Exhibitions
 
2016  - March
Design Tasmania, 40 Years : 40 Designers
To coincide with the 40th birthday Design Tasmania have engaged 40 individual designers and makers to exhibit a design that embodies a unique aspect of the Tasmanian landscape and from an environment that inspires and shapes design.
Anopterus Laurel - Felt cream silk dress

2016  - March
Sawtooth ARI Gallery 5 year Retrospective and Member's exhibition
Curated by: Patrick Sutczak, Karen Hall and Brigitte Trobbiani (TAS)
Opened by Damien Quilliam, Curator of Contemporary Australian Art
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Rain Sonnet - Glass and canvas

2016  - Feb
Lady Cassandra – elements of the final Honours Collection
shown at Sawtooth ARI
 
2015 – Nov
Lady Cassandra
Final collection of works and support material from the
Bachelor of Contemporary Arts with Honours year
Shown at the Academy Gallery, UTAS
http://skinbcahons.weebly.com/
 
 
20015 – June – September
Kill Me, Feed me, Sustain Me – The Field Gallery
Curator Amelia Row
http://www.utas.edu.au/visual-performing-arts/events/2016/july/the-field
https://tuu.com.au/events/the-field-a-tuu-new-gallery-exhibition-initiative/
 
2015- March
6000 to 1-  Stompin – Costumes
 
2014 – September
The Crowd – Sawtooth. A collection of freehand machine embroideries.

2014 – June
The Crowd – a sample shown at Amelia’s
 
2014 – March
My Heart is a Hall -  Stompin - Costumes
 
2014 – Jan.
Connections. installed at the Jackeys Marsh Forest Festival

2013/14
Connections . Falls Music and Art Festival.
Twenty tents (reclaimed tents that were damaged in a storm) all the ropes that came with the tents, plus 200 meters of rope, 10 meters of stainless steel rope and countless hours. This work was woven with techniques taught by the traditional land owners of Goolwa SA and inspired by the language they used when teaching.
 
Dec 2012 – Jan 2013
Pleiades collection on the Main stage of Falls Festival, Marion Bay.
 
October 2012
Talking skirt part of Regional Arts Australia National Conference – SA.
 
June 2012
Cream silk wedding dress exhibited at the Design Centre Launceston. Part of the Handweavers Spinners and Dyers Guild of Tasmania Exhibition.
 
May/June 2012
Paper on Skin, Burnie Regional Arts – “To be or to be.” paper tu tu and necklace made from recycled pages of Shakespeare.
 
April 2012
Amadeus – costumes, Earl Arts. Launceston.
 
Feb 2012
Pleiades was part of the Jackeys Marsh Forest Festival
 
 Feb 2011
“Silk Road” 7mx 80cm weight 232grms silk and merino felt selected for Material Girl  Exhibition at the Burnie Coastal Art Gallery (Tasmanian Regional Arts & Women Tas)
 
June 2011
Talking skirt shown at the Cradle Coast Gallery. August Talking skirt shown as part of Junction 2011, October Talking skirt also shown as part of the 2011 Tasmanian Poetry Festival.
http://www.arts.tas.gov.au/industry_development/air/air_2011
 
March 2010
Aloe (neck piece of hand made green glass droplets that encased cubic zirconium) exhibited as part of Tasmanian Regional Arts -Material Girl “Succulence”
 
August 2010
Pleiades exhibited as part of the Regional Arts Australia Junction Arts festival/Conference.
 
August 2010
Rain Sonnet (wearable art work) exhibited as part of the Streets Alive Art Festival.
 
August 2010
The final art works created as the Regional Arts Australia Volunteer Awards were presented by Michael Bryce during the Junction Conference dinner.
 
August 2010
Part of the Titania range displayed at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Launceston as part of the Junction Arts Festival/Conference.
 
March 2009
Same Sun (neck piece of stainless steel and glass) exhibited as part of Tasmanian Regional Arts – Material Girl “Global Woman”
 
July 2008
Floating textile work part of Shadows on the Water – Fringe to 10Days on the island
 
Nov. 2007
Titania Range (six silk and merino garments) in the “Hall of Fame” section of Fashion Fantasia
 
July 2007
“Shadows of a Materialistic Woman” one of 20 artists at Arts Alive “In The Shadows”
 
May 2007
Titania Range incl. in Design Island: New Horizons. Co-ordinated by Arts Tasmania for emerging contemporary designers.
 
April 2007
Have Wings Will Travel touring with Material Girl
 
April 2007
Future – Shadows on the Water, fringe exhibition held simultaneously with Ten Days on the Island
 
March 2007
Guest artist at Bothwell International Spin in.
 
Feb 2007
Have Wings Will Travel Part 2 Linden post card exhibition.
 
Jan 2007
Have Wings Will Travel included in exhibition for Text-Isle 2007.
 
May 2006
Illuminations 3. Tasdance. Collaborated with Ralf Hartel to produce a picnic rug 15metres x 10 metres.
 
April 2006
Invited to exhibit with Spinners, Weavers and Dyers Guild of Tasmania at The Design Centre Launceston; pieces exhibited were Titania, Have Wings Will Travel and Rastafarian Dreaming
 
Oct. 2005
‘First of the Month’ Artist/Designer, Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston
 
July 2005
Range of nine wearable art garments Dark Desires, Princess Theatre, Launceston
 
June 2005
Work commissioned by Women Moving Arts, Academy Gallery, Launceston
Dec. 2004
The Felt Room, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre.  Invited to exhibit with Grietje van Randen, Andrea Collisson and Karel Fontaine
 
May 2004
Textile Adventures: an exhibition by members of the Hand weavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild: At TMAG, Hobart. Exhibited felted sea-urchins and felt hats.

Artist in Residence
 
2013 Jan
Artist in Residence for the FanTAStic, Australian International Girl Guide Jamboree.
 
2011
AIR 2011 (AIR 2011 is an artist in residence program developed and managed by arts@work in partnership with the Australian Council for the Arts.)

Reviews
 
2015
Arts, The Examiner August 1st     Arts, The Examiner July 11th
Regarding the Field  - Part of the UTAS 125 Year Anniversary celebrations
 
2014
Review by: Tanya Bailey
http://sawtooth.org.au/sawtoothreview/14071759/sawtoothreview9
 
 Dec 2012.
Falling for environmental art by Karen Revie .
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/34187

Dec 2012
http://shadowsartatfalls.blogspot.com.au/

26 October 2012. Artery, by Kathryn Gray
…….Drawing upon other regions, many artists also presented poignant arts installations, exhibitions and screenings throughout the program. Visitors encountered Craig Walsh’s Home , a public projection work which features people talking about what home means to them, and Sonja Hindrum’s Talking Skirt, a wearable technology and poetry project developed with Tasmanian students in an Artist In Residency (AIR) program. ……….
http://artery.australiacouncil.gov.au/2012/10/kumuwuki-big-wave-resonates-across-australian-regional-arts/
 

RealTime issue #127 June-July 2015 pg. 32
A dark dance of choice and chance Judith Abell: Tasmanian International Arts Festival: Stompin, 6000 to 1


April 2012 .Stage Whispers, by Merlene Abbott
A major feature of this production was the superb costuming designed by Sonja Hindrum. The costumes were lush, extravagant and beautifully made – 200 costumes for the 21 cast members….
http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/amadeus-0
 

Feb 2012
By Kylie Eastley
http://writeresponse.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/jackeys-marsh-forest-festival-art-trail.html

August 26, 2011 by Patrick Sutczak
http://writeresponse.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/talking-skirt-prototype.html

28 September 2010
http://dm-placewords.blogspot.com.au/2010_09_01_archive.html

September 2010
http://misspenpen.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/bombed.html

August 2010
Pleiades has a full page in Issue 3, NO99, pg40.
http://tafta.org.au/
 
2006
The Titania Range was reviewed by Dr Margaret Baguley and published in Echoes - The International Felters magazine.

Reviews of Sonja’s work have appeared in the journals Textile Fibre Forum (Qld) and Echoes (UK), the journal of the International Felt makers Association.
 
Pleiades also appeared on  the cover of “Director Regional Arts Australia Information for Candidates”

Professional Experience

2016  - March - current.
Festival co-ordinator  - Peace Festival

2015  - Nov.
Received the UTAS Sawtooth Award at completion of the Bachelor of Contemporary Arts with Honours year
 
2015 – Nov
One of six UTAS students chosen to talk to Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Kate Warner AM, Governor of Tasmania
 
2015 June-Sept
Program Coordinator – Junction Arts Festival,
Working with the Festival and Artists on the Outreach Program. Role - regular communication with community groups, businesses and individuals to support and participate in programs.
 
2015- March
6000 to 1-  Stompin – Costumes
 
2014
Tasmanian Stories
Exhibition, by the Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of Tasmania.
Curator - Sonja hindrum

2014
Dream Home - Castlemaine projection artists Jim Coad & Helen Kelly from Video Architecture explored the notion of home by engaging local community participants Jasper Da Seymour, Sonja Hindrum, Karen Revie, Kitty Taylor, Access Arts Link and nearly 1000 Launceston school children to bring Launceston’s public spaces back to life in an extravaganza of large scale video projections - Included works provided by Sonia Hindrum, Visual Vocations, run by Guaranteeing Futures North, grade ten students, North and Northeastern Tasmania

2014 – March
My Heart is a Hall -  Stompin - Costumes
 
2014 – Jan.
Connections installed at the Jackeys Marsh Forest Festival
 
2013/14
Connections . Falls Music and Art Festival.
Twenty tents (reclaimed tents that were damaged in a storm) all the ropes that came with the tents, plus 200 meters of rope, 10 meters of stainless steel rope and countless hours. This work was woven with techniques taught by the traditional land owners of Goolwa SA and inspired by the language they used when teaching.
 
2013- August 
Shortlisted in the 2013 Australian Craft Awards.  http://craftawards.com.au/CRAFT2013/entry_details.asp?ID=12165&Category_ID=5473
 
2013 – May
Recognised by The Launceston City Council for voluntary work in the Arts Community.
 
2013 –March 2013
Costume designer and costume director/mentor for Stompin contemporary dance company for On Your Marks in Ten days on The Island.
 
2012/13 Dec-Jan
Manage a small team of volunteers and paid workers with the instillation of Pleiades on the main stage of the Falls Music and Arts festival Marion bay Tas.
 
2012/14
Exhibition Officer for the Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Tasmania. Biennial exhibition held at the Design Centre Launceston
 
2011 Dec-2012 May
Costume director/designer for the Launceston Players April production Amadeus
 
2003 – Current
Assist organising the Tasmanian Poetry Festival. Roles include co-ordinate volunteers, look after guest poets and general admin.
 
2012 Feb
Assist in the Art wall at Festivale
 
2011
AIR 2011 (AIR 2011 is an artist in residence program developed and managed by arts@work in partnership with the Australian Council for the Arts.)
http://www.arts.tas.gov.au/industry_development/air/air_2011

2010
Managed “Pleiades” a community artwork that has almost 2000 contributions so far (Cream felt spheres). This work was funded by Regional Arts Tasmania, and corporate funding that was sought by the Junction Arts festival management team.
 
2010
Successfully won a fixed price tender to create Regional Arts Australia Volunteer awards.
 
 
2005 Stylist (fashion) for Hair, and Fashion show Dark Desires Staged by Convict Cutters and Goldwell
 
2003
Costume Designer  - Tas Dance: Fair Game,  Choreography by Natalie Weir.
http://www.tasdancearchive.com.au/hindrum-sonja/
 
2003
Costume Designer  - Tas Dance: Bard Bits, Choreography by Graeme Murphy, remounted by Catherine Goss.
http://www.tasdancearchive.com.au/hindrum-sonja/
 
2002
Costume Designer  - Tas Dance: The Darkling, Ripple Effect, Choreography by Neil Adams.
http://www.tasdancearchive.com.au/hindrum-sonja/
 
2001
Costume Designer  - Tas Dance: Dirt, Choreography by Natalie Weir.
 http://www.tasdancearchive.com.au/hindrum-sonja/

Education
 
2016
Currently in the process of submitting an application for PHD Candidature
 
2015
Bachelor of Contemporary Arts with Honours (First Class Honours) University of Tasmania
 
1991/94
Bachelor of Arts, Fashion
Royal            Melbourne Institute of Technology.
 
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TAE40110.

Presenter
 
2012 October 18th-21st
The Regional Arts Australia National Conference.  Presenter http://www.kumuwuki.org.au/speakers/sonja_hindrum
 
2012 March
Attend and present at the Young Children, the Arts and Creativity – Statewide Forum.
http://www.earlyyears.org.au/research/creative_connections_in_the_early_years

Workshop Facilitator
 
2015
Embroidery on SCOBY - Held at UTAS

2010
Artist For a Day at the Devonport Regional Art Gallery also held a school holiday workshop at the gallery. “Funky flowers” (creating fabric flowers from recycled materials.)
 
2010
Artist for Streets Alive Arts Festival. Working with students to create art pieces and participate on an arts trail.
 
2010
Conducted many felting workshops
 
2011-2005
Teacher in Fashion Design & Illustration. Launceston College of TAFE
 
2009-2008
Workshop Facilitator Adult Ed – lamp work. Colour Theory and the elements and principles of Design.
 
2007
Fruits Harajuku workshops at Grammar and Don College.
 
2006
Train the trainer, Colour Theory (TAFE)
 
2006
Workshop Facilitator: felt hats. For James Newton and Kim Shneiders.    Studio QVMAG
 
2005
Workshop Facilitator: Harajuka – Queen Victoria Museum
 
2005
Workshop Facilitator: Textiles – Women Moving Arts
 

Other
 

Some of her small textile sculptures exhibited in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
 
Invited to participate in the Rococo Revolution, Melbourne, as a designer and artist and exhibited pieces in the Women’s Gallery, Carlton.

Her fashion work has appeared in Vogue Australia, Australian Fashion Week,
 
Australian Gown of the Year (for which the works toured Australasia), the DuPont Awards and has graced the catwalks of numerous other fashion events.
 
Other costume work has been with Director Jeff Hockley on productions of The Mikado, Into the Woods and Amadeus and with Michelle Cripps on the production of Fiddler on the Roof.

Links to other works:
 
2015 – Bachelor of Contemporary Arts with Honours (First Class Honours)
http://skinbcahons.weebly.com/
 
AIR11 skirt prototype
http://talking-skirt.tumblr.com/
 
AIR11 - link to students work during the AIR11
http://textiles-qhs.tumblr.com/
 
Pleiades –  Junction Arts Festival 2010
http://sevensistersofpleiades.blogspot.com/