Biography

Annie Trevillian is a textile designer and artist with strong technical skills and experience in textiles design and printing including digital technologies. She has earned recognition for a place in the history and practice of printed textiles in Canberra from her continued involvement in all aspects of textile printing both as a practitioner and as an educator. She has artwork touring nationally with selected exhibitions showcasing contemporary Australian textiles - Artcloth: Engaging New Visions and Momentum: 18th Tamworth fibre textile biennale 2008.

Since 1984 Trevillian has had an association with Megalo Print Studio and Gallery as a printmaker, project artist and board member. She received the Capital Arts Patrons Organisation (CAPO) 2006 Fellowship, artsACT project funding, Megalo Printmaking Residency and assistance from the Australian National University in the Outside Studies Program. She was awarded the 2007 Canberra Critics Circle Award for Visual Arts for her solo exhibition and catalogue.

Trevillian has taught in the Australian National University School of Art Textiles workshop since 1992. She has regularly curated exhibitions of her students work. She has participated in residencies and has run workshops, master classes and studio visits.

Her research and development focuses on digital printing technologies informed by her knowledge of textiles traditions and technology. Her commissioned work allows her to explore new technologies in collaboration with other designers.

Trevillian is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, ArtsACT, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT Legislative Assembly, National Library of Australia and State Libraries, Megalo Archive, RACV Print Collection and private collections in Australia and overseas.