Mr Dan Wollmering - Researcher Profile

Dan Wollmering

Address

Fine Arts Building
Monash University, Caulfield

Biography

Dan works in the Faculty of Art Design &  Architecture at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

Born in St.Paul Minnesota, Dan Wollmering immigrated to Australia in 1975.  Since then, he has held 25 solo exhibitions and participated in over 45 group exhibitions in Australia and internationally, including the 7th, 8th and 9th Mildura Sculpture Triennials and the 1st and 3rd Australian Sculpture Triennials.

In Australia, his work is represented in public and corporate collections, including regional galleries and universities.  He has exhibited in China, Japan and the USA with work in public collections.  His research interests and practice include: abstract form in the age of complexity; synergies between sculpture, architecture and engineering and public sculpture as political/socio commentary.  He has worked in a variety of mediums with specialist expertise in: wood and steel fabrication, metal casting - including liaison with industry cutting-edge technologies: CNC milling, 3-D printing and laser metal cutting.

He has undertaken art residencies and symposia in Canada, China, Malaysia and the USA - fabricating large-scale public sculptures as well as smaller works.  Most recently, at Rimbun Dahan, Centre for the Arts, Kuala Lumpur, sponsored by the award winning architectural firm Hijjas Kasturi.

Over the years, he has delivered papers at conferences and seminars in Australia that have taken him to Canada, China, Egypt, Italy, New Zealand and the USA.  In late 2011, he delivered a paper titled 'On the Waterfront: Anger and Activism as Agents for Public Sculpture at the International Constructed Environment Conference in Chicago.

Wollmering has extensive teaching, lecturing and administrate experience: Secondary Art & Craft; State Teachers College; TAFE; Institutes of Advanced Education before Monash University where he is currently a Senior Lecturer in sculpture and extended media within the Department of Fine Art. He is a regular examiner for PhD and MFA candidates at university art and design schools throughout Australia.

In keeping with his exhibition profile, he has undertaken public sculpture commissions for the City of Glen Eira, City of Moreland, Victoria and internationally, the Shanghai Sculpture Park and the Anderson Sculpture Park in Minnesota, as well as private collectors in Australia and overseas.

In 2008, Wollmering won the prestigious Contempora Sculpture Award at Docklands, Melbourne for a work titled Waterfront and in 2011, a curated survey exhibition titled: The Shape of Things: Selections & Reflections (1982-2011) was held at the Latrobe Regional Gallery.

Dan Wollmering is represented by Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne. 

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Qualifications

PHD
Institution: Deakin University
Year awarded: 1999
MA
Institution: RMIT University
Year awarded: 1990

Publications

Journal Articles

Wollmering, D., 2011, Between puffed wheat and a tornado: Rescuing memory, place and meaning, The International Journal of the Constructed Environment [P], vol 1, issue 2, Common Ground, USA, pp. 13-28.

Conference Proceedings

Wollmering, D., 2008, Public Leisure and Play: The Art of Place, International Scientific Conference for the Centennial of the Faculty of Fine Arts: Fine Arts in Egypt - 100 Years of Creativity, 19-22 October, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 1-9.

Wollmering, D., 2006, Community space: inclusive navigation, Reinventing the Medium, 07 December 2006 to 09 December 2006, AAANZ, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 40.

Wollmering, D., 2006, Looking back looking forward: a sculpture curriculum in the age of complexity, Sculpture Symposium: Rediscovering the Future, Moash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 1.

Wollmering, D., 1999, Public Art: Scuplture Places and Space, Public Art: sculpture post style meandering at the end of the millennium, Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington NZ, pp. 1-9.

Other

Wollmering, D., 2011, Public Art: Expert commentary, Television nightly news, Channel 10, Channel 9, Melbourne, VIC.

Wollmering, D., 2011, The Shape of Things: Selections and Reflections 1982 - 2011, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria, 5 August to 2 October 2011.

Wollmering, D., 2010, Between puffed wheat and a tornado: rescuing memory, place and meaning, Paper presented at the International Conference on the Constructed Environment, Venice, Italy, Common Ground Publishing, Italy.

Wollmering, D., 2010, Captain Hector Waller DSO RAN-Memorial, Consultancy, Returned & Services League of Australia, Benalla, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2010, Occupancy, Flinders Lane Gallery, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, 9 to 27 November 2010.

Temin, K., Wollmering, D., 2010, Rapid Slowness, Exhibition curation, Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University.

Wollmering, D., 2010, Sediments of Curiosity, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Monash University, Caulfield East, Vic, 28 July to 27 August 2010.

Wollmering, D., 2009, Changes in Sculpture Education, Presentation, Australian Academy of Design, Melbourne, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2009, Cracks in the Spectacle: Public Art in New Urban Spaces (Panel Discussion), ImprobableImpossible, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2009, International Arts Residency, Residency, Rimbun Dahan Arts Complex, Malaysia.

Wollmering, D., 2009, Sculpture Among the Tulips, Judge of Tesselaar Sculpture Prize 2009, Tesselaar Tulip Festival, Silvan, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2009, The Sediments of Curiosity, Yering Station Winery, Yering Station and Yarra Valley Arts Council, Melbourne, Vic, 25 October 2009 - 6 December 2009.

Wollmering, D., 2009, Vital Sign - Entrance Feature, Outdoor public sculpture development, Latrobe Community Health Service, Morwell, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2008, Conditional Adaptation, Conditional Access, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Monash University and Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Vic, 25 October to 7 December.

Wollmering, D., 2008, ForestrySA Wood Sculpture Competition: helping trees fulfill dreams... (Judge), National Wood Sculpture Competition, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA.

Wollmering, D., 2008, Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Judge, Toorak Village Traders Association, Melbourne, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2008, Waterfront, Docklands, Melbourne, Contempora2 Sculpture Award Inc., Melbourne, Vic, 6 March to 20 April.

Wollmering, D., 2007, Art as a mirror of now, Talking Sculpture 2007, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Melbourne, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2007, Art as the Mirror of Now, Talking Sculpture 2007, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Melbourne, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2007, Cluster Works, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Vic, 23 May to 3 June.

Wollmering, D., 2007, Continuity Practice, Montalto Sculpture Prize 2007, Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove, Red Hill South, Vic, 11 February to 29 April.

Wollmering, D., 2007, Crib - Works, Public Artwork, The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Scuplture Park, Minnesota, USA.

Wollmering, D., 2007, Emergent Markers: A Sense of Place, Shortlisted competition entry, 370 Docklands Drive, Melbourne, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2007, Natural Selection, Flinders Lane Gallery, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, 11-29 September.

Wollmering, D., 2007, Talking Sculpture 'Art as the mirror of now', Artist Talk.

Wollmering, D., 2007, The Architecture of the Convenient Brainwave, Contempora2 Sculpture Award at Docklands 2007, Contempora2, Waterfront City and NewQuay, Docklands, Vic, 8 February to 12 March.

Wollmering, D., 2007, The Breath of Mastering Convergence, Toorak Village Sculpture Festival, Toorak Village Sculpture Festival, Toorak, Vic, 15 May to 30 June.

Wollmering, D., 2007, The Grasp, Aqua Restaurant, Storefront 3D: an annual exhibition of contemporary constructs, Lorne, Vic, 20 October to 18 November.

Wollmering, D., 2007, The Navigator, Driven, Walrus Media, Elsternwick, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2007, The Studio Show, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.

Wollmering, D., 2006, 2006 Moreland Sculpture Show : Defining Spaces, Official Judge, Coburg Lake Reserve and Sparta Place.

Wollmering, D., 2006, Delving Down, Flinders Lane Gallery, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne Vic Australia, 05 - 22 December 2006.

Wollmering, D., 2006, Manon Ladies Fashion, Toorak Village, Leader, Toorak Vic Australia, 28 April 2006 to 31 May 2006.

Wollmering, D., 2006, Other, Riddoch Art Gallery, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier SA, 05 August 2006 to 15 October 2006.

Wollmering, D., 2006, Tenth Melbourne Art Fair, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Wollmering, D., 2005, Contempora 2 Docklands Festival of Sculpture, The Promenade, New Quay, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, 1-31 march 2005.

Wollmering, D., 2005, Festival of Sculpture, Toorak Village, Toorak, Vic, Australia, 01/05/05.

Wollmering, D., 2005, Monalto Sculpture Prize 2005, Monalto Vineyard and Olive Grove, Redhill South, Vic, Australia, 13/02/05 to 30/04/05.

Wollmering, D., 2005, Squeeze: New Sculptures, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Ausralia, 04/10/05 to 20/10/05.

Wollmering, D., 2004, Hugging Air: Part 2, BMG Art: Adelaide, Adelaide, 18 Jun - 10 July.

Wollmering, D., 2004, Hugging air: part two, BMGART, Adelaide, Australia, 18 June 2004 to 10 July 2004.

Wollmering, D., 2004, Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Vic, Australia.

Wise, C.J.E., Wollmering, D., Garrett, S., 2004, Practice in Progress, Counihan Gallery In Brunswick, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick, VIC, 10 September 2004 to 3 October 2004.

Wollmering, D., 2004, Toorak Village-Festival of Sculpture, Toorak Village, Toorak Road TOORAK VIC, 1 - 31 May.

Wollmering, D., 2003, Dwelling, Public art commission for Moreland City Council, Fawkner VIC Australia.

Wollmering, D., 2003, Hugging Air: New Sculptures, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia, 14 October 2003 to 1 November 2003.

Wollmering, D., 2003, Less is More..., BMGArt, Adelaide SA Australia, 14 November 2003 to 6 December 2003.

Wollmering, D., 2003, Ninth Guilin Yuzi Paradise International Sculpture Symposium, Attendance at symposium, commission of sculpture for symposium, Guilin Guangxi China.

Wollmering, D., 2002, Fall 2002, Visiting Artist, addresses the public, Irving Amphitheater , 4402 oak st, Kansas City Art Insitute.

Headley, C., Wollmering, D., Culley, B., 2002, Festival of Sculpture, Toorak Village, Toorak VIC Australia, 01/05/02 - 31/05/02.

Smith, K.M., Durre, C., Wollmering, D., 2002, Treasures 2002, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia, 03 December 2002 to 21 December 2002.

Wollmering, D., 2001, Annual Easter Sculpture Exhibition 2001, Qdos Arts, Lorne VIC Australia, 14 April 2001 to 14 May 2001.

Wollmering, D., 2001, Confidential Information: Wall Sculptures, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia, 30 October 2001 to 16 November 2001.

Wollmering, D., Zahra, L., 2001, Fundre Sculpture Prize 2001 and World Sculpture News Prize, Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford VIC Australia, 02 November 2001 to 18 November 2001.

Wollmering, D., 2001, The Final Roar Studios Art Exhibition, Roar Studios, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Wollmering, D., 2000, Ampersand, BMGArt Gallery, Adelaide, South Adelaide, 20 May 2000 to 10 June 2000.

Wollmering, D., 2000, Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic, Australia.

Wollmering, D., 2000, Easter 2000 Sculpture Show, Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Vic, Australia.

Wollmering, D., 2000, 'Oeuvre' CSA Members Annual Exhibition, Yarra Sculpture Space, Vic, Australia.

Wollmering, D., 2000, Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Flinders Lane,, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Wollmering, D., 1999, Language Agents - New Sculpture, Flinders Lane Gallery, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne Vic Australia, 13-30/10/99.

Wollmering, D., 1997, The Logical Thing (a priori), 3 - 21 June 1997, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne Vic Australia, Flinders Lane Gallery.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
A way to communicate: a new sculptural signage system for the Mah Meri indigenous community in Malaysia.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Between wishes and fears: a studio investigation of the fairy tale.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Dwelling within the shape of things.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Fabricating meaning: framing death and violence in contemporary photography.
Supervisors:
Wise, C (Main), Wollmering, D (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Iconic figurative landscape: Maria Island, "the last place that God built".
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Modeling for catastrophe.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Poetics of the Specific.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main), Kalms, N (Joint).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Reassessing the creative potential and artistic value of materials and process.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Retrospection and prodigy: memory and childhood toys in the creation of contemporary ceramic art using hybrid of clay slip and absorbent material.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Wild animals, and human intervention in South America, a look at modern day habituation.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Adams, T.
Program of Study:
The Anatomy of Waste: Materiality and Value. (Masters) 2009.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Allen, R.
Program of Study:
Environmental Stimulation: A studio project exploring the effects of differing environmental stimulation upon a viewer/participant. (Masters) 2006.
Supervisors:
Wirdnam, N (Joint), Wollmering, D (Joint-Co).
Student:
Baker, L.
Program of Study:
Arbitrary Spurs: Harnessing Social Sculpture Constructs in Determining Value. (Masters) 2008.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main), Vale, M (Joint).
Student:
Bishop, C.
Program of Study:
Millennium Convenience and Necessity: Inflated Icons. (Masters) 2001.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Bullock, M.
Program of Study:
Chuyen The: Transformation in Sculpture. (Masters) 2009.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Chen, A.
Program of Study:
ART AND SOCIAL DISLOCATION: A CHINESE DIASPORIC CONDITION. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Nelson, R (Joint-Co), Wollmering, D (Joint).
Student:
Cohenny, E.
Program of Study:
Everything reminds me to remember you. (Masters) 2009.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Cooper, P.
Program of Study:
Rendering the Intimate: Exploring the Relationship Between Figurative Imagery and the Narrative. (Masters) 2004.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Darling, M.
Program of Study:
Artist as Explorer of the Australian Land. (Masters) 2001.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main), Roberts, J (Associate).
Student:
Eiseman, K.
Program of Study:
SCULPTURE. (Masters) 2000.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main), Kossatz, L (Associate).
Student:
Fries, E.
Program of Study:
Light Colour Spatiality Through the Medium of Dalle de Verre. (Masters) 2010.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Garrett, S.
Program of Study:
Proximity: representations of fragile space through hapticity and vision. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Morgan, L (Joint), Wollmering, D (Joint-Co).
Student:
Kessel, S.
Program of Study:
Memorial and Holocaust Sculptures . (Masters) 2003.
Supervisors:
Maddock, P (Joint), Wollmering, D (Joint-Co).
Student:
Khairi, H.
Program of Study:
A studio research project: Malay celebration as a cultural expression in creating sculpture utilizing an up-cycle approach. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Kiriakoudis, M.
Program of Study:
Giving Form to Feeling: An Investigation of the Theme of Confinement in Installation Art. (Masters) 2001.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Knipe, S.
Program of Study:
Artist in the Making. (Masters) 2006.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main), Wise, C (Joint).
Student:
Lin, C.
Program of Study:
A studio research project investigating the recovery of 'contemplation' as a reflection of slowness. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Meadows, A.
Program of Study:
Necromance: Romancing The Flesh. (Masters) 2002.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main), Stocks, B (Associate).
Student:
Moeller, V.
Program of Study:
DIZZYLAND: a studio exploration of biological hybridity and hypothetical life forms. (PHD) 2007.
Supervisors:
Nelson, R (Joint-Co), Wollmering, D (Joint).
Student:
O'Dea, S.
Program of Study:
Objects of Femininity: A Studio Investigation. (Masters) 2005.
Supervisors:
Jones-O''Neill, J (Joint), Wollmering, D (Joint-Co).
Student:
Quinn, L.
Program of Study:
Follies - Landmarks: The Legacy of Migration and Identity. (Masters) 2004.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Robb, C.
Program of Study:
The Self as Subject and Sculpture . (Masters) 2007.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Tanzer, J.
Program of Study:
Trauma and memory - childhood trauma researched through stained glass, silver and gold: a studio-based exploration. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:
Wollmering, D (Main).
Student:
Troski, N.
Program of Study:
Form into Time, Time into Form, through Light . (Masters) 2009.
Supervisors:
Eastman, L (Main), Wollmering, D (Joint).