Curriculum Vitae

QUALIFICATIONS

1968 Commercial Art Certificate – National Art School, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1975 Bachelor of Fine Art – Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
1977 Post Graduate Diploma of Teaching – University of South Australia, Adelaide
1995 Master of Education – University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1976 Pura Lana Galleria Hernan Cortez, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
1981 Morleymade Goulburn CAE Gallery, Goulburn, NSW –Toured: 5 NSW venues
1982 Morley Grainger – Wollongong 1982 City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
1994 In Praise of Pioneer WomenToured: 3 Qld venues
1995 In Praise of Australian Women – Toured: 5 Qld venues sponsored by Regional Galleries Association of Queensland Toured: 19 Qld & NSW venues independently
1997-98 Objects of Ideas – 10 Approaches to Contemporary Craft Practice (Group show) – Craft Council of Queensland – Toured: 16 Qld & NSW venues
1998 Setbacks-Shattered Dreams – Touring: 8 Qld & NSW venues
1999 Aprons – invited to exhibit – Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery – Touring: 7 Qld & NSW venues
2000 Washing – invited to exhibit – Salmon Galleries, Sydney – Touring: 4 Qld & NSW venues
2001 Well Preserved! – Touring: 4 Qld & NSW venues
2004 Line of Blood – Myall Creek Massacre 1838 – our shared history – invited to exhibit – Inverell Gallery NSW – Touring: 3 Qld & Vic venues
2006 Rise – cooking up character – Touring: 3 Qld & NSW venues
2008 The Adorable Mrs Dennis – Kath Dickson Community Art Space, Toowoomba
2018 Tweets from the Trenches – France WW1 – Repertory Theatre Gallery, Toowoomba

EXHIBITION CO-ORDINATOR (GALLERY)

1995 – In Praise of Australian Women, Setbacks – Shattered Dreams, Aprons, Washing, Well Preserved!, Line of Blood – Myall Creek Massacre 1838 – our shared history, Rise – cooking up character, The Adorable Mrs Dennis & Tweets from the Trenches – France WW1 – organising and managing solo exhibitions – Touring: Qld, NSW & Vic regional galleries

GRANTS

1980-81 Workshop Development grant – Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1997/99 Regional Arts Development Fund grant – Toowoomba City Council
2001 Arts Queensland grant
2002 Winston Churchill Fellowship for 2003

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1975-76 Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research Guatemala City, Central America – Botanical Illustrator
Department of National Heritage and The Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, Mexico – Archaeological Illustrator
1979-80 College of Advanced Education Goulburn, NSW – Handweaver-in-Residence
1981 Setting up Morleymade production studio Goulburn, NSW
1982 University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW – Craftsperson-in-Residence
1983 University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba – Lecturer Textiles
1988 Establishing textile studio South East Queensland
1992 Overseas Service Bureau Australian Volunteers Abroad Manzini, Swaziland

LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

1975-76 The Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research Guatemala City, Central America – The Maya lecture series
Instituto Allende
Guanajuato, Mexico – Workshops
1984 Findhorn Foundation Forres, Scotland – Residential workshops
1989 McGregor Summer School University of Southern Queensland – Workshop
1996 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Queensland – Lectures for Visual Art students
1996 – In Praise of Australian Women, Setbacks – Shattered Dreams, Aprons, Washing, Well Preserved!, Line of Blood – Myall Creek Massacre 1838 – our shared history, Rise – cooking up character, The Adorable Mrs Dennis & Tweets from the Trenches – France WW1 – Public art gallery lectures & workshops
1996 Radio & TV – Interviews promoting touring exhibitions

DVD, CD-ROM & Videos

1998 The Dreaming Quilts of Morley Grainger – 22min DVD by Jennifer Wright & Jack Adams – a Back Door Step Production of Creative Cohesions Toowoomba, Australia
2001 Morley Grainger’s Touring Exhibitions – CD-ROM by Allan Roe Brisbane, Australia
2023 The Morley Grainger Legacy Project – 29 individual videos by Jeff Black Darling Downs Video Services Toowoomba, Australia