THE JOURNEY
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ART
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FASHION
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MENTORING
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THE JOURNEY - ART - FASHION - MENTORING -
EDUCATION
EXHIBITIONS + RUNWAYS
PUBLIC ART
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
CURATED FASHION PERFORMANCES
WORKSHOPS + MENTORING
PUBLIC SPEAKING
CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE: GRACE LILLIAN LEE'S CAREER
EDUCATION
2006: Cert 4 in Clothing Production Cairns Tafe
2007 - 2010: Graduated with Honours at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Design- Bachelor of Design (Fashion)
2016: Acceptance for a Doctorate at QUT in Design and Fashion
EXHIBITIONS + RUNWAYS
2010: Graduate Fashion show - Melbourne Fashion Week
2011: An Affair to Remember - GLL's Homecoming to Cairns Featuring a Showcase of Her University Works in Support of Animal Welfare Link Here
2011: Runway - San Francisco Design Centre - Melange Link Here
2012: State Library of Queensland - Kuril Dhagun
2013: Miromoda, New Zealand Fashion Week 2013 ‘Expect the Unexpected’ runway - Jetty Love collection Link Here
2014: AIFW Australian Indigenous fashion Week - My Island time collection Link Here
2014: Papua New Guinea - Stella Runway/Lamana Hotel - My Island time
2015: Shimmer Adelaide at the Jam Factory Event Link Here
2016: Couture Culture fashion performance, Kluge-Ruhe: Aboriginal Art Collection of Virginia Link Here
2016: QUT Creative Industries Precinct CreatEx event, ‘Manifesto of Dress’ by Stitchery Collective Link Here
2016: CIAF Cairns Art Gallery Exhibition - Body Sculpture Link Here
2016: First Commission: "Acceptance” AIATSIS Link Here
2016: NGV - MiArt collaboration NGV
Link Here
2016 - Nurlanthi – Weaving the Magic of Art and Fashion, Tandanya - Spirit Festival
Link Here
2017: Cairns Art Gallery - A Weave Through Time Link Here
2018: Dress Code (Weave of Reflection 2018) - Brisbane Museum Artlink Article Link Here
2019 Perth gallery - Form - The Alchemist: Weaving Knowledge Link Here
2019: Group Children's Playscape // QAGOMA - Island Fashion: Wearable Art Link Here
2019: Cairns Art Gallery - Art Now: Untitled: 4 Sculptures Link Here
2019: Post office gallery - Guirguis New Art Prize - GNAP Finalist Link Here
2020: Bendigo Art Gallery - Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion Link Here
2020: AIATSIS- Ngulla Wellamunagaa - Trees that Have Survived and Revived Link Here
2021: First Nations Fashion and Design Runway The Beginning Link Here
2021: 10th Asia Pacific Trienial at QAGOMA - Sugguu Pennise: Collaboration with Uncle Ken Thaiday Snr Link Here
2022: Collaboration with Bianca Spender for Our Island our Home - FNFD Runway AAFW Closing runway Link Here
2022: NSW Gallery Exhibition at the Yiribana Gallery: Belonging I –V Link Here
2023: Jam Factory - New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian textile design (touring) Link Here
2023: World Cup Kit Couture Runway - Ultra Football x Nike Link Here
PUBLIC ART
2011: Brisbane Botanical Gardens, A Weave through Time- Botanica (projection) Link Here
2018: National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), acquired - Black: Infinity, White: Enlightenment, Red: Acceptance 2016 Link Here
2018: RMIT Gallery - Chaos - Order - 120 - years - collecting Link Here
2019: Melbourne Quarters, Embodied
Link Here
2019: Parliament House, Canberra, Enlighten Festival - Woven Necklaces 2019 (projection) Link Here
2022: NSW Gallery - Yiribana - Belonging
Link Here
AWARDS + RECOGNITIONS
2017: Founded Indigenous organisation - First Nations Fashion + Design Indigenous Corporation (gained not-for-profit, charity status 2022) Link here
2020: National Indigenous Fashion Awards Finalist - Special Recognition Link Here
2021: Australian Fashion Laureate Awards - Indigenous Designer of the Year Award Finalist Link Here
2019: Womens Weekly Women of the year award finalist Link Here
2021 : Vogue - Champions on Change Link Here
CURATED FASHION PERFORMANCES
2012: Merrepen Runway
Link Here
2013: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair - Uphla Upla Link Here
2013-2017: CIAF Fashion Performance
2015: CIAF 2015 Birrimbi Dulgu Bajal Fashion Performance Link Here
2015: Melbourne Fashion Week - CIAF 2015 Birrimbi Dulgu Bajal Link Here
2017: CIAF Fashion Performance - Wandan Link Here
2016: Adelaide Fashion Performance / Spirit Festival - Tarnanthi Link Here
2017-2019: DAAF Fashion Performance
2017: From Country to Couture, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Link Here
2018: From Country to Couture, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Link Here
2022: Burunga Festival - Wimun on Kuntri
Link Here
WORKSHOPS + MENTORING
2012: Erub Arts Centre - Ailan Pasin : AIFW Link Here
2014: Katherine workshops for Women of the worlds - Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre Link Here
2015: Papua New Guinea - Fashion Design Workshop and fashion show ‘Runway 2015’ Link Here
2016: Gabtatui Workshops Link Here
2019: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts - Kununurra - Fashion Workshop Link Here
PUBLIC SPEAKING
2016: A Night by the Fire Forum: Culture through Fashion Link Here
2016: Culture to Catwalk- TEDXJCUCairns
Link Here
2018: Art in the Classroom: Tarnanthi/Art Gallery of South Australia workshops (and publication) Link Here
2019: Australian Museums and Galleries Association conference speaker, Alice Springs
2021: PowerVerse podcast - The Art of Fashion Link Here
2022: Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI), Design Museum London Link Here
