Exuberance Exhibition Catalogue

Dijanne Cevaal
ARTIST STATEMENT
Known for her blog “Musing of a Textile Itinerant”, Dijanne
Cevaal is based in the Latrobe Valley area in Victoria but
teaches worldwide, predominately in France. Her work is
inspired by nature, her surroundings, and travel. She uses
dye and print techniques to take white cloth into a multi
layered textile creation embellished by hand and machine.
Much of Dijanne’s work also incorporates stories that are
the textile equivalent of written stories. The traveller’s
blankets are meditations in stitch on various places
traveled to both in reality and in the imagination. In recent
times the nardoo growing in small dams near her home
have become a source of fascination and something that
proves to have a fascinating backstory of the exploration
of Australia. Visually it is a myriad of greens as it spreads
and adds a colourful note to the tannin-coloured waters
of the waterways it inhabits.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Dijanne Cevaal holds a Masters of Visual and Performing
Art (2005) Charles Sturt University, NSW and a Bachelor of
Arts, Bachelor of Law (1980) Australian National University,
ACT. With over 20 solo exhibitions to her name, her most
recent include Morning Walks in the Pandemic (2021),
ArcYinnar, Victoria, Guest exhibitor at ChARTres, Chartres,
France (2019), Guest Exhibitor Pour l’Amour du Fil, Nantes,
France (2019) and in 2018 she was not only a Guest
Exhibition but also Guest of Honour at ChARTres, Chartres,
France. Dijanne has written numerous books on textiles
and quilting and has curated travelling exhibitions, mostly
to Europe and the Middle