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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Citations

  • Layne, Barbara and Margo Mensing (2000), 'e-textiles’, Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Canada, (ex. cat.).

  • Zimmer, Jenny (1988), 'Skill, Pleasure and Loss: of Language and Dexterity’, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, (ex. cat.).

  • Bond, Clare (2000), 'Reverberations: Pulsations in Liz Williamson’s woven textiles’, Fiberarts, vol. 7, # 1 Summer.

  • Brennan, Belsey (March 1984), 'Woven art’, Vogue Living, .

  • Conroy, Diana Wood (October 1996), '12th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennal’, Periphery magazine, .

  • James, Bruce (February 1994), 'New colour’, Sydney Morning Herald, .

  • Juers, Evelyn (October 1996), 'Hiding Places’, Art Monthly Australia, .

  • McCracken, Gillian (August 1996), 'Collaborations- working in the arts’, Periphery, .

  • Radok, Stephanie (May 1996), 'The large darn’, The Adelaide Review, .

  • Lawson, Amanda (December 1988), 'East/West perspectives’, Crafts NSW, .

  • Attiwill, Suzie (2004), 'A matter of time’, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).

  • Bell, Robert (2002), 'Material Culture- Aspects of Contemporary Australian Craft and Design’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).

  • Bond, Clare (2006), 'Visible Darning’, Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).

  • Cochrane, Grace (1993), 'Pieces of Colour’, Jam Factor Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA, (ex. cat.).

  • Cochrane, Grace (2007), ''Liz Williamson’ in Smart works: design and the handmade’, Powerhouse Museum Publishing, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).

  • King, Glenda (1998), 'Origins and New Perspectives/ Contemporary Australian Textiles’, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania and Craft Australia, (ex. cat.).

  • Lamb, Jennifer (1996), 'Below the Surface’, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).

  • McCracken, Gillian (2000), 'Frisson’, Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).

  • Murray, Kevin (1999), 'Water Medicine’, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, (ex. cat.).

  • Parkes, Brian (2004), 'Sydney Style’, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).

  • Rowley, Sue (1997), 'Crossing Borders: Contemporary Australian Textile Art’, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, (ex. cat.).

  • Wada, Yoshika Iwamoto (2004), 'Ragged Beauty- Repair and Reuse; Past and Present’, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, United States, (ex. cat.).

  • Williamson, Liz (1996), 'Derivations’, Craft ACT Gallery, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).

  • Williamson, Liz (2007), 'Integration: the nature of objects’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).

  • Bond, Clare (2003), 'Unwrapped’, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, (ex. cat.).

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  • Fine Fibre: an exhibition of excellence in fibre art (exhibited at)
  • International Lace Competition (exhibited at)
  • Blue, Flax is Blue: 2nd Biennale du Lin Contemporain (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing- Beijing 2000, International Tapestry Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Glenaeon Craft Expo (exhibited at)
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  • Contemporary Textile Art OBG International Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Extreme Wearables (exhibited at)
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  • Pins and needles - textile and techniques from the Australian Collection (exhibited at)
  • Inspired - design across time (None)
  • Australian Wearable Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Fine Fibre: an exhibition of excellence in fibre art (exhibited at)
  • International Lace Competition (exhibited at)
  • Blue, Flax is Blue: 2nd Biennale du Lin Contemporain (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing- Beijing 2000, International Tapestry Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Glenaeon Craft Expo (exhibited at)
  • Colonial to contemporary: a decade of collecting Australian decorative arts and design (exhibited at)
  • Origins and New Perspectives - Contemporary Australian Textiles (exhibited at)
  • e-textiles, ventures - jacquard weaving (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)
  • a matter of time : 16th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial (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)
  • Smart works, design and the handmade (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing, 5th International Fiberart Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Wraps and Scarves (exhibited at)
  • Pieces of Colour (exhibited at)
  • New Colour (exhibited at)
  • Undulations (exhibited at)
  • Wraps (exhibited at)
  • Surface (exhibited at)
  • A Visible Thread (exhibited at)
  • Visible Darning (exhibited at)
  • Liz Williamson: Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf (exhibited at)
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  • Pins and needles - textile and techniques from the Australian Collection (exhibited at)