Esme Timbery b. 1931

Also known as Esme Russell
  • Artist
Shellworker, Esme Timbery lives and works in La Perouse, NSW. Her shellworked harbour bridges are created from wood, glue, cardboard, fabric, glitter and shells gathered from the beaches of the NSW south coast.
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exhibited at
Curious Colony
Date
2010
Place
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Curated by Lisa Slade.
This exhibition toured in late 2010/2011 to the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney.

Type
Exhibition
Note
Commissioned to create nine pairs of shellworked baby-booties and four shellworked boomerangs for this exhibition
exhibited at
Ngadhu, Ngulili, Ngeaninyagu - A Personal History of Aboriginal Art in the Premier State
Date
2008
Place
Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Description

Curated by Djon Mundine

Type
Exhibition
Note
Commissioned to create a series of shell-worked baby booties for this exhibition.
exhibited at
NSW Parliament of NSW Art Prize
Date
2005
Place
NSW Parliament House, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Messages from the Fringe
Date
2003
Place
Birrung Gallery, Leichhardt, NSW
Description

Now located at Potts Point, NSW

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Message Sticks
Date
2002
Place
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Related collections
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Nuru Gilli, Aboriginal Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Nuru Gilli, Aboriginal Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)