ANNA HENDERSON

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

1987-1990          Townsville College of TAFE - First Class Honours - Studio Ceramics 

1990-2003          Built a successful art and pottery studio business, based in the New England Tableland region of NSW 

Exhibited many forms of pottery, sculpture and paintings at galleries in the New England and coastal regions. 

Exhibiting opportunities in galleries in Sydney and Brisbane.   

2000                  The Cannon Gallery, Argyle Street, Sydney 

2006- 2008        Curator, “ Crossing New England I,II and III” – An exhibition of selected artists from across the New England Area at the Armidale Gallery, Armidale. 

Currently lives and works from Guyra, NSW 

CURRENT WORK

Anna’s current work includes an exploration into acrylic abstract landscape work on canvas and paper with a special interest in the creation of various textures including sand, black japan, texture paste and medium. 

She has a ‘lifelong’ interest in ceramics, exploring raku and sagger firing, large sawdust fired hand built pieces - paper clay tiles, raku firing using copper based glazes and using slips and oxides with gold leaf and framed works.  

Anna’s work has been awarded numerous prizes and commendations in New South Wales and Queensland since 1997. Her work is held in collections in Australia and abroad.     

EXHIBITIONS 

1991                  Pacific Festival Art Award Exhibition 

1997                  Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition - Champion Pot, Hand Built 

                        New England Art Society Art Exhibition - Fist Prize, Applied Arts Section 

1998                  New England Art Society Art Exhibition - Highly Commended, Applied Arts Section 

                        Inverell Regional Art Gallery - Solo Exhibition Baked Earth 

1998&2000         Australian Open Garden Exhibition - Art for Gardens (by invitation, solo) 

1999                  The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, Royal Easter Show (selected exhibitor) 

2000                  New England Art Society Spring Exhibition - Commended Open and Ceramics Sections 

2001                  Coffs Harbour Art & Craft Exhibition - Commended, Miniature Section 

                        Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition - Guest Potter 

2001 & 2002     Waverly College Annual Art Exhibition, Sydney (selected)

2001                  New England Art Society, Exhibition, Clay Bottles (solo) 

2002                  Inverell Regional Art Gallery - Solo Exhibition by Invitation, Explorations in Clay (solo) 

                        Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition - Highly Commended, Ceramics Section 

                        Inverell Art Society Competitive Exhibition: 1st Prize, Special Feature Pottery Section;                                                      New England Art Society Spring Exhibition - 1st Prize and Commended, Open Section 

2003                  Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition, First Prize in Pottery Section 

                        The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, Royal Easter Show (selected exhibitor) 

                        Joy Joyce’s Framing and Exhibition Gallery, Armidale - Summer Exhibition (solo) 

2004                  Invitation to judge the 2004 Currabubula Red Cross Ceramic Art Award. 

2005-2009            Lake Russell Gallery 

PUBLICATIONS

“High Lean Country” – Land, people and memory in New England, Edited by Alan Atkinson, J S Ryan, Iain Davidson and Andrew Piper, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW  Australia, 2006