Bachelor of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts
Studio: Gasworks Arts Park , Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
email: ursula@ursuladutkiewicz.com
PRESENT
Ceramic Artist: creating sculpture, murals, tiles, commissions, community art projects, residencies and workshops.
Resident Artist and Public Kiln Coordinator Gasworks Arts Park.
Ceramic Studio Activities include, creative clay opportunities, community participation open days, school group workshops, one to one tuition and studio tours.
COMMISSIONS / PROJECTS/ WORKSHOPS
2023-
Sussex Neighborhood House 2013 to Present- 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 to Present.
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 Art Work 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 suffragist used to commemorate the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in Victoria.
Artist in Schools – Murrumbeena Primary School. Creative play space consisting of stepping stones 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 – South East 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