Sarah Louise Ricketts
England 1955
Education
2012 Graduate Certificate in Visual Arts (Textiles), Australian National University
2012 Diploma of Theology, Melbourne University of Divinity
2008 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
2002 Diploma of Art, Studio Stitch/Textiles, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Play-Pose-Post, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2015 Wonder, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Through a Glass Dimly, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne (juried entry)
2014 Stitching Stories, Media House Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Feltportation, University of Wollongong, Wollongong
2013 A Shared Reality, Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne, with Deanna Hitti & Katrina Carter
2012 FELTernative, Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne
2012 The Sketchbook Project 2012, Brooklyn Arts Museum, New York
2011 Soliloquy, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Aire, World Textiles Association, Biennal 2011, Mexico (juried entry)
2011 FELTernative, Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Transparency, Opendrawer Gallery, Melbourne
2011 To the point, Antipodes Gallery, Sorrento
2010 Expressions 2010: The Wool Quilt Award, National Wool Museum, Geelong (juried entry)
2010 Scarf Festival 2010, National Wool Museum, Geelong
2010 Southern Lands, various galleries, The Netherlands, Germany, France, and the Middle East
2010 BUDA Textile Prize, Castlemaine (juried entry)
2010 Good Grief, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne (juried entry)
2010 Embroidery with Wool, Embroiderers Guild Victoria, Melbourne (juried entry)
2010 Fusion, Augustine Centre, Melbourne
2009 Art Quilt '09, Canberra, ACT (juried entry)
2009 The Art of Recycling, Textile Art Festival, Brisbane (juried entry)
2009 Transformation: The Scarf Festival 2009, National Wool Museum, Geelong
2009 From the Ground, Chapel on Station, Melbourne (juried entry)
2009 My Place, travelling exhibition, various galleries and many countries (juried entry)
2009 Textile Expressions, Ross House Gallery, Melbourne (invited entry)
2008 Make It University, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, USA (juried entry)
2008 From the Stock Room, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne
2008 World Quilt Competition, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, USA (juried entry)
2009 BSG Small Works Show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Expressions 2008: Wool Quilt Prize, National Wool Museum, Geelong, Vic. (juried entry)
2007 OP3RA: Act II, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Beyond the Border, Yarrawonga, Vic. (juried entry)
2007 One Step Further Retrospective, Wangaratta, Vic.
2007 The Sustainable Living Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne. (juried entry)
2006 Refabricating difference, Springwood, NSW (juried entry)
2006 Dare to Differ, Adelaide, SA (juried entry)
2006 OP3RA, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Fabricate, Embroiderers Guild Victoria, Melbourne (juried entry)
2006 In the Beginning, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne (juried entry)
2006 Art Quilts at the Sedgwick, Philadelphia, USA (juried entry)
2006 Changing the World, One Thread at a Time, Tubac, USA & Val d'Argent, France (juried entry)
2006 Across Australia, various venues, The Netherlands, France, Libya, Egypt, Palestine & Israel
2005 Challenge 2005, various galleries, Japan, France & Australia
2005 True Colours: the Melbourne Scarf Festival 2005, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Stranded: Common Thread, Steps Gallery, Melbourne
2005 One Step Further, Shepparton, Vic. (juried entry)
2004 Expressions 2004: Wool Quilt Prize, National Wool Museum, Geelong, Vic. (juried entry)
2004 Wrapture: the Melbourne Scarf Festival,Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne
2004 One Step Further, Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne (juried entry)
2003 Daffodil Day Arts Awards, Telstra Gallery, Melbourne (juried entry)
2003 Stranded: New Statements in Stitch, Ararat Regional Gallery, Ararat, Vic.
2003 Stranded: Remnants, Highway Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Strands of Stranded Reprise Show, Obscurity Pictures Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Stranded: Statements in Stitch, Highway Gallery, Melbourne
Awards
2014 Through a Glass Dimly, Special Mention, Chapel on Station Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Aire: Time-based Textiles Award, The World Textiles Association 2011 Biennal, Mexico
2006 Changing the World, One Thread at a Time, Award of Honour, Tubac, Arizona, USA.
2005 Beautiful Silks Award for Best Nunofelted Mixed Fibre Scarf, True Colours: the Melbourne Scarf
Festival 2005, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Stitched Up Festival: Felting Award, Wangaratta, Vic.
2004 One Step Further, Runner up, Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Beautiful Silks Award for Best Nunofelted Mixed Fibre Scarf, Wrapture: the Melbourne Scarf Festival
2004, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Royal Melbourne Show: Felting Award, Melbourne
2004 Royal Melbourne Show: Best in Class (all felt exhibits), Melbourne
2003 Stitched Up Festival: Best Overall Exhibit, Wangaratta, Vic.
2003 Stitched Up Festival: Yarn Embellishment Award, Wangaratta, Vic.
Lectures
2012 Geelong Patchwork and Quilters Group, Geelong
2011 Ladies' Probus Club of Doncaster
2010 Augustine Centre, Hawthorn
2006 Embroiderers Guild Victoria, Melbourne
Publications
2014 FELT Magazine, Conversation with a Feltmaker, featured artist (December issue)
2011 Valerie Kirk article on World Textile Biennal in Textile Forum Magazine
2009 Profile of Sarah Louise Ricketts in Down Under Quilts, June 2009
2007 Conversations in Textile: Profile of Sarah Louise Ricketts, Sarah Tucker, Textile Fibre Forum
Employment
2014- Sessional tutor, Opendrawer, Camberwell
2008-12 Sessional lecturer, Diploma of Textile Arts, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
2009-2011 President, Victorian Feltmakers Inc.
2008-2009 Secretary, Victorian Feltmakers Inc.
2007 Vice-president, Victorian Feltmakers Inc.