Erica Wells is a textile artist based in Naarm (Melbourne) who repurposes discarded objects and textiles into three-dimensional works. Her practice incorporates traditional craft techniques including weaving, sewing, knitting, crochet and embroidery, bringing renewed life to unwanted materials.
A recipient of the 2025 Australian Wool Education Trust scholarship, Wells is currently focusing on the effects of climate change and the loss of biodiversity, and on the role textiles can play within contemporary fine art conversations.
Wells holds a Bachelor of Textiles (Design) with Distinction from RMIT University (2025).
A recipient of the 2025 Australian Wool Education Trust scholarship, Wells is currently focusing on the effects of climate change and the loss of biodiversity, and on the role textiles can play within contemporary fine art conversations.
Wells holds a Bachelor of Textiles (Design) with Distinction from RMIT University (2025).
Erica Wells – Curriculum Vitae
Textile Design
Education
2023-25 Bachelor of Textiles (Design), with Distinction RMIT
Group Exhibitions
2026 Fresh! 2026: Craft Victoria
2026 Reworked: Track Gallery
2025 Social Fabric, Naarm Textile Biennale, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2025 Fruits of the Loom: An Exploration of Contemporary Textiles, Artemesia Gallery, Melbourne
2025 Thread – _tangles/detangles, Naarm Textile Collective, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
2025 2025 Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Awards
2025 Recipient: 2025 Australian Wool Education Trust (AWET) Textiles Design Student Grant
Workshops
2025 Monash artist mentorship program
2022 Grampians Textures: Liz Williams, weaving workshop
2022 Liz Calnan: Echo weave workshop
2022 Ilka White: Braided Rag Rug workshop
2021 Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria: Introduction to weaving
Community Engagement
2025 Upcycling weaving workshop, Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Selected Education
2022 Victoria University Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education
2014 Victoria University TAE40110 Certificate IV Training and Assessment
Selected Film and Television, Freelance Makeup and Hair artist
2025 Austin II, ABC/BBC T.V drama
2024 Road to the sky, US Feature film
2001 Moulin Rouge, Feature film
Awards
2009/2010 Emmy Award, The Pacific, outstanding Makeup for a miniseries or movie