Yhonnie Scarce b. 1973

  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Yhonnie Scarce, a descendant of the Kokatha and Nukunu people, is a glass artist whose work is informed by the effects of colonisation on Indigenous Australia. She was the 2008 inaugural South Australian state recipient of the Qantas Foundation Encouragement Award.
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exhibited at
painthing (as one)
Date
16 April 2010 - 15 May 2010
Place
Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Glassheart
Date
2009
Place
Fort Vuren, Loevestein, The Netherlands
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Shards
Date
2008
Place
SASA Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Description

Curated by Mary Knights

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.unisa.edu.au/art/sasagallery/past2008.asp#shards
exhibited at
Uneasy
Date
2008
Place
Samstag Art Museum, Adelaide, Museum
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.unisa.edu.au/samstagmuseum/exhibitions/2008/uneasy.asp
exhibited at
The Haunted and the Bad
Date
2008
Place
Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

curated by Julie Gough

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.lindenarts.org/show/2008/0704/index.php
exhibited at
Sculpture 2008
Date
2008
Place
Harrison Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
There Forever
Date
2007
Place
Port Adelaide Festival
Description

ephemeral public art project

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1270
exhibited at
Indigenous Responses to Colonialism: another story
Date
2007
Place
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/files/visual_arts_march_2007.pdf
exhibited at
Forget Me 'NOT'
Date
2006
Place
Tandanya, Adelaide, SA
Description

solo show

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Last Picture Show
Date
2005
Place
University of South Australia
Description

SASA Graduate Exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Petroglyphs - Signs of Life
Date
2005
Place
Tandanya
Description

Visual (group show) component to a dance piece of the same name choreographed by Gina Rings.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.tandanya.com.au/ed17/petroglyphs-signs-of-life/
exhibited at
Manta (land)
Date
2005
Place
Nexus Multicultural Artspace, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nexus.asn.au/index.html
exhibited at
Helpmann Graduate Exhibition
Date
2004
Place
Drill Hall, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.helpmann.sa.edu.au/services/exhibition.html
exhibited at
Inbarendi Ku - coming together
Date
2004
Place
J111 Gallery, University of South Australia
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Self Titled
Date
2004
Place
BANK Gallery, University of South Australia
Description

1st solo show

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Fin de Siecle
Date
2004
Place
University of South Australia
Description

SASA Graduate Exhibition

Type
Exhibition

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Related stub people
  • Thomas, Jared (relative of)
  • Mumbulla, Charmaine (nee Smith) (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • University of Adelaide (associate of)
  • Tandanya National Cultural Institute (associate of)
  • North Lands Creative Glass Centre (associate of)
Related people
  • Gough, Julie (associate of)
  • Cumpston, Nici (associate of)
  • Albert, Tony (associate of)
  • Fisher, Andrea (associate of)
  • Birnie, Joel (associate of)
Related works
  • Little Growths (creator of)
  • Enee Meanee Minee Mo (creator of)
  • Shackled (creator of)
  • What They Wanted (creator of)
  • Oppression, Repression (family portrait) (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of South Australia Library Art Collection, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Women in Research Fellowship - Monash University (received)
  • Mayne Group Limited Travel Grant - ARTSA (received)
  • Irene and David Davy Scholarship for the Advancement for Aboriginal Education (received)
  • Honours Scholarship for Indigenous Australian Students (received)
  • Project Assistance Grant - The Helpmann Academy (received)
  • Qantas Foundation Encouragement for Australian Contemporary Art Award (received)
  • Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Artist Award (received)
  • 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • Adelaide City Council High Commendation Award - Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition (received)
  • Library Art Purchase Prize, University of South Australia (received)
  • Encouragement Award - Tandanya Visual Arts Fellowship (received)
Related events
  • painthing (as one) (exhibited at)
  • Helpmann Graduate Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Inbarendi Ku - coming together (exhibited at)
  • The Last Picture Show (exhibited at)
  • Petroglyphs - Signs of Life (exhibited at)
  • Shards (exhibited at)
  • Glassheart (exhibited at)
  • Uneasy (exhibited at)
  • The Haunted and the Bad (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture 2008 (exhibited at)
  • There Forever (exhibited at)
  • Indigenous Responses to Colonialism: another story (exhibited at)
  • Forget Me 'NOT' (exhibited at)
  • Manta (land) (exhibited at)
  • Self Titled (exhibited at)
  • Fin de Siecle (exhibited at)