Exuberance Exhibition Catalogue
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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)