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Philomena Hail<br />

ARTIST STATEMENT<br />

Philomena Hali lived in Alice Springs for 31 years, teaching<br />

& working in various capacities in town and desert<br />

communities. She is primarily a textile artist/maker,<br />

however, is not that easy describing what she does as<br />

she has learned many things over the years. Stitching &<br />

embroidery were learned from a young age. As her family<br />

are from the island of Madeira, embroidery is a way of life<br />

there, so she was made to learn. However, her own work<br />

resembles nothing of their excellence.<br />

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY<br />

Philomena Hali trained as a nurse and now works as an<br />

artist. She has had three solo exhibitions: Narratives of<br />

Cloth & Fibre (2015), Marriott Gallery, Central Craft, Alice<br />

Springs NT, Year of the Outback (2002) Rosny Park School<br />

House Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, and Textile<br />

Retrospective, (2011) Shibori exhibition, Wollari School,<br />

Orange, NSW. Her group exhibitions include Korea Bojagi<br />

Forum (2023), Seoul, South Korea, Brooching the Subject,<br />

Timeless Textiles Gallery NSW (2023), Western Australian<br />

Fibre & Textile Assoc. (WAFTA) (2022), Small Works (2022)<br />

Brunswick St Gallery, VIC, Sustainable Couture,Fashion<br />

event, Alice Springs, NT (2021) and Brooching the Subject,<br />

Timeless Textiles Gallery NSW (2021)

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