Marea Gazzard b. 1928

  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Marea Gazzard was a sculptor in clay and bronze. After training in ceramics, she studied sculpture with Lyndon Dadswell and had her first solo exhibition in 1963. She began casting in bronze in 1969 and executed major commissions for the Art Gallery NSW, Parliament House, Canberra and elsewhere. She was also one of the principal founders of the Crafts Council of Australia and the former president of the World Craft Council.
Tags: Sculptor, Artist, Clay, Bronze, Ceramics
exhibited at
Clay Dynasty
Date
11 October 2021 - 29 January 2022
Place
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of three generations of studio ceramics in Australia, from the 1960s when potters were influenced by Bernard Leach’s understanding of Japanese aesthetics, to a more liberated creative approach.
It was drawn in its entirety from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Tags
ceramcis, studio potters
Website
https://www.maas.museum/event/clay-dynasty/
exhibited at
Turn Turn Turn
Date
5 June 2015 - 8 August 2015
Place
National Art School, Sydney, NSW
Description

Group show celebrating 60 years of the studio ceramics tradition at the National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW.

exhibited at
Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection
Date
9 March 1995 - June 1995
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Opened by Deborah Mills and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, 8 March 1995.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Review
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Women hold up half the sky
Date
March 1995 - April 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Opened by the Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence. Heritage book launched at the same time. The touring exhibition, Sydney by Design, formed one section of this exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Women Artists from the Collection
Date
27 January 1995 - 30 April 1995
Place
Lewers Bequest & Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Women and Arts Festival
Date
5 October 1982 - 30 October 1982
Place
Coventry Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Women and the Arts Festival
exhibited at
Sculpture 1970: the fourth Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Date
28 February 1970 - 18 April 1970
Place
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mildura Prize for Sculpture 1967
Date
22 April 1967
Place
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
exhibited at
Mike Brown Appeal Fund Exhibition
Date
19 February 1967
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery