# Linde Ivimey

Linde Ivimey (born 1965) is an Australian sculptor.

## Biography

Linde Ivimey was born in Sydney, Australia and obtained a Diploma of Fine Art in both printmaking and sculpture at the Claremont School of Art in Perth. She taught at the school from 1993 to 1995 and also lectured at the West Australian School of Art from 1996 to 1998. In 2003, her debut exhibition at Melbourne's Heide Museum of Modern Art proved critically and financially successful.
Since her debut, Ivimey has participated in notable exhibitions such as Bone Idol in Berlin, Germany (2014), the Blake Prize for Religious Art (2000), in Sydney; and Materiality at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Gallery (1999), to name a few. Prizes received include Gomboc Sculpture Award (1992), the SECWA Fremantle Art Award (1991), and Friends of Dorothy Award for Sculpture, Perth. Her collections can be seen in many galleries including: National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, HOTA - Home of the Arts, University of Queensland Art Museum, Rockhampton Museum of Art and Hugo Collection.
Ivimey considers herself a visual artist. She is well known for her use of recycled materials, often incorporating bone and skin, primarily that of bird, sheep and fish, into large scale statues and small detailed figures. She draws upon many skills from welding to cooking, weaving, wood-sculpture, and sewing. To some her work is considered macabre. Her reaction to this was recorded as saying “I can accept they’re a little bit macabre and confronting,” she states. “But when people say ‘oh, that’s weird, I couldn’t stand that in my home’, I gently remind them that I'm not that keen on floral couches, but if they've invited me to sit on one, I'm not going to tell them.”

## Personal life

In 2013, Ivimey was diagnosed with breast cancer, and hinted at this in her solo show Brave to the Bone at Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney. One of the sculptures entitled Bandaid Bunny (a self portrait) appears admitted and sitting in a doctor’s waiting room. Other works related to her experience of depression while ill, with the "black dog" featuring heavily. After the show, Ivimey began cataloging her work as "BC" and "AD", which she explained as "before cancer and after diagnosis".

## Solo exhibitions

2021
Bonafides, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Objects within, HOTA-Home of the Arts, Gold Coast
2018
Conversations with a caterpillar, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2017
The Shape of Things, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2015
Cross My Heart, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2014
Bone Idol, Michael Reid, Berlin
Brave to the Bone, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2013
Highlights from ‘If Pain Persists’, Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD
2012
If Pain Persists: Linde Ivimey Sculpture, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Take Two, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Set in Bone, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2009
New Works, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2007
New Works, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2006
Only the Memory, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Old Souls ~ New Work, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2003
Close to the Bone, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

## Selected group exhibitions

2022
Form, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, QLD
Welcome Home, Rockhampton Museum of Art, QLD
2021
HOTA Collects – Linde Ivimey: objects within, HOTA - Home of the Arts, QLD
Savour, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2019
Love, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
Counterparts, Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
TRACE, West End (multiple locations), Brisbane
2018
The Erskine Pledge: a gift to Newcastle, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
Jan Murphy Gallery, spring 1883, Melbourne
So Fine – Contemporary women artists make Australian history, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
The Gift: Art, Artefacts and Arrivals, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra
2017
Apologies to Roadkill, Godinyamayin Yijard Rivers Arts & Cultural Centre, NT
2016
Jan Murphy Gallery, spring 1883, Melbourne
Ceremonial, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
Love...more than a four letter word, Caboolture Regional Gallery, QLD
I Prefer Life: works from the Reydan Weiss collection, Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
We Are Here: An exploration of contemporary portraiture as a response to hatred and hope, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, VIC
Hidden: Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk, Rookwood Cemetery, NSW
2015
Fantastic Worlds, Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
Discerning Judgement, Supreme Court Library Queensland, Brisbane
Martin Browne Contemporary, art central, Hong Kong
Australian Contemporary Art, Australian Embassy Berlin
2014
12 Days of Christmas, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2013
Martin Browne Contemporary, Auckland Art Fair
Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
Australia: Contemporary voices, Fine Art Society, London
Gathering II, Wangaratta Regional Gallery, VIC
Diorama, Woollongong Regional Art Gallery, VIC
Sculpture at Bathers Beach, Kidogo House, Perth
2012
Walking With Alice, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide
Multiply, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Hello Dollies, Penrith Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Murr-mur, Michael Reid, Berlin
2011
Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland Art Fair
2010
Martin Browne Fine Art, Melbourne Art Fair
2009
University of Queensland National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland Art Fair
Women In The Bible, The Jewish Museum, Melbourne
2008
Autumn Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
New Works by Gallery Artists, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair, Martin Browne Fine Art
Bal Taschit, The Jewish Museum, Melbourne
2007
Winter Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Autumn Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Summer Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Blood Lines, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW (followed by national tour)
Culture Trackers, 24 Hour Art Centre, Darwin
Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland Art Fair
2006
Summer Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art As A State Of Encounter, Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW (followed by national tour)
2005
Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland Art Fair
Bread, Bones & Babies, Blindside, Melbourne
Natural Selection, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
New Haven, Uber Gallery, Melbourne
2004
Martin Browne Fine Art, Melbourne Art Fair
Heavenly Creatures, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2003
National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Makers Craft, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2001
National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Menagerie, The Gold Treasury Museum, Melbourne
2000
The Blake Prize for Religious Art, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture Survey, Gomboc Sculpture Gallery, Perth
1999
Materiality, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
The Tactile Art Award, Object Galleries, Customs House, Sydney
1998
Gomboc Gallery, Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Perth
Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
Millennium, Gomboc Sculpture Gallery, Perth
1997
Aspects of Fremantle, The Mores Building, WA
I, Shadow, Australian Galleries, Melbourne Festival
New Collections Gallery, Perth
1996
Sculpture Survey, Gomboc Sculpture Gallery, Perth
Bravado, Delaney Galleries, Perth
Field Day, Ballidu Contemporary Art Society, WA
Eggsamples, WA Ostrich Company, Perth
The Monaro Show, Fremantle Art Centre, WA
1995
Plot, Kalla Yeedip Gallery, WA
Substantial Stuff, CSA Gallery, Perth
Homocraft, Craftwest Gallery, Perth (followed by national tour)
1994
In Spirit & Form, Bunbury Galleries, Bunbury, WA
1993
Taugman, The Ties That Bind, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA and The Australian Centre, Manila
Life Size, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth
Heavier Than Air, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
Skin, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
1992
Advantages Of Isolation, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
When I'm 69, Delaney Galleries, Perth, WA
Body Contact, Perth Gallery, WA
Nexus, Access Contemporary Gallery, NSW
City Challenge, Art Gallery of Western Fremantle Art Award, Energy Museum, WA
National Women's Arts Festival, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
Please Be Seated, Museum Of Western Australia, Perth

## Publications

   * 50 Most collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 51, p. 206, January- March 2010
    Collins Artists Diary, 2010
   * 50 Most collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 47, January- March 2009
   * Boccalate, Suzanne. Hair, Trunkbooks, Series 1, pp. 37- 41, May 2009
   * What Now, Australian Art Collector, Issue 48, pp. 106- 107, April- June 2009
   * 50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 43, pp. 144- 147, January–March 2008
   * McDonald, John. From Eerie to Equine, Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), pp. 16 –17, 29 September 2007
   * Baum, Caroline. Linde Ivimey: From Birth to Earth, Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), 3 September 2007
   * McCulloch, Alan Susan and Emily, Linde Ivimey in The New McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Australian Art Editions, p. 545, The Miegunyah Press 2006
   * Clarke, Deborah. Front Cover Art Monthly, number 191, July 2006
   * Mitzecich, Nick. Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art As A State Of Encounter, Newcastle Region Gallery, pp. 40- 41, represented by image and text, Printed on the occasion of the touring exhibition, 2006
   * Reid, Michael. Linde Ivimey, Good Weekend/Sydney Morning Herald, p.17, 17 September 2005
   * Kiely, Annemarie. Obsessions, Belle Magazine Australia, pp. 38-42, January/February 2005
   * Gellatly, Kelly. Close To The Bone, Heide Museum of Modern Art Melbourne, p. 24 (Illustrated), Winter 2003
   * Taylor, Elena & Chandler, Rebecca. Sculpture in Focus, artonview, Issue 33, pp. 17-23, Autumn 2003
   * Taylor, Roger. Catalogue of a life, World Sculpture News, vol 7, no. 4, PP. 38- 41, Autumn, 2001
   * James, Bruce. God Moves in Mysterious Ways, Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), P. 2, 2 December 2000
   * Turley, Dir. Louise. Artists At Work: Linde Ivimey, ABC TV, First screened on ABC TV Australia, 14 August 2000

## Private and public collections

   * National Gallery of Australia
   * National Gallery of Victoria
   * HOTA - Home of the Arts Collection
   * University of Queensland Art Collection
   * Rockhampton Museum of Art
   * Reydan Weiss Collection
   * Holmes à Court Collection
   * Hugo Collection
   * Keating Collection
   * Liz & Lloyd Horn Collection
   * Newcastle City Art Gallery
   * Waneroo City Council
   * Western Australia School of Art, Design & Media

## Awards

   * Creative Design Award, City of Perth & Challenge Bank
   * Gomboc Sculpture Award, Perth
   * Design Award, AIDS Council of WA
   * Friends of Dorothy Award for Sculpture, Perth
   * Outstanding Achievement, Channel 10 Young Achievers Award
   * Inaugural State Energy Commission of WA & Fremantle City Art Award