Curriculum Vitae
QUALIFICATIONS | |
| 1968 | Commercial Art Certificate – National Art School, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 1975 | Bachelor of Fine Art – Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| 1977 | Post Graduate Diploma of Teaching – University of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 1995 | Master of Education – University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1976 | Pura Lana Galleria Hernan Cortez, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico |
| 1981 | Morleymade Goulburn CAE Gallery, Goulburn, NSW –Toured: 5 NSW venues |
| 1982 | Morley Grainger – Wollongong 1982 City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW |
| 1994 | In Praise of Pioneer Women – Toured: 3 Qld venues |
| 1995 | In Praise of Australian Women – Toured: 5 Qld venues sponsored by Regional Galleries Association of Queensland Toured: 19 Qld & NSW venues independently |
| 1997-98 | Objects of Ideas – 10 Approaches to Contemporary Craft Practice (Group show) – Craft Council of Queensland – Toured: 16 Qld & NSW venues |
| 1998 | Setbacks-Shattered Dreams – Touring: 8 Qld & NSW venues |
| 1999 | Aprons – invited to exhibit – Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery – Touring: 7 Qld & NSW venues |
| 2000 | Washing – invited to exhibit – Salmon Galleries, Sydney – Touring: 4 Qld & NSW venues |
| 2001 | Well Preserved! – Touring: 4 Qld & NSW venues |
| 2004 | Line of Blood – Myall Creek Massacre 1838 – our shared history – invited to exhibit – Inverell Gallery NSW – Touring: 3 Qld & Vic venues |
| 2006 | Rise – cooking up character – Touring: 3 Qld & NSW venues |
| 2008 | The Adorable Mrs Dennis – Kath Dickson Community Art Space, Toowoomba |
| 2018 | Tweets from the Trenches – France WW1 – Repertory Theatre Gallery, Toowoomba |
EXHIBITION CO-ORDINATOR (GALLERY) | |
1995 – | In Praise of Australian Women, Setbacks – Shattered Dreams, Aprons, Washing, Well Preserved!, Line of Blood – Myall Creek Massacre 1838 – our shared history, Rise – cooking up character, The Adorable Mrs Dennis & Tweets from the Trenches – France WW1 – organising and managing solo exhibitions – Touring: Qld, NSW & Vic regional galleries |
GRANTS | |
| 1980-81 | Workshop Development grant – Crafts Board of the Australia Council |
| 1997/99 | Regional Arts Development Fund grant – Toowoomba City Council |
| 2001 | Arts Queensland grant |
| 2002 | Winston Churchill Fellowship for 2003 |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES | |
1975-76 | Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research Guatemala City, Central America – Botanical Illustrator Department of National Heritage and The Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, Mexico – Archaeological Illustrator |
| 1979-80 | College of Advanced Education Goulburn, NSW – Handweaver-in-Residence |
| 1981 | Setting up Morleymade production studio Goulburn, NSW |
| 1982 | University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW – Craftsperson-in-Residence |
| 1983 | University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba – Lecturer Textiles |
| 1988 | Establishing textile studio South East Queensland |
| 1992 | Overseas Service Bureau Australian Volunteers Abroad Manzini, Swaziland |
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS | |
1975-76 | The Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research Guatemala City, Central America – The Maya lecture series Instituto Allende Guanajuato, Mexico – Workshops |
| 1984 | Findhorn Foundation Forres, Scotland – Residential workshops |
| 1989 | McGregor Summer School University of Southern Queensland – Workshop |
| 1996 | Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Queensland – Lectures for Visual Art students |
| 1996 – | In Praise of Australian Women, Setbacks – Shattered Dreams, Aprons, Washing, Well Preserved!, Line of Blood – Myall Creek Massacre 1838 – our shared history, Rise – cooking up character, The Adorable Mrs Dennis & Tweets from the Trenches – France WW1 – Public art gallery lectures & workshops |
| 1996 | Radio & TV – Interviews promoting touring exhibitions |
DVD, CD-ROM & Videos | |
| 1998 | The Dreaming Quilts of Morley Grainger – 22min DVD by Jennifer Wright & Jack Adams – a Back Door Step Production of Creative Cohesions Toowoomba, Australia |
| 2001 | Morley Grainger’s Touring Exhibitions – CD-ROM by Allan Roe Brisbane, Australia |
| 2023 | The Morley Grainger Legacy Project – 29 individual videos by Jeff Black Darling Downs Video Services Toowoomba, Australia |
