Commissions / Collaborations
Ramsay Fellowship AGSA Troy-Anthony Baylis Cheryl Bridgart
The opening of the inaugural Guildhouse Fellowship was on Friday the 7th of August at The Art gallery Of South Australia. Emma Fey, CEO of Guildhouse and Rhana Devenport Director, AGSA welcomed guests and gave insights into the Fellowship and Troy-Anthony and his work. Cheryl did all the embroidery on these artworks. Troy-Anthony Baylis explained his new body of work […]
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“Nomenclatures” Troy-Anthony Baylis & Cheryl Bridgart
The inaugural Fellowship was awarded to Troy-Anthony Baylis and he created an exhibition called Nomenclature addressing the naming and renaming of place names in English, German and Indigenous languages. Cheryl was honored to be asked to do all the machine embroidery of the Indigenous names on the eight weavings that had been completed Troy. These artworks are on view in […]
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“Life’s A Beach”- – Commission
Mark and Anna have several of Cheryl’s work including a family portrait, and she was very excited when they commissioned a piece for their beach house. their brief was birds, ‘beachy’, as big as a door and she had to help hang it. For this one occasion Cheryl broke her self restrictive rule to never use paint on an embroidery. […]
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Bernina International Calendars
Bernina a Swiss family owned company who arguably makes the best sewing machines in the world. In 1994 Bernina commissioned Cheryl to produce an Art to Wear garment for their international calendar. In 1995 Bernina again commissioned Cheryl to produce Art to Wear garment for their calendars Bernina have also collected several of her artworks.
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2015 Advertiser front page
The Advertiser commissioned 8 artists including Cheryl to create an artwork for the front page of The Weekend Magazine special SALA edition. This was an enormous honour as there were over 6,000 artists exhibiting in SALA that year. Cheryl’s fine art freehand machine embroidery ‘It’s A Matter Of Taste’ and the Advertiser dedicated its complete front page to Cheryl’s art […]
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Nick
The Art Gallery of South Australia appointed a new director in 2010 Nick Mitzevich after 12 months at the helm, Cheryl was so excited about the direction that he was taking the Gallery that she freehand machine embroidered a small portrait of him, which he then hung in his office. A friendship was formed and Cheryl designed crafted and hand […]
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Bernina international 125 Year anniversary Celebration
Bernina a Swiss family owned company who arguably makes the best sewing machines in the world. Celebrated their 125 Year anniversary in October 2018 at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney. Bernina commissioned Cheryl to produce an hand machine embroidered artwork in black white red and gold Cheryl freehand machine embroidered a self portrait called “Independent Spirit”, which was exhibited at their […]
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Silver & Puss Wuss
One of Cheryls friends asked Cheryl to embroider her son’s cats Silver & Puss Wuss for his 21st birthday. Cheryl had known James since he was a small boy and got his cats. Silver and Puss Wuss will now live for ever
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