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Jeff Burgess

Painting & cast bronze sculpture

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Inquisitive as water ...
11 May to 12 June 2007

Jeff Burgess – Curriculum Vitae (May 2007)

Biography

1954  Born, Ulverstone, Tasmania - currently lives & works in Launceston, TAS
1973-76 B.A. Visual Art, T.C.A.E., Hobart, TAS
1977 T.A.A.B. Postgraduate Scholarship, travel & study in Europe
1985 Part-time study, Print Room, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
1986-89 Lecturer (part-time), drawing & printmaking, School of Art, T.S.I.T, Launceston, TAS
1988 Printers Assistant, Antarctic Suite, Bea Maddock studio, Launceston, TAS
1989 Printers Assistant, Print Council member print, Denise Campbell, Launceston, TAS
1990

V.A.C.B., Australia Council, artist grant, Sydney, NSW
Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board,  artist grant, TAS

1991 Printers Assistant, Friends Q.V.M.A.G. print, Bea Maddock, Launceston, TAS
1992 Self-funded travel & study, Europe, 3 months
1994 Self-funded travel & study, Europe, 2 months
1996 Self-funded travel & study, Europe, 3 months
1998

Rosamond McCulloch studio, CITE, Paris, residency
S.U.L.U.J. studio, CITE, Paris, residency
Travel & study, Italy, France, Switzerland
Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, small grant, artist support

1999 Visiting scholar & tutor (part-time), drawing, School of Art, University Tasmania, Launceston, TAS
2004 Self-funded travel & study in Europe

Solo Exhibitions

1984

Woodcuts & linocuts, Salamanca Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Woodcuts & linocuts, T.S.I.T gallery, Launceston, TAS

1985 Woodcuts and monoprints, Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1987 Prints and gouaches, Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne, VIC
1989 Gouaches, Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne, TAS
1991

Paintings 1990-1991, Art House, Launceston, TAS
Drawings and paintings
, Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne, VIC

1992 Still life - objects and landscape, Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne, VIC
1994 Gouaches, Watsons Fine Art Dealers, Launceston, TAS
1995

Of Norway, here and the studio, Watsons Fine Art Dealers, Launceston, TAS

1996 Paintings, Watsons Fine Art Dealers, Launceston, TAS
A selection of works on paper 1984-1994
, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1997 Drawings 1992-1994, sculpture 1994-1996, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1999 Whiteness is a door, sculptures and drawings, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2000 The crowded hand, C.A.S.T. Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2007 Inquisitive as water…, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS

Group Exhibitions

1983 North West inspired, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
1984 Jeff Burgess, relief prints & David Nash, recent paintings, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS
1985 Dr James Watson Collection, Festival of Perth, Perth,  WA
1986 Prints from the collection, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Geeveston print project, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Faces and figures 1987, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
1987 Some new, some not, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
The October show, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
1989 Road show, T.S.I.T. Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Private collections
, Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Australian printmaking - 200 years
, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
The gouache show
, Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne, VIC
1990 Adelaide biennial of Australian, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
1992 Jeff Burgess, gouaches & David Marsden, ceramics, Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1993 About Face, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery Launceston, TAS
About Landscape, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Recent acquisitions
, Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport, TAS
Recent acquisitions
, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1995 Land, sea and sky, Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport, TAS
1996 Brushing the Dark, national touring exhibition, C.A.S.T
1997 Summer exhibition, C.S.I.R.O Fisheries, Hobart, TAS
1998 SEA, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
13th birthday, a survey exhibition
, ACCESS Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1999 New sculpture 1999, ACCESS Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
8th International works on paper
, Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
Three artists
, Gallery B, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS
2000 14th birthday, survey exhibition, ACCESS Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture exhibition
, ACCESS Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2001 10th anniversary exhibition, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2003 The dish ran away the spoon, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS
Recent works
, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
2006 Salon, curated by Catherine Wolfhagen, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart TAS

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Queen Victoria Museum & Art  Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Macquarie Bank Collection, Sydney, NSW
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport, TAS
Fine Arts Collection Tasmanian University, Hobart and Launceston, TAS
Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, TAS
Devonport Technical College Collection, Devonport, TAS
Geeveston District High School, Geeveston, TAS
Private Collections:  ACT, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and United States of America

Publications

Annual Report, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 1985
The Geeveston Print Project, Hobart, 1986
Imprint, magazine, 1986
The October Show, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, 1987
Tasmanian Artists of the Twentieth Century, Sue Backhouse, Pandani Press, 1988
Road show, Touring Exhibition, Tasmania, 1989
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1990
Brushing the Dark, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania Touring Exhibition, 1996
And the dish ran away with the spoon, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 2003

Grants/Scholarships

1977 Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Postgraduate Scholarship, 1 year travel & study in Europe
1982 Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, arts based industries grant
1990 V.A.C.B., Australia Council, artist grant
1990 Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, artist grant
1998 Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, small grant, artist support

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