Biography
b. 1960 Townsville, Australia
1983 BSc (Hons.), James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
1984 - 87 Research Zoologist, based Perth, Western Australia
1988 – 91 Associate Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney
1992 - 93 Photography and Ceramics studies, East Sydney Technical College; Sydney Institute of Technology
1994 – 96 Diploma of Ceramics, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney.
2000 BFA (Ceramics), National Art School (Conversion). Guest Lecturer (Ceramics), National Art School, Sydney.
2001-02 Sessional Lecturer (Ceramics), National Art School, Sydney.
1997-2005 Studio practice (based Sydney & NSW Southern Highlands).
Selected Exhibitions (Eight solo, twenty-one exhibitions Australia)
2005 The Sea. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney. Group.
Art Sydney 05.
2004 Blue Chamber. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney. Solo.
Melbourne Art Fair. Rex Irwin Art Dealer.
From where I stand: ceramic contemplations of place and displacement. Adelaide 2004 Festival of Arts, Visual Arts program, JamFactory, Adelaide. Solo.
2003 Fifty Years of Collecting Australian Ceramics. Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Chemistry Set. Contemporary Project Space, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW.
Ceramics 2003: the Australian and New Zealand Context. Campbelltown City
Bicentennial Art Gallery. National Invitation.
Important Works on Paper, Sculpture and Ceramics. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2002 Calvino's Hinterland. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney. Solo.
Important Works on Paper, Sculpture and Ceramics. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney.
2001 Contemporary Ceramics. Nick Mitzevich Gallery, Newcastle, N.S.W.
SOFA 2001. Chicago, USA. Narek Galleries, NSW.
Skin and Bone. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney.
Ten Memos in Return. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Qld.
Important Works on Paper and Important Ceramics. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney.
Bowled Over. Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia.
Recent Aquisitions. Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW.
2000 Porcelain for Federation Line. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney. Solo.
Australian Landscapes. Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney.
Ceramics 2000: the Australian Context. Campbelltown City Art Gallery. Tenth Birthday Show. Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney. March.
1999 Alumination 99. Cell Block Theatre, East Sydney.
1998 New Voices in Clay. Manly Art Gallery and Museum. National Invitation.
Leaf Shadow Ash Water. Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney. Joint solo.
1997 Poems for Land and Body: the Birdwood series. T.A.P Gallery, Sydney. Solo.
Seventh Birthday Show. Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney.
Love Letters to John McDonald. Regent Street Gallery, Sydney.
Word of Mouth 7. Ardt Gallery, Sydney.
Really Out Art. Maudespace, Sydney.
1996 Touch. Diploma Graduate Show, Cell Block, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney.
Published/Reproduced (Selected)
2004 The Art Life. On line review at artlife@blogspot.com. December 7.
Hill, Peter.’ Favourite things’. Galleries, Sydney Morning Herald, December 4.
Lally, Janice. ‘Louise Boscacci’.Exhibition Text for From where I Stand. JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, South Australia
2003 McCracken, Gillian. “Newcastle Region Art Gallery: Fifty Years of Australian Ceramics”. The Journal of Australian Ceramics, vol 42 (3) pp 8- 13.
Buckle, Sue. “Ceramics in Context”. The Journal of Australian Ceramics / Pottery
in Australia, vol 42 (3) pp 64 -67
Stowell, Jill. “Hard Subjects worth tackling”. Newcastle Herald, June 14, p 14
2002 Moses, A. “Exhibitions: Master Class”. Sydney Morning Herald. September 21. Williams, A. “Living Antiques”. Vogue Living. April/May, pp 106 - 107.
Australian Ceramics Directory:www.australianceramics.com
2001 Boscacci, L. “The Other Side of the Line”. Pottery in Australia. September.
Kidd, C. “An Etch Scratched”. Galleries, Sydney Morning Herald. April 25.
Kidd, C. “Critics Picks”. Exhibitions, Sydney Morning Herald. December 8.
Kidd, C. “Crafty Art”. Galleries, Sydney Morning Herald. December 6. Garside, Sioux. “Ceramics, the Australian Context”. Catalogue, Ceramics 2000. Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW.
1999 Boscacci, Louise. “It’s not on any map; true places never are”. Pottery in Australia. Vol 38 (3). Litson, Jo.”Ceramics, the Australian Context”. Ceramics: Art and Perception,38(4).
1998 Manly Art Gallery and Museum, and the Potters Society of Australia. “New Voices in Clay”. Catalogue. Weiss, Karen. “New Voices in Clay”. Pottery in Australia. Vol 37, pp 39-40.
Other
2004 Australia Council, Visual Arts and Craft Board, New Work (2004-6).
2003 Process in Contemporary Art. Ceramic Symposium, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW. Unpublished paper: Groundtruthing Project 2003.
2001 Vision Purple. Installation for the Co-operative Research Centre for Eye Technology Research, University of New South Wales. University of NSW Art Collection.
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW; Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW; University of New South Wales Art Collection; Private collections Australia, UK, USA.
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