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A response to 'Intersections' by Janet DeBoos and Wendy Teakel
Dr Sarah Schmidt

Dr Schmidt, Director of Canberra Museum and Gallery responds to "Intersections" an exhibition by artist collaborators Janet DeBoos and Wendy Teakel. Ideas about landscape, place and distance are explored through ceramics, painting, drawing and sculpture on show at CRAFTACT from 4th February to 20th March 2021


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Janet DeBoos, Interior Drawing - Scratching the Surface, 2019, thrown porcellaneous stoneware, Ernabella terra sigillata, laser print decals, sgraffito, burnished 24ct gold, H 30.5 x D 12cm
Wendy Teakel, Farness, 2021, acrylic and pokerwork on ply H 33 X W 20 cm 
Wendy Teakel wins the inaugural Ginninderry Drawing Prize 2020, held at Strathnairn arts ACT Woolshed Gallery.
The judges were Mr Peter Haynes, Director of Strathnairn Arts, Ms Nancy Sever, Director of Nancy Sever Gallery and Ms Sally Simpson, Artist.
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Wendy Teakel wins Sculpture at Scenic World 2019 with  Cycle  2019, Sheep fleece and steel


https://www.art-almanac.com.au/wendy-teakel-wins-sculpture-scenic-world-2019-major-award
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https://scenicworld.com.au/article/sculpture-at-scenic-world-2019-winners-announced





Photo Credit: Keith Maxwell 
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Solo Exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre 22 March to 28 April 2019



www.theage.com.au/national/act/the-cosmic-and-the-rural-co-exist-in-creative-couple-s-work-20190329-p518wt.html
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Solo exhibition at Beaver Galleries ACT 24 May to 10 June. Please click on press links below

What's on in the Canberra Art Scene 26 May Sydney Morning Herald
www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/what-s-on-in-the-canberra-arts-scene-may-26-2018-20180521-p4zgis.html


Whispers of nature in elegant pieces, ART REVIEW Canberra Times Friday June 1, 2018
by Sasha Grishin



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Finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women's ART PRIZE 2017 with  "Microclimate II" 2016
click on Ravenswood icon for more information about the prize and exhibiton

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Off Grid exhibition catalogue,  May Space Gallery, Sydney, 26th April to 13th May 2017 
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https://goulburnregionalartgallery.com.au/exhibitions/wendy-teakel-and-david-jensz
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https://artguide.com.au/maintaining-personal-space-in-different-clothcommon-threads
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Australia House Urada Japan

Wendy has been invited to be in residence at Australia house under the auspice of the Australian Embassy, Tokyo and the Echigo Tsumari Art Foundation. During her two week residency in the award winning building designed by Andrew Burns, Wendy will develop a series of drawings responding to the landscape and working with natural charcoals, soils and snow as well as pastels and pigment.
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Australia Council Residency to Tokyo Feb - May 2016

​Wendy will be travelling to Tokyo to take up residence for three months in mid February 2016. She was awarded the grant under the Australia Council International Residency Program in 2014. Wendy will be the penultimate resident in the Tokyo studio which sadly will cease to be part of the Australia Council’s future programs. Wendy will be travelling within Japan and spending time researching Japanese space and applying her findings to her practice.
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CHAT April 4 - May 3, 2014 - an exhibition between Thai Artists connected to the Faculty of Fine Arts at Chiang Mai University and Australian Artists from the Australian National University School of Art. Through exchange programs sponsored by both universities and Asialink Residencies strong bonds have been forged between the faculties. https://soa.anu.edu.au/event/chat

a reciprocal visit is planned for ANU SOA staff to be in residence with CMU artists at the Chiang Mai University to develop work for exhibition  to be exhibited at the Chiang Mai University Art Museum and to extend friendships and an exchange of creative ideas 
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But Mostly Air - Curator Jason Smith 
ANU School of Art Gallery 
FRI, 9TH AUGUST - 
SAT, 7TH SEPTEMBER 2013
catalogue available at 

https://soa.anu.edu.au/school-of-art-gallery/school-of-art-main-gallery?page=4
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Wendy Teakel's floor work central  in photograph and far right of photograph

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"Mungo Traces" exhibition at Beaver Galleries
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Wendy Teakel's "Gypsum Lake, Finalist in the 2013 Fleurieu Art Prize
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Wendy Teakel's "Paddock Traces" 2013, Finalist in the Kedumba invitation art prize.
The "Momentum" exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre is open! Exhibition Dates 28 March to 14 April 2013
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Marking Place Exhibition at Canberra Museum and Gallery

Click here to read the Media Release

Wendy Teakel Awarded artsACT project grant for 2012

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Wendy was successful in attracting an artsACT project grant to travel to the United States to  visit and research land art sites and landscapes. Her trip will take her by road and air across thousands of kilometres visiting some iconic artworks and landscapes which will enable her to make comparative studies between Australian and USA landscapes. She will also visit exhibitions and major museums of contemporary art.



Wendy Teakel Awarded the Singapore Airlines Travel Award for 2011

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Wendy Teakel was awarded the Singapore Airlines Travel Award to assist her with travel to Kathmandu, Nepal to research Nepalese carpet weaving, dying and production techniques. This research will be used to create new work, transforming Teakel’s two dimensional designs into hand dyed woven carpets through collaboration with local artisans within a fair trade environment at Kumbeshwar Technical School.

Weaving Art and Change

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Wendy Teakel was invited by Melbourne based curator Isabella Holding to participate in the Weaving Art and Change project. This is a non profit project where all sales go to help charities in Nepal. The carpets were exhibited at fortyfivedownstairs in Melbourne May 2011.

Weaving Art and Change was exhibited at the Siddhartha Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal from 23rd September to 7th October, 2012. The exhibition was supported by the Australian Embassy in Nepal and the Curator, Isabella Holding gave a floor talk about the "Weaving Art and Change" project at the gallery, Wednesday 26th September at 4.00pm





Paddock Traces 2009, Woolen pile carpet 100 knots/square inch edition of 5,
H 210 cm  X W 147 cm
 
© copyright Wendy Teakel, all rights  reserved





Academic wins richest annual landscape art prize in Australia

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Wendy Teakel is the penultimate winner of Australia's richest annual prize for painting. follow these links for more information about the prize.


Black Soil Country 2010, Pokerwork, scorch marks and acrylic on plywood 144 X 120 cm
Photo by David Paterson (unless specified otherwise), © copyright Wendy Teakel,
all rights reserved

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