Qualifications: 1979-80 UTS 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 Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace, East Moseley, Surrey, UK (Summer school courses) 2015 Internship at Chanel's Ecole Lesage Atelier Paris, Montmartre, Paris, FRANCE (with the help of the Art Start award, Australia Council) Select Group Exhibitions 2108 Fisher Ghost Art Award finalist (forthcoming) opening 27.10.2018-13.12.2018. 2018 Seedstitch Contemporary Textile Awards finalist (forthcoming) opening 5.10.2018 Australian Design Centre Darlinghurst 2010 2018 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize (finalist) Centenary Centre At Ravenswood School for Girls, Killara. 2018 Lethbridge Art Prize, (finalist) exhibition 136 La Trobe Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane. 2018 Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist exhibition Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra. 2018 Stanthorpe Art Prize finalist exhibition, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Stanthorpe, Queensland 2018 40th Alice Springs Art Prize (finalist), Araluen Galleries, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs. 2018 Wyndham Art Prize, Melbourne, finalist exhibition, Wyndham Regional Gallery, Werribee, Victoria. 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 Civilization 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. 2017 Fishers Ghost Art Prize (open section) finalist exhibition, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney, AUS. 2107 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, finalist exhibition QUT Art Museum Brisbane 2017 Open House, Tamworth Textile Triennial 2017 opening exhibition, curator Glenn Barkley, will tour Australian Regional Galleries until 2020 2017 Camberwell Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Swinburne University Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS. 2017 Wyndham Art Prize Finalist exhibition, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS. 2017 Art Central Art Fair Lung Wo Road, Central, HONG KONG. 2017 Vagina Museum, London UK. 2016Hornsby Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Wallarobba Art Centre, Hornsby, Sydney, AUS. 2016 Fishers Ghost (Open Section) Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney, AUS. 2016 Rutherglen Sculpture Prize Finalist Exhibition, Gallery 294, Corowa, New South Wales, AUS. 2016 Linden Postcard Exhibition, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS. 2016 602 Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, Victoria, AUS. 2016 The Substation Contemporary Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, 2016 Newport, Melbourne, Victoria, 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 Exhibition, # 6 Compound, Beijing. CHINA 2015 Open House' 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, 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. 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. 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 791 Design Precinct, Beijing Design Week, 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, Red Gate # 6 Compound, Beijing, CHINA. 2015 Homesick, M Contemporary Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney, AUS.
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/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/Bursary 2018 Seedstitch Contemporary textile award Art Prize 2018 (finalist) 2018 Fishers Ghost Art Prize (finalist) 2018 Sunshine Coast Art Prize (finalist) 2018 Ravenswood Art Prize (finalist) 2018 Lethbridge Art Prize (finalist) 2018 Stanthorpe Art Prize 'judges commendation prize' 2018 Alice Prize (finalist) 2018 Wyndham Art Prize (finalist) 2017 Won a bursary to do Phd. Deakin University (Wyndham Art Prize) 2017 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize (winner) of The Sam Whitely Memorial Prize QUT Art Museum 2017 Blacktown Art Prize (finalist) 2017 Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Memorial Award finalist (Highly Commended Award) 2017 Fishers Ghost Art Prize Open Section (finalist) 2017 Open House Third Tamworth Textile Triennial 2017 (participant) - curated by Glenn Barkley work is touring Australian Regional Galleries until 30.6.2020. 2018 Give it Your Best Shot Ballarat Biennale VIC participant (forthcoming) 2017 The Churchie, National Emerging Art Prize (finalist exhibition) QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, AUS. 2017 Wyndham Art Prize (winner) won bursary to do Phd (research) at Deakin University, Geelong 2018 2017 Camberwell Art Prize (finalist) Swinburne University Gallery, Melbourne, AUS. 2016 Hornsby Art Prize (finalist) Wallarobba Centre, Hornsby, Sydney, AUS. 2016 Fishers Ghost Open section Contemporary Art Prize (finalist) Cambelltown, Sydney, AUS 2016 The Substation Contemporary Art Prize (finalist) Newport, Melbourne, AUS. 2016 Open House, Third Tamworth Textile Triennial 2017 curated by Glenn Barkley, work will tour Australian regional galleries until 30.6.2020 2016 Rutherglen Sculpture Prize indoor section (winner) 2016 Hong Kong Art Fair 2015 ArtStart Grant, 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) 2014 Kudos Awards, Kudos Gallery (finalist) 2014 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize (finalist) 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
Guest lectures/symposia 2018 Guest lecture (paid) at UNSWAD April, 2028 2018 Artists Talk Gympie Regional Gallery"Undercivilzation' curated by Kevin Wilson QUT 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, Germany, France, New Zealand, 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.