ART+DESIGN
MARGARET WORTH
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1970 - 72
Master Degree in Fine Arts, Columbia University, New York NY.
1969 - 70
Advanced Studies Certificate, School of Visual Arts, New York NY.
1963 - 67
Diploma in Art Ed., South Australian School of Art + Adelaide University
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
Australian National Gallery
Art Gallery of South Australia
Artbank, Australia
Columbia University, New York, USA
University of South Australia
Flinders University, SA
AWARDS + GRANTS
2011
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AWARD, Sculpture by the Sea, Brighton Jetty Classic SA.
2009
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANT for new works, Arts SA.
2003
NATIONAL AWARD, ENCOUNTER 2002, art installation ‘On Occupied Territory’, Victor Harbor.
2002
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANT for interactive wind instruments, Arts SA.
1999
CIVIC TRUST AWARD SA - Brighton Jetty art installation ‘The Elements at Play’ .
1996
NATIONAL AND STATE AWARDS, HEALTHY HEART LOCAL GOVT. BEST SPECIALIST PROJECT,
Perry Barr Farm ‘Play Way’.
1995
NATIONAL CEAD, COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT ART + DESIGN AWARD, national SIR ZELMAN
COWAN AWARD, RAIA AWARD SOUTH AUSTRALIA, BHP AWARD, CIVIC TRUST AWARD SOUTH
AUSTRALIA, Swallowcliffe Schools redevelopment.
1994
URBAN DESIGN INSTITUTE AWARD - Mile End Development including artwork, ‘Mile End Wall’.
1993
ART AND ARCHITECTURE COMMENDATION,RAIA – artworks integration concept, West Torrens
Civic Centre.
1990
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL GRANT for national touring exhibition ‘ARCHETYPAL STRATEGIES’.
1971
BREVOORT-EICKEMEYER ASSISTANTSHIP, Columbia University, New York, NY.
SELECTED COMMISSIONED ART WORKS for PUBLIC PLACES
2009
‘MAKING TRACKS + SWINGING TALES’ causeway foreshore entrance installations, Port
Augusta SA
2003
‘COLLECTING THOUGHTS’ interactive sound work, Technology Park, Mawson Lakes.
2003
‘ON OCCUPIED TERRITORY’, wind activated memorial and ceremony, Victor Harbor for
the meeting of Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin at Encounter Bay.
2002
‘SALT WALL’, ‘PEOPLE, PUMPS + PRODUCTS’ presenting irrigation and salinity at
Waikerie on R. Murray.
1999
'THE ELEMENTS AT PLAY', Brighton Jetty, SA, a 3 part installation using the light, the
wind and the waves to create sound and visual art works. Mentored Gavin Malone.
1997
'TJIRBRUKE GATEWAY' Sturt River Marion, a reconciliation project, installation and event.
Collaborated with Sherry Rankine and Gavin Malone.
1996
'SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE' Flinders University SA. Installation of stones with text
engraved.
1996
'MILE END WALL' Mile End Development SA. Memorial brick wall + optic fiber lighting and
wind vanes.
1995
'ABSENT FRIENDS' New Haven Railway Station, 4 part installation, part of the Multifunction Polis Project.
1995
'PLAY WAY' An equal access play space for hearing and sight impaired people, including
aromatic plants, spring foot-bridge, terrazzo inlay, corrugated iron forms and contrasting
stone + concrete ground works.
1993
‘GARDIAN STONE OF GOOD GOVERNMENT’. West Torrens Civic Centre.
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SELECTED DESIGN + PLANNING PROJECTS FOR PUBLIC PLACES
2009
PORT AUGUSTA CAUSEWAY ENTRANCES, consultation & implementation of planning
for causeway and foreshore entrances.
2007
RENMARK REGIONAL OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, curation, catalogue &
installation.
2006
PUBLIC IMAGE + CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT concept & implementation at Windsor
Gardens Vocational College including central gathering place, outdoor social area,
entrance & linking traffic ways.
2006
CITY IMAGE CONCEPT+ DESIGN for Port Augusta.
2005
PUBLIC IMAGE + CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT concept plan Victor Harbor HS,
component of major development application.
2002
'TJUKURPA WANGKAPAI' Amata, SA. Visiting artist/designer collaborating with the
Anangu Pitjantjatjara and Yunkunytjatjara for a storytelling place as outdoor culture centre.
2000
‘TARNANNGA'. Christie Creek, Morphett Vale. Principal artist/designer for CPTED [Crime
Prevention through Environmental Design] CEAD [community Environment Art Design] A
project working with infrastructure as artworks including lights, bridges and toilet building,
landscape planning and creek management.
1994
SWALLOWCLIFFE SCHOOLS, Davoren Park SA. National Sir Zelman Cowen Award,
national Community Environment Art + Design Award, Civic Trust Award, national
BHP Award. Project Manager SACON.
A redevelopment project to improve public image and build a positive sense of identity.
1993
WEST TORRENS CIVIC CENTRE, RAIA SA Art and Architecture Commendation.
Concept Development and selection of the artist-team for commissioning artworks for a
civic centre. Selection and purchase of artworks for the City of West Torrens new public
collection. Collaboration with the architects of Walter Brooke and Associates.
1992
"ADELAIDE ARRIVE" Entrance to the City of Adelaide.
Artworks Concept and management of artist team for the implementation of integrated
artworks. Project Manager Land Systems EBC.
SHORT-LISTED ON INTERNATIONAL & INTERSTATE COMMISSIONS + CONTRACTS
2009
Master Institute of Science and Technology (M.I.S.T.), Dubai, swimming pool ceiling and
screen walls.
2008
Guangzhou Culture Centre, China, foyer walls.
2007
City of Dreams, casino Macau, signage tower.
2007
Cardinia Development Project, VicUrban, environment-related landscape installations.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010,11,12 ‘Drop the Dust’, Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide SA. And touring.
2008
Fleurieu Biennale Invitation Exhibition, Goolwa SA.
2008
‘Arid - A Sculptural Collaboration’, Australian Arid Lands Botanical Gardens, Port Augusta.
2009
‘… In the Top Paddock’ New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide, SA touring SA.
2008
‘… In the Top Paddock’ Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA.
2008
Forestry SA Wood Sculpture, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, selected exhibitor.
2007
McClelland National Sculpture Survey + Award, Langwarrin, Victoria, selected exhibitor.
2006
Fleurieu Biennale Award Exhibition, SA, selected exhibitor.
2006
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Exhibition, Werribee Park, Victoria, selected
exhibitor.
2004
‘Land Marks’ Flinders University Art Museum City Gallery.
1995
'1968' National Gallery of Australia.
1995
'A Blast from the Past' Geelong Regional Art Gallery.
1992
'Adelaide Biennial', Art Gallery of South Australia, curator Tim Morrell.
1991
'Perspecta', Sydney Biennale, Western Sites Component, Sydney, curator Campbell Gray.
1990
'Archetypal Strategies', touring Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, artist curated.
1969
Tokyo Biennale, selected to represent Australia.
1968
Esso Invitational Travelling Exhibition, toured Australia.
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