Curriculum Vitae

Stafford, Liliana – Curriculum vitae

• Born South Harting UK 18th March 1950
• Lives and works in Fremantle Western Australia
• Published author of twelve books and illustrator of one
• Self taught
• I have been painting full time for eight years and making sculpture for four

Galleries

• 2017-2018 Paper Bird Gallery Fremantle
• 2017 Allendale Square law building Perth. Exhibiting sculpture and paintings for six months
• 2019 Exhibition ‘Down the Rabbit Hole-seeking treasure’  Whitespace studio gallery’ 1 Packenham St Fremantle
• 2022 Da Raw Nature Studio Gallery 11 Henry St Fremantle exhibition On the other side of the moon. Work available in the gallery present time

Awards

• 2013 Freedom School Art Awards highly commended for ‘One day a bird sang’
• 2013 Highly Commended (Where the land meets the sea). Cockburn Art Awards
• 2016 Highly Commended for ‘Still life’ South Perth emerging artist award
• 2017 First prize Freedom School Art Awards for ‘When the rain came’
• 2018 Finalist Claremont  Art Prize
• 2018 Finalist Royal Show
• 2018 Finalist South Perth Emerging artist
• 2018 Finalist Biology as Art Lawrence Wilson Gallery UWA
• 2019 Finalist Rockingham Marquette and small works exhibition
• 2019 Finalist Invitation Art Prize Joondalup
• 2019 Finalist Leithbridge Small Works Award
• 2019 Finalist Royal Show Salon
• 2020 Finalist Sculpture at Bathers Beach
• 2020 Finalist Alice Springs Art Award
• 2020 Winner Alcoa Major Award, Castaways Rockingham Sculpture  Exhibition for ‘Staying Home’.
• Finalist Rockingham small sculpture award 2020
• 2021 Finalist Minnawarra Art Award
• 2021 Finalist Rockingham Art Award
• 2021 Four sculptures in the Ferguson Folly Art trail at Dardanup
• 2021 invitation to exhibit in ‘Hold’.  Indian ocean craft triennial plus residency for Midland Junction Arts Centre and creation of large fibre installation.
• 2021 Finalist Castaways Sculpture Award.
• 2021 Finalist Castaways small marquette award
• 2021 Finalist Sculpture on the scarp Darlington.
• 2022 Residency for Fibre Art Australia in Ballarat.
• 2023 Finalist Castaways Sculpture Award and small marquette
• 2023 Finalist and Highly recommended  Claremont Art Award
• 2023 finalist Sculpture on the Scarp Darlington
• 2024 Exhibition at Da Raw Nature with two other artists
• 2024 Finalist  Castaways Rockingham Sculpture Award
• 2024 Finalist Castaways small marquette award
• 2024 Glass in isolation exhibition Mossenson Gallery

Commissions

• 2016 Victoria Park Library – commission for a mural 10 metres x 3 metres in the children’s library
• 2016 Commission for private client 1.8metre x 1.2metre ‘A song of the sea’
• 2019 Commission for private client. A3 collage.
• 2020 Commission for private client.
• 2024 Commission for private client
• 2024 Commision for private client

Collections

My work is in the private collections of:

• Lesley Reece-director of the Literature Centre Perth WA,
• David Giles-Artist,
• Guundie Kuchling- writer and artist,
• Rob Zielinski- musician,
• Jennifer Jackson owner of Paper Bird Books and Arts Perth WA.
• One floor of the Allendale Square law building Perth, WA
• Private homes across Australia.