ARITA GHEDINI

business email: hello@aritaghedini.com

QUALIFICATIONS

2016     Diploma of Visual Arts (Jewellery) – Tas TAFE

2009     Associate Degree in Clinical Practice (Paramedic) – CSU

1998     Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) – UTAS

WORK EXPERIENCE

2016     September – November

Bench Experience/Mentorship with Giselle Devereux Jewellery, Hobart Tasmania.

EXHIBITIONS & DISPLAYS

FIND Collective, Salamanca, Tasmania – (Emerging Jewellers Program, June/July 2017)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019     ‘Design by Making’, Home Hill Winery & Kingborough Community Hub, Presented by design.made inc.

2019     ‘Art from Trash’, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Presented by Resource Work Co-operative

2018     ‘Art from Trash’, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Presented by Resource Work Co-operative

2018     ‘All that Glitters’ Exhibition, Studio 42 Jewellers Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria

2018     Mount Eliza Art & Design Exhibition, Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia

2018     Darinya Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Frankston South, Victoria, Australia

2017     ‘Gallery Opening’ Exhibition, Studio 42 Jewellers Gallery, Bendigo Victoria

2017     Darinya Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Frankston South, Victoria, Australia

2016     Material Girl, Tasmania’s Premier Art Award for Women, ‘Serendipity, Chance and Possibility’ Presented by Regional Arts Tasmania (State-wide Touring Exhibition)

2016     Tas TAFE Graduate Exhibition

1998     UTAS BFA, (Graphic Design) Graduate Group Exhibition

MARKETS & EVENTS

2019 designed:made inc. Makers Market, 7-9 December, Hobart Town Hall, Hobart.

2019     Cuckoo Artisan Market, 22 September & 1 December, Shambles Brewery, Hobart

2018     Cuckoo Artisan Market, 9 September & 9 December, Shambles Brewery, Hobart

2018     The Market Hobart, 27 May & 2 December Masonic Temple, Hobart

2018     Etsy Made Local Hobart Market, 17 & 18 November, Derwent Entertainment Centre

2017     Etsy Made Local Hobart Market, 25 & 26 November, Royal Hobart Showgrounds

2017     The Market Hobart, 3 December, Masonic Temple, Hobart

AWARDS & GRANTS

2018     Vita Brown Bequest Bursary, Arts Tasmania.

2017     People’s Choice Award, Material Girl, Tasmania’s Premier Art Award for Women ‘Conscience’ (Contemporary Jewellery Piece)

2016     Material Girl Exhibition finalist ‘Conscience’ (Contemporary Jewellery Piece)

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Wild Island Gallery, Shop 8, 33 Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

design.made.inc

Contemporary Arts Tasmania Membership

NAVA Membership

Craft Victoria Membership