Sieglinde Karl-SpenceSieglinde Karl-Spence spent her childhood years in her native Germany before emigrating to Australia with her family in 1953. Sieglinde trained as a jeweller, graduating in Jewellery and Silversmithing from Middlesex Polytechnic, London in 1978. Since the late 1980s her practice has focused on installation and performance, including works of a site-specific, transitory nature such as 'Healing Mandala - 365 offerings', Mildura Arts Festival, 1996 and 'Red Bead Seed Offering', Botanic Gardens, Darwin, 1997. Sieglinde has exhibited extensively in Australia and internationally, including at the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia in 1992 and 2002 and in Crossing Borders: History, Culture and Identity in Australian Contemporary Textile Art, 1995, a major survey of Australian textiles that toured throughout the United States of America.Recently, Sieglinde has focused on making small transient mandala installations. Her work is represented in most of the major galleries in Australia including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT; Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania and Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Sydney, N.S.W. Her website is at http: //sieglindekarl-spence.com.au Read More Read Less