"My work in the Lone Goat exhibtion has been a journey of discovery, and the wonders I have found, photographed or picked up, in the everyday walks along the beach and bushland, I have recently visited.
My focus has been on interpreting the Natural World, through materials and techniques that help to demonstrate the tenuous balance of nature.
In particular, plant-dyeing, where the use of roots, leaves and flowers imprint onto paper and cloth, to create a delicate but defined, “eco-print”, formed by cooking the plant materials into the substrates.
The dyeing often forms the first layer, to which I add screen-prints, etchings or drawings, sometimes hand-coloured and/or gold-leaf for spectacular highlights. Created by hand, signed by Nature!"
Anne Leon, 2017
CV
Born in Tzaneen, South Africa in 1955
EDUCATION
1972 Graduated from Capricorn High School, South Africa
1973 Completed 1st year Fine Arts, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
1974 Immigrated to Australia, continued studies at Seven Hills, College of Art, Brisbane.
1975 Completed the Diploma of Fine Art, College of Art, Brisbane.
1979 Completed Batik in Jogjakarta, Indonesia
1984 Completed Silk Painting, Griffith University, Brisbane
1986 Completed Etching, Griffith University, Brisbane.
1989 Completed Batik Painting, Jeff Service, Tambourine Mountain, Queensland
1990 Completed Fabric Design & Decoration, Carseldine Campus, TAFE, Brisbane
1995 Completed Surface Textile Design, Mt. Gravatt TAFE, Brisbane
2006 Completed CERT. IV Train Small Groups, ACE, Byron Bay
2008 Completed Drawing & Textile Master Class, Ruth Hadlow, Tumbarumba, NSW
2009 Completed CERT. IV TAA in Workplace Training and Assessment, Byron Community College, Mullumbimby
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2016 2 Person Show, (Potts and Self) Botanicals, D Bar Gallery, Gold Coast
2016 Group show, Ocean Shores Art Expo, 2nd. Prize for Mixed Media
2015 Solo show, Botanical Ephemera, Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle
2015 Group show, Byron Arts Classic Byron Bay
2014 Group show, Byron Arts Classic, Byron Bay, Winner of WORKS ON PAPER award
2013 Group show, Border Art Prize Tweed River Art Gallery
2013 Group show, SWELL Sculpture Show, Currumbin Gold Coast.
2013 Group show, Textiles Manyung Art Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Group show, Coastal Lines, Ballina Community Gallery
2012 Group show, Le Petite Travaux, Retrospect Gallery, Byron Bay
2012 Group show, Border Art Prize, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
2012 Group show, Byron Arts Classic Community Centre, Byron Bay
2012 Solo show, Visual Narratives of a Capricious Nature, Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle
2011 SWELL Sculpture Show, Currumbin, Gold Coast.
2011 Group Sculpture Show, Writer’s Festival, Byron Bay
2011 Group Show, Textiles, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby
2011 Group Show, CPA Print Awards, Tweed Regional Gallery
2010 Group Show, Textiles, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby
2010 Artscape Sculpture Show, Byron Bay
2009 Botanica, Group Exhibition, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Textile Show, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay
2008 Marine Theme, Group Show, Retrospect Gallery, Byron Bay
2008 FEHVA Art auction and Exhibition, Byron Bay
2007 Underwater, Retrospect Gallery, Byron Bay
2007 Sustainable, Studio 44, Fingal Head
2007 Momento Awards finalist, Brisbane
2006 Fabrications two women show, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay
2006 FEHVA Art auction and exhibition, Byron Bay
2006 Group Show, Corporate Art, Gold Coast
2005 Group Show, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay
2005 Group Textile Show, Planet, Sydney
2004 Smalls & Talls Group show, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay
2003 Group Show, Byron Fine Arts Gallery, Byron Bay
2002 Wrapture Anne Leon solo show, Byron Bay
2001 Combined 2 Women show, Suzanna Clark, Brisbane State Library, Brisbane
2001 Group Show, Stanton Dewhurst and Associates Show, Brisbane
2000 Christmas Group Show, 21 Johnstone St, Brisbane
EXPERIENCE
Commissioned by architects, fashion and interior designers within Australia and internationally, to produce textiles, artwork and installations for a variety of applications, including hotels, casinos, resorts, hospitals and castles.
Small and large commissions for private clients.
Recently managed a large studio in Byron Bay, for twelve years, where fine art and textile work was created and commissions undertaken.
Part-time teacher in textiles (design, surface decoration, screen-printing and dyeing techniques) through NC TAFE, Byron Community College, High Schools, Byron School of Art, Contextart (Blue Mountains), Grampians Texture (Grampians), Camp Creative (Bellingen), Distance Education (Aurukun) and private workshops.