Monique van Nieuwland
Artist Monique van Nieuwland. Photo by Fiona Bowring.
Monique van Nieuwland's weaving practice encompasses contemporary techniques and materials, keeping loom weaving vibrant and relevant as a form of expression.
Her Jacquard woven works focus on the environment and explore our ephemeral existence in this world. She also produces scarves and shawls.
Monique has taught weaving at ANU School of Art and Design and teaches weaving in the community at the Canberra Spinners and Weavers Inc.
Since 2004, Van Nieuwland is an Accredited Professional Member (APM) of Craft + Design Canberra. She exhibits regularly nationally and internationally. In 2022 her work was part of ‘World Wide Weaving’ (Denmark and Austria), an exhibition that showed contemporary Jacquard weaving approaches by six artists from four continents.
In 2016 she represented Australia at the 15th International Triennial of Tapestry in Lodz, Poland. In 2014 she wove cloth for costumes and set for the movie 'Gods of Egypt' (director Alex Proyas).
Van Nieuwland's work was selected for the 1988, 2004, 2014 Tamworth Textile Biennial/Triennial, contemporary textile overview exhibitions which travelled throughout Australia