Amanda Williams is artist living and working in the Chittering Valley, a beautiful rural area just north of Perth in Western Australia.

Multi-skilled and talented, Amanda refuses to be nailed down to any particular medium - sculpture, printmaking or paint. Any given idea "takes what it takes". Some favourite motifs have been pursued in series and expressed in different media - painted, sculptured or printed from woodcut plates - the whole coming together to form a cohesive body of work.

After a long career in graphic design in the commercial print industry she returned to art college to pursue ceramics to more than a hobby level  - much to her surprise she  discovered printmaking. While her initial reaction to the big old presses was disdain - having left behind machines that could print 10,000 or more impressions an hour - why would anyone ue a press that might only print one... by hand...

Two awards in two years are aready leading to recognition in the exacting and competitive field of sculpture.

Memberships

• Midland Artists group

• Mundaring Arts Centre

• Printmakers Association of Western Australia

• Print Council of Australia

Awards

• Mindarie Boardwalk Sculpture Festival & Awards 2008
• City of Melville Sculpture Prize 2007

Exhibitions

• Mindarie Boardwalk Sculpture Festival 2008
• Printmakers Artopia 2007, Nedlands
• Charcoal City, October 2007, Kurb Gallery, Perth
• City of Melville, Art Awards 2007, Melville
• Works, May 2007, Kerb Gallery, Perth
• Midland Art Group Inaugural Exhibition, May 2007, Bank Gallery, Midland
• West Australian Print Media Awards, April 2007, Cullity Gallery, Nedlands
• First Impressions, March 2007, Junction Gallery, Midland
• Volumes, May 2006, Junction Gallery, Midland
• Environmental 2005, March 2006, Junction Gallery, Midland

Memberships

• Midland Artists group

• Mundaring Arts Centre

• Printmakers Association of Western Australia

• Print Council of Australia