Sally Mumford
Education
First Class Honours, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Drawing & Printmedia), Australian National University, 2018
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Sydney, 1991
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Portholes, Dangar Island Depot, Hawkesbury River, NSW
2021 The Love In-Between, The Living Room, Alice Springs
In-Plight, M16 Artspace, ACT
2018 Wayfinding on Black Mountain, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT
2017 Wildwood, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
2010 Dialogue with the Muses, Peta Appleyard Gallery, Alice Springs
2008 This Place, Olive Pink Botanical Gardens, Alice Springs
2007 Up the Garden Path II, Olive Pink Botanical Gardens, Alice Springs
Porous, Watch This Space, Alice Springs
1999 Always Travelling, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs 1997
Intoxicated, Watch This Space, Alice Springs
1996 Angel of the Road Train, Watch This Space, Alice Springs
Group Exhibitions
2022 Finalist, M16 Drawing Prize, Canberra ACT
Clay on Country, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
Finalist, The Goulburn Art Prize, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW
Finalist, The 42nd Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
The Light Through the Trees, Durras Progress Hall, Durras, NSW
2021 Canary in the Coalmine Exhibition, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Sharing Stories, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT
For the Love of Earth, Durras Progress Hall, Durras, NSW
2020 Finalist, Megalo Members Show, Megalo Print Studio, ACT
Finalist, Intaglio Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, ACT
Finalist, Screen On Paper, Megalo Print Studio, ACT
2019 Megalo Members Show, ACT
Smith’s Alternative Gallery, ACT
Finalist, Megalo Residencies: A Survey, ACT
Finalist, Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, Wangaratta, VIC
Art. Letter. Home, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
Art. Letter. Home, Suzhou Art Museum, Jiangsu, China
2018 Graduating Exhibition, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT School of Art Drawing Prize, ANU School of Art, ACT
Traversing Tidbinbilla, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
Art. Letter. Home, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Chongqing, China 2017 Art. Letter. Home, China Art Academy, Hangzhou, China
School of Art Drawing Prize, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT
Strange Careers, Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT
2016 Untaming the Urban, Sculpture Workshop, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT
Graduating Exhibition, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT
School of Art Drawing Prize, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT,
2015 Beyond Balawan, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT
School of Art Drawing Prize, ANU School, of Art & Design, ACT
2012 Finalist, Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tasmania (highly commended)
Tasmanian Art Award, Tasmania
2010 Attention to Detail, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Finalist, The 36th Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2009 Studio 12 Show, Peta Appleyard Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2006 Up the Garden Path, Olive Pink Botanical Gardens, Alice Springs, NT
2004 Finalist, The Advocate Central Australian Art Award, Alice Springs, NT
2000 Fruiting Bodies, Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT
1999 Finalist, The Advocate Central Australian Art Award, Alice Springs, NT
Finalist, NT Art Award, Alice Springs, NT
Finalist, Broken Hill Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill, NSW
1997 Dozen, Hepburn Palais, Hepburn, VIC
Small Minded, Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT
Ask a Local, Tell a Tourist Where to Go, 24Hr Art, Darwin, NT
1995 Chair, Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT
Snake, 24Hr Art, Darwin, NT
Finalist, NT Art Awards, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1994 100% Tracy, 24Hr Art, Darwin, NT
Prizes, Awards & Commissions
2018 EASS Acquisition Award
EASS Country to Coast Exhibition and Residency Prize
EASS Megalo Print Studio & Gallery Residency Award
2016 EASS Tuggeranong Arts Centre Exhibition Award
EASS Lull Gallery Exhibition Award
2016 Limited Edition Print Commission for The Arts Law Centre of Australia
Residences
2022 Riverdence, Hawkesbury River, NSW
2019 Megalo Print Studio & Gallery, ACT
Coast to Country Residency, Murringo & South Durras, NSW
2017 Spring Residency, Craft ACT, Tidbinbilla, NSW
Publications
2016 Contributing artist in the book, Untaming the Urban, A Visual Art Response, published by ANU
2015 Contributing artist in the book, Beyond Balawan, Aesthetic responses to the Bundian Way, published by ANU
2012 Contributing artist in the book, Hot Springs, The Northern Territory and Contemporary Australian Artists, Daena Murray, published by MacMillan Press
2005 Published and produced artwork for the book; for a dry country, writings and drawings from the Centre by Meg Mooney and Sally Mumford.
2004 Produced illustrations for booklet; Sustainable Housing in Central Australia.
2002 Illustrated; Planning for Country: Cross-cultural approaches to decision making on Aboriginal lands. Published by Jukurrpa Books.
1999 Produced illustrations for Sugar man, Song Cycle, by Craig San Roque
Collections
Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
Olive Pink Botanical Gardens, Alice Springs
The Arts Law Centre of Australia, NSW
Private Collections
Grants
2004 Arts NT Grant
2010 Arts NT Grant
Professional Experience & Workshops
2022 Lino-cut Relief Printing Workshop for Ampe-kenhe Ahelhe, CDU, Alice Springs, NT
Lino-cut Relief Printing Workshops for Events ACT, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
Lino-cut Relief Printing Workshop for Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health & Community Services, Canberra Museum & Gallery, ACT
2021 Intro to Relief Printing Workshop, Megalo Print Studio, ACT
Decal Plate Workshop, Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2020 Participated in BWAE (Bundian Way Arts Exchange), a creative participatory project between Canberra artists & the local Indigenous and
non-indigenous communities of the far south coast of NSW.
2020 Lecturer (Semester 1), Drawing into Print: Etching & Relief, Printmedia & Drawing, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT
2019 Dry point etching workshops with Curatorial students, Printmedia & Drawing studio, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT.
2009 Magic Garden Puppet Project for Alice Desert Festival, worked with students from Yirara College to make a large spider with movable parts.
Alice Springs, NT
2009 Artist in Schools mural project, The Alice Springs Steiner School, NT
1997 Mural Project at Maningrida School, produced wall murals and door panels for the primary school in collaboration with the students.
Maningrida, NT
1995-7 Worked at Tangentyere Land Care, an Aboriginal organisation in Alice Springs, producing Land care Action Plans for bush communities around
Central Australia, NT
1994 Designed and produced Escarpment, a series of stain glass windows for Bowali Visitor Centre and headquarters of Kakadu National Park, NT
1992-3 Worked as an architect with Speargrass Architects in Darwin, NT