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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Name
Liz Williamson
Also known as Elizabeth Blanche Williamson
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
Other Occupation
  • teacher, Design Studies, COFA, UNSW
Birth date
1949
Birth place
Carisbrook, Victoria
Active Period
  • 1970
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Handloom Weaving Course, 1977 - 1980 Melbourne College of Textiles, Melbourne, VIC
  • Handloom Weaving Course, 1977 Castlemaine Continuing Education Centre, Castlemaine, VIC
  • Master of Fine Art, 1988 - 2006 College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW
  • Bachelor of Economics and Commerce, 1967 - 1970 Melbourne University, Melbourne, VIC
  • Weaving Cultural Links Symposium and Workshop, 1988 Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Bachelor of Art in Textile Design, 1983 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
Cultural Heritage
  • Irish
  • English
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English

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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: Bell, Robert (1992), 'Design visions', Craft Arts International #25, 1992.>, <ExternalResource: Westfall, Carol (2007), 'The Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles', Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, Spring.>, <ExternalResource: West, Margaret (1998), 'The feminine: Five patterns', Object Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: Speck, Catherine (1994), 'Gliding the landscape', Object Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: Murray, Kevin (1996), 'Below the Surface', Object Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: McPhee, John (13 November 1999), 'Contemporary Australian craft', Sydney Morning Herald.>, <ExternalResource: Lukowski, Andrezej (17 January 2006), 'Depth of Field; Conversations between Tetxiles and Photography', Metro Life.>, <ExternalResource: Ioannou, Noris (18 April 1996), 'Interrogative textile art', The Advertiser.>, <ExternalResource: Howes, Emily (2004), 'Sydney Style', Craft Culture, vol. 8 Autumn 2004.>, <ExternalResource: Hinchcliffe, Meredith (12 July 1995), 'Covering both the soul and the body', Canberra Times.>, <ExternalResource: Hemmings, Jessica (2004), 'Ragged beauty- repair and reuse; past and present', Selvedge, issue 03,.>, <ExternalResource: Enright, Shane (2006), 'Depth of Field: Conversations between textiles and photography', Crafts, May/June 2006.>, <ExternalResource: Cotier, Sarah (1987), 'Liz Williamson', Interior Design iss. 10, 1987.>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (2006), 'Liz Williamson and Kelly Thompson- dialogue: Exploring opportunities in Textiles', Object Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: Brennan, Anne (1997), 'Worn and worn: Textiles of Liz Williamson', Craft Arts International.>, <ExternalResource: Bogle, Michael and Caroline Pelly (1987), 'Liz Williamson- weaver', Craft Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Barry, Ramona (2004), 'Pins and needles: Material world', Craft Culture, vol. 8, Autumn 2004.>, <ExternalResource: Allport Richard (2004), 'An interview with Liz Williamson', Textile Fibre Forum, vol. 23, iss. 3, # 75.>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz and Naheed, Krishwar (2005), 'Empowering Women Weavers', Sang-E-Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan.>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (1999), 'Studio Weaving: An introduction to éclarte and Robert Maltus', Frances Burke Textile Resource Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Margetts, Martina (1991), 'International Crafts', Thames and Hudson, London.>, <ExternalResource: Koumis, Matthew (2007), 'Art Textiles of the World: Australia, vol. 2', Telos Publications, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Ioannou, Noris (1997), 'Masters of their Craft: Tradition and Innovation in Australian Contemporary Arts', Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (1992), 'The Crafts Movement in Australia: A History', New South Wales University Press, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (2008), 'Liz Williamson: Textiles', Craftsman House, Fishermans Bend, VIC.>] [<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.>]