Sonja Hindrum Sonja Hindrum studied at RMIT in Melbourne with a degree in Fashion Design majoring in fashion history, textile science and fashion illustration.

Sonja has had some of her small textile sculptures exhibited in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. She was invited to participate in the Rococo Revolution, Melbourne, as a designer and artist and exhibited pieces in the Women's Gallery, Carlton.

Her fashion work has also appeared in Vogue Australia, Australian Fashion Week, Australian Gown of the Year – for which the works toured Australasia, the Dupont Awards and has graced the catwalks of numerous other fashion events.

As a costume designer Sonja has worked for TasDance and choreographer Natalie Weir. She designed and created costumes for the production of Treasured Island for Ten Days on the Island then again with Weir and designer Greg Clarke, on the production Fair Game, also performed at Ten Days on the Island. Sonja also designed costumes for Ripple Effect, which featured works by Graeme Murphy and toured regional Victoria. In addition, she designed and created costumes for choreographer Neil Adams piece' The Darkling' in this production, which celebrated 21 years of excellence in contemporary dance.

Sonja has designed and constructed Dreamtime costumes for the Yulara Indigenous Cultural Centre at Uluru in the Northern Territory and children's costumes for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.

Her other costume design work has been with Director Jeff Hockley on productions of The Mikado and Into the Woods and Michelle Cripps on the production of Fiddler on the Roof. Sonja recently delivered workshops on textiles and costume design for Women Moving Arts and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.

As a textile artist, Sonja exhibited with three other Tasmanian artists as part of The Felt Room in the Sidespace Gallery of the Salamanca Arts Centre in December 2004. Her work has also appeared at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and the Academy Gallery at the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Launceston. Her work also featured as 'First of the Month' Designer at the Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston, in October and November 2005. Sonja's work has also enjoyed national and international exposure through featuring in the journals Textile Fibre Forum and Echoes, the journal of the International Feltmakers Association.