BILL JEFFREY (William Edward Jeffrey)
Statement:
"This work is in two parts. One part is utilizing the ancient myth and image of the unicorn, it is not symbolising the deconstruction of myth, rather it is reconstructing the mythological form and redefining it in a contemporary manner, "intersecting mythology with reality".
The second body of work consists of a group of images perhaps a surrogate for the future. Images about images; images in competition with images, in one sense of struggle, in another sense they are the truth.
Thought offers a vision and a reality of another existence that this work attempts to communicate and at the same time it seeks the audience's acceptance of its truthfulness. Some say there is no order other than the order of man, however man's thoughts are constantly changing his dreams.
The work is venturing out beyond the artists thoughts and there is no denying what others can say of it, its meaning, its very existence. The thoughts, feelings and interpretation presented in these works could be seen differently by others, and invested with alternative values and meanings, this is as it should be. All actions have consequences. The truth changes with time. Bill Jeffrey July 2003 "
Qualifications
1994 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) Edith Cowan University
1982 Diploma of Fine Art - Sculpture Claremont School of Art
1948 Certificate of Apprenticeship - Electrical Perth Technical College
Exhibitions: Solo
1991 Bay Gallery of Fine Art.
1987 His Majesty's Theatre
1986 Bortignon's Gallery of Man
1984 Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Exhibitions: Group
2001 RitualChurch Gallery
2000 Mindarie Art AwardMindarie Keys
1999 Tempus FugitGomboc Gallery
1996 CommittedFremantle Art Centre
1995 Executrix GalleryMargaret River
After ShockMoores Building
Sculpture SurveyGomboc Gallery
1994 Degree ShowEdith Cowan University
Thermal Shock IIArtCraft Expo, Fremantle
1992 Thermal Shock: ArtrageBridge Gallery
1990 Graduate Students ExhibitionClaremont School of Art
Work Experience
1982 - 2003 Bronze sculptor, working from a small art foundry Wanneroo.
Lost wax technique of bronze castingKalgoorlie College
1994 Bronze casting (Year 11: 12 weeks)Tuart Hill Senior High School
1993 Lost wax bronze casting (Year 12: 5 day workshop) Hollywood Senior High School
Awards
1988 Houghton Wines Prize: W.A. Sculpture Exhibition Gomboc Gallery
1982 H. Commended Certificate for Abstract SculptureClaremont School of Art
Collections
City of Wanneroo
BankWest
Overseas and Australian Private Collections
Publications
2000 Altman, J.Dr. Review: Tempus Fugit Craft Arts International No. 48, pp. 98 - 100.
1997 Altman, J.Review: Committed Ceramics Art and Perception No. 29, pp 95-98.
McGrath, J.Review: Freeing the Spirit - Committed Pottery in Australia, Vol 36, No 1, pp. 49-51.
1996 Dinham, J Review: Aftershock Ceramics: Art and Perception Issue 23, pp 93-5
1995 Altman, J Review: Objects, Concepts and Archetypes Pottery in Australia Vol 34/4, pp32-4
1993 Dinham, J. Review: 'Thermal Shock Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 11. pp 64 - 66
1993 Hugo, J. A Spirited Place: 25 years at the Claremont School of Art 1968 - 1993 pp 56 - 84
1992 Dinham, J. Thermal Shock Review Craftwest, Summer pp 13 - 14.
"This work is in two parts. One part is utilizing the ancient myth and image of the unicorn, it is not symbolising the deconstruction of myth, rather it is reconstructing the mythological form and redefining it in a contemporary manner, "intersecting mythology with reality".
The second body of work consists of a group of images perhaps a surrogate for the future. Images about images; images in competition with images, in one sense of struggle, in another sense they are the truth.
Thought offers a vision and a reality of another existence that this work attempts to communicate and at the same time it seeks the audience's acceptance of its truthfulness. Some say there is no order other than the order of man, however man's thoughts are constantly changing his dreams.
The work is venturing out beyond the artists thoughts and there is no denying what others can say of it, its meaning, its very existence. The thoughts, feelings and interpretation presented in these works could be seen differently by others, and invested with alternative values and meanings, this is as it should be. All actions have consequences. The truth changes with time. Bill Jeffrey July 2003 "
Qualifications
1994 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) Edith Cowan University
1982 Diploma of Fine Art - Sculpture Claremont School of Art
1948 Certificate of Apprenticeship - Electrical Perth Technical College
Exhibitions: Solo
1991 Bay Gallery of Fine Art.
1987 His Majesty's Theatre
1986 Bortignon's Gallery of Man
1984 Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Exhibitions: Group
2001 RitualChurch Gallery
2000 Mindarie Art AwardMindarie Keys
1999 Tempus FugitGomboc Gallery
1996 CommittedFremantle Art Centre
1995 Executrix GalleryMargaret River
After ShockMoores Building
Sculpture SurveyGomboc Gallery
1994 Degree ShowEdith Cowan University
Thermal Shock IIArtCraft Expo, Fremantle
1992 Thermal Shock: ArtrageBridge Gallery
1990 Graduate Students ExhibitionClaremont School of Art
Work Experience
1982 - 2003 Bronze sculptor, working from a small art foundry Wanneroo.
Lost wax technique of bronze castingKalgoorlie College
1994 Bronze casting (Year 11: 12 weeks)Tuart Hill Senior High School
1993 Lost wax bronze casting (Year 12: 5 day workshop) Hollywood Senior High School
Awards
1988 Houghton Wines Prize: W.A. Sculpture Exhibition Gomboc Gallery
1982 H. Commended Certificate for Abstract SculptureClaremont School of Art
Collections
City of Wanneroo
BankWest
Overseas and Australian Private Collections
Publications
2000 Altman, J.Dr. Review: Tempus Fugit Craft Arts International No. 48, pp. 98 - 100.
1997 Altman, J.Review: Committed Ceramics Art and Perception No. 29, pp 95-98.
McGrath, J.Review: Freeing the Spirit - Committed Pottery in Australia, Vol 36, No 1, pp. 49-51.
1996 Dinham, J Review: Aftershock Ceramics: Art and Perception Issue 23, pp 93-5
1995 Altman, J Review: Objects, Concepts and Archetypes Pottery in Australia Vol 34/4, pp32-4
1993 Dinham, J. Review: 'Thermal Shock Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 11. pp 64 - 66
1993 Hugo, J. A Spirited Place: 25 years at the Claremont School of Art 1968 - 1993 pp 56 - 84
1992 Dinham, J. Thermal Shock Review Craftwest, Summer pp 13 - 14.