Liz Williamson b. 1949

Also known as Elizabeth Blanche Williamson
  • Artist (Weaver)
Textile artist Liz Williamson began weaving in the late 1970s. Sometimes wearable, sometimes for display, her artworks have been exhibited and collected in Japan, Canada, USA, UK, Europe and Australia.
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exhibited at
Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf'2
Date
2010
Place
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf
Date
2009
Place
Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
From Lausanne to Beijing, 5th International Fiberart Exhibition
Date
2008
Place
Fiber Art Institute, Academy of Art and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Liz Williamson: Textiles
Date
2008 - 2011
Place
Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW touring to Regional Galleries in Australia
Description

An Object Gallery exhibition touring to Regional Galleries in Australia 2008-2011, part of the 'Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft’ series.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Smart works, design and the handmade
Date
2007
Place
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Depth of Field
Date
2006
Place
Midlands Arts Centre Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Description

touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Warna-Warni
Date
2006
Place
Galeri Petronas, Sarawak, Malaysia
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
About Jacquard
Date
2006
Place
Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Canada
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
In the world, 17th Tamworth Fibre Textiles Biennial
Date
2006
Place
Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
Description

touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exploring Surface and Texture
Date
2006
Place
Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A Visible Thread
Date
2006
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Visible Darning
Date
2006
Place
Project Space, Object Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Inspired - design across time
Date
2005
Place
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
a matter of time : 16th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial
Date
2004
Place
Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
Description

touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Pins and needles - textile and techniques from the Australian Collection
Date
2004
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Textile Art OBG International Biennial
Date
2002
Place
Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Extreme Wearables
Date
2002
Place
Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Tracking Cloth
Date
2002
Place
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description

national and international touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Material Culture - aspects of contemporary Australian Craft and Design
Date
2002
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
From Lausanne to Beijing- Beijing 2000, International Tapestry Art Exhibition
Date
2000
Place
Academy of Art and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Colonial to contemporary: a decade of collecting Australian decorative arts and design
Date
2000
Place
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
e-textiles, ventures - jacquard weaving
Date
2000
Place
Le Centre des Textiles Contemporains de Montreal, Canada
Description

national and international touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan
Date
1999
Place
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan
Description

toured Japan and Australia

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Origins and New Perspectives - Contemporary Australian Textiles
Date
1999
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

Lodz, Poland in 1998

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Surface
Date
1999
Place
Crawford Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
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Periods active
  • 1970
  • 1970-1979
Other occupations
  • teacher, Design Studies, COFA, UNSW
  • teacher, Design Studies, COFA, UNSW
References [<ExternalResource: Layne, Barbara and Margo Mensing (2000), 'e-textiles', Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Canada, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Zimmer, Jenny (1988), 'Skill, Pleasure and Loss: of Language and Dexterity', Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2000), 'Reverberations: Pulsations in Liz Williamson's woven textiles', Fiberarts, vol. 7, # 1 Summer.>, <ExternalResource: Brennan, Belsey (March 1984), 'Woven art', Vogue Living, .>, <ExternalResource: Conroy, Diana Wood (October 1996), '12th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennal', Periphery magazine, .>, <ExternalResource: James, Bruce (February 1994), 'New colour', Sydney Morning Herald, .>, <ExternalResource: Juers, Evelyn (October 1996), 'Hiding Places', Art Monthly Australia, .>, <ExternalResource: McCracken, Gillian (August 1996), 'Collaborations- working in the arts', Periphery, .>, <ExternalResource: Radok, Stephanie (May 1996), 'The large darn', The Adelaide Review, .>, <ExternalResource: Lawson, Amanda (December 1988), 'East/West perspectives', Crafts NSW, .>, <ExternalResource: Attiwill, Suzie (2004), 'A matter of time', Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bell, Robert (2002), 'Material Culture- Aspects of Contemporary Australian Craft and Design', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2006), 'Visible Darning', Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (1993), 'Pieces of Colour', Jam Factor Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (2007), ''Liz Williamson' in Smart works: design and the handmade', Powerhouse Museum Publishing, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: King, Glenda (1998), 'Origins and New Perspectives/ Contemporary Australian Textiles', Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania and Craft Australia, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Lamb, Jennifer (1996), 'Below the Surface', Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: McCracken, Gillian (2000), 'Frisson', Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Murray, Kevin (1999), 'Water Medicine', Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Parkes, Brian (2004), 'Sydney Style', Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Rowley, Sue (1997), 'Crossing Borders: Contemporary Australian Textile Art', University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Wada, Yoshika Iwamoto (2004), 'Ragged Beauty- Repair and Reuse; Past and Present', Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, United States, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (1996), 'Derivations', Craft ACT Gallery, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (2007), 'Integration: the nature of objects', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2003), 'Unwrapped', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/436/2 Scarf, 'Land folds 1', wool / wool blend / metallic thread / nylon, Liz Williamson, Sydney, Australia, 1993', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Dark fields' blanket by Liz Williamson,', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: Layne, Barbara and Margo Mensing (2000), 'e-textiles', Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Canada, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Zimmer, Jenny (1988), 'Skill, Pleasure and Loss: of Language and Dexterity', Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2000), 'Reverberations: Pulsations in Liz Williamson's woven textiles', Fiberarts, vol. 7, # 1 Summer.>, <ExternalResource: Brennan, Belsey (March 1984), 'Woven art', Vogue Living, .>, <ExternalResource: Conroy, Diana Wood (October 1996), '12th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennal', Periphery magazine, .>, <ExternalResource: James, Bruce (February 1994), 'New colour', Sydney Morning Herald, .>, <ExternalResource: Juers, Evelyn (October 1996), 'Hiding Places', Art Monthly Australia, .>, <ExternalResource: McCracken, Gillian (August 1996), 'Collaborations- working in the arts', Periphery, .>, <ExternalResource: Radok, Stephanie (May 1996), 'The large darn', The Adelaide Review, .>, <ExternalResource: Lawson, Amanda (December 1988), 'East/West perspectives', Crafts NSW, .>, <ExternalResource: Attiwill, Suzie (2004), 'A matter of time', Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bell, Robert (2002), 'Material Culture- Aspects of Contemporary Australian Craft and Design', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2006), 'Visible Darning', Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (1993), 'Pieces of Colour', Jam Factor Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (2007), ''Liz Williamson' in Smart works: design and the handmade', Powerhouse Museum Publishing, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: King, Glenda (1998), 'Origins and New Perspectives/ Contemporary Australian Textiles', Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania and Craft Australia, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Lamb, Jennifer (1996), 'Below the Surface', Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: McCracken, Gillian (2000), 'Frisson', Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Murray, Kevin (1999), 'Water Medicine', Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Parkes, Brian (2004), 'Sydney Style', Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Rowley, Sue (1997), 'Crossing Borders: Contemporary Australian Textile Art', University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Wada, Yoshika Iwamoto (2004), 'Ragged Beauty- Repair and Reuse; Past and Present', Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, United States, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (1996), 'Derivations', Craft ACT Gallery, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (2007), 'Integration: the nature of objects', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2003), 'Unwrapped', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, (ex. cat.).>]
Alternative names
  • Elizabeth Blanche Williamson
  • Elizabeth Blanche Williamson
Related people
  • Stirton, Tony (associate of)
  • Muldowney, Joan Margaret (child of)
  • Williamson, Ian Andrew Napier (child of)
  • Williamson, John (sibling of)
  • Williamson, Maggie (sibling of)
  • Williamson, Robert (sibling of)
  • Stirton, Tony (associate of)
  • Muldowney, Joan Margaret (child of)
  • Williamson, Ian Andrew Napier (child of)
  • Williamson, John (sibling of)
  • Williamson, Maggie (sibling of)
  • Williamson, Robert (sibling of)
Related person groups
  • Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related works
  • Sac (creator of)
  • 'Woven in Asia' textured scarf (creator of)
  • Loop (creator of)
  • Pink Edge, Grey Edge (creator of)
  • Band (creator of)
  • Blue Inside (creator of)
  • Dark D'oyley from the 'Domestic Damask' series (creator of)
  • Threadbare (creator of)
  • Twist (creator of)
  • Pale Darn (creator of)
  • Velvet Darn (creator of)
  • Curve scarf (creator of)
  • Water (creator of)
  • Convey (creator of)
  • Worn (creator of)
  • Undulations (creator of)
  • Surface (creator of)
  • Fray (creator of)
  • Land Field wrap (creator of)
  • Intersections (creator of)
  • Gold Textile (creator of)
  • 93/436/2 Scarf, 'Land folds 1', wool / wool blend / metallic thread / nylon, Liz Williamson, Sydney, Australia, 1993 (creator of)
  • 'Dark fields' blanket by Liz Williamson, (creator of)
  • Colour Fields (creator of)
  • Annapurna Blue (creator of)
  • Blue Cocoon (creator of)
  • Hoechst award textile 2436 (creator of)
  • Sac (creator of)
  • 'Woven in Asia' textured scarf (creator of)
  • Loop (creator of)
  • Pink Edge, Grey Edge (creator of)
  • Band (creator of)
  • Blue Inside (creator of)
  • Dark D'oyley from the 'Domestic Damask' series (creator of)
  • Threadbare (creator of)
  • Twist (creator of)
  • Pale Darn (creator of)
  • Velvet Darn (creator of)
  • Curve scarf (creator of)
  • Water (creator of)
  • Convey (creator of)
  • Worn (creator of)
  • Undulations (creator of)
  • Surface (creator of)
  • Fray (creator of)
  • Land Field wrap (creator of)
  • Intersections (creator of)
  • Gold Textile (creator of)
  • Colour Fields (creator of)
  • Annapurna Blue (creator of)
  • Blue Cocoon (creator of)
  • Hoechst award textile 2436 (creator of)
Related collections
  • Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Alice Craft Acquisition Collection, Craft Council NT, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Hoechst Australia Textile Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Alice Craft Acquisition Collection, Craft Council NT, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Hoechst Australia Textile Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Hoescht National Textile Award (received)
  • Norwellan Upholstery Designer Award (received)
  • Living Treasure: Master of Australian Craft (received)
  • Hoescht National Textile Award (received)
  • Norwellan Upholstery Designer Award (received)
  • Living Treasure: Master of Australian Craft (received)
Related events
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf'2 (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing, 5th International Fiberart Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Liz Williamson: Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Smart works, design and the handmade (exhibited at)
  • Depth of Field (exhibited at)
  • Warna-Warni (exhibited at)
  • About Jacquard (exhibited at)
  • In the world, 17th Tamworth Fibre Textiles Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Exploring Surface and Texture (exhibited at)
  • A Visible Thread (exhibited at)
  • Visible Darning (exhibited at)
  • Inspired - design across time (None)
  • a matter of time : 16th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Pins and needles - textile and techniques from the Australian Collection (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Textile Art OBG International Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Extreme Wearables (exhibited at)
  • Tracking Cloth (exhibited at)
  • Material Culture - aspects of contemporary Australian Craft and Design (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing- Beijing 2000, International Tapestry Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Colonial to contemporary: a decade of collecting Australian decorative arts and design (exhibited at)
  • e-textiles, ventures - jacquard weaving (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan (exhibited at)
  • Origins and New Perspectives - Contemporary Australian Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Surface (exhibited at)
  • International Lace Competition (exhibited at)
  • Blue, Flax is Blue: 2nd Biennale du Lin Contemporain (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Wraps (exhibited at)
  • Undulations (exhibited at)
  • New Colour (exhibited at)
  • Pieces of Colour (exhibited at)
  • Wraps and Scarves (exhibited at)
  • Glenaeon Craft Expo (exhibited at)
  • Fine Fibre: an exhibition of excellence in fibre art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Wearable Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf'2 (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing, 5th International Fiberart Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Liz Williamson: Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Smart works, design and the handmade (exhibited at)
  • Depth of Field (exhibited at)
  • Warna-Warni (exhibited at)
  • About Jacquard (exhibited at)
  • In the world, 17th Tamworth Fibre Textiles Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Exploring Surface and Texture (exhibited at)
  • A Visible Thread (exhibited at)
  • Visible Darning (exhibited at)
  • Inspired - design across time (None)
  • a matter of time : 16th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Pins and needles - textile and techniques from the Australian Collection (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Textile Art OBG International Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Extreme Wearables (exhibited at)
  • Tracking Cloth (exhibited at)
  • Material Culture - aspects of contemporary Australian Craft and Design (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing- Beijing 2000, International Tapestry Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Colonial to contemporary: a decade of collecting Australian decorative arts and design (exhibited at)
  • e-textiles, ventures - jacquard weaving (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan (exhibited at)
  • Origins and New Perspectives - Contemporary Australian Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Surface (exhibited at)
  • International Lace Competition (exhibited at)
  • Blue, Flax is Blue: 2nd Biennale du Lin Contemporain (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Wraps (exhibited at)
  • Undulations (exhibited at)
  • New Colour (exhibited at)
  • Pieces of Colour (exhibited at)
  • Wraps and Scarves (exhibited at)
  • Glenaeon Craft Expo (exhibited at)
  • Fine Fibre: an exhibition of excellence in fibre art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Wearable Textiles (exhibited at)
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