Ramona Barry Curriculum Vitae

workshops | events | publications | exhibitions | programs | ideas

 

Current

Current

  • ·         General Manager, People, Projects and Programs Bridge Darebin 2019 – Present

  • ·         City of Darebin Arts and Heritage Committee 2020 – Present

Recent

  • Board Member Neighbourhood Houses Victoria 2019-2021

  • Program Coordinator Art, Craft & Cookery Competition & Makers Pavilion Royal Melbourne Show 2016 - 2019

  • Program Curator and Facilitator Craftlab+ Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 2018

  • Creative Officer/Curator Art+Design | RMIT Creative  2018

  • Craft Victoria Projects Officer (Regional Tour Catalogues Production) 2018

  • Co-director handmadelife workshop/gallery QVM 2016

  • Special Projects Officer Craft Victoria/City of Melbourne Love Locks 2016

  • Artist in Residence at The Australian Tapestry Workshop May 2016

  • Co Author of the Craft Companion published by Thames and Hudson AU 2015

  • Public Program Coordinator Craft Victoria 2015

  • 2007-2012 Chair of Board of Craft Victoria (term ended Aug 2012)

  • 2011 Curator ‘Contemporary Chair Survey’ @ the Gallery of Australian Design Canberra

           

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2008 Family Values solo exhibition at IMP gallery Prahran

  • 2007 product launch Craft Victoria retail window gallery Counter.

  • 2006 Twelve Days of Christmas45 Downstairs Flinders Lane City (handmadelife)

  • 2006 August Morphe Group Show. (handmadelife)

  • 2006 July Porthole Show Brunswick Arts Space (handmadelife)

  • 2006 June SPOD - Melbourne Scarf Festival (handmadelife)

  • 2005 June Into the Woods 45 Downstairs Flinders Lane City

  • 2000 The Night Carnival Aardwolf Gallery Latrobe Street Melbourne

Consulting

  • 2007 Appointed to the Board of Directors Craft Victoria

  • 2007 Special Projects Researcher/media writer Third Drawer Down

  • 2007 Trend Committee (decoration and design) Designex

  • 2004, 2006 Fresh Committee Craft Victoria

  • 2006 Iggy and Lou Lou Media Liaison, marketing

  • 2005 Third drawer Down Media Liaison, Administration                     

Selected Journalism and Writing

  • Commissioned Contributor Craft Writer’s Program

  • Commissioned contributor Art, Wine & Thou Journal

  • 2014 ABC online parent portal commissioned contributor

  • 2013 ongoing – catalogue essays, artists statements, grant applications – various clients

  • 2012 Michi Girl regular contributor

  • 2010 Monument Magazine furniture graduate profile

  • 2010 Monument Magazine Contemporary Chairs profile

  • 2009 Monument Magazine Profile Mariachi Design Collective

  • 2009 co-editor I MAKE STUFF: the beta edition (limited edition book)

  • 2008 Catalogue Essay Irene Grishin Selzer

  • 2008 Media and Mission Third Drawer Down

  • 2008 Media and Mission Iggy and Lou Lou

  • 2007 Raymond de Zwart review Craft Culture

  • 2007 Umoja Review Object Magazine

  • 2007 Trend forecasting book (chapter introductions) Furnitex Decoration and Design

  • 2006 Vicscope profile Object Magazine

  • 2006 Trend Book Decoration and Design contributor Designex