Mary Peacock is an installation artist.
Mapping is intrinsic to her practice and her research is concerned with
capturing the complexity and experience of a particular
place.
Mary engages with the geography and history
of site-specific locations working with the idea that over
time a dialogue with the site emerges and informs the work. Her research
and process based practice focuses on giving form via installation to a presence
or history that is held within the site’s environment.
Email: marypeacock6@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2008 Master of Arts by Research (Sculpture) RMIT University
2003 Bachelor of Arts (Sculpture) Honours RMIT University
2001 Bachelor of Arts (Sculpture) RMIT University
1998 Associate Diploma of Arts (Visual Art and Display) RMIT (TAFE)
Publications
2014 The Mapping Project
2007 Under the Bitumen the River
2017 School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania
2015 Abbotsford Convent Foundation, Melbourne
2013 City of Port Phillip, Cultural Development Grant
1996 Artist-in-Residence, Elsternwick Primary School, Melbourne
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Imprints, Rosevears Gallery, Rosevears, Tasmania
2017 Wrapped Studio, Melbourne Fringe, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
2017 Remnants of Space and Time, Archaeology of the Site, Melbourne Fringe, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
2017 The Archaeology of the Sky, Kerry Lodge Archaeological Dig, Launceston, Tasmania
2016 The Walking Project/Collaborative Map, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, Tasmania
2015 The Collaborative Map, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
2015 The Walking Project, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
2014 The Mapping Project, St Kilda Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne
2009 The Home Show, Home, Melbourne
2007 Under The Bitumen The River, School of Art Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne
2005 untitled, CLUBS, Melbourne
Collaboration
2008 Dreaming, in collaboration with John Waller, ‘+ 1’,The Library Artspace,J - Studios, North Fitzroy, Melbourne
2003 flotsam and jetsam, in collaboration with Fleur Summers, West Space Gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2019 The Moon and the South Esk River, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Gordon, Sydney
2016 the kerry lodge project, Frank Moran Memorial Hall Gallery, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland
2016 Lines of Site, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, Tasmania
2012 Sense Map, Saint Kilda Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Twilight Mapping, Brightspace, Saint Kilda, Melbourne
2003 RMIT Sculpture Honours Graduate Exhibition, RMIT Sculpture Department, Melbourne
2002 Exhibition, Siemens Ltd, Bayswater, Melbourne
2001 RMIT Sculpture Graduate Exhibition, RMIT Sculpture Department, Melbourne
1999 Linden Post Card Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
1998 Sight Seeing, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
Private Commissions
1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 House Map
House Map. An interpretation of of people’s homes. Each House Map evolved from a series of initial sketches, dialogues and stories recorded on site.
Employment
1997 - 2024. Founder, Director and Teacher, Private Art School, Elwood, Victoria
2024 Private Art School moved to Euroa, Victoria