Resume

Rhonda completed a Master of Fine Arts and Master of Studio Arts at Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney) and Bachelor of Fine Arts College of Fine Arts (University of New South Wales), Sydney. Rhonda has exhibited widely across Australia and has completed numerous residencies internationally. Her work is held in private and public collections. Rhonda’s visual arts practice encompasses textiles, painting, drawing and photography. She is interested in memory and how it functions within the culturally anthropological spaces of textile, object and place. I am particularly interested in history, emotion and imperfection, working across textile, photography and installation.

I am drawn to working with textiles for many reasons: their intimate relationship with the body, their close association with memory, and their visual beauty and tactile appeal. For me, textiles are a natural, but not exclusive, medium of expression for my concerns. The invisible narratives within cloth speak of hidden histories, making, industry and identification. The DNA carried on cloth can no doubt reveal many stories.