Curriculum Vitae (Sandra) Janine Combes
Education/Professional Development
2021 Master of Fine Arts (Research) Candidate University of Tasmania
2020 Master Class: RMIT Melbourne with David Bielander
2019 Korean Inlay: a five day workshop Atelier Rudee, Bangkok
2014 Digital Ready: Online Marketing mentorship
2014 Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy: Intensive
2013 University of Tasmania: Body Adornment Summer School
2012 University of Tasmania: Contemporary Art Jewellery Summer School
2009 Lucrative Arts Business Course, Salamanca Arts Centr
1991-1992 TAFE Tasmania Diploma of Art, Craft and Design Course (Jewellery): selected subjects
1982 Bachelor of Social Administration, Flinders University
1980 Bachelor of Arts, University of Tasmania
Solo Exhibitions
2024: This Place, Handmark Gallery Hobart Tasmania
2022: Fragments, Handmark Gallery Hobart Tasmania
2019 Time and Tide: Handmark Tasmania, Hobart
2017 Head in the Clouds: Handmark Gallery, Hobart
2017 The Flower Lady- ten decades, Art Farm, Tasmania
2014 Physis+Nature=Essence: Handmark Gallery, Hobart
2011 The Lightbox Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre
2010 Deal Island Textures, Off Centre Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
2010 Feature Artist, Art at the Point Gallery, Bruny Island
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Precious: excellence in contemporary jewellery, Queen Victoria Museum
and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2022 Tasmanian Women's Art Prize, finalist
2022: Profile'22: Australian Design Centre, Sydney
2021: Unravelling ornament: the language of textiles, Hadley's Orient Hotel
2020 Tidal, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
2020 Hidden Histories, Narryna, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2020 Women's Art Prize, Tasmania, RANT Arts, finalist
2019 Profile '19, Australian Design Centre, Sydney
2018-2019 Gilded Encounters, Hadley's Orient Hotel, Hobart
2018-2019 Material Memories, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
2017 Inscription and Place, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2015 Serial Exchange, Loop Project Art Space, Melbourne, Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Trail
2015 Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
2015 Australian Contemporary Silver and Metalwork Award exhibition, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine, Australia
2015 Exquisite, Henry Jones Art Hotel Hobart and the Schoolhouse Gallery, Hobart
2013 Pushing the Boundaries (15 Tasmanian Contemporary Jewellery Designers), Rosny Schoolhouse Gallery, Hobart
2013 Pickled, Tasmanian artists working in metals, Brave Art Gallery, Tasmania
2013 Designed Made, an exhibition of Tasmanian Design, Hobart
2012 Bruny Island Artists at Gallery Parnella, St Helens, Tasmania
2010 Design Showcase, Sustainable Living Expo, Hobart
Awards, grants and residencies
2021 Winner of Tidal Acquisitive Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery
2020 Bundanon Trust, artist residency (postponed until 2021)
2018 Dombrovskis Wilderness Residency, Maria Island, Arts Tasmania
2016 Muong Studio North Vietnam, 5 week residency
2015 Arts Tasmania, Individual Artists Grant
2012 An artwork was selected as the gift for the Duchess of Cornwall from the people of Tasmania.