Maiju Altpere-Woodhead

maiju(at)ozemail.com.au
born 1959 in Tallinn, Estonia
lives in Canberra, Australia

Education
2003 Master of Philosophy (Visual Arts), Australian National University, Australia
1998 BA (Visual Arts), 1st Class Hons., (Ceramics), Australian National University, Australia

Solo exhibitions
2009 Shadow of memory (III), X Gallery, NSW, Australia
2008 Shadow of memory, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia and Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
Reflections, X Gallery, NSW, Australia
2007 Lending Face, ANCA Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2006 Mono-prints on porcelain, The Hive, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2005 threshold, Raglan Gallery & Cultural Centre, NSW, Australia
2005 Elements of Canberra – Ceramics, Craft ACT, Australia
2004 28 moments in black and white, Art Library Foyer, Canberra, Australia
1997 Roll the Carpet, installation at the National College of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway

Selected group exhibitions
2007 Exquisite, Craft ACT Gallery, ACT
Kohila Woodfire Symposium, Tohisoo Manor, Estonia
Tracelines, Univ.of Dundee Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
Convergence: A North/South discourse, Indiana Univ. SE, New Albany, USA
2006 Meie uus kodu/Our New Home – Australian Estonian Stories, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW http:// www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/ournewhome/video/maiju.shtml
Impact, Watling Galleries, Brisbane, QLD
The colour of white, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW
2005 Smoke free zone, ANCA Gallery, ACT
Art Aid, ANCA Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2004 Essence of Structure, CSA Foyer Gallery, ACT
1999 Diverse - 9th National Ceramics Conference Delegates’ Exhibition, Gallery of WA School of Art, Design & Media, Perth, WA
Ripped - National Student Exhibition, Perth, WA
Re-Searching, CSA Foyer Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1997 Ceramic Interactions, Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
1996 Inter-Cultural Art made at CSA, CSA Foyer Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1995 Approaches to Drawing, La Salle Institute of the Arts, SIA, Singapore

Selected bibliography
500 Platters, Plates and Chargers, Lark Books, Asherville NC, 2008
Altpere-Woodhead, M., “Moments in Black and White”, in Ceramics Technical, #20, 2005, pp.15-18
Geddes -Page, S., Diverse, (exhibition catalogue), WA Shool of Art, Design & Media, Perth, 1999 Pottery in Australia (Graduating students’ issue), # 2, Winter 1999
Approaches to Drawing: Student Work from CSA, (exh. catalogue), Canberra School of Art,Canberra, 1995