Kevin Perkins: Curriculum vitae

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft

30 November 2008

Training and education
2007	Sculpture: fine metal casting, Academy of the Arts, Launceston, Tasmania
1990	Advanced Certificate in Cabinetmaking, Hobart Technical College, Tasmania
1975	Building Certificate, Hobart Technical College, Tasmania
1975	Sculpture (Studio Major), School of Art, Hobart, Tasmania
1970	Technical Instructor's Certificate, Hobart, Tasmania
1970	Industrial Arts Diploma, Hobart, Tasmania
1965	Trade Certificate in Joinery, Devonport Technical College, Tasmania

Selected solo exhibitions
2007	Clarence Prize 2007, for excellence in furniture, The Barn, Rosny
2007	Tidal Zone, Design Centre-Tasmania, Launceston
2007	SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory, New York, USA
2006	Making Relations, Cast Gallery, Hobart, touring exhibition
2006	SOFA Chicago, Chicago, USA
2005	Convergence, studio furniture of Tasmania and America, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
2005	SOFA Chicago, Chicago, USA
2004	Design Island, Object Gallery, Sydney, touring exhibition
2004	City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
2002	Material Culture, aspects of contemporary Australian craft and design, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2001	One Tree, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, touring exhibition
2001	Response to the Island, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2000	Rings of History, Craft ACT, Canberra, touring exhibition
2000	Against the Grain, Australian Sculptural Furniture, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane
1999	The Mystery of the Thylacine - Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, touring exhibition

Giurgola, Romaldo, Luminous Simplicity, The Architecture and Art of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, Macmillan, 2007
Bell, Robert, Material Culture, aspects of contemporary Australian craft and design, National Gallery of Australia, 2002
Borschman, Gregg, The People's Forest, a living history of the Australian bush, The People's Forest Press, 1999
McKee, Jim, Kevin Perkins - personal work, Wood Review, Issue 22, Interwood Holdings Pty Ltd
Ioannou, Noris, Masters Of Their Craft, tradition and innovation in the Australian contemporary decorative arts, Craftsman House, 1997
Cochrane, Grace, The Crafts Movement in Australia, A History, New South Wales University Press, 1992
Darby, Tom, Making Fine Furniture, designer-makers and their projects, Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications Ltd.
Powell, Robin, Simply Living, Seeing the Wood, Otter Publications, 1990
McPhee, John, Australian Decorative Arts - The Past Ten Years, Australian National Gallery, 1984
King, Glenda, Touching Things Lightly - a model for collaborative design, Artlink Australia, Vol 12 No 2