Myfanwy Gullifer studied drama at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. After performing and working on production sets making theatrical props, she realised she much preferred the ‘intuitive engagement of creating things’ (Gulllfer, 2019).
In 2006, Myfanwy began making brightly coloured porcelain sculptures which drew on domestic life, ‘extending its absurdities, playing with humour and the inner wanderings of her mind’. Her first solo exhibition Joy Ride was at Damien Minton Gallery in 2008. She went on to have two more exhibitions with Damien Minton Gallery, A Love Letter and More Joy. She has had 8 solo exhibitions to date.
Her work has been exhibited at the Melbourne Art Fair, the Korean International Art Fair and various regional gallery shows such as In(two)Art, at Maitland Regional Gallery in 2012, Paint my place, at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery in 2016 and Love Jamboree, at New England Regional Gallery, Armidale, NSW in 2018. In 2019, Myfanwy was a finalist in Still: National Still Life Award, at the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery.
In 2016, Myfanwy was awarded the Artist in residence at Moonee Beach, Coffs Harbour through Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW.
Newcastle Art Gallery acquired two sculptures on behalf of the Les Renfew Bequest which were subsequently exhibited in Clash: Contemporary Sculptural Ceramics, at Newcastle Art Gallery in 2010. Her work can be found in other various private and public collections from across Australia, such as New England Regional Art Gallery, Tamworth Regional Gallery and the Open-Air Gallery, Walcha – where her studio and home is. King Street has represented Myfanwy since 2012.
2020
About Love Tamworth Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2018
Love Jamboree New England Regional Art Museum, NSW
Domestique King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2016
If you squeeze it enough King Street Gallery on William
2013
Swing Baby Swing King Street Gallery on William
2011
Gallery East, Perth
2010
More joy Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2009
A love letter Damien Minton Gallery
2008
Joy ride Damien Minton Gallery
2019
National Still Life Award Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
2016
Paint my place Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
2015
Last show of the year King Street Gallery on William
2013
Last but not lease [End of year show] King Street Gallery on William
Looking forward King Street Gallery on William
Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Walcha City of art Walcha Gallery of Art, NSW
2012
Korean International Art Fair [KIAF12] King Street Gallery on William
COEX Exhibition Site, Seoul, Korea
The animal King Street Gallery on William
New acquisitions Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW
Five bells A Visual Ode to Sydney, Damien Minton Gallery
In [two] art Maitland Regional Art Gallery; SH Ervin; Orange Regional Gallery; Goulburn Regional Art Gallery; Swan Hill Regional Gallery; Wollongong Regional Gallery; Grafton Regional Art Gallery; Dalby Regional Gallery
2011
Last show of the year King Street Gallery on William
In [two] art Maitland Regional Gallery, NSW – travelling
Eclectica 2011 Frensham, Mittagong, NSW
Just one less Hiromi Tango, Armidale, NSW
2010
Clash contemporary sculptural ceramics Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
MAF2010 Damien Minton Gallery
Walcha Gallery of Art, NSW
2009
A guitar shaped world Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW
Walcha Gallery of Art, NSW
2008
Christmas Jamboree Damien Minton Gallery
2007
Stockroom show Damien Minton Gallery
From the kitchen table Damien Minton Gallery
Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
New England Regional Art Museum
Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
Walcha Open Air Gallery, Walcha, NSW
Myfanwy Gullifer holds a 'Love Jamboree' at the New England Regional Art Museum by
Walcha News
16 August 2018
