ILANA THORPE EDUCATION/TRAINING
2015 - AutoCAD Drafting, NSW Ultimo Tafe
2012 - 2013 Master of Design / Lighting (University of Technology Sydney)
2011 - Master of Design Science (Illumination Design) University of Sydney
2007 - 2010 - Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honors, University of Sydney (SCA)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CURRENT: Light Practice, Lighting Design (NSW)
2020 - 2022: Electrolight, Lighting Design (NSW)
2019: 32 Hundred Lighting, Contracted as part of City Sparkle Interactive Light Art - Vivid Sydney Installation (NSW)
2016 - 2018: EQ2 LIGHT, Lighting Design (London, England)
2015 – 2016: 32 Hundred Lighting, Lighting Design, Administration (NSW)
2015: Lighting Design Partnership (LDP), Internship for Architectural Lighting Design (NSW)
2011 – 2016: Box and Dice, Project Managing, Product Manufacture (NSW)
2010: Artist Assistant – Janet Laurence (NSW)
2010: Teaching Visual Art for Mental Health Program, Aftercare as part of Old Rozelle (NSW)
2009: Teachers Assistant – Glass Blowing Elective Class, Sydney College of the Arts (NSW
2008: Assistant Curator – Horus and Deloris Gallery (NSW)
EXHIBITIONS
2015 – Beams Light Art Festival, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
2015 - Decor and Design. Melbourne Exhibition Center. VIC
2014 - Beams Light Art Festival. Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
2014 - Melbourne Fringe Festival, Abbotsford, Melbourne, VIC
2014 - Globelight, Abbotsford, Melbourne, VIC
2013 - IALD Chase the Dark, Sydney, NSW
2013 - Beams Light Art Festival, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
2012 - Beams Light Art Festival, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
2011 - Peripheral Vision - Ausglass Conference, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW
2011 - SCA Show, Glass Artist Gallery, Glebe, Sydney, NSW
2011 - Refraction, Gaffa Gallery, CBD, Sydney, NSW
2010 - SCA Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW
2010 - Are we there yet? Gaffa Gallery, CBD, Sydney, NSW
2009 - SCA Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW
2009 - The Dean’s List, Verge Gallery, Darlington, Sydney, NSW
2009 - Creatures, Buckland St Gallery, Alexandria, Sydney, NSW
2008 - Hotshop, Addison Gallery, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW
2006 - Graduate Show, Newcastle University, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW
AWARDS
2015 - Illumination Engineering Society, Commendation for Luminaire Design Award
AWARDED RESIDENCIES
2012 - Northlands Locations and Perception Symposium, Scotland, UK
2011 - Graduate Residency at Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, NSW
WORKSHOPS
2009 - George Aslanis: Casting Glass
2009 - Kirstie Rea: Warm Glass
2008 - Kate Baker: Screen Printing on Glass
2008 - Mark Elliot: Flameworking Glass
PUBLICATIONS
Lighting (Art and Science for International Designers), December 2015 - VOL 35 Iss 6: Illumination Engineering Society – Luminaire Design Awards
Globelight: Light Festival
Illumni: Stars of Tomorrow
Illumni: Winners Galore at the IES 2015 NSW Awards
Canberra Glassworks: Graduate in Residence