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Tim Burns – Curriculum Vitae (October 2009) |
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| Born 1960 Sydney, New South Wales. Arrived Tasmania 1988. Lives and works in Hobart | |
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Education |
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| 1988–98 |
Tutor, drawing and painting, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania |
| 1988–90 | Master of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania |
| 1984–86 | Post-Graduate Diploma, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne |
| 1979–81 | Diploma of Art, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education, Sydney |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2007 | Walking the River, Bett Gallery Hobart at Silvershot, Melbourne, VIC |
| 2006 |
Recent Paintings, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2005 | Darkly Silent, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS |
| 2004 | Recent Paintings, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2003 |
Bay of Fires,
Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS |
| Cloudy Bay, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 2001 | Autumn, Bett GalleryHobart, Hobart, TAS |
| 1999 | Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1998 |
Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| Recent Paintings, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS | |
| 1997 |
La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne,
VIC |
| Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1996 |
Recent Paintings,
Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS |
| La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 1995 |
The Western Edge
(with Sharyn Woods), Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS |
| Contemporary Art Services Tasmania Touring Exhibition | |
| 1994 | Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1993 | Recent Paintings, Bett GalleryHobart, Hobart, TAS |
| 1992 | Recent Paintings, Bruny Island Paintings, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS |
| 1990 | Tony Oliver Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1989 | Store 5, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1988 | Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1987 | Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2009 | Quamby Collection, curated by John Holmes and Pat Brassington, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS |
| Four Tasmanian Painters – Burns, Keeling, Wastell & Wolfhagen, Holmes à Court Gallery Perth, WA | |
| Walking on the Grass, curated by Leigh Hobba, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| 2008 | 2008 Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize, South Australia – Winner |
| Glover Prize for Landscape Painting, Evandale, TAS – Finalist | |
| 2007 |
Glover Prize for Landscape Painting, Evandale, TAS – finalist |
| 2006 |
Glover Prize for Landscape Painting, Evandale, TAS – finalist |
| Padding Prize for Landscape Painting, Marlene Antico Fine Art, Sydney, NSW finalist | |
| 2005 | Glover Prize for Landscape Painting, Evandale, TAS – finalist |
| 2004 | Wynne Prize for Landscape Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW |
| 2003 |
Contemporary Tasmanian Landscape Painting, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre
for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS |
| Island Art Prize, 10 Days on the Island Arts Festival, Stanley, TAS – winner | |
| Love Letter to China: drawings by 35 Australian artists, curated by Peter Hill, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW and touring China | |
| Mining the Imagination, curated by Sean Kelly and Sharyn Woods, 10 Days on the Island Arts Festival, Queenstown Art Gallery, TAS | |
| Future Perfect, curated by Gerard and Dick Bett, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS | |
| 2002 |
Melbourne Artfair 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne,
VIC |
| Bett Gallery Hobart @ Depot Gallery, Danks Street, Sydney, NSW | |
| SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize, Mosman Gallery Sydney, NSW – finalist | |
| Hutchins School Works on Paper Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS – finalist | |
| Flurieu Prize for Australian Landscape Painting, McLaren Vale, SA – finalist | |
| Wunderhammer, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS and Townsville Regional Gallery, QLD | |
| The Shape of Air, curated by Heather B Swann, Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| Nocturne, curated by John Buckley, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC and Geelong Regional Gallery, Geelong, VIC | |
| 2001 |
Tasmania’s Finest,
curated by Lynne Uptin, Art Folio Space, Raffles, Singapore |
| Hutchins School Works on Paper Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| Melbourne Artfair 2001, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC | |
| John Leslie Art Prize – Art Refers to Environment, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC - Finalist | |
| Tim Burns and Ian Parry, Judith Pugh Gallery, Mt Macedon, VIC | |
| Poets and Painters 2001 & 10 Days on the Island Arts Festival, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS | |
| 2000 |
Melbourne Artfair
2000,
Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC |
| John Leslie Art Prize Art Refers to Environment, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC – finalist | |
| Wynne Prize for Landscape Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW – finalist | |
| 1999 |
Distance,
curated by Catherine Wolfhagen, preview: Dick Bett Gallery Hobart,
Hobart, TAS |
| Distance, curated by Catherine Wolfhagen, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1998 |
Drawing Prize,
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington,
VIC – finalist |
| Alice Springs Art Award, Alice Springs, NT | |
| Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Galleries, Grafton, NSW | |
| 1997 | McGaughey Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1996 |
Brushing the Dark, Recent Art and
Tasmania,
curated by Victoria Hammond, Contemporary Art Service Tasmania, Touring
Exhibition |
| Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC and touring | |
| Poets and Painters, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| 1995 |
Blundstone Contemporary Art Prize,
Queen Victoria Museum &
Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS - Finalist touring to Waverley City Art
Gallery, Melbourne, VIC; Penrith Regional Gallery, Emu Plains, NSW |
| Figure/Ground, curated by Raymond Arnold, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| Poets and Painters, Salamanca Writers Festival, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| The Drawing Exhibition, Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1994 |
The Hobart City Art Prize,
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS - Finalist |
| The 1994 Preview Exhibition, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW - Finalist | |
| 1993 |
To the Surface – Contemporary Tasmanian Landscape Painting, Plimsoll, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS |
| 1992 |
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition,
Art Gallery of South Australia - Finalist |
| Critics Choice, Macquarie Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1991 |
The October Show,
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS |
| Ooze, Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne, and Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart, TAS | |
| 1990 |
Artists against Animal Experimentation,
Deutscher Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne,
VIC |
| Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA | |
| 1989 |
Genius Loci: Spirit of Place,
Contemporary Tasmanian Painting,
Plimsoll, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS |
| Resistance, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 1986 |
Three Painters,
Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne,
VIC |
| Geometric Abstraction, Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC | |
| Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Gertrude Street, Melbourne, VIC | |
| 1981 | Zeitgeist, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
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Commissions |
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| 1995 | Observatory, Art for Public Buildings Scheme, Lake St Clair Visitors Centre, Derwent Bridge, TAS |
| 1994 |
Southeast Cape to
Southwest Cape, CSIRO Fisheries, Hobart, TAS |
| Law of the Land, University of Tasmania, Faculty of Law, Sandy Bay Campus, Hobart, TAS | |
| 1993 | Tabaran, University of Tasmania, Conservatorium of Music, Hobart, TAS |
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Grants & Awards |
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| 2008 | 2008 Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize, South Australia - Winner |
| 2006 | Rosamund McCullogh Studio, Cité International des Arts, Paris, France - Residency |
| 2003 |
Island Art Prize, 10 Days on the Island Arts Festival, Stanley, TAS - Winner |
| 1997 |
Arts Tasmania, Hobart, TAS - Travel Grant |
| 1994 |
Trust Bank Art Prize, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS -
Winner |
| City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart City Council, Hobart, TAS - Winner | |
| 1992 | Australia Council, Visual Arts and Craft Board, Sydney, NSW - Project Grant |
| 1991 |
Australia Council, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Sydney, NSW - Group Project
Grant |
| Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart, TAS - Project Grant | |
| 1990 | Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart, TAS - Project Grant |
| 1989 | Commonwealth Government, Canberra, ACT - Post Graduate Scholarship |
| 1983 | Australia Council, Visual Arts and Craft Board, Cité International des Arts, Paris, France - Residency |
| 1982 |
Art Gallery of New South Wales - Travelling Scholarship |
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Collections |
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Artbank, Sydney, NSW |
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| Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS | |
| CSIRO Fisheries, Hobart, TAS | |
| The Derwent Collection, Hobart, TAS | |
| Devonport City Council, Devonport, TAS | |
| Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA | |
| The Esk Collection, Launceston, TAS | |
| Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton, NSW | |
| ICI Australia, Melbourne, VIC | |
| Macquarie Bank, Melbourne, VIC | |
| National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT | |
| National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC | |
| Quamby Collection, Adelaide, South Australia | |
| Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS | |
| Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC | |
| The Tamar Collection, Launceston, TAS | |
| Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS | |
| Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| University of Tasmania, Hobart and Launceston, TAS | |
| Private collections from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and North America | |
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Bibliography - Catalogues |
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Colless, Edward, Timothy Burns, in Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Mary Eagle (ed.), Art Gallery Board of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 1990 |
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Hammond, Victoria, Brushing the Dark – Recent Art and Tasmania, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart, 1996 |
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Hill, Peter, Cape Bruny – Winter 1990–91’, Bett Gallery Newsletter, no.6, Hobart, TAS, 1996 |
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| Holmes, Jonathan, PAINTING: Tasmanian Landscape, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 1993 | |
| Kelly, Sean and Hay, Peter, The Western Edge, Contemporary Arts Services Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 1995 | |
| Lindsay, Robert, ICI Contemporary Art Collection, Melbourne, Vic, 1990 | |
| Lomer, Kathryn, Cloudy Bay, in Future Perfect, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, 2003 | |
| Timms, Peter, The old pond, ah!, A frog jumps in: The water’s sound!, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW, 2004 | |
| Waterlow, Nick, Genius Loci: Spirit of Place, Contemporary Tasmanian Painting, Plimsoll Gallery Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 1989 | |
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Bibliography - Magazines |
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| Armstrong, Fergus, Agenda Magazine, iss.4, vol.2, 1989 | |
| Colless, Edward, Tension Magazine, no.16, vol.2, 1989 | |
| Hammond, Victoria, Landscape & Memory in Tasmania, Art & Australia, vol.34, no.2, 1986 | |
| Klaosen, Diana, Tim Burns, Island Magazine, iss.86, pp.70–74, 2001 | |
| Lendis, Celia, Australian Art Collector, January 2007 | |
| Parkes, Brian, Artist profile, Siglo: Journal of Literature and the Arts, Hobart, TAS, iss.4, 1995 | |
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Bibliography - Newspaper Articles |
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| Andersch, Joerg, (Exhibition Review), The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 9 August 2003 | |
| Bailey, Sue, Hobart City Art Prize, The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 29 December 1994 | |
| Burns an Inspired Judges Choice, Advocate, Burnie, TAS, 5 April 2003 | |
| Hill, Peter, (Exhibition Review), Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, 14 March 2003 | |
| Hill, Peter, Is Painting Dead?, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, p.15, 11 July 2003 | |
| Hill, Peter, A Point to Painting, The Australian, 27 November 1998 | |
| Kelly, Sean, (Exhibition Review), The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 9 November 1996 | |
| Kelly, Sean, Delving Deeply into Landscape and Isolation, The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 23 May 1992 | |
| Lewis, Tanzi, (Artist Profile), The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 13 May 1992 | |
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Loxley, Anne, Redlands Prize Judges Spoiled for Choice, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, p.18, 23 October 2002 |
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| Lynne, Elwyn, Moet & Chandon (Review), The Australian, Sydney, NSW, 24 February 1995 | |
| Macdonald, John, Brushing the Dark (Review), Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, 4 May 1996 | |
| McKenzie, Robyn, (Review), The Age, Melbourne, VIC, 3 July 1996 | |
| Rankin-Reid, Jane, Island Art Prize, The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 7 April 2003 | |
| Rankin-Reid, Jane, (Exhibition Review), Sunday Tasmanian, Hobart, TAS, 10 August 2003 | |
| Rooney, Robert, Moet & Chandon (Review), The Australian, Sydney, NSW, 23 February 1996 | |
| Tate, Allan, The Great Unknowns’, Good Weekend Magazine, The Age, Melbourne, VIC 13 November 1987 | |
| Young, Kane, (Artist Profile), The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 15 August 2003 | |
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