic art|ceramic]] and [[mosaic]] sculptures as well as [[printmaking]] and [[etching|copper etchings]]<ref>National Association for the Visual Arts (Australia). 1995, Who's who of Australian visual artists D.W. Thorpe in association with National Association for the Visual Arts, Port Melbourne, Vic. p.148</ref>. She has also worked for a period as a writer.
'''Pamela Irving''' (born 1960) is a prominent Australian [[artist]] specialising in [[bronze]], [[ceramic art|ceramic]] and [[mosaic]] sculptures as well as [[printmaking]] and [[etching|copper etchings]]<ref>National Association for the Visual Arts (Australia). 1995, Who's who of Australian visual artists D.W. Thorpe in association with National Association for the Visual Arts, Port Melbourne, Vic. p.148</ref>. In addition to her extensive art work, Irving has lectured in art and ceramics at [[Monash University]], the Melbourne [[College of Advanced Education]], the [[RMIT University|Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology (RMIT)]] and the [[Monash University, Caulfield campus|Chisolm Institute of Technology]]<ref>[http://pamelairving.com.au/ Pamela Irving]</ref>. She also worked as an art critic for the [[Geelong Advertiser]] and was a councillor on the Craft Council of Victoria<ref>Hawthorne, Ian. & Reid, John, 1990, 'One man's eye : a decade of people Geelong 1980-1990', Ian Hawthorne; edited by John Reid, Joval Publications, Bacchus Marsh, Vic. pp.124-125)</ref>.


==Education==
==Education==
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==Professional Associations==
==Professional Associations==


Active in the development of mosaic art in Australia, Irving became Vice-President of the Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand in 2007.
Active in the development of ceramic and mosaic art in Australia, Irving served as a councillor on the Craft Council of Victoria during the 1980s and became Vice-President of the Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand in 2007<ref>[http://www.maanz.org/index.php?/meet-the-team.html/ Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand Executive Committee (1 April 2009)]</ref>.


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==

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Pamela Irving
Born
Pamela Louise Irving
NationalityAustraliaAustralian
EducationVictorian College of the Arts
Known forCeramics, Sculpture, Mosaics, Printmaking, Etching
Notable workLarry La Trobe (1992, 1996)
AwardsNominated Kamel Kiln Award (1981)
Ceramic Prize City of Box Hill (1985)
Ceramic Prize City of Footscray (1985)
Pat Corrigan Artists grant(1991)
Australia Day Ceramic Award Shaepparton Art Gallery (1994)
WebsitePamela Irving

Pamela Irving (born 1960) is a prominent Australian artist specialising in bronze, ceramic and mosaic sculptures as well as printmaking and copper etchings[1]. In addition to her extensive art work, Irving has lectured in art and ceramics at Monash University, the Melbourne College of Advanced Education, the Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology (RMIT) and the Chisolm Institute of Technology[2]. She also worked as an art critic for the Geelong Advertiser and was a councillor on the Craft Council of Victoria[3].

Education

Born in Victoria, Australia, Irving was formally educated at the Melbourne State College (1979 – 1982) where she undertook a Bachelor of Education (Art/Craft) and at the University of Melbourne, Victorian College of Arts (1984 – 1989) where she completed a Master of Arts degree by research[4].

Style and Influences

Pascoe observes that Irving's work is derived from 'a mixture of personal experience, myth and virulent imagination'[5]. Hammond has described Irving's early ceramic work as 'humorous, figurative and cheerfully contemptuous of pottery traditions[6].

Irving's early art was influenced by artists including Arthur Boyd, John Brack, Noel Connihan, Mirka Mora and Sidney Nolan[7] and John Perceval. In recent years, Irving has been influenced ″by the honest and direct expressiveness of ‘outsider art’ (the art of self taught or ‘naive artists’) and the craft of ‘memoryware’″[8] Significantly, this interest grew following Irving's visit to Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandigarh, India[9].

Notable Work

The second bronze statue of Larry La Trobe, Melbourne City Square, created by Pamela Irving.

Irving's most famous work is the bronze sculpture of Larry La Trobe, commissioned in 1992 as a part of the Swanston Street redevelopment in Melbourne[10], and stolen by a thief or thieves unknown during 1995. The resulting media attention rallied significant public support for the recovery of the sculpture. Although never recovered, the statue was recast by the foundry owner, Peter Kolliner, with some minor changes by Irving and was replaced in September 1996. The Larry sculpture is located at the corner of Swanston Street and Collins Street, Melbourne.

The popularity of the Larry La Trobe statue with families and tourists makes it one of the most photographed statues in Melbourne.

Professional Associations

Active in the development of ceramic and mosaic art in Australia, Irving served as a councillor on the Craft Council of Victoria during the 1980s and became Vice-President of the Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand in 2007[11].

Exhibitions

Between 1981 and 2003, Irving took part in 18 solo exhibitions, 11 joint exhibitions and more than 80 group exhibitions.

Collections

Irving's work is held in the following collections:

Museums and Galleries

Corporate and Private Collections

  • ANZ Bank
  • Art Horses Pty Ltd
  • L’Oreal Australia
  • Monash Medical Centre, Clayton
  • Murray Goulburn Co-operative
  • Northern Hospital
  • Pacific Shopping Centres
  • Polypacific
  • Sushi King
  • Yooralla Society
  • Zart Art
  • Private collections throughout Australia, the USA and Hong Kong including that of Germaine Greer, Tuscany

School Collections

Awards and Grants

  • 1981 Nominated Kamel Kiln Award
  • 1985 Ceramic Prize, City of Box Hill
  • 1985 Ceramic Prize, City of Footscray
  • 1987 Ministry for the Arts and Ministry for Education Artist in Schools Project
  • 1988 Australia Council Grant To Develop a Body of Ceramic Work.
  • 1988 Ministry for Arts and Ministry for Education, Artist in Schools Project
  • 1989 Tasmanian Arts Council Grant-Artist in Residency, Tasmania
  • 1991 Pat Corrigan Artist Grant, N.A.V.A.
  • 1994 Winner, Australia Day Ceramic Award Shepparton Arts Centre.
  • 1995 City of Glen Eira Artist Award
  • 1999 Artist and Designers in Schools Grant, resident artist at Kew High School
  • 2005 Artist in School Grant, Ministry for the Arts and Education

See also

Notes

  1. ^ National Association for the Visual Arts (Australia). 1995, Who's who of Australian visual artists D.W. Thorpe in association with National Association for the Visual Arts, Port Melbourne, Vic. p.148
  2. ^ Pamela Irving
  3. ^ Hawthorne, Ian. & Reid, John, 1990, 'One man's eye : a decade of people Geelong 1980-1990', Ian Hawthorne; edited by John Reid, Joval Publications, Bacchus Marsh, Vic. pp.124-125)
  4. ^ McCulloch, Alan, & McCulloch, Susan. & McCulloch, Emily. 2006, The new McCulloch's encyclopedia of Australian art / Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch Childs Aus Art Editions in association with The Miegunyah Press, Fitzroy, Vic. p.337
  5. ^ Pascoe, Joseph., Pamela Irving: Decade of images, Ceramics; Art and Perception, No 37, 1999, p.39
  6. ^ Hammond, Victoria., City of Whitehorse collection, Ceramics Art and Perception, No 50, 2002, p.81
  7. ^ Keneally, Susan, Pamela Irving: Happy as Larry - ceramics, mosaics, printmaking, CD-ROM, Susan Keneally and Pamela Irving, 2008
  8. ^ ibid.
  9. ^ ibid.
  10. ^ Hedger, Michael. 1995, Public sculpture in Australia / Michael Hedger, Craftsman House, G+B Arts International, Roseville East, N.S.W. p.102
  11. ^ Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand Executive Committee (1 April 2009)

References

  • Hammond, Victoria., City of Whitehorse collection, Ceramics Art and Perception, No 50, 2002, pp.80-82
  • Hedger, Michael. 1995, Public sculpture in Australia / Michael Hedger, Craftsman House, G+B Arts International, Roseville East, N.S.W.
  • Keneally, Susan., Pamela Irving: Happy as Larry - ceramics, mosaics, printmaking, CD-ROM, Susan Keneally and Pamela Irving, 2008
  • McCulloch, Alan, & McCulloch, Susan. & McCulloch, Emily. 2006, The new McCulloch's encyclopedia of Australian art / Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch Childs Aus Art Editions in association with The Miegunyah Press, Fitzroy, Vic.
  • National Association for the Visual Arts (Australia). 1995, Who's who of Australian visual artists D.W. Thorpe in association with National Association for the Visual Arts, Port Melbourne, Vic.
  • Pascoe, Joseph., Pamela Irving: Decade of images, Ceramics; Art and Perception, No 37, 1999, pp.37-39
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