Mo’s CV

Mo Orkiszewski CV

Born : USA 1955

Education : BA Visual Arts Sydney College of the Arts 1989
Certificate of Urban Horticulture Ryde TAFE 1993

Skills : illustrator, bookbinder, glass engraver, horticulturist

21st C Exhibitions :
Animal Instincts Glass Artists Gallery Sydney 2011
Australian Bookbinders Exhibition 2011 Research Library AGNSW 2011
BookOpolis and selected for the Capitol Works Show at Asheville BookWorks NC USA 2011
Glebe Art Show 2011
The Great Unknown exhibition for un(der)represented Artists Artsite Gallery Sydney 2011
Opus Artist’s Book Exhibition Artisan Books Melbourne 2011
Sydney Royal Easter Show Bookbinding First Prize 2011
NSW Guild of Craft Bookbinders Exhibition Fisher Library 2011
JCA Steel Bookbinding Competition Leichhardt Library 2010
Australian Bookbinders Exhibition  Research Library AGNSW 2010
Australian Bookbinders Exhibition  Research Library AGNSW 2008
Australian Bookbinders Exhibition  Research Library AGNSW 2007
‘Under the Cover’ Bookbinding Exhibitions Australia 2006
NSW Guild of Craft Bookbinders Exhibition Fisher Library 2004
NSW Guild of Craft Bookbinders Exhibition Rozelle Writers Centre 2003

Book Commissions
‘Crow Book 2’ 2011 (commission Sydney)
‘The Book of Spells’ 2008 (commission Canada)
‘Firebird Book’ 2008 (commission UK)
’Airplane Visitors Book‘ 2008 (commission Sydney)
‘Crow Book’ 2007 (commission Sydney)
‘Currawong Book’ 2007 (commission Sydney)
‘Wish Book’ 2006 (exhibition book Sydney)
‘Heartline Book’ 2004 (exhibition book Sydney)
‘Bones Book’ 2004 (exhibition book Sydney)
‘Fish Skin Book’ 2003 (exhibition book Sydney)

 Publications :
Moontime Diary 2012 (out now)
The Artist’s Book Yearbook 2012-13 Impact Press University of the West of England, Bristol September 2011
‘Cooking with Cats’ illustrated & bound by Mo, words by Rod Morgan with musing by Ariel P. Cat  2003 (edition of 77)
Celestial Times Diary 2000 (Zodiac Illustrations for Steve Jolley RIP)

Last Century’s highlights:
‘Ridete aut Moriemini’ engraved glass tattoos on Wayne Snowdon‘s cast TV glass selected for RFC Glass Prize 1998
1993-1998 botanical illustrations for Randwick, Hunters Hill & North Sydney Muncipal Councils
1981-1995 Private commissions in architectural & engraved glass

Books are my life long passion, the space between the covers provides a quiet place of retreat, a private world to explore, a gallery I can hold in my hands and carry with me, full of wonder, fresh perspectives & inspiration.

’An illuminated Book of Cats’ is the most recent offering in the ongoing collaboration with my partner Rod Morgan (wordsmith & musician) &  Ariel P. Cat our muse.  7 years in the making, this 21stC abecediary* was inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts, coptic binding & a bossy cat.
Here’s a link to a series of photos showing the making of the book-
http://www.bluecatheaven.com.au/Mos art/BlueCatDreaming/themaking.html
It is also illuminated by the electronic screen
View the ebook at lo res for free here
http://issuu.com/bluecatheaven/docs/anebookofcats

for more info
e-mail: mo(at)bluecatheaven.com.au
www.bluecatheaven.com.au

*An abecediary is the full alphabet carved in stone or written in book form, historically found in churches, monasteries and other ecclesiastical buildings.
(from wikipedia)