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Irene Briant – Curriculum Vitae (April 2010) |
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| Born, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Education | |
| 2007 | PhD, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1995 | Bachelor of Fine Art, Honours, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1983 | Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1973 | Diploma of Art Teaching, Tasmanian School of Art, TCAE, Hobart |
| 1972 | Diploma of Fine Art, Tasmanian School of Art, TCAE, Hobart |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2009 | Lost, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2007 | Resplendent, PhD exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 2005 | Fold, Twist and Pleat, Bett Gallery Hobart |
| 2003 |
Re-form, Judith Pugh Gallery, Mt
Macedon, Victoria |
| Trans-form, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra | |
| 2000 | The Same Sky, CAST Gallery, Hobart |
| 1998 | Landmarks and Curiosities, AGOG, Canberra and Canberra Botanic Gardens |
| 1997 |
Landmarks, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 1996 |
Imagining Paradise, AGOG, Canberra |
| 1995 |
A Long Way from Babylon, Bond Store, Tas Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart and Macquarie Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston |
| 1993 |
Order Australis, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 1989 |
Plots for Expansion, Despard Street Gallery, Hobart |
| 1986 |
The Sun and the Rain, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2009 - 2010 | Returning, Rosny Barn, Rosny, Tasmania & venues in Tasmania, Victoria and NSW |
| 2004 |
Atelier, Australian Artists in Paris 1980 –
2000, Plimsoll Gallery, Uni of Tas, HobartSkin, Salamanca Arts Centre Inc. exhibition,
Long Gallery, Hobart |
| Interpreting 2004, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart | |
| 2003 |
From the Scape, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne |
| ART / History, Woolmers, Longford, Tasmania for 10 Days on the Island festival | |
| 2002-2004 |
Tamworth Textile Biennial, Tamworth City Gallery and touring nationally |
| 2002 |
Mount Wellington Festival Sculpture Trail, Hobart |
| 2001 |
Home is Where the Heart Is, Art Museum, Uni.
of SA, and other venues in SA |
| Sculpture by the Sea, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania | |
| Response to the Island, Long Gallery, Hobart | |
| 2000 |
Art and Land, Contemporary Australian Visions, Asialink Touring Exhibition, venues in Thailand, The Philippines, and Singapore |
| 1999 |
TMAG
Commissions Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart |
| Hybrid Creatures, Uni of Tas / CAST Touring Exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart | |
| 1997 |
Mapping the Comfort Zone, Artspace, Festival Centre, Adelaide |
| 1991 |
Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney |
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Grants, Awards, Commissions, Residencies |
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| 2010 | Artist in Residence, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Victoria |
| 2005 |
Temporary
Research Assistant, Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles,
Goldsmith’s College, University of London, London |
| Australian Postgraduate Award to undertake PhD studies | |
| 2002 | Ephemeral Installation, Arts Tasmania, Stoney / Domaine A Vineyard |
| 2001 |
Reclining Tree, Landcare Sculpture Project, Penna, Tasmania |
| 1998 | Project Grant, Paris Residency, Australia Council |
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Acquisitions Commission, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart |
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| 1996 |
Project Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council |
| Artist in Residence, Canberra School of Art, Canberra | |
| 1991 |
Outdoor Sculpture, Telecom Australia, Hobart |
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Collections |
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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart |
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Parliament House, Canberra |
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| Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra | |
| Artbank, Sydney | |
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Private Collections in Australia and New Zealand |
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Selected Bibliography |
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| 2009 | Sean Kelly, Lost, Catalogue essay, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart |
| 2005 | Sarah Scott, Fold, Twist and Pleat, Catalogue essay, Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 2004 |
Julie Gough, Skin, Catalogue essay,
Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart |
| Jonathan Holmes, Atelier, Catalogue essay, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart | |
| Maria Kunda, Aragorn, Catalogue essay, Atelier, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart | |
| 2002 |
Sonia Barron, The Nature of Civilisation, Canberra Times, July 24 |
| Jennifer Livett, Trans-form, Catalogue Essay | |
| 2000 |
Jennifer Livett, The Same Sky, Artlink, Vol 20 no 2, July |
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Jennifer Livett, The Same Sky, Catalogue Essay, CAST, Hobart, March |
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| 1999 |
David Hansen, The TMAG Commissions 1998, Artlink, Vol 19 no1, March |
| 1998 |
Llewellyn Negrin, Landmarks and Curiosities, Art and Australia, Vol 36 no 2 |
| Barbara Holloway, Landmarks and Curiosities, Muse, June | |
| Sonia Barron, Landmarks and Curiosities, Canberra Times, April 25 | |
| 1997 |
Cath Kenneally, Post Colonial Dreaming, Artlink, Vol 17 no 3 |
| Victoria Hammond, Irene Briant : The Artist and the Sun King, Island 70, Autumn | |
| 1996 |
Sonia Barron, Imaginative Uses for Wire Mesh, Canberra Times, June 7 |
| 1995 |
Elizabeth Day, Looking Back at Tasmania Looking
Forward, Periphery, University of New England, no 25 |
| Clare Rice, A Cultural Espalier, Catalogue Essay, CAST, Hobart | |
| 1994 |
Lorraine Hepburn, Far Beyond First Impressions, Artlink, Vol 14 no 1 |
| 1993 |
Jennifer Livett, Order Australis, Dick Bett Gallery Newsletter, no 16, July |
| 1992 |
Chris Downie, Gateways Project, Artlink, Vol 11 no 4 |
| 1991 |
Victoria Lynn, Perspecta 1991, Catalogue
introduction, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney |
| Sarah Day, Perspecta 1991, Catalogue essay, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney | |
| 3-D Focus Put into Perspective, The Australian, 17 August | |
| Peter Hill, Queuing to get into the Future, The Age, Melbourne, 17 August | |
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Work Experience |
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| 1998 | Australia Council Studio Residency, Paris |
| 1996 | Artist in Residence, Canberra School of Art |
| 1974-90 |
Teaching Art in High Schools and Secondary Colleges, Tasmania |
| 1987-89 |
Studio Member, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart |
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