SERGIO SILL
1946 Born in Italy – Family migrated to Australia in 1950
Education
1962-66 - Studied Architecture - professional practice for four years 1975-79 - Diploma of Art and Design - Preston Institute of Technology 1978 - 1991 Pottery studios in Hawthorn, Victoria; Mt Coxcombe NSW 1991 to date - Professional Painting Career
Selected Biography
1946 Born in Italy – Family migrated to Australia at four years of age
Education
1962-66 - Studied Architecture - professional practice for four years
1975-79 - Diploma of Art and Design - Preston Institute of Technology
1978 - Established pottery studio with oil–fired kiln – Hawthorn, Victoria
1982 - Received Craft Board Grant
1982 - Relocated to Upper Lansdowne, Mid-North Coast
1982 - Established Mt. Coxcombe Pottery where I built two wood-fired kilns
1982 - Worked in high-fired stoneware specialising in Shino, Chun, Celedon and natural
1991 - Began Professional Painting Career
1997 - Moved to Central Coast NSW - established Sergio Sill Fine Arts Studio
2006-13 - Sole carer for ageing Mother
2013 - Relocated to Sydney and resumed painting full time
Australia Exhibitions & Festivals
Solo Exhibitions
1979 - Myer - Melbourne
1980 - Orientations - Melbourne
1980 - Hawthorn Council Gallery - Melbourne
1981 - Ceramic Gallery - Melbourne
1981 - Manyung Gallery - Melbourne
1982 - Mt. Coxcombe Pottery Annual Christmas Exhibitions
1986 - Craft Centre South Yarra, Melbourne
1990 - Australian Craft Works - Sydney
1990 - Victor Mace Fine Arts Gallery - Brisbane
1990 - Victorian Ceramic Group
1991 - Hunter Region Artists; Newcastle Regional Gallery - Ceramics & Paintings
1992 - Sedia Gallery, Sydney - Wood-fired Ceramics
1993 - Distelfink Gallery - Melbourne
1996 - Griffiths Gallery - Northern NSW
1997 - Charles Hewitt Gallery - Sydney
1998 - Opened Sergio Sill Fine Arts Studio/Gallery - Central Coast NSW
2000 - "The Colours of Bali - Ceremony and Ritual" - Sergio Sill Gallery
2002 - "La Bella Venezia" - Headmasters Gallery - Sydney
2003 - David Jones - Sydney
2004 - "The Spirit of the Top End" - Brighton Horizon Gallery - Melbourne
2004 - The Convent Gallery Daylesford - Victoria
2004 - "The Spirit of a Sacred Land" - Sergio Sill Gallery
2006 - "Bali - an Enchanted Land" - Imperial Gardens - Sydney
2009 - "Peru's Inti Raymi and Culture" - Taree Regional Gallery – NSW
2016 – “Celebrating Nature” – Tap Gallery – Sydney
2017 – The Gallery St Yves Centre – Sydney
2018 - artshine gallery glebe - Sydney
2019 - The other art fair - Melbourne
2019 - The other art fair - Sydney
2021 - Purplenoon Gallery
Group Exhibitions & Festivals
1980-81 - Potters Cottage Invitation Prize - Melbourne
1980-82 - The Craft Centre - South Yarra - Melbourne
1980-82 - ACT Craft Association
1981 - Distelfink Gallery - Melbourne
1981- Victorian Ceramic Group - Melbourne
1981- Arts and Crafts Society - Victoria
1981 - Meat Market Craft Centre - Melbourne
1982 - Potters Place - Canberra
1982 - Contemporary Craft - Design and Tradition - Melbourne
1982 - Rosies, Carlton - Melbourne
1984 - Touring NSW Exhibition of Wood-Fired Pots
1985 - Indigenous Gallery - Melbourne
1985 - Scrothmere Gallery - Melbourne
1985 - Speakers Invitation Exhibition - Melbourne
1985 - 4th National Ceramic Awards Exhibition - Melbourne
1986 - Commonwealth Bank First National Ceramics Awards Exhibition
1987 - Wood-Fired Show - Narek Galleries - Canberra
1988 - Manning Bicentennial Art Exhibition - NSW
1988 - "Damn Good Pots" Exhibition at Ceramics 1988 Conference - NSW
1988 - Manning Bicentennial Art Exhibition
1988 - Manning Walkom Art Prize - Taree - NSW
1988 - Manning Art Gallery - Taree - NSW
1988 - Distelfink Gallery - Melbourne
1989 - Beaver Gallery - Canberra
1991 - 10th National Gold Coast Ceramic Art Award
1991 - Gold Coast Art Centre Surfers Paradise – Highly Commended
1991 - 11th National Craft Acquisition Award
1991 - Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences
1991 - Group Shino Show –Distelfink Gallery – Melbourne
1992 - North Coast Wood-Fired Ceramics Travelling Exhibition
1993 - Studio 20 Adelaide "Wood-Fired" Exhibition
1994 - Mary Place Gallery - Paddington - Sydney
1995 - Istral Gallery - Woollahra - Sydney
1997 - Mosman Art Prize - Sydney
1998 - Mosman Art Prize - Sydney
1998 - Nisart Gallery - Launceston - Tasmania
2001 - Wyong Invitation Exhibition - NSW
2001 - Invitation Exhibition - QLD
2001 - Monet in Japan - Ceramics Exhibition - National Gallery of Australia - ACT
2004 - Monet in Japan - Ceramics Exhibition - National Gallery
2020 - Finalist in Ewart Art Prize – Sydney
2022 - Purple Noon Gallery - Celebrating Contemporary Australian Landscape
2023 - Bowral Milk Factory
Publications
1987 - Pottery in Australia Dec-1987 - Vol.26 No.4
1989 - Pottery in Australia 1989 Vol.28 No.1
1990 - Pottery in Australia 1990 Vol.29 No.3
1990 - Ceramic Art and Perception 1990 Issue 1
1994 - Oz Arts - Issue 11
Study Tours
1982 - South Australia and Northern Territory Outback; Uluru
1989 - Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
1989 - Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Switzerland
1998 - Hawaii and Maui Islands
2000 - Bali, Indonesia
2001 - Italy and France
2002 - Northern Territory - Kakadu National Park; Katherine Gorge; Arnhemland
2005 - Peru: Lima; Cusco; Machu Picchu; Andes - Cordillera Blanca; Amazon Jungle
2009 - Vietnam - Across from South to North
2013 - Vanuatu and Ratua
2014 - NSW Outback: Broken Hill, Menindee Lakes
2014 - New York; Costa Rica; Peru: Lima and Arequipa
2019 - Italian tour
2020 - Mexico tour
2022 - Broome and Kimberley, WA
Collections
Victorian Ceramics Group Ceramics
Australian National Gallery – Canberra Ceramics
National Gallery of Victoria – Melbourne Ceramics
Art Gallery of Western Australia – Perth Ceramics
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery – Brisbane Ceramics
Marsden State High School – Brisbane Ceramics
Gold Coast Arts Centre Ceramics
Queensland University of Technology Ceramics
Ballarat Art Gallery Ceramics
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 30 x Paintings
Boardroom of Prospect Electricity Paintings
Le Meridian Hotel – Sydney Paintings
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Paintings
Private Collections
Australia; Europe; Japan Paintings
Wood Shaw & Co. Accountants – Sydney Paintings