MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA
Mr Jeffery Dean (Jeff) MINCHAM, Cherryville SA 5134
For service to the visual arts as a ceramic artist, to a range of
contemporary craft organisations, and to the community of South
Australia.
Ceramic artist who established, and was Head of, the Ceramics Workshop
at the Jam Factory in Adelaide for 5 years. Represented in over 100
public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
77 solo exhibitions since 1976 in Australia, New Zealand and USA.
Participated in over 200 group shows including invitational, survey
and touring exhibitions in Australia, USA, New Zealand, Italy, France,
Japan, China, Taiwan, UK and The Netherlands. Art in South Australia,
Art Gallery of SA, 1999-2000. Landscape, Memory and Imagination,
Brisbane City Gallery, 2001. Material Cultures, Australian National
Gallery, 2002. A Sense of Place, Quadrivium, Sydney, 2003. Jeff
Mincham Australian Ceramics, Masterworks Gallery, New Zealand, 2004.
Jeff Mincham Ceramics, National Touring Exhibition, since 2009.
Committee Member, Taxation Incentives for the Arts, since 2010. Board
Member, Visions of Australia, 2003-2009. Board Member, Country Arts
South Australia, 2000-2004. Interim Board Member, Craft Australia,
2002-2003; Senior Vice-President, 1981-1983. President, Hahndorf
Academy Foundations; Chair, Board of Management, 1998-2003.
President, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, 1983-1987.
President, Crafts Council of South Australia, 1978-1981.
Chairman, Regional Development SA, 2002-2006. Member, Regional
Communities Consultative Council, 2002-2007. Chairman, Adelaide Hills
Regional Development Board, 1999-2007. Acting Chair, Adelaide Hills
Tourism, 1998; Committee Member, 1999-2000. Councillor, East Torrens
District Council, 1993-1997; Deputy Mayor, 1995-1997. Member,
Cherryville Country Fire Service, 1978-1998; Brigade Officer, 1988-1998.
Awards/recognition include: Named a ?Living Treasure: Master of
Australian Craft?, Crafts Council of South Australia, 2009.
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