Dr Susan Wood
Qualifications
2006
Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT (Creative Embroidery in NSW, 1960 – 1975)
1998
Master of Arts (Visual Art) with distinction, Charles Sturt University
1995
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) with distinction, Charles Sturt University
1977
Diploma of Teaching (Home Economics), Sydney Teachers College
Conference papers
“So far away from the rest of the world”: Embroidery, Art and the Antipodes. Fourth
International Conference on the Arts in Society, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti,
Venice, July 2009.
‘The Write Stuff’. Ozquilt Network Conference: Exploring the Art Quilt Practice, Sydney,
November 2008.
Women’s work or creative work? Embroidery in the NSW high school art class. Work! Work!
Work! Work and the History of Education, Second Joint Meeting of the Australian and New
Zealand History of Education Society and the History of Education Society (United
Kingdom), University of Sydney, December 2008.
“The means of creative expression”: Design education for town and country New South
Wales in the nineteen forties, ANZHES Conference, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier
NZ, December 2007 .
Ann Gillmore Rees and the teaching of modern design in Sydney, Australian Modernities
Conference, University of Queensland, December 2006.
Publications
Wood, S. (2009) ‘Women’s work or creative work? Embroidery in New South Wales
high schools.’ History of Education (in press).
Wood, S. (2008) ‘“The means of creative expression”: Design education for town and
country New South Wales in the nineteen forties’, History of Education Review, Volume
37, No 2.
Wood, S. (2008) ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Case of a Designing Woman’, Limina,
Volume 14, pp. 97-109.
Wood, S. (2007) ‘Celebrating 50 Years’, Textile Fibre Forum. 26.3
Wood, S. (2006) Catalogue essay, The New Quilt 2006, Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
Wood, S. (2005) ‘Cynthia Sparks: A memorable embroiderer’, Textile Fibre Forum. 24.3
Wood, S. (2005) ‘Tumbarumba Textiles and the Pioneer Women’s Hut’, Textile Fibre Forum.
24.2
Wood, S. (2005) ‘The Goddess, the Symbol, the Sacred, Myself’ Textile Fibre Forum. 24, 1.
Wood, S. (2000) Introductory essay, Under the Southern Cross catalogue.
Wood, S. (2000) ‘Jean Ritter: Echoes of childhood.’ Textile Fibre Forum, 19, 4.
Wood, S. (1997). ‘Is feminism unique in its methodology, or only in its subject matter?’ In
First Pressings: Writings on Art by Students of Charles Sturt University. School of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University: Wagga
Exhibitions
2009 – A Change in the Weather, Minerva Gallery, Wellington, NZ and The Cloakroom
Gallery, Queenstown, NZ.
2008 – 2008 Libris Awards: The Australian Artists’ Book Prize, Artspace Mackay (selected)
2008 – Stanthorpe Art Prize 08, Stanthorpe Art Gallery (selected)
2006 – Making Do 2, H.R. Gallop Gallery, Charles Sturt University and ANCA Gallery,
Canberra
2006 – Gatherings, Wodonga Art Space, Wodonga
2006 – The Art of the Stitch, Bristol, Sleaford and Birkenhead, UK (selected)
2005 – Not the Mall, Textiles Using Bush-dyed and Traditional Methods, H.R. Gallop
Gallery, Charles Sturt University
2005 – Making Do, H.R. Gallop Gallery, Charles Sturt University
2005 – Australian and New Zealand quilts, Ardingly, Exeter, Edinburgh and Chilford Hall,
UK (curated)
2004 – The House of Hussy and Minx, Textiles Using Bush-dyed and Traditional Methods,
H.R. Gallop Gallery, Charles Sturt University
2004 – Australian and New Zealand quilts, 2004 European Quilt Championships,
Val'D'Argent, France (curated)
2002 – Surface to Surface, City Art Space, Christchurch
2000-2001 – Australian Bounty, Chateau Chassy d’Or, France, Australian Embassy, Paris
and other venues in the UK, New Zealand and Australia (curated)
2000-2001 – Horizons Antipodean Suitcase Exhibition, Biennial Quilt Festival Johannesburg
and the Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown New Zealand and other venues
(curated)
1999 – Selected works from the collection of the Embroiderers’ Guild NSW, Penrith Regional
Gallery and The Lewers Bequest (curated)
1997 – Viewing Points: Stitched Textiles by Sue Wood, H.R. Gallop Gallery, Charles Sturt
University (masters exhibition)
National Craft Acquisition Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
(selected)
1996 – Recent work by Bruce McKenzie and Sue Wood, H.R. Gallop Gallery, Charles Sturt
University
1995 – Contemporary Cloth, Canberra (curated)
1994 – Crafts Council NSW, New Professional Grant Exhibition, Craftspace, Sydney
(selected)