Born:
1955, Ratingen, Germany
Training / Education:
- 2006-2009 Candidature MA, Gold and Silversmithing RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2005 BA (Honours) Gold and Silversmithing RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2002-2004 BA (Fine Arts) Gold and Silversmithing RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
- 1975-1980 Art History, Egyptology, Archaeology Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
Work Experience:
- Self employed artist
- 2007, Presentation, Ceramic and Gold and Silversmithing Seminar Making Personal Object, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2005, Karl Fritsch workshop 100 Ringe, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2005, Peter Bauhuis workshop, RMIRT University, Melbourne, Australia
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
Solo
- 2006 Correlation, Pieces of Eight, Melbourne, Australia
- 2006 Sprung, window exhibition, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- 1997 Jan Neil Studio, Melbourne, Australia
- 1997 Mulgara Gallery, Yulara, NT, Australia (Artist in Residence)
- 1996 Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne, Australia
- 1995 Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
- 1993/91/90 The Elgin Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 1992/1990 Australian Naïve Galleries, Sydney, Australia
- 1987/84/82 Gallery Art Naïve, Melbourne, Australia
- 1985 Manuka Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Selected Group Shows
- 2008 SOFA Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, Chicago, USA
- 2008 National Contemporary Jewelry Award, Griffith Regional Gallery, Griffith, Australia
- 2008 it's got legs, School of Art Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne
- 2008 Twice Bitten, Pieces of Eight, Melbourne, Australia
- 2008 W.E. McMillan Collection: Selected Gold and Silversmithing 1961-2007, Project Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2008 Beyond Metal: Contemporary Australian Jewelry and Holloware (sic.), Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Australia;
- RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2008 Rowena Gough and Elfrun Lach, Museum of South Australia,
Adelaide, Australia
- 2007 Exploding Inevitable, Pablo Fanque, Sydney, Australia
- 2007 it's got legs, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2007 50 Brooches, Craft Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- 2007 Beyond Metal: Contemporary Australian Jewelry and Holloware (sic.), Lalit Kala Acadamy, Chennai and New Delhi, India; Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, India; Abstract Art Gallery, Bangalore, India; NN Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
- 2006 it's got legs, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2005 Graduate Work 2005, RMIT Gold and Silversmithing,Telstra Building, Melbourne, Australia
- 2005 SIEMENS-RMIT Fine Arts Scholarships Awards Exhibition RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2005 Marzee International Graduation Show, Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 2005 100 Ringe, Karl Fritsch workshop window exhibition, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- 2004 Look, RMIT Gold and Silversmithing Graduate Exhibition, Curtin House, Melbourne, Australia
- 2003 30 Heads 60 Hands, Intrude 2 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2003 Crucible, Axiom Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2001 Silverbeat, Axiom Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2001 Art in Parks, By Gum, Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2000/1999 Melaleuca Gallery, Anglesea, Australia
- 1998 The School of Botany Foundation Fundraising Auction, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- 1998 Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, Australia
- 1999/98/97 Jan Neil Studio, Melbourne, Australia
- 1996/1994 Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
- 1995 International Miniature Art Awards, Gold Coast, Qld
- 1994 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- 1994/93/92/91 The Elgin Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 1993 Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral, Australia
- 1990 Musée d'Art Naïf, Max Fourny, Paris, France
- 1989-82 Gallery Art Naïve, Melbourne, Australia
- 1989 Queensland House, London, UK
- 1984 Verlie Just Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
- 1983 Rainsford Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- 1983 Howard Street Gallery, Perth, Australia
Awards / Grants:
- 2005 Emily Hope Award for Figurative Work, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2004 Wolf Wennrich Award for Gold and Silversmithing, Nomination, RMIT University, Melbourne, Austraalia
- 1995 Australian Society of Miniature Art Queensland, Australia International Miniature Art Awards, Norfolk Award, First Prize Acrylic
- 1993 Bowral Art Gallery Miniature Competition, Commendation
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 2005 W.E. McMillan Collection, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Publications:
- Bijoux: Illustration et Design, Paco Asensio (ed.), Maomao Publications, Barcelona, Spain, 2008
- Beyond Metal: Contemporary Australian Jewelry and Holloware (sic), RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2006
- It's got legs, exhibition catalogue, RMIT School of Art, Melbourne, Australia, 2006, 2007, 2008
- "Elfrun Lach, Correlation", Ramona Barry, Craft Culture, June 30, 2006
- Correlation, exhibition catalog, Pieces of Eight, Melbourne, Australia, 2006
- International Graduation Show, exhibition catalog, Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2005
- Graduate Work 2005, RMIT Gold and Silversmithing, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Australia, 2005
- LOOK, Graduate Book 2004, School of Art, RMIT Gold and Silversmithing, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Australia
- "Outback World of Harsh Beauty", Elizabeth Lopez, The Southern Cross, Issue 49, Wednesday December 11, 1996
- Australian Naïve Art, Sandra Warner, Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia, 1994
- "A National Survey of Australian Naïves", Artlink Vol 12 No 4, 1992-93
- "A Wicked Eye on Suburbia", Anna Murdoch, The Age, Wednesday 26 June 1991
- Artists and Galleries in Australia, Max Germaine, 1990
- "The Art of Elfrun Lach", Douglas Cameron, Craft Arts International 14, 1988/89
- "The Suburbs Through Naïve Eyes", Anna Murdoch, The Age, Saturday 11 July 1987
- "A Classical Naïve", Sasha Grishin, The Canberra Times, Saturday March 9, 1985
- "Naïve Art in Australia", Claude Ullin, Tempo Libero 3, 1983
Artist Statement:
My jewellery is informed by ongoing research into the historic use, depiction and symbolism of coral in connection with making contemporary artifacts. By using coral as a metaphor for strength and fragility, growth and decay I want to generate readings concerning human interaction with the environment and question ethical use of materials and the nature of the real and the represented. |
