Mr Mark Edgoose

Mark Edgoose has been contributing to research and education in Australian Jewellery and Object making since 1989, firstly at Monash University and then at Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University. Mark has now returned to RMIT to where his academic life began, initially as an undergraduate student and later on, as a post-graduate student. He completed a Masters by Research, RMIT, Melbourne in 1997; titled - Explore the aesthetic and technological potential offered by refractory materials associated with the aerospace industry and integrate this into the discipline of holloware production.

His extensive experience in academic leadership has been as coordinator of Jewellery and Silversmithing at Monash University, coordinator of Object Art and Design at Sydney University and as Foundation project director and coordinator also at Sydney University. In this role he was instrumental in realising of the Foundation Year as an independent program within a discipline based studio program that provided an inclusive and nurturing experience for first year study at the Sydney College of the Arts.

Mark Edgoose has made a significant contribution to Australian object making through the wide exhibition and documentation of his work both nationally and internationally. He is regularly approached to exhibit, and sees this as evidence that his work is well respected and the broader community is aware of the scope of his research. Achievements include a large commission for the Historic Houses Trust of N.S.W. The commission was for a dining table centerpiece and candelabras to commemorate the Federation of Australia for Government House, NSW.

Research

Underlying the research explored consistently in his work are the ideas of containment and stacking, the enclosure/disclosure of space, repetition, connection and functional ambiguity. His current PHD research has extended and consolidated these previously worked concepts. The space, habitation and scale aspects of the work represent a evolving shift in direction and are qualities he is keen to explore in future installational work… how objects connect and perform in space, and how they affect surrounding spaces. By using objects as a vehicle to tap into people’s memory and experience, the objects will reference the areas of design, architecture and craft (read as hand and tool).

MA 1997; Post Grad. Dip. (Art); Dip of Art.

Exhibitions

2006   Chatelaines, Helsinki Museum, Curator by Helen Drutt during 2005–2006

2005   Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Buda, Castlemaine, traveling to Hamilton, Ballarat, Melbourne from Feb to Aug 2005

Awards and Prizes

1996   The Deacons Graham & James / Arts 21 Award, Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne

1995   National Craft award, National Gallery of Victoria

Collections

• The Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane

• Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney

• National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

• National Gallery of Victoria

• Amcor Corporation and Deacons Graham & James, Melbourne

Other

2006   Refereed conference paper Inhabiting Space will be delivered at JMGA International confe rence, In Location: making stories, siting, citing, sighting in Sydney, I Jan 2006

2005   Curated exhibition Utility in Touch was held at Sydney College of the Arts, Gallery 1 and 2 in July 2005 with a published essay, Utility In Touch in the JMGA NSW journal published in Sept 05

2005   Invited Speaker at Vito Bila Exhibition – In the Landscape, Craft Victoria, Melb, July 2005

Recipient of an Australia Council grant to Design and create prototypes of wall mounted rails and accessories. This is part of ongoing research into Rail segment and accessories