Bachelor of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts

email: ursuladut@gmail.com

PRESENT

Ceramic and Multimedia Artist: creating sculpture, murals, tiles, commissions, community art projects, residencies and workshops.

COMMISSIONS / PROJECTS/ WORKSHOPS

2024-

• Canterbury Community Centre Basscare-Pottery with Ursula-weekly class.
• Her Place Museum-Children’s Open Day – The Art of Suff-Rage.
•  Brimbank Council- World Environment Day/ Friends of Kororoit Creek/ workshop creating clay Cockatoos.
•  Nature-Fest on the Birrarung  -Clay bird workshop and display for Westgate Biodiversity: Bili Nursery & Landcare .

2023-

• Sussex Neighborhood House 2013 to- Workshops/Classes- Clay Art for Adults: an inclusive clay hand building class. Small Objects in Clay- Night class. Clay Art for Kids: a pottery hand building class for kids 6-12 years old to play with clay.
• Creative Clay Classes Gasworks Arts Park began 2018.
• Canterbury Community Centre Basscare-Pottery with Ursula-weekly class.
• Basscare  Morgan Glen Iris- Clay Classes 4 x4 sessions per year.

2022-

• Canterbury Community Centre Basscare-Pottery with Ursula-weekly class.
• Basscare  Morgan Glen Iris- Clay Classes 4 x 4 sessions per year.
• Creative Clay Classes Gasworks Arts Park began 2018 to Present.
• Albion North Primary School-Sculpture Garden, Teaching Artist for the Song Room.
•  The Hunt Club Deer Park-Pottery Teacher.
•   World Environment Day -Brimbank Environment Department: create a Wind Chime for Peace.
•  Artist for Kids Culture-Featured Artist for the Art Bus School Holiday Program.
• Hearts for Ukraine Workshop-by The Flowering Heart Project at the community sculpture and space by Nina Sanadze ‘CALL to PEACE‘.
•  Sussex Neighborhood House since 2013- Workshops/Classes- Clay Art for Adults: an inclusive clay hand building class. Small Objects in Clay- Night class. Clay Art for Kids: a pottery hand building class for kids 6-12 years old to play with clay.

2019-

• ‘The Flowering Heart Project’ is going Green- green hearts grow trees. Raising funds in aid of TreeSisters: women seeding change.
  
• ‘Tree is Life’: traveling art installation in Aid of TreeSisters, a collaborative Art project by Ursula Dutkiewicz, Tessa Wylde, Karen Hopkins, Xenica Douglas, Deborah Punton and The Flowering Heart Project.
• Creative Clay Classes Gasworks Arts Park began 2018 to Present.
• Sussex Neighborhood House since 2013- Workshops/Classes- Clay Art for Adults: an inclusive clay hand building class. Small Objects in Clay- Night class. Clay Art for Kids: a pottery hand building class for kids 6-12 years old to play with clay.

2018-

• Manorvale Primary School Artist in Residence – creating ‘The River Project’ a four-meter ceramic wall mural made with two hundred Year 1 /2 and 3/4 students.
• Armadale Primary School Artist in Residence – creating tiles inspired by Victorian botanical drawings for a brick garden wall.
• Working for The Song Room and St Joseph’s Primary School in Collingwood, creating a ‘Tree of Life” ceramic mural with Year 5/6 students.  Working with film maker Daniel Higgins who documented the project.
• Creative Clay Classes at Gasworks Arts Park – currently teaching Wednesday evening classes, eight weeks per term in Handbuilding with clay.
• Sussex Neighborhood House Workshops/Classes- Clay Art for Adults: an inclusive clay hand building class. Small Objects in Clay- Night class. Clay Art for Kids: a pottery hand building class for kids 6-12 years old to play with clay.

2017-

• The Song Room & Manorvale Primary School Artist in Residence Creative Community Project. Engaged to make three Sculptures for the Orchard Garden with school parents from the Karen community.
  
• The Song Room  and Annunciation Primary School Artist in Residence Creative Community Project. Engaging parents, children and staff in creating ceramic murals to enhance the students Verandah Area.
• VW Camper Van Wedding Commission – commissioned to create a VW to be used as part of the wedding ceremony.
• Murrumbeena Primary School- Artist in Residence  100th Anniversary Sculpture Project.
• Sussex Neighborhood House Workshops/Classes- Clay Art for Adults: an inclusive clay hand building class. Small Objects in Clay- Night class. Clay Art for Kids: a pottery hand building class for kids 6-12 years old to play with clay.

2016-

• The Song Room & St Pius X – Artist in Residence Creative Community Project 2016 ‘Tree of Life’. A collaboration with: Parents, students, staff and artist Ursula Dutkiewicz.
• Armadale Early Learning Center – Artist in Residence in celebration of their 40th Anniversary ‘Tree of Life Ceramic Mural’ made by the children, parents and staff. Funded by Summons Family of Hocking Stuart Armadale.
• Firbank Grammar School: Artist in Residence Junior School, Sandringham Campus. Create sculpture and tiles for an art installation in the school gardens.
• Sussex Neighborhood House Workshops/Classes- Clay Art for Kids: a pottery hand building class for kids 6-12 years old to play with clay. Clay Art for Adults: an inclusive clay hand building class. School Holiday Program.

2015-

• Design Creative Clay Workshop Series creative opportunities for art and soul.
• Sussex Neighborhood House Workshops/Classes- Clay Art for Kids: a pottery hand building class for kids 6-12 years old to play with clay. Clay Art for Adults: an inclusive clay hand building class.

2014=

• Brady Road Kindergarten: GEKA: Artist in Residence, create a clay mural with ninety children.
• Sussex Neighbourhood House – Clay Art for Adults, an inclusive clay hand building class.

2013-

• Grices Road Reserve Berwick – Commission working with artist/sculptor Julie Squires in creating a Public Artwork at Grices Road Recreation Reserve in Berwick.
• Sussex Neighborhood House Workshops/Classes- Clay Art for Kids: a pottery hand building class for kids 6-12 years old to play with clay. Clay Art for Adults: an inclusive clay hand building class. Small Objects in Clay.
• MacKillop Family Services- Facilitate a creative women’s group that will enable women who are isolated to learn skills, make social connections, be exposed to opportunities for new learning, to achieve a sense of personal mastery and improved self-confidence.

2012-

• St Peters Primary School Epping- Artist in Residence – Create tiles for two cement couches with year four and five students for the frog pond area.
• Thomastown West Primary School – Artist in Residence, creating five-meter ceramic mural with year 4 and 5 students.
• ‘Once Upon a Circus’ Project – Westside Circus, artist/ book facilitator.
• The Harbor Family and Children’s Center (Gowrie Victoria)- Artist in Residence, creating ceramic mural with eighty children.
• The Flowering Heart Project. Till Present.

2011-

• St Mary’s Primary School – Tree of Life Ceramic Mural.
• ‘Once Upon a Circus’ Project – Westside Circus, artist/ book facilitator.

2010-

• AGOY Wellbeing Centre Prahran. Create “The Wellbeing Tree” ceramic mural with community.
• Artist in Residence-St Peter’s Primary School Epping, creating a ceramic wall mural with students and community members.

2009-

• Housing Week “Tree of Life Project”. Create three ceramic tree murals in SPCHG’s Rooming Houses.
• Blackburn Pre-School Commission. Create a five-meter ceramic mural.
• Tara Institute Buddhist Centre – Brighton East, Create a “Bodhi Tree” ceramic mural with children and community members.
• Artist in Residence-Brunswick North Primary School. Create a ceramic wall mural with students.
• MacKillop Family Services, Footscray – Community Art Project. Create the “Welcome Tree” ceramic wall mural with staff and participants.

2008-

• The Good Shepherd – St Albans. Create a ceramic wall mural with participants of the neighborhood house.
• The Art of Suff-Rage Touring Exhibition, 100 ceramic suffragists used to commemorate the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in Victoria.
• Artist in Schools – Murrumbeena Primary School. Creative play space consisting of steppingstones and totem pole sculptures.

2007-

• Tactile Impressions Community Sculpture Project. Harmony Park North Coburg, Ceramic Artist.
• Brighton University ( UK ) School of Health Professions – Tree of Health. Create a ceramic wall mural with the students and staff of the University.
• Ngoloo Wurru” – Deadly Arts Business Gathering 2007. Created a ceramic wall mural with participants at an indigenous arts gathering.

2006 –

• AMES Multicultural Women’s Camp. Created a ceramic wall mural with seventy newly arrived migrant women.
• Orygen Youth Health – Mosaic Project. Created two ceramic wall murals with inpatients and peer support workers at the Inpatient Unit at Footscray Hospital.

2005-

• Bouncing Over Boundaries Festival – Kensington Management Company /Kensington Agencies Network. Created a wall mural for the Kensington pool with year 6 students from four local schools.
• National Water Week – Southeast Water. Created the Water for Life Mural at Veg Out Community Gardens.
• Dog Fountain Project – City of Port Phillip. Commissioned to create a tiled in ground surround for a dog fountain in Hester Reserve, Port Melbourne.
• Albert Park College – Leading Edge Program. Created a ceramic wall mural with year 10 and 7 students.

2004-

• Skinners Adventure Playground, South Melbourne. Commissioned to work with community children to create a tiled pathway.

2002-

• Wesley Preparatory School, Melbourne. Artist in Residence – created a wall mural with 2,800 tiles made by all the students of the school.

2001-

• Middle Park Kindergarten, Middle Park. Created a ceramic wall mural.
• Skinners Adventure Playground, South Melbourne. Commissioned to work with community children to create a tiled pathway over a three-month period.

1997-

• Footscray Community Arts Centre – Tile Project. Designed and co-ordinated the creation and production of four hundred ceramic tiles with local community members for installation of all wet areas in the Ryco building.

1996-

• Celebrate Women 1996, Victorian Art Center – Forecourts

EXHIBITIONS

2023- ‘Renewal’- Gasworks Arts Park resident artist exhibition.

‘Tree is Life’: traveling art installation in Aid of TreeSisters, – Earth Day- Sussex Neighborhood House

2022 ‘Home- a year in the life of the creek’ – Solo Exhibition Hunt Club Community & Arts Centre Gallery.

#EveryDayClimateCrisis exhibition- contributing photographer

‘Tree is Life’: traveling art installation in Aid of TreeSisters, – Earth Day- Sussex Neighborhood House and Montsalvat Long Gallery

2020 The ‘Portal’ Gasworks Arts Park- ‘Home’ – Photographic collage

2019 “Earth’ Space2b group exhibition                                                  Adaptation’ Gasworks Arts Park Resident Artists Group Exhibition

‘Tree is Life’: traveling art installation in Aid of TreeSisters, a collaborative Art project by Ursula Dutkiewicz, Tessa Wylde, Karen Hopkins, Xenica Douglas, Deborah Punton and The Flowering Heart Project. Launching March 18/03/2019

2018 ‘Natures Call’ Solo exhibition Fernartz Studio  Merlyeton              Inhabitants’ Gasworks Artists Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park

2017 ‘From Nature’2017 Gasworks Sculpture Exhibition  ‘Behind the Scenes’ Group Artists Exhibition- Gasworks Arts Park

2016 ‘Reclamation’ Solo Exhibition- Gasworks Arts Park

2015  From Nature Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition- Gasworks Arts Park

2013 Structure – Gasworks Artist Exhibition

2010 Women’s Circus ‘Quiet Contrary’: Installation ‘How does your garden grow’                                                                                                          Coexistence : Solo Exhibition – Gasworks Arts Park

2009 PolArtAdelaide 2009 – Royal South Australian Society of Art.  Aqueous Bloom – Biennial Gasworks Artist Exhibition. Law Week Exhibition – Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
Women’s Salon – Counihan Gallery Brunswick

2009-2008 The Art of Suff-Rage Touring Exhibition – Regional and Metropolitan Victoria, Portland Art Centre, Queen Victoria Womens Centre, Parliament House Victoria, Incinerator Art Complex Moonee Ponds, Errington Community Centre, Brimbank Libraries, St Kilda Town Hall, Eltham Community and Reception Centre, Haddon Community and District House, Euroa, Gasworks Arts Park, Brunswick Town Hall

2008 Contamination, Gasworks Arts Park

2007 Toyota Sculpture Exhibition, Toyota Spirit Gallery
6 Degrees Exhibition, Cubed 37 Frankston Art Centre
Am I that name? Nomadic lines in becoming a woman artist.
British Sociologists Association, University of East London
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda
Cancer Council – Touring Exhibition

2006 Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide
Cancer Council – Touring Exhibition
‘Symbiotics’ Sculpture Exhibition, Toyota Spirit Gallery
Linden Post Card Show, St Kilda
Post Mod – Toyota Community Spirit Gallery

2005 Frankston Arts Centre, Solo Exhibition
Moments in Time, Solo Exhibition – Gasworks Arts Park
Linden Post Card Show, St Kilda

2004 Southside Arts, Deputy Premier’s Office – Melbourne
Gasworks Artist Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park
Bid for Freedom, Glen Eira Gallery

2003 Artesian Arts, Edinburgh Festival
To The Heart, Light Gallery – Adelaide
Gasworks Artist Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park

2002 Out of the Dark, Gasworks Arts Park
Becton Sculpture Biennial, Gasworks Arts Park
International Flower and Garden Show, Melbourne

EDUCATION

1996 Architectural Ceramics Workshop
Conducted by Professor Jale Yimabassar, Turkey

1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramic major
Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne

1989 Certificate of Art – Ceramics
Stanley Street School of Art, Adelaide

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