Born:
1977, Melbourne, Australia
Training / Education:
- 2005 – 2008 Masters of Fine Arts, Indiana University, USA
- 2004 – 2005 Graduate Diploma in Arts Management, University of South Australia, AUS
- 2003 – 2005 Career Development Scheme, Associate, JamFactory: Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, AUS
- 1999 – 2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Distinction) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne, AUS
Work Experience:
- 2008 – Current Gallery Manager Arts Project Australia, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
- 2007 – 08 Public Relations Liaison
School of Fine Art Gallery (SoFA), Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2006 – 2008 Teaching: Associate Instructor
Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design, Beginning Level, Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2007 – 2008 Co-Curator with Prof. Randy Long + Assist. Prof. Nicole Jacquard
'Field of Vision – Contemporary Jewelry + Hollowware Symposium' North American and International Exhibition, Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2007 Workshop: Piece-a-day
Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design students: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, BFA, Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA
- 2006 Teaching Assistant to Julie Blyfield Metals Studio, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, MA, USA
- 2005 – 2006 Arts Administration Fine Arts Office, Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2005 Artist Residency Mary Anderson Centre for Arts, Mt St Francis, IN, USA
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
Solo
- 2009 Hint of a Memory: Metalab: Sydney, AUS
- 2008 The Temporary Nature of Things: Pieces of Eight: Melbourne, AUS
- 2007 The Little Things: Studio Ingot: Melbourne, AUS
Group Shows
- 2009 Palm Beach3 Florida, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2008 SOFA Chicago: Represented by Charon Kransen: Chicago, IL, USA
- 2008 SOFA New York: Represented by Charon Kransen: New York, NY, USA
- 2008 Refined: Abundance: Juried by Charon Kransen: SFA School of Art, Nacogdoches, TX, USA
- 2008 Flip Side: JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design: Adelaide, AUS
- 2008 Earring Show: Velvet da Vinci: SNAG, Savannah, USA
- 2008 Zu Presents, Presents at Zu: Zu Design Jewellery + Objects: Adelaide, AUS
- 2008 Christmas Rocks: Metalab: Sydney, NSW, AUS
- 2008 The Devil's in the Detail: Craft Central: London, UK
- 2008 The Temporary Nature of Things: MFA Thesis: Sofa Gallery: Bloomington, IN, USA
- 2008 Reflections in Metal: Fuller Space: Bloomington, IN, USA
- 2007 Catch On II: COEX Convention and Exhibition Centre, Seoul, Korea
- 2007 Driven: SNAG Juried Student Slide Show: Memphis, TN, USA
- 2007 Next + Now: SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Metal Museum: Memphis, TN, USA
- 2007 Indiana 7: Clara M. Eagle Gallery: Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA
- 2007 Earring Show: Velvet da Vinci Gallery: San Francisco
- 2006 Thoughts Materialized: Mars Gallery: Chicago, IL, USA
- 2006 Necklace Show: Velvet da Vinci: San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2006 Wrapped: Zu Design Jewellery + Objects: Adelaide, AUS
- 2006 Catch On: Zu Design Jewellery + Objects: Adelaide, AUS
- 2005 Out Of Hand: Studio Ingot: Melbourne, AUS
- 2005 Atrium Show: JamFactory: Adelaide, AUS
- 2004 Marzee Graduate Show: Galerie Marzee: Nijmegen, NLD
- 2004 Graduate Metal 9: Exhibition of Student work Australia & New Zealand: Melbourne, AUS
- 2004 Finale '05: Kintolai Gallery: Adelaide, AUS
Awards / Grants:
Grants
- 2008 Australia Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant: Awarded $10,000, Australia Council: NSW, AUS
Indiana University Student Association (IUSA) AID Grant: Awarded $3,600; Co- Authored with Megan Abajian: Indiana University, IN, USA
Grant-In-Aid of Research: College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2007 Conferences, Performances and Workshops Grant, College of Arts and Sciences Humanities
Institute (CAHI): Awarded $6,000; Co-Authored with Professor Randy Long and Assistant Professor Nicole Jacquard: Indiana University, IN, USA
New Perspectives Grant: Awarded $20,000; Co-Authored with Professor Randy Long and Assistant Professor Nicole Jacquard: Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2006 FASA (Fine Arts Student Association) Grant: Awarded $5,300; Co-Authored with Professor Randy Long: Indiana University, IN, USA
Technical Assistance Grant: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, MA, USA
Travel Grant (Fall): School of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, IN, USA
Grant-In-Aid of Research: College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2004 Travel Grant (Spring): School of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, IN, USA
South Australian Youth Arts Board (SAYAB): Travel Grant, SA, AUS
Awards
- 2008 Alma Eikerman Award: Indiana University, IN, USA
Office of International Services Scholarship: Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2007 Robert Harrison Award, Excellence in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design: Indiana University, IN, USA
Brooke Marks-Swanson Scholarship: Indiana University, IN, USA
- 2006 Robert Harrison Award, Excellence in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design: Indiana University, IN, USA
Women's Jewelry Association: Student Scholarship (Top 3), NJ, USA
Technical Assistant Scholarship: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, MA, USA
- 2005 Fine Arts Fellowship: Indiana University, IN, USA
Graduate Fellowship: Indiana University, IN, USA
Mary Foote Fellowship: Mary Anderson Center for Arts, Mt St Francis, IN, USA
- 2003 Golden Key International Honour Society: Scholastic Achievement + Excellence, RMIT: VIC, AUS
- 2002 Emerging Artist Award: Friends of Craft, Melbourne, AUS
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 2004 Gallerie Marzee, NLD
Publications:
- Wrap, Stitch, Fold + Rivet' Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA, 2008
- 'Modular Jewelry from Modular Parts' Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA, 2008, p. 23, 37, 120.
- '500 Pendants and Lockets' Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA
- 'Art Designer from Down Under' IU News Room, Indiana University, IN, USA, March 6 2008
- 'Miniature Metals' IU News Room, Produced by Chris Meyer, Indiana University, IN, USA, March 6 2008
- '500 Earrings' Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA, 2007, p. 245.
- 'Canvas' Creative Arts Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 1, Fall 2007, Indiana University, IN, USA, 2007,
p. 60 & 53.
- '500 Necklaces' Lark Books, Asheville, NC, USA, 2006, p. 107.
- 'Far From Home, Artist Designs 'Nature to 'Wear'' Indiana Daily Student, Arts Section, Thursday September 14, 2006, p. 13.
- 'Skin Graft' Design Review. The Advertiser, Arts Section, Saturday May 28, 20
Artist Statement:
Sim Luttin's current work considers notions of landscape, beauty, nostalgia, impermanence and passing time. Motivated by the deterioration of memory and how this is represented nostalgically through objects, Luttin's work comprises jewelry and objects, some made one a day over one year, while other pieces are made laboriously over time, which attempt to reflect the repetition in landscape and our everyday. |
