Public Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin, NT.
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS.
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.
Publications
Whish, A (forthcoming)
‘Necklaces – from tourist boats to online retail’, in Selling Yarns, Cross Cultural Research ANU and Charles Darwin University NT.
Whish, A. (1999)
‘ The Body – illuminated’, Object. 2/99, 58–59
Whish, A. and Shaw, E (1999)
The Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia: a history, The Japan Jewellery Designers Association, No. 35.
Whish, A. (1997)
‘ Jewels for the Memory’, Australian Art Collector 1, July–September, 84–95.
The OZGOLD Award Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Gold Jewellery, Curtin University and the Gold Council of Australia
1998
The 18th National Craft Acquisition Award. Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
1997
Circles about the body. Toured Australia, curated by Ray Norman and Doreen Mellor.
1997
Contemporary Wearables 97 Award Exhibition. Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
1997
RMIT Graduate Catalogue
1993
Art of Adornment: Australian Contemporary Jewellery. Launceston. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.
1989
Australian Fashion: the Contemporary Art, Sydney. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.
Cited in Books
Rees, V.(1998)
Art-i-facts, Book two. Sydney. McGraw-Hill. Publishing Co.
Vance, P. and Goodrick-Clark, C. (1994)
The Mosaic Book, London. Conran Octopus Limited. Photograph of glass mosaic bathroom floor.
Cochrane, G. (1992)
The Crafts Movement in Australia: A History. Sydney. UNSW Press.
Rees, V. and Devenport, R. (1991)
Art-i-facts, Book one. Sydney. McGraw-Hill. Publishing Co.
Selected Conference and Seminar Presentations
2006
Necklaces: From tourist boats to online retail, Conference publication, Selling Yarns, Australian Indigenous textiles and good business in the 21st century, forthcoming.
2005
Moments of fusion: an exploration of my links to this country, Transposition Conference, National Gallery of Australia Canberra.
2003
A conversation with the audience, Fusions Symposium, Centre for Cross Cultural research and ANU National Institute for the Arts.
2000
Computers in the jewellery studio ACUADS Australian College Universities and Design Schools. Adelaide.
Student use of computers in the jewellery studio. JMGA International Conference Brisbane.
1999
The future of International Craft Research, European Academy of Design. Sheffield UK Others on the Panel: Mirja Kalviainen, Finland, Julian Malins, UK and Stephen Burroughs, British Craft Council.
Circles about the Body, floor talk, Object Gallery Sydney.
Journals a tool for self assessment in the studio, DECA Design Education Council of Australia. Sydney.
1998
History of Australian celestial jewellery from 1850’s. Annual Dinner, Inverell Women's Association.
1996
Gold in Contemporary Australian Crafts Sydney Mint Museum, Sydney.
1991
The Body in Question, University of Tasmania Symposium, Launceston, TAS.