Marni the PhD Candidate
I am partway through a practice-based PhD from the RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles exploring making as a response to place within a surface patterning practice. To answer this, the research uses the methods of observation, drawing, and walking through place.
Publications
Stuart, M. (2021a). K’Gari Coast: Wildflowering by design [Exhibition]. Harvey Bay Regional Gallery and Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery. [Non-traditional research output].
Stuart, M. (2021b). Seeds for survival: How botanical art nurtures nature. In Crothers, W. (Ed.), Golden shells and elegant games of Japan. National Gallery of Victoria.
Stuart, M. (2021c). Unsuitable replacement: See and Seaing [Exhibition]. Melbourne Design Week Online. [Non-traditional research output].
Stuart, M. (2022). Foreword. In King, R. (Ed.), Pattern Pulse Volume 2: Exploring the art of Australian surface designers (pp. 6–7). RK Designs.
Stuart, M., & Davis, S. (2023). The art of wildflower walks: Understanding place through creative practice. International Journal of Education Through Art, 19(1).
Exhibitions + Residencies
Pattern Play Workshop Delivery May 2025 – Redlands Regional Gallery for Wildflowering by Design Touring Exhibition. Supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Redland City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Wildflowering by Design: Sunshine Coast Design Lab at UniSC (host) Jan 2025
Pattern Play Workshop Delivery Feb 2025 – Gympie Regional Art Gallery for Wildflowering by Design Touring Exhibition. Supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Wild/flower Women IV: Wildflowering by Design Touring Exhibition – 2023-2025 Website
Pattern Play Workshop Delivery: Wildflowering at Cooloolah, Sept 2024 – Wildflowering by Design Touring Exhibition Gympie local artists exhibitors retreat funded through the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, a Regional Arts Development Fund Grant and Gympie Regional Council.
Pattern Play Workshop Delivery Aug 2024 – Bribie Island Seaside Museum for Wildflowering by Design Touring Exhibition. Supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
La Plastique – Exhibition curated by Dr Denise Sprinskyj and Dr Peter Boyd, PayPal Melbourne Fashion Week, 2024
Surface/Place: Artist in Residence, Residency and exhibition, Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, with Nikita Fitzpatrick (New Dreaming Art) and Dr Sue Davis, Nov, 2023
Wild Hope – Exhibition curated by Dr Denise Sprinskyj and Dr Peter Boyd, Design Hub Gallery, RMIT, 2023
Wild/flower Women IV: Wildflowering by Design – Exhibition and workshops held at the Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery, 2022
Wild/flower Women IV: Wildflowering by Design – Exhibition and workshops held at the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, 2021
Wildflowering, Kinship and Creativity: Artist in Residence – Residency and exhibition, Maroochydore Botanical Gardens Eco lodge funded by the Regional Arts Development Fund, hosted by Dr Sue Davis, 2021
Sea and Seeing – Online Exhibition held as part of Melbourne Design Week, hosted by the National Gallery of Victoria, 2021
Creative Arts Alliance – Artist in Residence - Collaboration and residency with Thomas Stuart, 2020
Media
Wilhide, E. (2018). The complete pattern directory. Black Dog and Leventhal publishers.
Style, B. (2021, September 21). Designer: Marni Stuart. Print and Pattern. https://printpattern.blogspot. com/2021/09/designer-marni-stuart.html?m=1
King, R. (2022). Pattern Pulse Volume 1: Exploring the Art of Australian Surface Designers. RK Designs.
ABC Television. (2023, August 25). My garden path, Dr Sue Davis. Gardening Australia (Series 34, Episode 22) [Appearance on TV series episode].