Belinda Newick
Born 1975 Western Australia.
Newick is a contemporary jeweller whose work explores cultural hybridity, place, and social engagement. Newick maintains a diverse practice as a studio-based jeweller, as an educator at Melbourne Polytechnic in the Jewellery and Object Design program, and as an independent curator and writer. Newick has a BA in Art (Jewellery and 3D design) from Curtin University WA. She spent six years in South Australia at JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Gray Street Workshop, and Zu design jewellery + objects, before settling in Melbourne in 2005.
Newick is currently undertaking a Master of Creative Arts (Melbourne Polytechnic). She has been the recipient of two grants international grants, an Asialink Residency in Sri Lanka 2004 and in Kerala, India 2001. She has exhibited in Asia, New Zealand, and the USA and is represented in galleries nationally. Winner of 2019 Lynne Kosky Award for Contemporary Jewellery, Victorian Craft Awards. Newick is the curator of Island Welcome, which has been touring nationally since 2017.
Selected CV
Professional Experience
2022 Master of Creative Industries candidate, Melbourne Polytechnic.
2007- Current Teacher Jewellery and Object Design, Melbourne Polytechnic Fairfield and Prahran.
2021 Project Convener
https://www.radiantpavilion.com.au/
https://www.radiantpavilion.com.au/listing/slow-date-a-jeweller
Presenter | IOTA21 Futuring Craft Conference
https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/conference/conference-day-02/
https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/
Presenter | Value Chains- Reset, JMGA Jewellery Conference redistributed | (Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia)
https://garlandmag.com/value-chains/
Presenter| AAANZ21.LIVE*
2021 AAANZ Conference 8-10 December
Convened by The Power Institute and Department of Art History, University of Sydney | Art Association of Australia and New Zealand
https://www.aaanz21.live/panels4/panel-32
2016 Diploma of Vocational Education and Training, Melbourne Polytechnic.
2010 Inside Out Biennial 13thBiennial Jewellers & Metal Smiths JMGA conference, Presented paper ad loca aromatum SA
2005 Presenter: Night of Stories, Asialink, World Upside Down Forum, South Project, Craft Victoria, Actuality of Arts
Practice in Asia Pacific Region, Asialink.
2004 AsiaLink Residency Lunuganga Sri Lanka, Body Architecture. Landscape Jewellery Workshop
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Study tour of jewellery Europe & UK. JMGA Conference Melbourne Victoria
2001-2004 Self employed Jeweller, Access tenant & retail sales at Zu design jewellery + objects workshop Adelaide
2001 Tenant Gray St Workshop Adelaide, NEIS Certificate lV in Small Business Management.
1998-2000 Associateship Metal Design Studio, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, SA
1998-2004 Retail Gallery Assistant, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft & Design, Adelaide
1994-1996 Trainee in Battistessa Studio, Swan Valley, WA
1993-95 Bachelor of Arts (Art) Curtin University of Technology WA Jewellery& 3D Design/Sculpture
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Victorian Craft Award exhibition, Craft Melbourne.
Island Welcome toured, Australian Design Centre Sydney and Migration Museum Adelaide.
Curator: Adapt 2019 Radiant Pavilion Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial.
2018 Island Welcome Craft Melbourne, 21_Zu design Jewellery + Objects,
Finalist, 2018 Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith Regional Gallery NSW.
2017 Island Welcome 2017 Radiant Pavilion Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial. Curator
2015 Illuminate Radiant Pavilion Studio Ingot Melbourne, Victoria.
2013 Designing Craft/Crafting Design: 40 years of JamFactory, Adelaide (national tour)
2011-2014 Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor 100 women 100 brooches 100 stories Artisan QLD (national tour)
2008 Return, Showcase Gallery Central Institute of Technology Perth WA (14th JMGA Conference)
2007 Flipside Jamfactory Metal Studio Alumni for JMGA conference. Jamfactory Gallery 2 and
Velvet da Vinci Gallery San Francisco USA.
2005 Medalling Festival Melbourne & Commonwealth Games RMIT Gallery Melbourne Vic
Shades of Gray: a survey of Access Jewellers from Gray St Workshop, 1985-2005 Jamfactory
2004 S.O.F.A. Chicago USA, Two Degrees South Fingers Jewellery Gallery Auckland NZ
Grants 2004 Asialink Residency Lunuganga Sri Lanka with Furniture designer Nico Kelly
2000 SAYAB Project Assistance Grant, Artist in Residency Kerala India & Gray St Workshop.
Publications: 2009 1000 Contemporary Jewellers, Darling Publications Germany.
2004-06 Lark Books 500 Neckpieces & 500 Brooches. Altamont Press Inc USA www.larkbooks.com
2008 Published Paper: ad loca aromatum at the 13th Biennial Conference of the JMGA, ‘Inside-Out” SA Commissions 2006 Cultural Festival,
Melbourne Commonwealth Games Cultural Program, Craft Victoria.
Collections: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart.
Awards: 2019 Lynne Kosky Award for Contemporary Jewellery, Victorian Craft Awards.