Qualifications: 1979-80 UTS Lindfield, Information Science 2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, (Hons. first class) UNSW CoFA, Sydney. Australia. 2014 On the Dean's List for Academic Excellence during four years at UNSWAD 2011-2014 2015 Embroidery training, Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace, East Moseley, Surrey, UK (Summer school courses) 2015 Embroidery Internship at Chanel's 'Ecole Lesage Atelier' Paris, Montmartre, Paris, FRANCE (with the help of the Art Start award, Australia Council) Select Group Exhibitions 2019 Artisan Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 2019 May 'Touch' (forthcoming-details soon) Gaffa Gallery, Sydney. 2019 Wyndam Art Prize, Werribee, Victoria. FINALIST 2019 'Petite Pieces' Aspire Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane, FINALIST 2018 Blacktown Art Prize December, 2018..FINALIST 2018 Fishers Ghost Art Award FINALIST 2018 Seedstitch Contemporary Textile Awards finalist Australian Design Centre Darlinghurst 2010 FINALIST 2018 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize for painting Ravenswood School for Girls, Killara FINALIST 2018 Lethbridge Art Prize,exhibition 136 La Trobe Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane..FINALIST 2018 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra..FINALIST 2018 Stanthorpe Art Prize Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Stanthorpe, Queensland.. FINALIST 2018 40th Alice Springs Art Prize, Araluen Galleries, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs..FINALIST 2018 Wyndham Art Prize, Melbourne, Wyndham Regional Gallery, Werribee, Victoria..FINALIST 2018 'I know who you are but what am I?' M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra 2018 Biennale Of Australian Art, BOAA 'Give it your Best Shot exhibition' Ballarat, Victoria, AUS. 2018 Under Civilisation curated by Kevin Wilson QUT Art Museum curator, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie 2017 Blacktown Art Prize finalist exhibition, Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney, AUS. 2017 Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Award, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, Gladstone, Qld..FINALIST 2017 Fishers Ghost Art Prize (open section) exhibition, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney, AUS..FINALIST 2107 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, FNALIST EXHIBITION QUT Art Museum Brisbane, JOINT SECOND PRIZE WITH ABDUL ABDULLA 2017 Open House, Tamworth Textile Triennial 2017 opening exhibition, curator Glenn Barkley, will tour Australian Regional Galleries until 2020 2017 Camberwell Art Prize Exhibition, Swinburne University Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS.. FINALIST 2017 Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS..FINALIST 2017 Art Central Art Fair Lung Wo Road, Central, HONG KONG. 2017 Vagina Museum, London UK. 2016Hornsby Art Prize Exhibition,Wallarobba Art Centre, Hornsby, Sydney, AUS. FINALIST 2016 Fishers Ghost (Open Section) Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Camperdown Art Centre..FINALIST 2016 Rutherglen Sculpture Prize, Gallery 294, Corowa, New South Wales, AUS. FINALIST 2016 Linden Postcard Exhibition, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS. FINALIST 2016 602 Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS. 2016 The Substation Contemporary Art Prize Exhibition,2016 Newport, Melbourne, AUS. 2016 Synthesis' M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2016 Barry Keldoulis Art Month's Collectors Space' Contemporary Art Fair Festival, Camperdown, Sydney, AUS. 2016 Hong Kong Art Fair,ArtCentral, Lung Wo Road, Central,HONG KONG. 2016 YAI Exhibition,M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney. AUS. 2015 Considered, M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney. AUS. 2015' Beijing Red Gate Feijiacun solo exhibition, # 6 Compound, Beijing. CHINA 2015 'Open House' exhibition CAMAC Art Centre,Marnay-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne, FRANCE 2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair,M Contemporary, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2015 Home is where the Heart Is,M Contemporary, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2015 I miei viaggi,exhibition Venice Printmaking Studio, Cannaregio, Venice, ITALY. 2015 Bild und Wort,Takt Kunstraum Tapir/Takt Academy, Friedrichshain, Berlin, GERMANY. 2015 Mythology of My Land,M Contemporary Gallery Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2014 UNSW ART DESIGN Annual 14 Exhibition,UNSW Galleries, Sydney. AUS. 2014 Kudos Awards Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, AUS. 2014 Evoke,M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2014 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney. AUS. FINALIST 2014 Stitched,curated by Professor Michael Esson, Janet Clayton Gallery, Alexandria, Sydney, AUS. 2014 Young Artists Initiative (YAI),M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2014 Engage,M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2014 Refining, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, AUS. 2014 Kudos Awards, Kudos Gallery FINALIST 2014 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize FINALIST 2013 Kudos Emerging Artist Award, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, AUS. 2013 UNSW ART DESIGN Annual Exhibition,UNSW ART DESIGN, Sydney, AUS. 2012 SPI in Disguise,COFA Space, UNSW ART DESIGN Sydney, AUS. 2012 Leeches and Beaches,Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, AUS. 2012 Mad Object, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, AUS. 2012 Half a Desk, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, AUS. 2012 Bamboo City, curated by Professor Richard Goodwin UNSW CoFA, 791 Design Precinct, Beijing Design Week, Beijing, CHINA. 2012 Professor Richard Goodwin's Porosity Studio, collaborated with students from Tsing Hua University, Beijing, CHINA. 2011 Torpid Décor, Kudos Gallery, PADDINGTON, Sydney, AUS. 2011 Object Fou, COFA Space, Paddington, Sydney. AUS.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 'It's Over, We're Cactus', M Contemporary Gallery Woollahra. 2015 Feijiacun solo exhibition, Red Gate # 6 Compound, Beijing, CHINA. 2015 'Homesick', M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2015 Takt Kunstprojecttraum/Takt Academy, Friedrichshain, Berlin, GERMANY.
Residencies
2012 Professor Richard Goodwin's Porosity Studio, collaborated with students from Tsing Hua University, Beijing, CHINA. 2012 The Green House Residency, UNSW Fowlers Gap Remote Research Station, Far Western NSW (Broken Hill), NSW, AUS. 2015 Takt Kunstprojecttraum, Takt Academy, Prenzlauerberg and Friedrichshain, Berlin, GERMANY. 2015 Venice Printmaking Studio Residency, Cannaregio, Venice, ITALY. 2015 CAMAC Art Centre, Marnay-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne, FRANCE. 2015 Red Gate Residency, Tuanjiehu, Beijing, CHINA.
Commissions
2014 Bearded Tit,Emma Price's 'The Bearded Tit ArtBar' Redfern 2014 Vagina, Nikki Townsend, Michael Reid Gallery
AWARDS, GRANTS PRIZES 2018 Stanthorpe Art Prize 'judges commendation prize' 2017 Wyndham Art Prize, won a bursary to do Phd. Deakin University 2017 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize winner of The Sam Whitely Memorial Prize QUT Art Museum 2017 Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Memorial Award finalist 'Hanrahan's Angel' won the Highly Commended Award 2017 Open House Third Tamworth Textile Triennial 2017 invited to participate by curator Glenn Barkley work is touring Australian Regional Galleries until 30.6.2020. 2018 Give it Your Best Shot Ballarat Biennale VIC participant 2017 Wyndham Art Prize (winner)bursary awarded by Dr. Cameron Bishop to do Phd at Deakin University, Melbourne, beginning 2018 2016 Rutherglen Sculpture Prize (indoor section) WINNER FIRST PRIZE 2015 ArtStart Award ($10,000) Australian Council of the Arts (recipient) 2015 CAMAC Artists grant Marnay-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne, France (recipient) 2014 UNSW AD Award for Academic Excellence during four years at UNSW Art & Design (recipient) 2013 COFA Sculpture, Performance and Installation Prize for Excellence at COFA Annual Exhibition (winner) 2013 Kudos Emerging Art & Design Award (finalist)
Videos/Media
2018 'Why I'll Never Take Acid Again' will feature on 'Everyone's a Critic' series, Matchbox films, screens 2018 on ABCTV Trouble magazine http://www.troublemag.com/joy-ivill-its-over-were-cactus/ M Contemporary vimeo https://vimeo.com/171700867 M Contemporary vimeo https://vimeo.com/212859780 Bellbottom Magazine 2018 Artist's Profile 2018 photo of 'Acid Woman' featured in article about the Tamworth Textile Triennial 2017
Guest lectures/symposia 2018 Guest lecture (paid) at UNSWAD April, 2018 2018 Artists Talk Gympie Regional Gallery "Undercivilzation' curated by Kevin Wilson QUT Art Museum 2017 Artists Talk, Tamworth Textile Triennial 2017, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, AUS 2016 Artists talks(3) M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2015 Artists talk Billy Bumps Janet Clayton Gallery, Danks Street, Waterloo, Sydney, AUS. 2014 Artists talk M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2015 Artists talks M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2016 Artists talks M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS. 2015 Salon presentation, (and artists talk) CAMAC Marnay-sur Seine, FRANCE. 2015 Salon presentation, (and artists talk) Takt Kunstraum/Takt Academy, Freidrichshain, Berlin, GERMANY. 2015 Salon presentation, (and artists talk) Red Gate Gallery & Residency, Feijiacun, Beijing, CHINA.
Collections
Private collections Australia, London UK, Berlin Germany, Paris France, China. Ivill majored in Sculpture, Performance and Installation, then, after studying the methodology of Louise Bourgeois, she taught herself to embroider and incorporated embroidery into her art. Her practice sits at a juncture between Sculpture and Textiles,
Represented by M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS.