
Dr Faye Neilson
Lecturer
School of Creative Industries (Fine Art)
- Email:faye.neilson@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:02 49 218664
Career Summary
Biography
Faye Neilson is an artist and lecturer in Art History/Theory and 3D studio practice. After completing undergraduate studies in Fine Art at the University of Newcastle, she exhibited and worked as a translator in Germany. Neilson returned to Australia in 2001 to begin her PhD research, following the conferral of an Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship. She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Newcastle in 2007. Her PHD exegesis, Bed and Body: aspects of personal comfort, explored the metaphorical significance of beds in contemporary art practice and also served to contextualise her exhibition of artwork. Here, notions of comfort were aligned with memory, displacement, maternity and the early experience of attachment in children. Faye’s exhibited mixed media works drew on comfort objects in the domestic environment, revealing the bed as a multi-faceted symbol.
Faye Neilson has been teaching at the University of Newcastle since 2006. Lecturing in both Art History/Theory and 3D Studio Practice, she is particularly interested in finding ways to promote conceptual and critical thinking and to strengthen the students’ understanding of the relationship between research and practice.
Research Expertise
Faye Neilson’s research focus lies in the broad area of 3D art and its theoretical discourse, particularly in relation to contemporary art practice and installation. More specifically, her interests relate to object materiality, analogy and signification with reference to the domestic environment, especially in the reworking of traditional fibres-textiles processes. Neilson’s PhD Exegesis, titled Bed and Body: aspects of personal comfort, theoretically contextualized her own practice through investigating the metaphorical use of beds in contemporary art practice. A diverse range of contemporary art objects were considered in this research, highlighting the key role of analogy in relation to artefacts and their materiality. Over the past twenty years she has participated in both solo and group exhibitions in Australia and Germany.
Teaching Expertise
Faye Neilson lectures in both Studio and Art History/Theory courses at the University of Newcastle. In Art History/Theory she has taught in the broad Fine Art strands of Critical Studies, Contemporary Issues in Art, Visual Analysis and 3-D Arts since 1900. She has also lectured in the studio areas of Soft Sculpture, 3D Art, Ceramics and Fibres-Textiles. Neilson supervises students enrolled in the Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) program and at Postgraduate level.
Qualifications
- PhD (Fine Art), University of Newcastle
- Graduate Diploma in Art, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), University of Newcastle
Keywords
- 3D Art Practice
- 3D Studio Practice
- Art History/Theory
- Ceramics Studio Practice
- Fibres-Textiles Studio Practice
- Installation
- Object Materiality
- Textiles
- The Quotidian
- Trace and memory
Languages
- German (Fluent)
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2014 - | Convenor - Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle Australia |
1/1/2018 - | Convenor - Bachelor of Fine Art | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (3 outputs)
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2020 | Neilson F, 'Braddon Snape: Internal pressures', Artlink: Australian contemporary art quarterly, (2020) | ||||
2012 |
Rey U, Neilson FL, 'Crafting pathos with Dani Marti', Art Monthly Australia, 255 5-7 (2012) [C3]
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2010 | Neilson F, 'Jan Downes Illumination: Language, Landscape and Light', CERAMICS-ART AND PERCEPTION, 31-33 (2010) |
Conference (2 outputs)
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2019 |
See ZS, Rey U, Neilson F, Cuneo M, Barnes-Keoghan A, O'Donnell L, et al., 'Sodeisha Sculptural Ceramics: Digitalization and VR Interaction', The 17th International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry on - VRCAI '19, Australia (2019) [E1]
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2019 |
See ZS, Rey U, Neilson F, Cuneo M, Barnes-Keoghan A, O Donnell L, et al., 'Sodeisha Avant-grade Ceramic: High Fidelity Digitization, Virtual Reality, and Interaction Design', Singapore (2019)
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Creative Work (8 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2020 |
Neilson F, Drabsch B, Brooker C, Penn G, McMahon B, Foong R, et al., Six Seasons (Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future), National Wool Museum, Geelong, VIC, Australia (2020)
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2019 |
Rey U, See ZS, Neilson F, Cuneo M, Barnes-Keoghan A, O'Donnell L, et al., Please Touch: a virtual engagement with Sodeisha sculptural ceramics, Newcastle Art Gallery, Australia (2019)
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2006 | Burgess R, Neilson FL, Shedding Skin, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery (2006) [J1] | ||||
2004 | Downes JM, Neilson FL, Woodrow RD, Hale CP, Longworth JF, Jones SJ, et al., Joint an auction preview, back to back galleries, Newcastle (2004) [J2] | ||||
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Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2020 | PhD | Can Human Geography, Ecology and Contemporary Art be Combined Through Installation Art Practices to Share the Concept of the Human Self as Part of the Environment? | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Exploring Spatial, Phenomenological and Contextual Influences and Affects Upon the Interpretation and Experience of Art | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2016 | Masters | Mind Wondering and/or Wandering: late style and invention in a ceramic practice | M Philosophy (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | What Do I Do with All this Stuff? Inheritance and the Unprepared Custodian: Relating Meaning through the Mediated Artistic Collection | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2020 | PhD | An Inflationary Act: Sculptural Process, Materiality, Performance and Site | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Noteworthy: A Collection of Ordinary Lives | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | By the Good Grace: The Moral Treatment of the Domesticated Dog in Art and Society | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Biloela: Afore and Beyond | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | The Dark Side of the Self and the Shadow | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | On the Use of Text by Politically Motivated Iranian Visual Artists | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Dr Faye Neilson
Position
Lecturer
Fine Art
School of Creative Industries
College of Human and Social Futures
Focus area
Fine Art
Contact Details
faye.neilson@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | 02 49 218664 |
Office
Room | AT.28 |
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Building | Art Building |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |