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 Womens Arts Festival, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney Please Be Seated, Museum Of Western Australia, Perth