Sera Waters
Sera Waters | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | University of South Australia, University of Adelaide |
| Known for | Textile arts, Embroidery, Blackwork |
| Awards | Heysen Prize for Landscape 2016 |
| Website | https://serawaters.com.au/ |
Dr Sera Waters is a South Australian textile artist, arts writer, and arts educator. She lectures at Adelaide Central School of Art.
Biography
Sera Waters was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia, in 1979.[1] She has a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) from the University of South Australia, a Masters of Visual Arts from the University of Adelaide, and a PhD from the University of South Australia.[2][3] She received the Ruth Tuck Scholarship in 2005 and used it to undertake study at the Royal School of Needlework in the UK.[4] She lectures in art history at Adelaide Central School of Art.[5]
Artistic style and subject
Waters specialises in textile arts and techniques, such as embroidery. Waters’ blackwork is considered her signature technique.[6] In her PhD thesis, she used textile arts to explore family genealogy.[7][8] Her works have been described as deeply conceptual,[9] witty,[10] and using humble needlework to encompass worlds of concern.[11] As well as examining the colonial experience through her art, she is concerned with practicing art on Aboriginal land and the impact of colonisation.[12] She is also interested in textiles arts embodying labour and time.[13][14]
Awards, residencies and scholarships
- Ruth Tuck Scholarship 2006, Carclew[15]
- Heysen Prize for Landscape, 2016, Hahndorf Academy[16]
- The Hill Smith Gallery / University of South Australia Postgraduate Award, 2018, Helpmann Academy[17]
- Finalist, Ramsay Art Prize, 2019, Art Gallery of South Australia[18]
Collections
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art (see PDF of works held)
Bibliography
By Waters
- Lawrence, Kay, Waters, Sera, & Belfrage, Clare. 2018, Clare Belfrage : rhythms of necessity, Wakefield Press, Mile End, South Australia. Worldcat record
- Waters, Sera Jaye. 2006. Invoking disaster : visions of the monstrous and catastrophic in Japanese visual culture from the Edo and postwar periods. Thesis. University of Adelaide.
- Waters, Sera. 2007. Valuing relationships: Concertina. Artlink, Vol. 27, No. 4, 39-41
- Waters, Sera. 2012. Repetitive crafting: The shared aesthetic of time in Australian contemporary art. craft+design enquiry, 4, 69-87.
- Waters, Sera. 2015. Inside the Outback: An Exploration of Domesticated Landscapes in Semco’s Long Stitch Originals Series of the 1980s. craft+design enquiry, 7, (2015): 27-48.
- Waters, Sera. 2015. Knotted Lines: Entangling genealogical methodology with practice-led research. ACUADS 2015 Annual Conference. Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools.
- Waters, Sera. 2018. Genealogical ghostscapes : unsettling settler colonial home-making legacies in South Australia. Thesis. University of South Australia.
- Waters, Sera. 2020. Crafty prepping. Artlink, Vol. 40, No. 1, Mar 2020: 20-27.
About Waters
- Adams, Jude. Three artists - in the world: Anne Kay, Irmina van Niele, Sera Waters. Artlink, Vol. 29, No. 2, Jun 2009: 89.
- Clarke, K. 2016. Willful knitting? Contemporary Australian craftivism and feminist histories. Continuum, 30(3), 298-306.
- Coleman, Sheridan. Dark Portals: Sera Waters. Art Monthly Australia, no.264, Oct 2013: 39-42.
- Hart, Sheridan. 2018. Sera Waters unpicks the long stitches of Australian history. Art Guide Australia.
- Kelly, Miriam. 2017. Sera Waters: Domestic arts. Artlink, 37(4), 48–55.
Exhibition catalogues
- Capone, Jacobus & Thwaites, Vivonne & Garnaut, Christine & Collins, Julie & Fazakerley, Ruth, 1965- et al. (2012). Build me a city : an exploration of the archives of the Architecture Museum, UniSA by seven artists. Architecture Museum and Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, S. Aust.
- Purvis, Andrew. 2020. "Drastic Fabric". Adelaide Central School of Art.
- Waters, Sera, Nowell, Liz, & Kelly, Miriam. 2017. Sera Waters: Domestic arts. ACE Open. Worldcat record
External links
- ABC Radio National. 2017. Sera Waters' ghostly embroideries.
- Adelaide Central School of Art staff profile
- Radio Adelaide interview with Sera Waters.
Videos
- ACE Open, Domestic Arts.
- Adelaide Central School of Art lecturer profile
- Fine Print Magazine, A time-travelling guide for the climate apocalypse.
- Flinders University Art Museum, Crystal Palace exhibition
- 1st Tamworth Textile Triennial, Sensorial Loop.
References
- ^ "AGSA - Online Collection". Art Gallery of South Australia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Waters, Sera (2006). Invoking disaster: visions of the monstrous and catastrophic in Japanese visual culture from the Edo and postwar periods. University of Adelaide.
- ^ Waters, Sera. "Genealogical ghostscapes : unsettling settler colonial home-making legacies in South Australia / Sera Waters (Torchio)". University of South Australia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Recipients of the Scholarships 2006, Carclew". web.archive.org. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Adelaide Central School of Art: Dr. Sera Waters". www.acsa.sa.edu.au.
- ^ Kelly, Miriam (2017). "Sera Waters: Domestic Arts". Artlink. 37 (4): 48-55.
- ^ Waters, Sera. "Knotted Lines: Entangling genealogical methodology with practice-led research" (PDF). Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools 2015 conference. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Waters, Sera. "Genealogical ghostscapes : unsettling settler colonial home-making legacies in South Australia / Sera Waters (Torchio)". University of South Australia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Von Mengersen, Belinda (1 January 2016). "Slipstitch: a survey of contemporary narrative-based stitch and embroidery practices in Australia". Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Adams, Jude (2009). "Three artists - in the world: Anne Kay, Irmina van Niele, Sera Waters". Artlink. 29 (2): 89.
- ^ Neylon, John (2 March 2020). "Adelaide exhibition guide: March 2020". The Adelaide Review.
- ^ Waters, Sera. "Crafty prepping". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Kelly, Miriam. "Sera Waters: Domestic arts". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Waters, Sera (2012). "Repetitive crafting: The shared aesthetic of time in Australian contemporary art" (PDF). craft+ design enquiry. 4: 69-87.
- ^ "Recipients of the Scholarships 2006, Carclew". web.archive.org. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Heysen Prize". Hahndorf Academy. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Achievements and Announcements". w3.unisa.edu.au.
- ^ "Ramsay Art Prize 2019 finalists announced". Art Almanac. 30 April 2019.