BIOGRAPHY

Kim Schoenberger is a Queensland-based artist who has established a strong exhibition profile. Her practice is object- and installation-led, informed by recycled materials and an ongoing interest in domestic and feminine tropes. Reoccurring themes include the Personal, Identity, and Memory in an attempt to explore the threshold between the physiological and the psychological. The visceral nature of her materials offers an evocative language that speaks of connectivity, and she often uses installation as an experiential environment to stimulate participation and engagement with her audience.

Solo exhibitions include the C word, The Old Ambulance Station (2022), Domestic Duties Chapter Three ‘Sacred in the Domestic’, Noosa Regional Gallery (2017-18), Papillon, Caloundra (2016) and Redland Regional Gallery (Cleveland, 2017), Expressions of Love II, Noosa Regional Gallery (2014), and Insight: Journeys in Steel and Clay, Gympie Regional Gallery (2013). She has also exhibited in over forty curated group shows including the Elements exhibition for Horizon Festival 2019,  Local Artists – Local Content, Caloundra Regional Gallery, and  Tightrope, Pine Rivers Art Gallery (2018), You, Me and a Cup of Tea, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery (2017), Unearthed Treasures and Sunshine Coast Satellite Reef, Caloundra Regional Gallery (2015), and Teasing the Domestic, Artslink Queensland (2013-14).

Schoenberger, who is an Arts Queensland and RADF grant recipient, self-published a book on her work entitled Expressions of Love (2015), and her website is archived by the National Library of Australia as part of the Pandora Archive (2016). She was a finalist in the Moreton Bay Region Art Award and Stanthorpe Art Prize (2015), and twice a finalist in the Queensland Regional Art Award for Flying Arts Alliance (2012 and 2013).

Schoenberger’s work is held in the Sunshine Coast Council Art Collection, The Cathedral of Saint Stephen, and private collections throughout Great Britain, Germany, Japan, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand.

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Details
Kim Schoenberger (b.1966, South Australia)

Appointments
2017 to 2020 – RADF Assessment Panel, Sunshine Coast Council.

Employment
2021 – 2022, Installation Team, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, Qld. Volunteer. Gallery Curator, Dr. John Waldron
2021 Installation, Mona Ryder + Sunshine Coast Council, Fragile Gardens, FABRIC Slow Fashion : Artful Living, Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, Qld
2018 Exhibition Report, Deborah Kelly, No Human is Illegal, Noosa Reginal Gallery, Qld
2017 Installation Team, Flying Arts Alliance, Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts, Fortitude Valley, Qld. Volunteer
2003 to present, Professional Artist, full-time.
2000 to present, Horticulturist Enviro Scapes, Owner partner.

Education
Cooloola Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE (CSIT), Adv Dip of Visual Art: Ceramics, 2001-2002.
Cooloola Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE (CSIT), Cert II – Visual Art, 2000.

Solo Exhibitions
2022 the C word, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, Qld. Galleries 1 & 2.
2017-18 Domestic Duties Chapter Three, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld.
2017 Papillon, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Qld. Galleries 2, 3 & 4.
2016 Papillon, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld.
2016 Resilience, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, Qld.
2014 Expressions of Love II, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld.
2013 Insight: Journeys in Steel and Clay, Gympie Regional Gallery, Qld.
2012 Domestic Duties Chapter Two, Studio 4 Gallery, Marcoola, Qld.
2011 Domestic Duties Chapter One, Coolum Civic Centre, Qld.
2010-11 Deconstruction Reconstruction, Studio 4 Gallery, Marcoola, Qld.
2010 Expressions of Love, Main Street Gallery, Montville, Qld.

Curated Group Exhibitions
2021 MindMe, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, Qld. Curator John Waldron. By Invitation.
2020 Meet the Makers Series, Artist/Studio Short Film, Online FABRIC Slow Fashion : Artful Living, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld. By Invitation.
2020 Rewind // Elements, Online Program Horizon Festival, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld. Curator Hamish Sawyer. By Invitation.
2019 Elements, Maroochy Regional Botanic Gardens, Horizon Festival, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld. Curator Hamish Sawyer. By Invitation.
2018 Local Artist – Local Content, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld. By Selection.
2018 Tightrope, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld. By Selection.
2017 You, Me and a Cup of Tea, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Qld. By Selection.
2016 Cuppa : A Cup Survey, Makers Gallery, Brisbane, Qld. Curator Stephanie Outridge-Field. By Invitation.
2015 Unearthed Treasures, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2015 Sunshine Coast Satellite Reef, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2015 Reflections, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld. By Selection.
2014 Living Change, Flying Arts Alliance, Queensland Regional Art Award Touring Exhibition. Curator Tim Morrell. By Selection.
2014 The Apron: Beneath the Skin, collaborative touring exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2014 Moreton Bay Region Art Award, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Qld. By Selection.
2014 Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Qld. By Selection.
2014 Make Your Mark, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld. By Selection.
2013-14 Teasing the Domestic, Artslink Queensland Touring Exhibition Program. Curator Lisa Beilby. By Selection.
2013-14 Minutiae, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Qld.
2013 A Letter A Week: Artistic Travels Through the Alphabet, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Qld. By Invitation.
2013 The Essential Character of Queensland, Flying Arts Alliance, Qld Regional Art Award. Curator John Waldron. By Selection.
2013 Immanuel Arts Festival, Buderim, Qld.
2013 Restoring the Lost and the Broken, Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Brisbane, Qld.
2013 Roses of Rosebed, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Qld. By Invitation.
2012-13 International Cone Box Show, Lawrence Arts Centre, KS & NCECA Houston, USA. By Selection.
2012-13 Small is the New Big, Studio 4 Gallery, Marcoola, Qld. 
2012 Small Works : Small Town, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Qld.
2012 Ignition, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, Qld. By Selection.
2012 Tribe, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Qld.
2012 If, Brisbane Grammar School Art Show, Qld. 
2012 Culture 2 Culture, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Qld.
2012 Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane Riverside Centre, Qld. 
2012 Rosebed St Collection, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Qld.
2011-12 Collective, Studio 4 Gallery, Marcoola, Qld.
2011 Momentum, Brisbane Grammar School Art Show, Qld.
2011 Artist by Artist, The J, Noosaville, Qld. By Selection.
2011 Small Work : Small Town, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Qld.
1999-2011 exhibited in over fifty group shows (by selection and invitation).

Awards
2018 Finalist, Local Artist – Local Content Art Prize, Friends Regional Gallery Caloundra, Qld.
2014 Finalist, Moreton Bay Region Art Award, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Qld.
2014 Finalist, Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Qld.
2013 Finalist, Queensland Regional Art Award, Flying Arts Alliance Inc.
2013 Winner, Best Sculpture, Immanuel Arts Festival, Buderim, Qld.
2012 Finalist, Queensland Regional Art Award, Flying Arts Alliance Inc.
2011 Finalist, Artist by Artist, ABC Open and Artslink Qld (formerly Queensland Arts Council).
2003 Finalist, Graduate Award Exhibition, Fusions Gallery, Qld.
2002 Winner, Design Excellence Award, CSIT, Qld.
2000 Winner, Outstanding Achievement Award, CSIT, Qld.

Grants
2019 RADF, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld.
2017 QASP, Arts Queensland.
2015 RADF, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld.
2013 RADF, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld.

Collections
The Cathedral of Saint Stephen Art Group. Works are held in private collections in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, USA, Japan, Germany, and Great Britain.

Commissions
2016 Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards Trophy, with Sunshine Coast Council.
Numerous private commissions, nationally and internationally.

Professional Memberships
NAVA Premium Plus
Flying Arts Alliance
Friends Caloundra and Noosa Regional Galleries

Texts/Catalogues
Elements, Exhibition Brochure, Hamish Sawyer, Curator, Horizon Festival, Qld, 2019
Domestic Duties Chapter Three ‘Sacred in the Domestic’, Exhibition Catalogue, Dr. Ginna Brock, Lecturer USC, Noosa Regional Gallery, 2017 – 2018. 
Papillon, Exhibition Catalogue, Redland Art Gallery, 2017.
Papillon, Exhibition Catalogue, Hamish Sawyer, Curator, Caloundra Regional Gallery, 2016.
Expressions of Love, self-published book, ISBN 978-0-646-94423-4, 2015.
Expressions of Love II, Exhibition Catalogue, Noosa Regional Gallery, 2013.
Insight: Journeys in Steel and Clay, Exhibition Catalogue, Gympie Regional Gallery, 2013.
Domestic Duties Chapter Two, Exhibition Catalogue, Studio 4 Gallery, 2012.

Publications
‘Kim Schoenberger Domestic Duties Chapter Three ‘Sacred in the Domestic’, Exhibition Brief,
Art Almanac Summer Edition, December 2017 – January 2018, pp. 53, 187. By invitation.
Pandora Archive, a digital archive dedicated to the preservation of and long-term access to Australian online electronic publications of national significance. By invitation, 2016.
‘Papillon’, Exhibition Review, Down Under Textiles Issue 26, 2016; front cover inlet and pp.18-21.
‘Expressions of Love Kim Schoenberger’, book review by Kate Oszko, Editor, Down Under Textiles Issue 24, 2016; p.74.
Papillon, Salt Magazine Autumn edition, 2016; pp.103, 112-113.
‘Fantastic flora and fauna at gallery’, Sunshine Valley Gazette, June 15, 2016; p.20.
‘Recycled Hyperbolic Crochet’, Down Under Textiles Issue 20, 2015; pp.38-43.
‘Online Inspiration’, Down Under Textiles Issue 18, 2015; p.76.
Janet de Boer OAM, ‘Expressions of Love II Kim Schoenberger’, Textile Fibre Forum Issue No.114, 2014; pp.62-63.
‘Noosa turns out for local art’, Noosa Today, January 30, 2014; p.4.
‘Why art suits Kim to a tea(bag)’, Sunshine Coast Daily, January 24, 2014; p.11.
The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting by Linda Seward, 2014; pp.14, 226. By invitation.
Fiona Dempster, ‘A Letter A Week – Artistic Travel Through the Alphabet’, Down Under Textiles Issue 15, 2014; pp.56, 60.
Fiona Dempster, ‘A Letter A Week – Artistic Travel Through the Alphabet’, Bound & Lettered Volume 11, Number 2, 2014; p.40.
‘Kim Schoenberger new work at Noosa Regional Gallery’, Art Collector Issue 67, January – March 2014; p.192.
Expressions of Love II, Salt Magazine Summer edition, 2013/2014; pp.114-115.
500 Tea Pots Volume 2, Larks Books USA, 2013; p.218. By selection.
‘Schoenberger with the works’, Gympie Times, August 2, 2013; p.9.
‘Kim’s journey in Steel & Clay’, Hinterland Times, August 2013; p.36.
‘Teasing the Domestic take a walk on the woolly side’, Macquarie presents Noosa Long Weekend Festival Magazine, June 14-23, 2013; p.20.
‘Second-hand sculptor’, Sunshine Coast Daily – Arts, April 27, 2013; p.52.
Textiles: The Art of Mankind by Mary Schoeser, published by Thames & Hudson, London, First Edition, 2012, Chapter One, ‘Impact’ Context, p.26, plate 84 p.60. By selection.
‘The everyday is Kim’s cause celebre’, Sunshine Coast Daily – Arts, June 9, 2012; p.47.
‘One Journey Stephanie Outridge Field discusses work and clay with Kim Schoenberger’, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 50/3, November 2011; pp.78-81.
‘Fiona Dempster writes on the art of Kim Schoenberger Expressions of Love’, Textile Fibre Forum Number 104, Issue 4, 2011; pp.24-25.
Kylie Jackes, ‘Art Space’, Weekender Issue 691, 2011; pp.38-39.
Jessica Jane Sammut, ‘Kim Schoenberger A Free Spirit’, Profile Magazine, December 2010; p.65.
‘Studio 4 attracts top artists’, Sunshine Coast Daily – Arts, November 20, 2010; p.51.
‘Two exhibits show in Montville’, Sunshine Coast Daily – Arts, April 24, 2010; p.51.
‘Auction suits Kim to a tea’, Caloundra City News, 2010; p.9.
500 Pitchers, Larks Books USA, 2006; p.347. By selection.
‘Use an artistic approach to landscape design’, Suncoast Living, October 5, 2006; p.5.
”Everything I love is around me’ says Kim’, Buderim Chronicle, November 30, 2006; p.4.
‘National education pictorial survey’, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 42/2, 2003; p16.
‘Fresh Clay : Fresh Glass Marcus Hughes reports on Fusions 2003 Graduate Award Exhibition’, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 42/2, 2003; p 81.
‘History passion now an artform’, Noosa News, November 12, 2002; p.16.
‘Exhibition Works’, Artworkers Alliance Newsletter, Autumn 2003; p.8.

Artist Talks/Conversations
2019 Untitled [H2O], Elements exhibition, Horizon Festival, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld
2017 Domestic Duties Chapter Three ‘Sacred in the Domestic‘, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld.
2017 Papillon, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Qld.
2017 Arts Practice (including Individual Coaching sessions), Cultivate the Arts: Intensive, Professional Development for Creatives hosted by Moreton Bay Regional Council and presented by Edgeware Creative Entrepreneurship.
2016 Papillon, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld.
2016 Resilience, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, Qld.
2015 Expressions of Love – Process and Praxis, Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association (ATASDA), Brisbane, Qld.
2014 Expressions of Love II, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld.

Presentations/Demonstrations
2015 Expressions of Love – Spinning Tea Bags, Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association (ATASDA), Brisbane, Qld. By Invitation.
2014 Mark of the Artist, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2014 Expressions of Love II – Process and Spinning Tea Bags, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld.

Workshops
2021 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult, Children), Mary Cairncross Reserve, Maleny, Centres for Conservation, Learning and Partnerships (CCLP), Sunshine Coast Council, Qld. By Invitation.
2019 Facilitator, Art Activity (Children, Adult) Untitled [H2O], Maroochy Botanic Gardens, Horizon Festival Public Program, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld.
2018-19 Facilitator, Art Activities (Children), Maroochy Botanic Gardens, Centres for Conservation, Learning and Partnerships (CCLP), Sunshine Coast Council, Qld. By Invitation.
2018 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult), Creative Arts & Events Team Planning Day, Sunshine Coast Council, Qld. By Invitation.
2018 Facilitator, One Week Residency (Children), Venue 114 Events Centre, Bokarina, Summer Holiday Program, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2018 Facilitator, Art Activity, Local Artists – Local Content, Public Exhibition Program, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2018 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult, Children), Imaginate Public Exhibition Program, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2018 Facilitator, Art Play Sunday (Children), Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2017-18 Facilitator, Art Activities (Children), Summer Holiday Program, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2017 Facilitator, Art Activity, IFYS Supports by Design, Disability Action Week : Community Day Event, Maroochydore, Qld. By Invitation.
2017 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult), Papillon, Public Exhibition Program, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Qld.
2017 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult), Papillon, World Environment Day Festival, Cotton Tree, Qld for Sunshine Coast Council. By Invitation.
2016 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult), Tea Bag Collage, Creative Arts & Events Team Building Workshop for Sunshine Coast Council, Qld. By Invitation.
2016 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult), Tea Bag Books Workshop for Sunshine Coast RADF Committee, Qld. By Invitation.
2016 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult), Papillon, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2016 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult, Children), Papillon, World Environment Day Festival, Cotton Tree, Qld with Sunshine Coast Council. By Invitation.
2016 Facilitator, Art Activity (Adult, Children) Papillon, Public Exhibition Program, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld.
2016 Facilitator, ArtsCool (Children), Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2015 Facilitator, Art Attack (Children), Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2014 Facilitator, Art Activity (Children), Noosa Show with Noosa Shire Council and Gallery, Qld. By Invitation.
2013 Facilitator, FOGlets Art Activities (Children), Public Exhibition Program, Gympie Regional Gallery, Qld.