Amy Lees-Doherty’s CV


Profile

Amy Lees-Doherty is a contemporary gold and silversmith, artist, and craftsperson based in Melbourne. With a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art: Object-Based Practice (Gold and Silversmithing) with Distinction and a postgraduate Honours degree in Contemporary Art from RMIT, her work blends narrative and identity through wearable art. Drawing on local mythology and folklore, Lees-Doherty is dedicated to quality, environmental sustainability, and continuous innovation. Her evolving practice showcases a love for exploration and learning, incorporating new techniques and methods with each project.


Curation

2022

150mm Challenge [Exhibition] Footscray Warf, Footscray Melbourne, Australia. 2022.

2021

150mm Challenge [Exhibition] Gabriel Gallery, Footscray Melbourne, Australia. 2021.

Exhibitions

2024

Re-PLAY [Exhibition] Mycelium Studios, Melbourne, Australia. September 2024.

Sunset Galaxy (2024) [Mural] private residence, Melbourne, Australia.

Freeform (2024) [Mural] private residence, Melbourne, Australia.

2023

Big Draw: 5 Senses - postcards [Exhibition] Wangi Creative Hub, Wangi Wangi, New South Wales. December 2023 – January 2024.

2020

9 by 5 Exhibition (2020) [Exhibition] Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, Dandenong. 3 December 2020 – 23 January 2021.

The Meaning of Things (2020) [Online Exhibition]. Craft Victoria, Virtual. 31 March 2020 – 18 July 2020. https://www.craft.org.au/themeaningofthings

2019

Radiant Pavilion 2019: 'Jewellery Alert' (2019) [Exhibition] Rey Area Cabinets, Melbourne.

Craft Cubed 2019: 'Creative Spaces: Assembly Point – Jewellery, Object, Place and Space' (2019) [Exhibition] Assembly Point, Melbourne

2017

Disco Pearl (2017) [Exhibition] Project Space/Spare Room, Melbourne

Shadows (2017) [Exhibition] Rey Area Cabinets, Melbourne


Residencies

2024

October Magnify: Artists in Residence Programme; Mordiallic, VIC, Australia

April MERZ Stained Glass Course with Residency; Sanquhar, Scotland

2023

October The Lake House Artist Residency; Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia

2022

July Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort Art Residency; Saariselkä, Finland


Publications

Rmitart.com. (2019). RMIT School of Art | Amy Lees-Doherty. [online] Available at: https://rmitart.com/projects/amy-lees-doherty [Accessed 10 Dec. 2019].

Goddard, J. (2017). 2017 RMIT School of Art Graduating 3rd Year & honours BAFA Exhibition. Melbourne: RMIT University, p.88. (exhibition catalogue)

Together – RMIT Gold and Silversmithing 2017 Graduates. (2017). Melbourne: RMIT.


Education

2019

Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) (Honours)

2015-2017

Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) with Distinction


Volunteering and Experience

2021–current

Project Facilitator in the Blacksmiths Festival Association, Melbourne

2016–current

Donate to the annual RMIT Gold & Silversmithing auction

2016–2019

Annual Educational Demonstrations of Gold & Silversmithing in the Victorian Highlands

2019

First Site Student Marketplace, First Site Gallery, Melbourne

2017

On the organising committee for the annual RMIT Gold & Silversmithing auction

RMIT Emerging Designers Market, Melbourne

2015-2017

Volunteered at the annual RMIT Gold & Silversmithing auction


Collections

Private Collections – Melbourne, Australia

Private Collections – Highlands, Australia

Private Collections – London, England