Linde Ivimey was born in Sydney, Australia and obtained a Diploma of Fine Art in both printmaking and sculpture at the Claremont School of Art in Perth. She taught at the school from 1993 to 1995 and also lectured at the West Australian School of Art from 1996 to 1998. In 2003, her debut exhibition at Melbourne’s Heide Museum of Modern Art proved financially successful.
Since her debut, Ivimey has participated in notable exhibitions around the world including Bone Idol in Berlin, Germany (2014), the Blake Prize for Religious art (2000), in Sydney; and Materiality at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Gallery (1999), to name a few. Prizes received include Gomboc Sculpture Award (1992), the SECWA Fremantle Art Award (1991), and Friends of Dorothy Award for Sculpture, Perth. Her collections can be seen in many galleries including: National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, and Hugo Collection.
Ivimey considers herself a visual artist. She is well known for her use of recycled materials, often incorporating bone and skin, primarily that of bird, sheep and fish, into large scale statues and small detailed figures. She draws upon many skills from welding to cooking, weaving, wood-sculpture, and sewing. To some her work is considered macabre. Her reaction to this was recorded as saying “I can accept they’re a little bit macabre and confronting,” she states. “But when people say ‘oh, that’s weird, I couldn’t stand that in my home’, I gently remind them that I’m not that keen on floral couches, but if they’ve invited me to sit on one, I’m not going to tell them.”
Personal life
In 2013, Ivimey was diagnosed with breast cancer, and hinted at this in her solo show Brave to the Bone at Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney. One of the sculptures entitled Bandaid Bunny (a self portrait) appears admitted and sitting in a doctor’s waiting room. Other works related to her experience of depression while ill, with the 'black dog' featuring heavily. After the show, Ivimey began cataloging her work as "BC" and "AD", which she explained as "before cancer and after diagnosis".
Solo exhibitions
2015
Cross My Heart, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2014
Bone Idol, Michael Reid, Berlin
Brave to the Bone, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2013
High lights from 'If Pain Persists", Cairns Regional Gallery, Far North Queensland
2012
Survey Exhibition, 'If Pain Persists', University of Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Take Two, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Set In Bone, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Leave no Bone Unturned, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
2009
Linde Ivimey, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2008
Private Viewing, Darlinghurst Studio, Sydney
2007
From Birth to Earth, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2006
Only the Memory, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Old Souls- New Work, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2003
Close to the Bone, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Selected Group exhibitions
2016
Hidden - Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk, Sydney, Australia
I Prefer Life - the Reydan Weiss Collection, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany
We Are Here - Mir Zehnen Do, Glen Eira Council Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015
Fantastic Worlds, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Australia
Discerning Judgment, Supreme Court Library, Brisbane, Australia
Sydney Contemporary, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2014
Twelve Days of Christmas, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2013
Australia: Contemporary Voices, The Fine Art Society London, London, UK
Auckland Art Fair 2013, Martin Browne Contemporary, Auckland, New Zealand
Sydney Contemporary, Martin Browne Contemporary, Auckland, New Zealand
2012
Murr-mur, Michael Reid, Berlin, London
Walking with Alice, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide
Multiply, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
2011
Auckland Art Fair 2011, Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland, New Zealand
2010
Melbourne Art Fair 2010, Martin Browne Fine Art, Melbourne
2009
University of Queensland National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane
Auckland Art Fair 2009, Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland, New Zealand
Women in the Bible, The Jewish Museum, Melbourne
2008
Autumn Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair 2008, Martin Browne Fine Art, Melbourne
Taugman, The Ties That Bind, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art & The Australian Centre, Manilla
1993
Life Size, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth
Heavier Than Air, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
Skin, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
1992
Advantage of Isolation, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
When I’m 69, Delaney Galleries, Perth
Body Contact, Perth Gallery, Perth
Nexus, Access Contemporary Gallery, Lismore
City Challenge, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Two Faces Have I, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
Art Works, Edith Cowan University, Perth
Fremantle Art Award, Energy Museum, Fremantle
National Women's Arts Festival, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
Please Be Seated, Museum Of Western Australia, Perth
Publications
50 Most collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 51, p. 206, January- March 2010
Collins Artists Diary, 2010
50 Most collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 47, January- March 2009
Boccalate, Suzanne. Hair, Trunkbooks, Series 1, pp. 37- 41, May 2009
What Now, Australian Art Collector, Issue 48, pp. 106- 107, April- June 2009
50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 43, pp. 144- 147, January–March 2008
McDonald, John. From Eerie to Equine, Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), pp. 16 –17, 29 September 2007
Baum, Caroline. Linde Ivimey: From Birth to Earth, Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), 3 September 2007
McCulloch, Alan Susan and Emily, Linde Ivimey in The New McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Australian Art Editions, p. 545, The Miegunyah Press 2006
Clarke, Deborah. Front Cover Art Monthly, number 191, July 2006
Mitzecich, Nick. Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art As A State Of Encounter, Newcastle Region Gallery, pp. 40- 41, represented by image and text, Printed on the occasion of the touring exhibition, 2006
Reid, Michael. Linde Ivimey, Good Weekend/Sydney Morning Herald, p.17, 17 September 2005
Kiely, Annemarie. Obsessions, Belle Magazine Australia, pp. 38-42, January/February 2005
Gellatly, Kelly. Close To The Bone, Heide Museum of Modern Art Melbourne, p. 24 (Illustrated), Winter 2003
Taylor, Elena & Chandler, Rebecca. Sculpture in Focus, artonview, Issue 33, pp. 17-23, Autumn 2003
Taylor, Roger. Catalogue of a life, World Sculpture News, vol 7, no. 4, PP. 38- 41, Autumn, 2001
James, Bruce. God Moves in Mysterious Ways, Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), P. 2, 2 December 2000
Turley, Dir. Louise. Artists At Work: Linde Ivimey, ABC TV, First screened on ABC TV Australia, 14 August 2000
