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Her world 2011
Etching, engraving, roulette
71 x 98 cm
Edition of 20
$2,700 framed
$2,200 unframed

     
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sense of self 2009
59 x 89 cm
Engraving & roulette
Edition of 14
$1,980 framed
$1,650 unframed

     
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Projection 2011
Engraving & roulette
21.5 x 19cm
2/20 colville st (framed)
$495 unframed
$660 framed

     
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I am what I am, 2009
Engraving & roulette
19 x 29 cm
20/20 (framed)
$660 framed
$495 unframed

     
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A point of view 2010
Soft ground & roulette
19.5 x 14.5 cm
24/24 (framed)
$385 unframed
$550 framed

     
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of its own (2) 2011
engraving & roulette
19 x 21.5 cm
2/20 (unframed)
$495 unframed

     
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of its own (1) 2011
engraving & roulette
19 x 21.5 cm
2/20 (unframed)
$495 unframed

     
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Through the howling wind the dog yells,
You know what to do
2011
etching & engraving
28 x 29 cm
2/20 (unframed)
$550 unframed

     
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Pause 2009
Etching, engraving & roulette
71 x 89 cm
12/20 (framed)
$1,950 unframed
$2,350 framed

     
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Tube
Considered
2011
Spit etch, engraving, roulette
36 x 89 cm
1/20
$1,100 unframed

     
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Fur over 2011
Spit etch, engraving, roulette
36 x 89 cm
1/20
$1,100 unframed

     
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Nuzzle loud 2011
Engraving, etching & roulette
28.5 x 38 cm
1/20
$550

     
2009    
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Pause 2009
Engraving and roulette intaglio. Edition: 20
71 x 89 cm

     
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Strong Bond 2009
Edition of 20 engraving & roulette 14.5 x 19cm
$385

     
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Inhalation 2009
Edition of 20 engraving & roulette 14.5 x 19cm
$385

     
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Beyond Us 2009
Edition of 20 engraving & roulette 14.5 x 19cm
$385

     
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Scratch2009
Edition of 20 engraving and roulette
14.5 x 19cm
$385

     
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We are drawn to each other 2009
Edition of 20 engraving & roulette 21.5 x 29cm
$550

     
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My view is not your view 2009
Edition of 20 engraving
17.5 x 23cm
$495

     
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Simply present 2009
Edition of 20 engraving and roulette
22 x 34cm
$550

     
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An animal moment 2009
Edition of 20 engraving & roulette 25 x 25cm
$550

     
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Other ways of thinking 2009
Edition of 20 engraving & roulette 21 x 29cm

     
     
2007    
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The impulse not to answer 2007
monoprint & pindan unique state
56 x 76cm
$2750

     
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Mysterious soul 2007
monoprint & pindan unique state
15 x 21cm
$1100

     
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The edifice of dogdom 2007
monoprint & pindan unique state
56 x 76cm
$2750

     
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Unique intelligent ears 2007
monoprint & pindan unique state
56 x 76cm
$3025

     
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Vacant stare 2007
monoprint & pindan unique state
28 x 36.5cm
$1850

     
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Street dog - when afraid scratcg leg 2004
etching, aquaint & roulette
88.2 x 59cm
edition of 20
$1650

     
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Street dog - nuzzle dirty 2004
etching, aquaint & roulette
88 x 59cm
edition of 20
$1650

     
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Street dog - protect empty hand by intelligent companion 2004
etching, aquaint & roulette
59 x 39cm
edition of 20
$990

     
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Street dog - bark happy dream, growl happy like 2004
etching, aquaint & roulette
40 x 44cm
edition of 20
$990

     
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Street dog - empty bowl of everything 2004
etching, aquaint & roulette
56.5 x 38cm
edition of 20
$990

     
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You ask, you beg, you howl, you bite ... and achieve 2006
angle grinder & roulette
88.5 x 62.5cm
edition of 15
$1320
SOLD OUT

     
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Submissive grin 2006
etching, roulette & aquatint
59 x 89 cm
Edition 15
$1650

     
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A slight feeling of discomfort 2006
etching, roulette & aquatint
59 x 89 cm
Edition 15
$1650

     
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The mongrel 2006
etching, roulette & aquatint
59 x 89 cm
Edition 15
$1650

     
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Darter - tongue kisses 2006
etching, roulette & angle grinder
59 x 88.5 cm
Edition 15
$1650

     
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Premature independance 2006
aquatint, spit etch & roulette
59 x 88.5 cm
Edition 15
$1650

     
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Dish licker 2006
aquatint, spit etch & roulette
59 x 78 cm
Edition 15
$1320

     
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Paw stick 2006
etching & roulette
44 x 74.5 cm
Edition 15
$1100

     
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You investigate good butts only so you can slobber a little 2006
engraving & roulette
34.5 x 81.5 cm
Edition 15
$1100

     
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Not so camp dog 2006
etching & roulette
47 x 53 cm
Edition 15
$990

     
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Loquacious dog 2006
etching, drypoint & roulette
43.5 x 52 cm
Edition 15
$990

     
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Significant otherness 2006
engraving & roulette
13 x 34.5 cm
Edition 20
$495

     
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Paw stick (2nd state) 2006
engraving & roulette
27 x 23 cm
Edition 15
$550

     
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Back to back 2006
engraving & roulette
14 x 19 cm
Edition 20
$385

     
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Pariah 2006
engraving & roulette
14 x 19 cm
Edition 20
$385

     
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Soft inside 2006
engraving & roulette
14 x 19 cm
Edition 20
$385

     
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Noze nuzzling 2006
engraving & roulette
14 x 19 cm
Edition 20
$385

     
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Dog phobic 2006
engraving & roulette
19.5 x 24 cm
Edition 20
$495

     
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Blissful state of exultation 2006
white ground etching & roulette
30 x 44 cm
Edition 20
$770

     
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Dying of indifference 2006
engraving & roulette
19.5 x 29 cm
Edition 20
$510

Recent Articles
 
 
deborah williams
 
born

1967 Melbourne
Lives and works in Melbourne

 
studies and travel
 
2006

MFA Printmaking, National Art School , Sydney

2001-06

Lecturer, Sessional Printmaking, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne
Technical Officer, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne

2004

Printmaking teacher, Winja Ulapna Aboriginal Art Program
Relief Printmaking Workshop, Bali International School Indonesia

2001, 2, 4 Sessional Teacher, Box Hill Institute of TAFE, Arts Technology

2002

Emergency Teaching, VCE Studio Arts & Media
1997-00 Print Council of Australia , Committee Member, Treasurer
96, 99, 00 Technician, Australian Print Workshop, Fitroy
1995-00

Technical Officer, Victorian College of the Arts

1998-00

Lecturer, Sessional Printmaking, Victorian College of the Arts

1994

Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Fine Art RMIT

1991

Diploma of Education, Hawthorne Institute of Education, University of Melbourne

1989 Bachelor of Arts (Printmaking) Victoria College , Prahran
 
solo exhibitions
 
2009 Significant Others, Reflecting on a Relationship Australian Galleries, Sydney
2008 Preview followed by Melbourne Art Fair Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2007

If You Can’t Bite, Don’t Show Your Teeth Colville Gallery, Hobart, Impressions Gallery, Canberra
If You Can’t Bite, don’t Show Your Teeth Australian Galleries, Sydney

2006

If You Can’t Bite, Don’t Show Your Teeth Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2005

Unleased , Doggett St Studio Gallery, Brisbane

2004

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I am a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog
Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
Recent Works , Australian Galleries Works on paper, Melbourne

2002

Recent Works Red Gallery, Vic

2000 Drag Racing Firestation Print Studio Inc. Vic

1999

Penthouse Pets West Space, Footscray, Vic
Down Faced Dog cityartpublicspace, Transport Shelters, Vic

1993 Dog Day Afternoon Australian Print Workshop Access Studio, Fitzroy, Vic
 
selected group exhibitions
 
2007

Sci-Fi Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Melbourne
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle
Waterhouse Natural Art Award Adelaide
Group exhibition Burnie Print Prize

2006

City of Hobart Art Prize Jewellery/Printmaking
2 Dog Night , Colville Street Art Gallery , Hobart
Group Exhibition Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Vic Acquisition Award

2005

beastiary curated by Stephen Wickham. Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Vic
Jacque Cadry Memorial Art Prize (finalist) Fox Studios, State Library of NSW
33 Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
We are all animals La Trobe University Visual Arts Gallery, Bendigo , Vic
Contemporary Works on Paper Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne

2004

Species Australian Galleries Works on paper, Melbourne
The Hutchins Art Prize , Hobart
23, a print exchange Port Jackson Press, Phyliss Palmer Gallery , La Trobe University , Vic
In the presence of All Creatures Great and Small Australian Galleries
Works on Paper, Sydney
MPRG Works on Paper Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic
Albury Art Prize Albury Regional Art Gallery , NSW
Pelt RMIT Project Space, Vic
The Grant Gallery , Sanur, Bali , Indonesia

2003

Sex and Death Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Vic
Group Show Red Gallery, Vic
MPRG Works on Paper , Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic
Shell Freemantle Print Award, WA
Geelong Print Prize, Vic
City of Banyule , Works on Paper Award, Vic
International Print & Drawing Award , Silpakorn University , Thailand

2002

Melbourne Summer Urban Art Tram Shelters
MPRG Works on Paper Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic
Majority Rules!(Part One) Free Gallery, Glasgow , Scotland
Silk Cut Award Linocuts Glen Eira Arts Centre, Vic
Hutchins Art Prize Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Shell Freemantle Print Award Freemantle Arts Centre, WA
Asylum Art Exhibition & Auction Dante's Gallery, Vic

2001

New Q 2001 Counihan Gallery, Vic
Minutia Australian Print Workshop, Vic
ALL THE RAGE Keith Murdoch Gallery, State Library of Victoria
A4 ART West Space, Melbourne
Hutchins Art Prize The Hutchins School, Tas
Something for the Ladies ..Penthouse & Pavement Art Space, Vic

2000

New Q 2000 Linden Art Gallery , Vic
Postcard Show Linden Gallery, Vic
Swan Hill National Print & Drawing Acquisition Award Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Vic
Proof Positive Gold Treasury Museum , Vic
Play Thing Span Galleries, Vic
The Korea Australian Exchange Exhibition RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall
Hutchins Art Prize The Hutchins School , Hobart
menagerie@treasury Gold Treasury Museum , Vic
A4 Art West Space, Vic

1999

Play Thing Craft Victoria
Rene Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award Warrnambool Art Gallery
Impressions Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, Vic
Shell Freemantle Print Award Freemantle Arts Centre, WA
' AGITATE! A celebration of street art Platform 2 Flinders St Station & Lower Swanston Town Hall, Vic
Williamstown Acquisition Art Prize Vic
Geelong Print Prize Geelong Art Gallery , Vic
SWAP Australian Print Workshop, Fitroy, Vic
The Cask, An Aussie Icon Umbrella Gallery, Townsville, University of Southern Queenland , Toowoomba, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Vic

1998

Decalog – A Catalogue of Ten Years of Australian Printmaking, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul , Korea
The Cask, An Aussie Icon Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria
A Dog's Breakfast Myer, Melbourne
Geelong Print Prize Geelong Art Gallery , Vic
Shell Freemantle Print Award Freemantle Art Centre, WA

1997

International Print Exhibition Porland Museum, Oregon, USA
The Embellished Egg, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic
Animal Exhibition Australian Print Workshop, Fitroy, Vic
Geelong Acquisition Print Prize , Geelong Art Gallery, Vic
Australian Printmedia Awards UWS Macarthur, NSW

1996

21 st Annual Shell Freemantle Print Award Freemantle Arts Centre, WA
12th Biennial Prints Acquisitive Exhibition Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery , Vic

1995

Print Council of Australia 1995 Member Prints Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW, Noreen Graham Galleries , Brisbane, Print Council of Australia , Vic
Transfer Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, Vic

1994-95

Canson Student Print Award Queensland College of Art Gallery, Qld, College of Fine Art Gallery, NSW, Australian Print Workshop, Fitroy, Vic

1994

RMIT Graduate Printmakers Exhibition 333 Collins Street , Melbourne
Watch This Space Platform Exhibition Space, Spencer St , Melbourne
19 th Annual Shell Freemantle Print Award Freemantle Arts Centre, WA
International Triennial of Graphic Art Bitola Republic of Macedonia
Erotica Group Show Australian Print Workshop Access Studio, Fitroy, Vic
Eureka Group Show Engramme , Quebec

1993

Christmas Show Australian Print Workshop Access Studio, Fitroy, Vic
Partners in Print, Melbourne Sydney Print Exchange Australian Print Workshop Access Studio, Fitroy, Vic

1992

Christmas Show Australian Print Workshop Access Studio, Fitroy, Vic
Partners in Print – Melbourne Australian Print Workshop Access Studio, Fitroy, Vic

1990

St Kilda Festival Exhibition Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Vic
Fringe Festival Exhibition Fringe Studios, Fitroy, Vic

1989

Victorian Tertiary Students Inter Campus Arts Festival RMIT Gallery, Vic

 
awards
 
2003

Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Works on Paper MPRG, Acquired

2002

Silk Cut Award, Acquired

2000 New Q 2000, Acquired
1999

Rene Ellen Print Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery , Acquired

1997

International Print Exhibition, Portland Museum , Oregon , USA , Acquired

1996 Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Works on Paper MPRG, Acquired
1994 Print Council of Australia , Member Print Commission
1988 Powell Street Gallery Award, Victoria Gallery , Melbourne , Highly Commended
 
collections
 

Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Australia , ACT
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery , Tas
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery , Tas
La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library Vic
Gold Coast City Art Gallery , Qld
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic
Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Qld
Warrnambool Art Gallery , Vic
La Trobe Regional Gallery, Vic
Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas
Feemantle Arts Centre, WA
University of Southern Queensland , Qld
City of Whitehorse
Print Council of Australia , Melbourne , Vic
Australian Print Workshops, Vic
London Print Workshop , UK
Edinburgh Print Workshop, Scotland
Glasgow Print Workshop, Scotland
Belfast Print Workshop , Ireland
Chiangmai Contemporary Art Museum , Thailand
University of Papua New Guinea
Portland Art Museum , Oregon , USA
The Chicago Print Collective Workshop, USA
Silk Cut Collection
Canson Australia Pty Ltd

 
bibliography
 

Morrow, C Pelt exhibition review www.accaonline.org.au 2005
Low, L Open Gallery , Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald 4/5 Dec 2004 p.20
Hill, P Sticks and Bones , Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald 11/12 Dec p.20
Cininas, J Pelt exhibition catalogue Sept 2004
IMPRINT SUMMER 2004 Vol 39 No.4 Preview p.25
Crawford, A Deborah Williams;Etchings & Linocuts The Age, Agenda 29 Feb, 2004 p.19
Clarke, P & Haultain, L Interview ABC Melbourne 774 18 Feb, 2004
St Leger, D Review 5 th Hutchins Art Prize IMPRINT SUMMER 2001 Vol 36, No.4
Tsara, O All the Rage Exhibition Catalogue The Post Modern Advertising Massage: Take It or Leave It Aug 2001 p. 34 & 36
Interview Art Rave Today 3PBS 20 Jan 2000
Arts Feature INPRESS Issue 592 12 Jan 2000 p.43
McAuliffe, C Exhibition Review Sunday Arts 3LO 4 July 1999
Bolch, U Exhibition Review IMPRINT plus SPRING 1999 Vol 34 No.3
Sign of the Times Today Section, The Age 27 Sept 1999 p.1
Taylor, R Interview High & Low 3RRR 22 Sept 1999
No room for a dog with a message Today Section, The Age 22 Sept 1999 p.10