Maureen Faye-Chauhan
Artist & Contemporary Jewellery Designer based in Melbourne Australia.
For an artist, part of the creative process is bringing forth something from nothing. Ideas develop, a drawn line closes to become a shape, and through the manipulation of space that shape becomes a form.
About
Maureen’s ongoing practice involves a conceptual and technical investigation into the development of line and form. Inspired by naturally occurring geometries, Maureen creates often ambiguous metal forms that look different from one angle to the next. Pierced surfaces facilitate a play of light and shadow across often faceted planes.
Etham Gateway sculpture
Gunga winhunga warr bundha ba winhunga warr djurring
Named by Elders of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, Gunga winhunga warr bundha ba winhunga warr djurring translates to “Take what you need and not what you greed’. The idea for the sculpture comes from the three magnificent gums the sculpture is nestled under. It is inspired by the special significance of the Manna or Wurun tree to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and their sustainable use of segments of bark removed to create vessels and shields. This almond like shape is morphed and twisted into to form evocative of a fallen twisted bough.
I acknowledge the land on which I live and work is the traditional country of the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung people. I pay my respects to elders’ past, present and emerging.
Named by Elders of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, Gunga winhunga warr bundha ba winhunga warr djurring translates to “Take what you need and not what you greed’. The idea for the sculpture comes from the three magnificent gums the sculpture is nestled under. It is inspired by the special significance of the Manna or Wurun tree to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and their sustainable use of segments of bark removed to create vessels and shields. This almond like shape is morphed and twisted into to form evocative of a fallen twisted bough.
I acknowledge the land on which I live and work is the traditional country of the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung people. I pay my respects to elders’ past, present and emerging.
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Maureen Faye–Chauhan is an Australian Artist who lives and works amongst the gum trees in a semi-rural community just outside of the city of Melbourne, Australia.
Her works are held in the collection of the The Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris, France.
the National gallery of Australia,
the Art Gallery of South Australia
and the Bluestone Collection, Melbourne.
Maureen completed a Masters degree in Fine Arts at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in 2008.
Maureen's work has been included in curated group exhibitions in Australia and internationally for nearly two decades.
These include:
2007| the inaugural SIERAAD NEW TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY exhibition in The Netherlands.
2008/ REFINED: ABUNDANCE Award exhibition in Texas, USA.
2009/ EVOKING MYSTERY at the De Novo Gallery in California. U.S.A.
2010/ SCHMUCK, the 62nd International Trade Fair in Munich, Germany.
and the Australian exhibition ‘BY EXAMPLE’ at the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan.
2012/ Artisan Gallery's touring TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, 100 Women, 100 Brooches Project exhibition, Brisbane Australia.
2013/ FERROUS Exhibition at Velvet Da Vinci gallery in San Francisco, USA,
the NEW EDITIONS Exhibition at Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
and the SEAMS/SEEMS Exhibition at Mada Gallery in Melbourne.
2014/ MELBOURNE NOW exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
2015/ DARK FORMS exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, and the inaugural VICTORIAN CRAFT AWARD EXHIBITION at Craft, Melbourne, Australia,
2017-2020/ STEEL, ART DESIGN ARCHITECTRE, travelling exhibition, Jam Factory, Adelaide.
2018/ AURORA AUSTRALIS, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Montreal, Canada.
2018/ ABOUT FACE, Courtesy of the artist, Sydney, Australia
2018/ FUNAKI STOCKROOM The National, Christchurch New Zealand
2020/ ELERGY Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
Maureen has previously been represented by:
Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
Courtesy of the Artist, Sydney, Australia
Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Charon Kransen, New York, USA
Gallerie Ra, Amsterdam, Netherlands
MAUREEN'S WORK HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS:
CRAFTS ARTS INTERNATIONAL No: 72 2008 Pg’s 106-107
AUSTRALIAN ART REVIEW Issue 21 Nov 2009 Pg 29
BY EXAMPLE 2010 Sydney College of the Arts 2010 Pg 52, 53 &106
INVENTARIO-EVERYTHING IS A PROJECT Pg. 30, Issue 4, Milano, Italy December 2012
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR, 100 Women, 100 brooches, 100 stories: Artisan. Brisbane, Australia 2012
http://www.artjewelryforum.org/artists/maureen-faye-chauhan-concurrence
STEEL, ART DESIGN ARCHITECTRE Jam Factory 2017
VOGUE LIVING AUSTRALIA March/April 2017 Pg70
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. THE DAALDER COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY Thames and Hudson 2018
ELERGY Gallery Funaki, 2020.
Her works are held in the collection of the The Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris, France.
the National gallery of Australia,
the Art Gallery of South Australia
and the Bluestone Collection, Melbourne.
Maureen completed a Masters degree in Fine Arts at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in 2008.
Maureen's work has been included in curated group exhibitions in Australia and internationally for nearly two decades.
These include:
2007| the inaugural SIERAAD NEW TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY exhibition in The Netherlands.
2008/ REFINED: ABUNDANCE Award exhibition in Texas, USA.
2009/ EVOKING MYSTERY at the De Novo Gallery in California. U.S.A.
2010/ SCHMUCK, the 62nd International Trade Fair in Munich, Germany.
and the Australian exhibition ‘BY EXAMPLE’ at the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan.
2012/ Artisan Gallery's touring TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, 100 Women, 100 Brooches Project exhibition, Brisbane Australia.
2013/ FERROUS Exhibition at Velvet Da Vinci gallery in San Francisco, USA,
the NEW EDITIONS Exhibition at Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
and the SEAMS/SEEMS Exhibition at Mada Gallery in Melbourne.
2014/ MELBOURNE NOW exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
2015/ DARK FORMS exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, and the inaugural VICTORIAN CRAFT AWARD EXHIBITION at Craft, Melbourne, Australia,
2017-2020/ STEEL, ART DESIGN ARCHITECTRE, travelling exhibition, Jam Factory, Adelaide.
2018/ AURORA AUSTRALIS, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Montreal, Canada.
2018/ ABOUT FACE, Courtesy of the artist, Sydney, Australia
2018/ FUNAKI STOCKROOM The National, Christchurch New Zealand
2020/ ELERGY Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
Maureen has previously been represented by:
Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
Courtesy of the Artist, Sydney, Australia
Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Charon Kransen, New York, USA
Gallerie Ra, Amsterdam, Netherlands
MAUREEN'S WORK HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS:
CRAFTS ARTS INTERNATIONAL No: 72 2008 Pg’s 106-107
AUSTRALIAN ART REVIEW Issue 21 Nov 2009 Pg 29
BY EXAMPLE 2010 Sydney College of the Arts 2010 Pg 52, 53 &106
INVENTARIO-EVERYTHING IS A PROJECT Pg. 30, Issue 4, Milano, Italy December 2012
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR, 100 Women, 100 brooches, 100 stories: Artisan. Brisbane, Australia 2012
http://www.artjewelryforum.org/artists/maureen-faye-chauhan-concurrence
STEEL, ART DESIGN ARCHITECTRE Jam Factory 2017
VOGUE LIVING AUSTRALIA March/April 2017 Pg70
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. THE DAALDER COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY Thames and Hudson 2018
ELERGY Gallery Funaki, 2020.
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