April 2010
Signs of Change
Midland Atelier, Perth

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November 2009
Super Human
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

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August 2009
showing off
Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst

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July 2009
luminesce
CONVERGENCE at Yarra Lane
State of Design
Melbourne

In luminesce Leah Heiss and Rosie Scott create an infinite subterrainean environment on the unreachable side of a shop front using a 2-way mirrored floor plane and Electroluminescent cable. The installation was part of the ambitious group show CONVERGENCE in which 8 artists/designers developed site specific works for the retail tenancies of a new laneway development.



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March 11-21 2009
levitas
Gallery fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne

In Levitas, Leah Heiss explores human connectivity through jewellery developed from materials engineered at the nanoscale. The intimate scale objects exhibited in Levitas feature fluids that are responsive to magnetic energy and alloys with shape-changing properties, as well as therapeutic jewellery designed to administer insulin or purify drinking water. Levitas is part of the 2009 L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program and is supported by RMIT School of Architecture & Design through the SRC Funds.



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November 2008
liminal
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne



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November 2008
in.tangible.scape.s
Belgium



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June 2008
Refashioning the Fashion
Object - Australian Centre for Craft + Design, Sydney, AUSTRALIA



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January 2008
FUSE
The Jam Factory - Contemporary Craft + Design, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA

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September 2007
Wear Now Shopfront Exhibition
High Tea with Mrs Woo, Newcastle
An exhibition of works from the reSkin Wearable Technology Lab integrating electronics and new materials into traditional craft practices and design. Featuring works by Alexandra Gillespie, Keith Armstrong, Celia Heffer, Leah Heiss, High Tea with Mrs Woo and Sarah Kettley.

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May 2007
Strangely Familiar
SASA Gallery, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Project: Matter



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June 2006
Empathy and the Space Between
Brightspace Gallery, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

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October 2005
Elastic Field
West Space Gallery, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

The Elastic Field exhibition was a solo show that aimed to generate documentation for use in my Masters dissertation. Whilst providing an opportunity to contemplate new ways to exhibit the developed work the exhibition also provided an occasion to test and document the work in a public forum. The enabling of the artefacts within the exhibition environment allowed me to assess the impact of the work on a larger scale than previously possible with spectator interaction being video recorded for usage in future works and exhibitions.



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September 2005
Wearable Futures
University of Wales , Newport , UK

This exhibition was conducted in tandem with an international conference on wearable computing and soft technologies at which I was presenting. Having physical work present within this international environment, and alongside work from many countries, allowed the work a level of critique that it had not had access to previously. The work became the focus of many discussions regarding conceptual issues and technical methodologies for integrating circuitry in a more seamless way.



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September - October 2004:
Architecture Biennale Beijing: Architecture/Non-Architecture
UHN Global Village, Beijing, China

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July 2004:
(IM)MATERIAL:
First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

The aim of the (IM)Material group show was to present works from designers and arts practitioners from Australia and New Zealand who were dealing in interesting ways with issues of materiality and process within the practice of design. This was the first exhibition of the Ether Beat garments (and electrocardiogram sculptures) and took place approximately 5 months into the research. The exhibition design was largely museum style with little interaction between audience and art work. However, through conducting floor talks I was able to gauge audience reactions to the work and assess primary areas of interest and ethical concern. The exhibition operated largely as a testing ground for display methodologies.