Simone LeAmon CV
Education
| 1998-2004 | Master of Design, (Industrial), School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University, Melbourne |
| 1990-1992 | Bachelor of Fine Art, (Sculpture), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne |
| 1988-1989 | Advanced Certificate of Art and Design, Box Hill Institute of TAFE, Melbourne |
Selected Exhibitions
| 2008 | Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living. Triennale di Milano Latitude: 20 outstanding designs of 2007. DesignEx Darling Habour Sydney |
| 2007 | Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award Object Gallery Sydney |
| 2007 | Design in the Fast Lane, 2007 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix |
| 2006 | Beyond Metal: Contemporary Australian Jewellery and Holloware, touring India 06-07 Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living, Melbourne Museum & Object Gallery, Sydney Conversations of Things New, Federation Square, Melbourne & St Margarets Complex, Sydney |
| 2005 | Anytime Soon. Australia, Milan International Furniture Fair, 1000 Eventi, Milan A Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne Beyond Fashion, National Wool Museum, Geelong, Victoria Tales of the City, Australian Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2004 | Overhead Styles, Ducati Champions Club, Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Phillip Island Out of Brugskunst, PB Gallery, Swinburne University, Melbourne Lab 3000 Australian Digital Design Biennale, Melbourne Museum |
| 2003 | Quiet Collision, Association Viafarini, Milan
MOTO Showroom: The Return of Desire, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne Bodywork, Ducati Champions Club, Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Phillip Island Supermodern Gorgeous, Federation Square, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Hybrid Objects, Australian Embassy Tokyo, IDEE Tokyo, Melbourne Museum St Francis Preaching to the Birds, Spare Room, RMIT University, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Conceptual Models, Salon Satelite, Milan International Furniture Fair Spacecraft, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne Min, West Space, Melbourne Doubletake: Recycling in Australian Craft, National Touring Exhibition |
| 2000 | Exhibit 15: End Function, Penthouse & Pavement, Melbourne Envoy, Faculty Gallery, Art & Design, Monash University, Melbourne Décor, Discrete Projects, Victorian Ministry for the Arts |
| 1999 | Exhibt 14, Spare Room, RMIT University, Melbourne |
| 1998 | Exhibit 13, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne Exhibit 12: Karada de Oboeru, 1st Floor Artists and Writers space, Melbourne Institutional Transit Lobby, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces Melbourne |
| 1997 | Exhibit 11, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne Exhibit: A Site for Weathering, Platform Artists Group, Melbourne Maker-User-Copier, West Space, Melbourne Jensen House Unfolded, Detail Design Gallery, Melbourne Keith & Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, Victorian College of the Arts |
| 1996 | Distance, Watch This Space, Alice Springs SOFA 96, Chicago, USA Contemporary Australian Furniture, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney |
| 1995 | Fortify, Shelf at Craft Victoria Keith & Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, Victorian College of the Arts |
| 1994 | Heroes, Chameleons & the Absence of the Ego #2, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1993 | Heroes, Chameleons & the Absence of the Ego, Temple Studio, Melbourne |
Selected Performances
| 2006 | On/Off, city centre, Melbourne Untitled, Carlton gardens, Melbourne |
| 2004-5 | Kissing Moto, city centres, Milan and Melbourne |
| 2003 | Supersystem Play, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Hand building, Box Hill Institute, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Conceptual Models, Salon Satelite, Milan International Furniture Fair |
Selected Projects
| 2007 | Planex Showroom Melbourne, Interior design in collaboration with Inarch architects |
| 2007 | I wish, limited edition candle-beds, O.S Initiative |
| 2006-7 | Straight up-and-down, limited edition wall hanging, O.S Initiative , limited edition fashion accessory and skipping rope, O.S Initiative |
| 2006-7 | Maiden Over |
| 2006 | Petrach’s bath, design proposition for a bath, Reece Innovation bathroom competition |
| 2006 | High Fibre, design proposition for a candelabrum |
| 2006 | Last Train Home, design proposition for a theatre |
| 2005 | Bailey’s beads, design proposition for lighting |
| 2004 | Helmet Heads: Overhead styles #1-50, graphics for motorcycle helmets |
| 2003 | Flat Out, graphics for commercial floor covering, collaboration with Sean Hogan |
| 2002-6 | Super-sofa’s, furniture for body play and rest, model series |
| 2002 | Plaza Shirt, limited edition wearable, collaboration with Charles Anderson |
| 2002 | Pointy-pointy, limited edition wearable, n+1 equals |
| 2001 | Slip Wall, Integrated architecture & public artwork proposal for the Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria |
| 1999.1 | Crossing House, Integrated art and landscape environment, Footscray, Melbourne, n+1 equals |
| 2000-7 | Bowling Arm, fashion accessory, serial production, n+1 equals and O.S Initiative |
| 2000 | Footscray Riverfront, Public Art and Spaces Masterplan, n+1 equals |
| 1995 | Jensen House Art Project, Visual arts & cultural component, Fringe Festival |
Selected Bibliography
| 2007 | B. Parkes. ‘Simone LeAmon’, &Fork, Phaidon Press (U.K) D. Valent. ‘Ready set Go’ The AGE Good Weekend magazine (Melbourne) 16 June Smart 100, The Bulletin Special 2007 Edition (Aust) June 26 ACP Magazines A.Boisi. ‘Melbourne a Milano’, Interni (Italy) Jan-Feb p. 48-51 |
| 2006 | B. Parkes. ‘Simone LeAmon’, Freestyle: New Australian Design For Living, Thames&Hudson (Aust)p.172 S. Francia. ‘Bowling Arm’, Mood (Italy) Issue 100 p. 37 S. Crafti. ‘It’s only the beginning’, Indesign (Aust) May, Vol. 25 B. Stenning. ‘Forms of desire and comfort’, Curve (Aust) Issue 14 |
| 2005 | ‘Anytime Soon. Australia’ MODO (Italy) April/May L. Chirnside. ‘Salone del Mobile 2005’, Inside (Aust) Issue 37 D. Heagney. ‘Simone LeAmon’, Desktop (Aust), Issue 203 p.32-37 A. Crawford. ‘Tales of the city’, The AGE, (Melbourne), January 30 |
| 2004 | H.Kaiser. ‘Form and content’, Melbourne Magazine, November p.74 P. Andrew. ‘Motorcycle baby’, Inpress, (Melbourne) November Issue C.Birch. ‘Australian artist Simone LeAmon’ www.ducati.com.au B. Stenning. ‘Perfect Fit’, Curve, (Aust) Issue 7 P. Coggiola. ‘Motodesign’, Mood, (Italy) Issue 59/60 p.44 S. Shirley Maya: The artist tool, case study digital content creation, www.aliaswavefront.com |
| 2003 | J. Gray. ‘Home-grown talent’, Success, Vol 3 Issue 4 p.12 (Aust) A.Crawford. ‘Get your motor running’, The AGE (Melbourne), 30 August L. Strachan. ‘All curves and danger’, The AGE (Melbourne) 4 September J. Bowdler. ‘Ducati tragics’ Two Wheels (Aust) Issue13/03 ‘Vogue ARTS’ Australian Vogue, October/November ‘Collisioni silenziose’ L’ARCA (Italy) Vol. 186 P.96 |
| 2002 | M. Xiu. ‘n+ 1 equals’, Australian Style, March/April F. Watson. ‘n+1 equals’, MONUMENT (Aust), No.46 |
| 2001 | S. Crafti. ‘New pitch for fashion with balls’ The AGE (Melbourne) 22 November R. Nelson. ‘Spacecraft’ The AGE (Melbourne), 4 August G.Roberts. ‘Etching images’, Mix (Aust) Vol.8, May |
| 2000 | S. Crafti. ‘Simone LeAmon’, (Inside), (Aust) No.16, p30 R. Nelson. ‘Framed’ The AGE (Melbourne), 7 June J. Clemens. ‘The Jensen House Project’ Transition (Aust) No. 61/62 p20 |
| 1999 | F. Watson. ‘Simone LeAmon’ MONUMENT (Aust) Yearbook S. Wood. ‘Sweet Illusion’, Epicure, The AGE (Melbourne) 30 March M. Graff, ‘Exhibit 12: Karada de oboeru’, MONUMENT (Aust), No.26 |
| 1998 | A. Clabburn. ‘Three strolling artists lead the way’ The AGE (Melbourne), 11 November M. Hook. ‘Simone LeAmon’ MONUMENT (Aust), No. 23, p16 N. Tomlinson. ‘Elusive Suggestions’ BROADSHEET (Aust) Vol 27, p17 |
| 1997 | M. Bogle. ‘Contemporary Australian furniture in SOFA’ Craft Arts International, No.40, p89 |
| 1994 | R. Rooney.’ Inspired objets d’craft’ The Australian (Sydney) 28 May T. Snowden. ‘Mecca, Heroes, Chameleons and the absence….’, Artfan (Aust) No.2, p28 ‘Cordially Invited’ Vogue Entertaining, (Aust), December-January, p155 |
