Stanley Street Gallery

Gretal Ferguson: Statement

Gretal Ferguson creates conceptual exhibition work using traditional craft skills in a sculptural setting, challenging the utilitarian traditions of her craft while honouring what came before. With the material process an integral part of her conceptual motivation, Ferguson embraces the arduous nature of silversmithing, using the hours of hammering to explore the work both aesthetically and conceptually, allowing it to unfold in a way it wouldn’t if the process was quick and less laborious.

Gretal Ferguson: Bio

After completing a music degree and travelling the world, Gretal gave into her ever-present passion for making and enrolled in Jewellery and Object Design at Design Centre, Enmore in Sydney. Not wanting to commit to a 2 year course she only payed for the first 6 months. 4 years later she emerged with an Advanced Diploma, 1 year residency and multiple graduate awards. Not yet sick of study Gretal decided to further her education by completing her Masters of Jewellery, Silversmithing, and Related Products at Birmingham City University’s School of Jewellery in the UK. Upon her return to Australia Gretal was accepted into the Associate Program at JamFactory in Adelaide, working out of the Jewellery and Metal Studio where she had the time and space to develop work for several local and international exhibitions. She has now established her own studio in Adelaide.

Her recent achievements are – Finalist of the MAKE Award, Australia; winner of the Robert Foster F!nk National Metal Prize, Australia; winner of the Helge Larsen Award, JMGA Profile ‘22 Jewellery, Object, and Metalsmithing Award; finalist in the 2022 International Silver Triennial Germany; honorable mention in the 2020 New Taipei City International Metal Craft Competition, Taiwan; finalist in the KOGEI Award, Japan. She has received a 2 month artist residency in 2022 at DIVA Museum's atelier in Antwerp Belgium,

Gretal Ferguson: CV August, 2024

Gretal Ferguson CV

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Gretal Ferguson is considered one of Australia's leading metalsmiths. Her recent achievements are – Finalist of the MAKE Award, Australia; winner of the Robert Foster F!nk National Metal Prize, Australia; winner of the Helge Larsen Award, JMGA Profile ‘22 Jewellery, Object, and Metalsmithing Award; finalist in the 2022 International Silver Triennial Germany; honorable mention in the 2020 New Taipei City International Metal Craft Competition, Taiwan; inalist in the KOGEI Award, Japan. She has received a 2 month artist residency in 2022 at DIVA Museum's atelier in Antwerp Belgium,

Gretal Ferguson completed her Masters of Jewellery, Silversmithing, and Related Products at Birmingham City University’s School of Jewellery in the UK in 2017. Upon her return to Australia she was accepted into the Associate Program at JamFactory in Adelaide.

Education

2017

MA Jewellery, Silversmithing, and Related Products

School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University, UK

2013

Advanced Diploma Jewellery & Object Design

Design Centre Enmore

Solo exhibitions

2022

Placeholders

Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW

2019

Women’s Work

Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW

Group exhibitions

2023

MAKE Award, Australian Design Centre Sydney, toured to JamFactory

Adelaide, Australia

International Silver Triennial 2023, DIVA

Antwerp, Belgium

Melbourne Design Fair 2023

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Represented by Stanley Street Gallery

Gold: 50 Years of Jamfactory

JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia

2022

International Silver Triennial 2022

Goldsmiths House, Hanau, Germany

Profile ’22 JMGA Jewellery, Object, & Metalsmithing Award Exhibition

Australian Design Centre, Sydney, Australia

Robert Foster F!nk National Metal Prize

Craft ACT, Australia

JamFactory X Boisbuchet

JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia

2021

From Little Things

Brunswick Street Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

Contemporary Wearables

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Australia

International KOGEI Award in Toyama

Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan

Crafts, Crossovers, & Collaborations

JamFactory at Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne, Australia

Small Connections

Craft ACT, Canberra, Australia

2020

International Silver Triennial 2019

DIVA, Antwerp, Belgium

2020 New Taipei City International Metal Craft Competition

Gold Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Open Up

International HammerClub,Nederlands Zilver Museum Schoonhoven, The Netherlands

Profile ’19 JMGA Jewellery, Object, & Metalsmithing Award Exhibition

Australian Design Centre,Sydney, Australia

International Silver Triennial 2019

Goldsmiths House, Hanau, Germany

2019

Contemporary Wearables

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia

In the Drawer

Small Space Jewellery, Melbourne, VIC

Generate

JamFactory, Adelaide, NSW

2018

Itami International Craft Exhibition

Museum of Arts & Crafts, Itami, Japan

Triple Parade

Shanghai, China

So Fresh + So Clean: 5th Annual Ethical Metalsmiths International Student Exhibition & Emerging Artist Award

Online

PIN8

ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT

Crossing Borders, Sarah Rothe

SALA, Adelaide, SA

2017

Informed Chaos

Birmingham City University School of Art, Birmingham, UK

2016

Salon of Infectious Ideas

Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW

PIN SIX

ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT

2015

Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award

Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum, Castlemaine, VIC

sPIN, An Exhibition of Miniature Wearable Artworks

ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT

So Fresh+So Clean: 2nd Annual Ethical Metalsmiths International Student Exhibition & Emerging Artist Award

Online

2014

Hand Raised

Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW

A Fine Possession, Jewellery & Identity

Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo, Sydney

Awards and achievements

2023

Finalist MAKE Award

Australian Design Centre, Australia

2022

Recipient Robert Foster F!nk National Metal Prize, Emerging & Overall Categories

Craft ACT, Australia

Recipient Helge Larsen Award, JMGA Profile ‘22 Jewellery, Object, and Metalsmithing Award

Sydney, Australia

Finalist International Silver Triennial 2022

Germany

2021

Finalist Contemporary Wearables

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Australia

2020

Honourable Mention 2020 New Taipei City International Metal Craft Competition

Taiwan

Finalist International KOGEI Award in Toyama

Japan

2019

Finalist International Silver Triennial 2019

Germany

Honourable Mention JMGA Profile ’19 Jewellery

Sydney, Australia

Finalist Contemporary Wearables

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Australia

Recipient JamFactory Medici Scholarship to attend Summer Workshops at Domaine de Boisbuchet

France

2018

Finalist, 2018 Itami International Craft Exhibition

Japan

2015

Finalist, Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award

Australia

2014

Recipient (Jewellery section), Graduate of the Year Award

Design Institute of Australia

Recipient, Graduate of the Year Award, NSW/ACT Overall

Design Institute of Australia

2nd Place (Jewellery Section), Australasian Graduate of the Year Award

Design Institute of Australia

Recipient, College Achievement Award

Design Centre Enmore

Residencies & Workshops

2023

Artist in Residence, DIVA Museum

Antwerp, Belgium

2019

Locating the Precious, Lin Cheung

Domaine de Boisbuchet, France

Sensual Dining, Andreas Fabian & Mikaela Dorfel

Domaine de Boisbuchet, France

2018

Metal Associate

JamFactory, Adelaide, SA

Junko Mori Masterclass

JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia

2014

Artist in Residence

Jewellery & Object Design Department, Design Centre Enmore, Sydney

Grants

2016

Recipient Individual Traveling Artist Grant

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust, Australia

Reviews and publicity

2019 Society of North American Goldsmiths 2nd Annual Jewellery and Metal Survey

2018 Society of North American Goldsmiths 1st Annual Jewellery and Metal Survey

Gretal Ferguson

Hidden Labour 11, 2026 SOLD

Hidden Labour 2, 2026 SOLD

Hidden Labour 1, 2026 AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 4, 2026 SOLD

Hidden Labour 10, 2026 SOLD

Hidden Labour 5, 2026 AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 3, 2026 SOLD

Hidden Labour 8, 2026 SOLD

Hidden Labour 6, 2026 AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 9, 2026 AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 7, 2026 SOLD

She'll Be Right, 2026 AVAILABLE

Raised Nipples 1, 2026 SOLD

Raised Nipples 2, 2026 AVAILABLE

Raised Nipples 3, 2026 AVAILABLE

Escape Artists, 2024

Escape Artist - Droop, 2024 SOLD

Escape Artist - Nudge, 2024 SOLD

Escape Artist - Pooled, 2024 AVAILABLE

Escape Artist - Squeeze, 2024 SOLD

Escape Artists - Droop (top) Pooled (bottom), 2024

Escape Artist - Blob, 2024 SOLD

Escape Artist - Droooop, 2024 SOLD

Escape Artist - Wanderer, 2024 SOLD

Tension Stitch III, 2021

Stitched White, 2021

Long Stitch II, 2021

Cross Stitch IV, 2021

Cover Stitch VI, 2021

Cover Stitch VII, 2021

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 6, 2022 SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 5, 2022 AVAILABLE

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 4, 2022 SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 1, 2022 SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 3, 2022 SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Nailed Down - Bent Nail, 2021 AVAILABLE

Gretal Ferguson, Nailed Down - Wall Piece, 2021 AVAILABLE

Out of Frame 2, 2022 SOLD

Out of Frame 3, 2022 SOLD

Out of Frame 4, 2022 AVAILABLE

Out of Frame 5, 2022 AVAILABLE

Out of Frame 6, 2022 SOLD

Out of Frame 7, 2022 SOLD

Installation View 8, Photo Docqment, 2022

Gretal Ferguson and Sarra Tzijan, Installation View 1, Photo Docqment, 2022

Installation View 11, Photo Docqment, 2022

Installation View 9, Photo Docqment, 2022

Installation View 4, Photo Docqment, 2022

Gretal Ferguson and Sarra Tzijan, Installation View 4, Photo Docqment, 2022

Installation View 6, Photo Docqment, 2022

Installation View 5, Photo Docqment, 2022

Nailed Down - Straight Nail, 2021 SOLD

Nailed Down - Wall Piece, 2021 AVAILABLE

Nailed Down - Straight Nail, 2021

Nailed Down Duo, 2021

Nailed Down - Bent Nail, 2021 AVAILABLE

Melt Down, Group Image, 2022

Escape Artist 3, 2022 AVAILABLE

Escape Artist 2, 2022 AVAILABLE

Escape Artist 1, 2022 SOLD

$404.61, 2022 SOLD

$334.42, 2022 AVAILABLE

$333.59, 2022 AVAILABLE

Installation View 1, Photo Docqment, 2022

Nailed Down - Bent Nail, 2021

Nailed Down Duo, 2021

Nailed Down - Straight Nail, 2021

Tension Stitch (Wall Piece), 2020 AVAILABLE

Tension Stitch (Wall Piece) Front view, 2020

Tension Stitch (Chest Piece), 2020 AVAILABLE

Cover Stitch II (Wall Piece), 2020 AVAILABLE

Long Stitch II (Wall Piece) Side view, 2020

Long Stitch II (Wall Piece), 2020 AVAILABLE

Cover Stitch II (Chest Piece), 2020 AVAILABLE

Wooden Brooches Close Up , 2019 (detail)

Wooden Brooch 2 , 2019 AVAILABLE

Conform (bangle) , 2018 SOLD

Wooden Brooches , 2019

Wooden Brooch 5 , 2019 AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 11, 2026
SOLD

Hidden Labour 2, 2026
SOLD

Hidden Labour 1, 2026
AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 4, 2026
SOLD

Hidden Labour 10, 2026
SOLD

Hidden Labour 5, 2026
AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 3, 2026
SOLD

Hidden Labour 8, 2026
SOLD

Hidden Labour 6, 2026
AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 9, 2026
AVAILABLE

Hidden Labour 7, 2026
SOLD

She'll Be Right, 2026
AVAILABLE

Raised Nipples 1, 2026
SOLD

Raised Nipples 2, 2026
AVAILABLE

Raised Nipples 3, 2026
AVAILABLE

Escape Artist - Droop, 2024
SOLD

Escape Artist - Nudge, 2024
SOLD

Escape Artist - Pooled, 2024
AVAILABLE

Escape Artist - Squeeze, 2024
SOLD

Escape Artist - Blob, 2024
SOLD

Escape Artist - Droooop, 2024
SOLD

Escape Artist - Wanderer, 2024
SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 6, 2022
SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 5, 2022
AVAILABLE

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 4, 2022
SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 1, 2022
SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame 3, 2022
SOLD

Gretal Ferguson, Nailed Down - Bent Nail, 2021
AVAILABLE

Gretal Ferguson, Nailed Down - Wall Piece, 2021
AVAILABLE

Out of Frame 2, 2022
SOLD

Out of Frame 3, 2022
SOLD

Out of Frame 4, 2022
AVAILABLE

Out of Frame 5, 2022
AVAILABLE

Out of Frame 6, 2022
SOLD

Out of Frame 7, 2022
SOLD

Nailed Down - Straight Nail, 2021
SOLD

Nailed Down - Wall Piece, 2021
AVAILABLE

Nailed Down - Bent Nail, 2021
AVAILABLE

Escape Artist 3, 2022
AVAILABLE

Escape Artist 2, 2022
AVAILABLE

Escape Artist 1, 2022
SOLD

$404.61, 2022
SOLD

$334.42, 2022
AVAILABLE

$333.59, 2022
AVAILABLE

Tension Stitch (Wall Piece), 2020
AVAILABLE

Tension Stitch (Chest Piece), 2020
AVAILABLE

Cover Stitch II (Wall Piece), 2020
AVAILABLE

Long Stitch II (Wall Piece), 2020
AVAILABLE

Cover Stitch II (Chest Piece), 2020
AVAILABLE

Wooden Brooches Close Up , 2019
(detail)

Wooden Brooch 2 , 2019
AVAILABLE

Conform (bangle) , 2018
SOLD

Wooden Brooch 5 , 2019
AVAILABLE

Wooden Brooch 4 , 2019
AVAILABLE

Wooden Brooch 3, 2019
AVAILABLE

Wooden Brooch 1 , 2019
AVAILABLE

Cross Stitch II, 2019
AVAILABLE

Cross Stitch , 2019
SOLD

Long Stitch , 2019
SOLD

Slant Stitch , 2019
SOLD

Starburst Stitch , 2019
SOLD

Tension Stitch, 2019
SOLD

Whip Stitch , 2019
SOLD

Stirrer., 2015
AVAILABLE

powder Coated Copper
38 x 24 x 14 cm

SOLD

Powder Coated Copper, Ink, Brass Plate Hanger
11 x 12.5 x 5.5 cm

SOLD

Powder Coated Copper, Ink, Brass Plate Hanger
12 x 14 x 4.5 cm

AVAILABLE $2,600

Powder Coated Copper
13 x 13.5 x 9 cm

SOLD

Powder Coated Copper, Ink
28 x 10.5 x 5.5 cm

SOLD

Powder Coated Copper, Ink
13 x 13 x 7.5 cm

AVAILABLE $3,400

Powder Coated Copper, Ink, Brass Plate Hanger
16.5 x 10 x 6 cm

SOLD

Powder Coated Copper, Ink, Brass Plate Hanger
20 x 14.5 x 9.5 cm

SOLD

Powder Coated Copper, Brass Plate Hanger
15 x 11 x 8.5 cm

AVAILABLE $3,400

Powder Coated Copper, Ink
30 x 11 x 5.5 cm

AVAILABLE $4,100

Powder Coated Copper, Brass Plate Hanger
12.5 x 11 x 9 cm

SOLD

Powder Coated Copper, Ink, Brass Plate Holder
16.5 x 12.5 x 5 cm

AVAILABLE $2,400

Powder Coated Copper, Steel
6 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm

SOLD

Powder Coated Copper, Ink, Steel
6 x 6 x 1.5 cm

AVAILABLE $680

Powder Coated Copper, Ink, Steel
5 x 5.7 x 1.3 cm

AVAILABLE $680

Silver Plated Copper
Dimensions various, Image Connor Patterson