Cecilia Heffer
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Education
2022 - Doctor of Philosophy (Fashion & Textiles) RMIT.
1995 - MA Textile Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
1987 - Fine Art Painting Higher Diploma, National Art School, East Sydney
Academic Experience
2005 -Present - Textile Lead / Senior Lecturer, Fashion & Textiles, University Technology, Sydney
2009–2013 - Director of Program, Fashion & Textiles, University Technology, Sydney
Key Exhibitions
2025 Lace as Sound: experimental textiles, graphic music scores, animation. Solo exhibition, 11-19 October, Barometer Gallery, Paddington, Sydney Craft Week
2025 Seamless: a showcase of diverse creative research projects exploring Shima Seiki knit technology. University of Technology, group exhibition and symposium 11-25 October.
2025 Shadow Traces in 50 Plus: celebrating 50 years of Tamworth Regional Gallery’s Fibre Textile Collection (5 April -20 July) Group exhibition, Ararat Gallery, Victoria. Acquired by Tamworth Regional Gallery in 2008, exhibited in Momentum, 18th Tamworth Textile Biennial, curated by Valerie Kirk.
2024, 2021 Second Look: response, remade + experimental textiles (Sydney Craft Week) group exhibition curated by Liz Williamson and Barbara Rodgers, Barometer Gallery, Paddington.
2023 Transform, Shirts Reimagined (23 July—10 September), group exhibition curated by Liz Williamson & Barbara Rodgers, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, Barometer Gallery, Paddington (6- 22 October), Sydney Craft Week.
2023 Powerhouse Museum Research Fellowship: exploring archival lace as sound.
2022 Reimagining Lace as an ephemeral (p)lace marker. Animation lace installation Design Hub, RMIT Melbourne 2022 Solo exhibition, Sheffer Gallery, Darlington (16 – 20 August). (Fig. 2 above)
2021 Stitches in the Air: Lace animation presented at Biennial International Conference for the Craft Sciences BICCS 4-5 May 2021, Gothenburg University, Mariestad, Sweden.
2018 Data Lace, installation, UTS Library. 2017 GAFFA Gallery – Sydney Craft Week (Fig. 1 above)
2018 Drawn Threads Textile as Film, showcased in Textiles and Place conference, Manchester School of Design.
2016 -14 Group Exchange: 2nd Tamworth Textile Triennial, curator. This national touring exhibition, hosted by the Tamworth Regional Gallery, showcases the work of twenty-two Australian artists exploring collaboration.
2015 Bongers B, Heffer C. Extending Textile Materials Through Tangible Interaction – 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Stanford University, California
2014 Bongers B, Heffer C. ‘Pattern Stations’ in Embracing Innovation Group Exhibition VOL 4: Craft Act Canberra.
2014 – The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House & Craft ACT, Canberra Collaboration Exhibition as part of Canberra Design Festival.
2013 - 14th International Tapestry Triennial, group show, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz Poland
Museum acquisition.
2013 - Wangaratta Contemporary Textiles Awards, National Group Show,
Wangaratta Regional Gallery
2012 - Negotiating this world: Contemporary Australian Art, group show,
The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Museum acquisition.
2012 - 7th International Fibre Art Biennale Exhibition, Bei Jing, China, group show
Awarded an Honorary mention
2012 - Petite Miniatures, group show, Wangaratta Regional Gallery, Victoria, Museum acquisition
2011-2013 - Love Lace, The Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award, Curator, Lindie Ward
Awarded Highly Commended in the Digital Lace category.
2011- Sensorial Loop, The 1st Tamworth Textile Triennial, Tamworth Regional Gallery,
Curator Patrick Snelling, Director of Textiles RMIT. National tour 2011-13
2010 - Lace Narratives, Contemporary Lace works, solo exhibition, Damien Minton, Sydney
2010 - RE-loved: Designer Stories, group show, Sydney Design Week
Curator Jane Latief, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
2010 - INSIDE-OUT Rapid Prototype Sculptural, group show, Object Gallery, Sydney
2009 - Fashion Craft: Fashion Technology Drawn Threads, UTS, Sydney, group show, work evolved from artist in residency Central Saint Martins, London
2009 - The Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Awards, Victoria, group show
First time event, surveying contemporary textiles in Australia,
2008 - Artist in Residency. Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
2008 - Momentum 18th Textile Biennial, Tamworth, Australia, group show.
National tour 2008-11 Museum Acquisition, Tamworth Regional Textile Collection.
2007 – To Furnish a Future Program, The Historic Houses Trust, Lace Curtains commission for the State Rooms of Government House, Sydney
2007 - Lace:Contemporary Textiles and other works, Solo Exhibition and Catalogue Launch
DAB LAB, University of Technology Sydney. Museum Acquisition, Powerhouse Museum.
Funded by the Australia Council Visual Arts Established Artist Grant
2006 - LACED, solo exhibition, Sheffer Gallery Sydney
Funded by the Australia Council Visual Arts under the New Emerging Works Grant