About the exhibition

Artists based in the UK and Australia have explored their own sense of place and individual cultural identity as a consequence of their personal and family experiences of transplantation.

Jewellery offers an art form which provides a means of recording memory and experience in a portable and wearable form. Through this medium it is possible to express ideas, thoughts, and concerns, which may not be achievable in other ways. Twelve contemporary jewellery artists from the UK and Australia have been selected to create up to three pieces of work each, which will articulate the notion of transplantation in a tangible form.

Even jewellers whose work is not overtly illustrative often have a story to tell. In some cases participants’ existing reputations are already built on narrative and metaphor. Each artist in this exhibition has their own experience of cultural, familial and artistic transplantation of one sort or another that they have drawn on to create work which is powerful, engaging and thought-provoking.

Artists

Anna Davern (Melbourne), Bridie Lander (Sydney/Birmingham), Jack Cunningham (Birmingham), Jivan Astfalck (London), Jo Pond (Derby), Joung-Mee Do (Melbourne), Laura Potter (London), Lin Cheung (London), Nick Bastin (Melbourne), Norman Cherry (Lincoln), Rosanne Bartley (Melbourne), Sheridan Kennedy (Sydney).

Tour dates

Acknowledgements

Transplantation: A Sense of Place and Culture was developed by University of Lincoln, assisted by the National Centre for Craft and Design and funded by Arts Council England. In Australia it was toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland.