Sera Waters facts for kids

Sera Waters is an Australian artist who works with textiles. She is also a writer and a teacher of art. She teaches art history at the Adelaide Central School of Art in Adelaide, South Australia.

Growing Up and Education

Sera Waters was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia, in 1979.

She studied art at the University of South Australia. She earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts degree in 2000.

In 2005, she won the Ruth Tuck Scholarship for Visual Arts. This scholarship helped her study at the Royal School of Needlework in the United Kingdom. This school is famous for teaching special sewing techniques.

Later, she continued her studies at the University of Adelaide. She earned a Masters degree in Visual Arts in 2006. In 2018, she completed her PhD at the University of South Australia.

Her Art Style and Themes

Sera Waters is known for her amazing work in textile arts. This means she creates art using fabrics and threads. She often uses techniques like embroidery, which is decorating fabric with a needle and thread.

One of her special techniques is called blackwork. This is a type of embroidery that uses black thread to create detailed patterns.

Her art often explores interesting topics. For example, she has used textile art to look into her own family's history. Her artworks are often described as clever and thought-provoking. They use simple needlework to talk about big ideas.

Sera Waters also uses her art to explore the history of Australia. She thinks about how European settlement impacted the land and the Indigenous people. She also believes that textile art shows the hard work and time put into creating something.

Awards and Achievements

Sera Waters has received many awards and scholarships for her art. Here are some of them:

• 2006: Ruth Tuck Scholarship for Visual Arts
• 2016: Heysen Prize for Landscape, from the Hahndorf Academy
• 2018: Hill Smith Gallery / University of South Australia Postgraduate Award, from the Helpmann Academy
• 2019: She was a finalist for the Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia
• 2020: She received the Guildhouse Fellowship, also from the Art Gallery of South Australia

Where to See Her Art

Sera Waters' artworks are part of important collections. This means her art is kept and displayed in these places for people to see.

• Art Gallery of South Australia
• Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, at the University of Western Australia