BIO

Born Ayr, Queensland 1960. Sally currently lives and works as an artist in the Scenic Rim district.

Sally was an active participant in the 1980-1994 artist-run scene in Brisbane. Sally directly participate in artist-runs including teaching ceramics and visual art at The Activities Centre at the University of Queensland, as a member of the Artworker’s Union (Qld), the Queensland Artworkers Alliance, as a collective member of That Contemporary Art Space and the CRUX Little Alternatives group exhibition and as a featured artist in the influential 1986 group exhibition curated by Robert Linguard, Young Contemporaries at The Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.

Young Contemporaries was a group exhibition  curated by Robert Lingard which included a significant range of emerging and emerged local artists staged at the  Institute of Modern Art : February 18-March 15, 1986.  Artists represented were Eugene Carchesio, Dale Chapman, Grant Dearden, Marian Drew, Brian Doherty, Maria Fillipow, Daryl Graham, Sally Hart, Shane Kneipp, Rosalinda McGovern, Sue Palmer, David Russ, John Stafford, Ross Thompson, Mark Webb, Robert Wilkie, Jay Younger, Tim Gruchy, Irene Luckus, Matt Mawson, Terry Murphy, John Willstead.

Sally collaborated on the production of and distribution of many artists’ ephemera items during this period including posters, invites, flyers and newsletters. For bands, theatres, events, forums, exhibitions and cinemas. The artist participated in many political activities at the time including May Day marches held each year in Brisbane city.

Sally Hart lives and works in Boonah, in the Scenic Rim region in SE Qld . Her work has taken her in many directions, from painting to printing; to weaving large scale outdoor sculptural work. She is interested in the interactive participatory and reflective arts practice modalities and is working on a series of large scale weavings. In 2014 Sally participated in the Arts in the Olives and exhibited her work at the Boonah Regional Art Gallery.