CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: ADDRESS: WEBSITE: DATE OF BIRTH: James Robert Cattell 113 Barkly Street ST KILDA VIC 3182 Ph/Fax: (03) 9534 3380 james@honeyweatherandspeight.com.au www.honeyweatherandspeight.com.au 19 November 1954 (Wellington, New Zealand) QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING: 2005-2006 Cert II & IV in Engineering Production (Welding), Holmesglen TAFE 1980-Present Continuing education through short courses, life drawing and research for own work & commissions 1976-1978 Fine Art (Painting & Sculpture), Elam School of Art, Auckland 1973-1974 Law/Arts, Wellington & Auckland Universities RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: 1988-Present Business partnership in integrated art, Honeyweather & Speight, designing and producing sculptural pieces, furniture and painted works in a wide range of mediums. Extensive commissions, largely through the design industry, in three dimensional and mural work. 1999-2002 Writing and illustration of children's picture story-books 1980-2003 Performance using puppets designed and made by myself. INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS: 2012 Window box exhibition, Unicorn Lane Gallery, Ballarat Sideshow presentation of sculptural automatons, Ballarat Cabaret Festival 2011 Niche installations & Projections, City Library, Melbourne 2009 Small sculptural works, Letham Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 1988-Present Ongoing exhibition of paintings and small scale 3D works, studio premises, Honeyweather & Speight, St Kilda 2002, 04, 07, 09 Featured artist, Jewelled automatons, Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne 1993 Oil paintings, Lyall Burton Gallery, Fitzroy 1991 Oil paintings, David Ellis Fine Art Gallery, Fitzroy 1989 Oil paintings, Caffe Maximus, St Kilda 1982 Drawings & Installation Sculptures, Iceberg Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Czech & Slovak Film Festival Conspirators Exhibition Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition 2013 Toyota Creatures Sculpture Exhibition Creative Sustainability Exhibtion, St Kilda Town Hall Gallery 2012 Melbourne Ukelele Festival 2011 Toyota Flourish exhibition Clunes Ceramic Award Show Toorak Village Tenth Anniversary Exhibition Collective Response, Studio 106, St Kilda 2010 Firing Into the Future Demonstrators Exhibition, Ballarat Post Office Gallery Yering Station Award Sculpture Exhibition Heroes, St Kilda Festival Show, Studio 106, St Kilda Archangel Prize Show, St Michael s Grammar School 2009 Toyota Hybrid Sculpture Exhibition Yering Station Award Sculpture Exhibition (Staff Choice Award) Darebin LaTrobe Art Prize Show, LaTrobe Bundoora Homestead Gallery Diverse Visions St Kilda Festival Show, Studio 106 Archangel Prize Show, St Michael s Grammar School (Popular Choice Award) (First Prize) artecycle, Incinerator Arts, Moonee Ponds 2008 Ola Cohn Memorial Sculpture Award Exhibition Yering Station Award Exhibition & concurrent ABL Show 2007 Depot interpretative works, Incinerator Arts Complex, Moonee Ponds Dalwhinnie Sculpture Award Exhibition, Moonambel Studio 106 Festival Show, St Kilda 2006 Feature tableau, Victorian Egg Decorators Guild Exhibition Toyota Symbiotics Sculpture Exhibition 2005 Komafest Art Exhibition, Lavers Hill (First Prize) Toyota Metaphysics Sculpture Exhibition Moreland Sculpture Show, Coburg Lake Reserve 2004 ANL Maritime Art Prize Show, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne artecycle, Incinerator Art Centre, Moonee Ponds Festival of Sculpture, Toorak Village 2003 Best of Fringe, Centre for Innovation & Technology, Melbourne Fringe Inventors Show, Chapel Off Chapel, South Yarra Book Illustration & Sculpture, Customs House Gallery, Warnambool X-Zone Exhibition, Studio 106, St Kilda St Kilda Art Anniversary Show, Metropolis Gallery, St Kilda 2002 Picture book illustrations, Books Illustrated, Albert Park 2000 Art & Soul Exhibition, Butterfly Club Gallery, South Melbourne 1999 Works for Windows, Acland Street, St Kilda 1997 Contemporary Craft & Drawing Show, Moonee Valley Gallery 1996 Australian Art Fair, Lyall Burton Gallery stand, Melbourne Exhibition 1995 Shire of Nillumbik Acquisition Show, Community Centre, Eltham 1994 Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Albert Park Australian Art Fair, Lyall Burton Gallery stand, Melbourne Exhibition Alice Prize Show, Alice Springs,N.T. Logan Art Award Show, Logan City, Queensland 1993 The St Kilda Poster Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda Alice Prize Show, Alice Springs, N.T. Christmas Tree Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda 1992 Group Show, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland, N.Z. Alice Prize Show, Alice Springs, N.T.
1991 Self-Portrait Show, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery Applied Art Exhibition, Linden Gallery, St Kilda 1990 Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation Touring Exhibition, Australian Art Fair, David Ellis Gallery stand, Melbourne Exhibition 1989 St Kilda Festival Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda 1986 St Kilda Acquisition Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda 1985 Three Artists, Rhumbarella's Gallery, Fitzroy Sculpture '85, Melbourne World Trade Centre 1984 Painting Exhibition, Carringbush Library, Collingwood Fringe Sculpture Extended, Yendon Road, Carnegie 1983 Mixed Media, Iceberg Gallery, Melbourne Fringe Network Show, Orr Street, Carlton COMMISSIONS: Private & Commercial: Large number of painted and sculptural works, including art features of playgrounds at: Circa 1886, Clyde North Carrum Foreshore Errington Reserve Biala Early Intervention Centre Sherbrooke Children s Centre Glenallen Special School Bollygum Park Garden City Reserve Finn s Reserve Oddies Creek Reserve Vermont South Special School Isabelle Henderson Kindergarten Yarrabah Special School, Marnebek Special School Warragul District Special School Buckley Park Secondary School Elwood Beach-house Caulfield Grammar pre-school Princess Elizabeth School Alma Park Hastings Foreshore Maribyrnong Park Traralgon Special School Carnegie Library Playspace Bambini Early Learning Centres Austin Hospital Paediatric Ward Terrace Melbourne Zoo Public: 2014 Yarra Trams & Melbourne Festival tram painting design 2013 City of Banyule entry signage for Possum Hollow playground, Heidelberg 2010-12 City of Albury Sculptural play features, Children s Garden Botanical Gardens 2011 City of Kingston 3 D ceramic mosaic for toilet block wall at Victory Park, Chelsea.
2010 City of Port Phillip - Homeless Memorial Carving 2008 City of Kingston Sculptural play pieces, Sundowner Playspace City of Moreland - Toddler s Pool mural, Coburg Leisure Centre 2007 City of Moreland Ceramic pavement inlay, Glenroy 2006 City of Moonee Valley Creative Play Structure (Architectural bunyip), Woodlands Park, Essendon. 2002 Otway Scenic Circle Association Sculptural icon, Lavers Hill. 1998 City of Moonee Valley- Sculptural installation for maze, Queens Park 1994 City of Melbourne - Ceramic pavement inlays, Bourke Street Mall. 1993 City of Fitzroy - Pavement mosaic, Brunswick Street. 1993 City of St Kilda - Fountain, Elwood Playspace. 1993 City of St Kilda- Shade Structure, Children's Sculpture Garden. Community: 2013 Pizza oven & picnic/meeting area, Clarinda Community Centre 2011 Artist in Schools Mini Village Project, Glenroy Public School, Albury Artist in Residence, Interactive ceramic water installation, Wesley Kindergarten 2010 Milkwood Studios, Czech Republic - Artist in Residence, Cesky Krumlov 2009-11 Albury Botanical Gardens - Art Co-ordinator for creation of new Children s Garden Albury Aboriginal Health Service - Assist local artist to create tiled entrance mosaic from his artwork. 2008 Kingswood Primary School - Artist in Schools sculptural landscape. Vermont South Special School - ceramic components for play area. City of Albury - Sculptural meeting area with local multicultural community. 2007 Rowville Primary School tile making workshops for mosaic inlay works in school playground. 2006 Community workshops to produce components for play structure, Woodlands Park, Essendon. Cube 37 Frankston Arts Centre engaged by Arts Access to facilitate ceramic puppet project. 2005 Melbourne Assessment Prison art facilitator for VACRO/MAP Art Project. 2002-2004 Art & building director, Jackson St Festival 2004 Braybrook Community Garden Artist member of design and facilitation team. Mount Waverley Primary School Artist in Schools sculpted Retreat Structure 2002 Austin Hospital School Artists in Schools sculptural game project. 2001 St Kilda Park Primary School - engaged to develop story with children and illustrate it by carving onto tree stump. 2000 Western Lodge, Footscray - engaged by Arts Access to work with artist Karen Thompson and residents to create landscaped artworks. 1999 St Kilda Park Primary School After Care Programme - engaged to work with children to create three mobile papier mache sculptures. 1999 Western Lodge, Footscray - engaged by Arts Access to work with artist Kym Baston and residents to create a co-operative art piece. 1998 St Kilda Park Primary School After Care Programme - engaged to create and install mosaic with children. 1995 Kingston Centre, Cheltenham - engaged by Arts Access to work with Anne Riggs and geriatric patients to produce a major outdoor sculptural work.
REFEREES: Narelle Vogel Cultural Officer, City of Albury Ph: 02 6023 8753 Mary Jeavons, Landscape Architect Ph: 9387 7314 Paul Scannell Director, Albury Botanical Gardens Ph: 02 6043 5699 Fay Chomley, Arts & Education Officer, Arts Victoria, Ph: 9954 5042 PUBLICATIONS: 2014 Review, by Mark Holsworth, Melbourne Art Critic 2012 Reference, Albury Botanic Gardens by David Lawrence, pub Albury City 2009 Subject of Handmade documentary by Tracey Wightman Featured artist, Handmade in Melbourne, 2nd edition. 2008 Review, September, Melbourne Art & Culture Critic 2006 Featured artist, Handmade in Melbourne, Geoff Slattery Publishing Article, April, Herald Sun Home Magazine 2005 Story included in Magazine, BF Publishing, New Zealand Article, Diversity magazine, pub City of Port Phillip 2004 Feature, Minister for Housing s Statement on Neighbourhood Renewal 2002 Confessions of a Bad Dog Picture story book, written by James Cattell & Dorelle Davidson, illustrated by James Cattell. Reviews, March, Melbourne Age & various trade journals. Article, March, Colac Herald 2001 Albuman s Quest Picture story book, written by James Cattell & Dorelle Davidson, illustrated by James Cattell, pub. Lothian Article, May, Domain magazine, Melbourne Age Reviews, April, Melbourne Age, Sun Herald, & various trade journals. Article, March, Emerald Hill Times Article, March, Port Phillip Leader 2000 Gino the Genius - Picture story book, written by Gary Crew, illustrated by James Cattell, pub.lothian Article, May, Melbourne Age Article, Jan, Melbourne Age 1999 Article, Nov, Port Phillip Leader Article, July, Emerald Hill Times Feature, Shopping Secrets Melbourne, Michelle Matthews 1997 Article, September, Good Weekend magazine, Melbourne Age Article, September, Moonee Valley Gazette 1996 Project profile, 'Linden, Ten Years', Linden Art Centre & Gallery publication 1995 Project profile, Melbourne Our City Our Culture, Hyland Publishing 1994 Article, October, Melbourne Age Brochure, Bourke Street Mall Artworks, pub.city of Melbourne Painting, The Miracle of Luxaflex commissioned for inclusion in Melbourne Theatre Company season brochure and programme Article, March, The Melbourne Times 1992 Article, March, Wellington Dominion, N.Z. 1991 Painting, 'Boys Institute Wellington', reproduced in Australian Arts Diary Painting, 'South Pacific', selected for reproduction as postcard by City of St Kilda Article, June, Melbourne Age Interview, June, 3PBS Interview, July, 3RRR 1990 Painting and profile, Moet & Chandon catalogue Review, February, Melbourne Herald Review, April, Sydney Morning Herald