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Barbie Kjar - Curriculum Vitae (August 2010) |
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| 1957 | Born, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Education | |
| 2002 | Master of Fine Arts, RMIT, Melbourne |
| 1987 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1975 | Bachelor of Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
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Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2010 | Transfigure, Art Vault, Mildura, VIC |
| 2009 | Hula-Hula, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC |
| 2008 | Way of the Arrow, Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| 2007 | On the Skin, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra |
| Trajectory, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2006 | Tatuar, Australian Works on Paper Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2005 | Milagros/miracles, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
| Night Dance, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2003 | Iluminar, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania |
| Semblanza, Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW | |
| 2002 | Masters Graduation Exhibition, R M I T Gallery, Melbourne |
| Cometa, Documenta, Barcelona, Spain, June | |
| Elemente aire, Artefacto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, July | |
| 2001 | Atmosfera, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
| Entre cielo y tierra, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra | |
| 2000 | La Mirada - The Gaze, Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney |
| Mirar, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| 1999 | Fishnets, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 1998 | Accessories, Christine Abrahams Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1997 | Australian Galleries, Sydney |
| 1996 | Australian Galleries, Sydney |
| Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Grahame Galleries, Brisbane | |
| AGOG, Canberra | |
| Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| 1995 | Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devonport |
| 1994 | Nautical Journeys, Australian Girls Own Gallery, Canberra |
| New prints, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Water Suite, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart hjum | |
| 1993 | Gallery Two, Launceston, Tasmania |
| 1992 | Grahame Galleries, Brisbane |
| Every turn and shift of shape, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| 1990 | Gallery Cimitere, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart | |
| 1989 | Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart |
| 1986 | Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart |
| Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart | |
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Group Exhibitions |
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| 2010 | Essence: selected prints and drawings from the collection. Curated by Sue Backhouse, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS |
| Ithica, Group exhibition with Garry Shead, Judy Watson, Belinda Fox, Adam Rish, Gary Shinfield, Christopher Croft and Mikael Kihlman. Skopelos Foundation, Skopelos, GREECE | |
| Figure Ground, Celia Lendis Gallery, Gloucestershire, UK | |
| 2009 | A Sculpture by…, Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW |
| Stories of our Making: contemporary prints from Australia, Tweed River Gallery, NSW & University of the West of England, Bristol, UK | |
| Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, TAS | |
| Conversations, Bett Gallery Hobart, TAS | |
| Hobart City Art Prize, Hobart, TAS | |
| Mapping the Island. Curated by Penny Carey Wells & Diane Perndt, Hobart, TAS | |
| 2008 | Wish you were here, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW |
| Argentina, Sheffer Gallery, NSW | |
| Summer Stock Show, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC | |
| Conversations, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS | |
| 2007 | Interpretations of Alice in Wonderland, Allport Musem, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart |
| Centrifugal Seven, Alberta University, Alberta, Canada | |
| CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Gallery, NSW | |
| 2006 | Centrifugal Seven, Fusion of Cultural Ideas in Print, Court Gallery, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan Fremantle |
| Fremantle Print Prize Exhibition, Fremantle | |
| 2005 | Rhapsody 21st century, Selected Tasmanian artists, University of Tasmania Gallery, Inveresk curated by Malcolm Bywaters |
| Hutchins Art Prize exhibition, Hobart, TAS | |
| Tasmania to Siberia - Connection through Art, IVth Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Siberia | |
| Tower of Babel, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart | |
| 2004 | Australian Printmaking exhibition curated by Diana Gold, New York Etchers Society Gallery, New York and Gallery101, Melbourne |
| The tower exhibition, Milan Milojevic, Jennifer Marshall, Jacqui Parry, Barbie Kjar at Gallery 101, Melbourne | |
| 2003 | Future Perfect exhibition, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania |
| Love Letter to China exhibition, curated by Peter Hill, Dougherty Gallery, Sydney | |
| World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-do, invited artist, South Korea | |
| Tasmanian Printmaking exhibition curated by Diane Soumalis, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne | |
| Mornington Peninsular, Works on Paper exhibition, Victoria | |
| Fremantle Print Prize exhibition, Fremantle | |
| Hutchins Art Prize exhibition, Hobart, TAS | |
| 2002 | The body in question (GW Bot, M Ulrich, Barbie Kjar), Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA |
| Miniare, Internationale Print Triennial, Montreal, Canada, October | |
| 2001 | Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney |
| Poets & Painters 2001 (collaboration with Amanda Lohrey), Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| Fremantle Print Prize, exhibition finalist, Frematle, W.A. | |
| The Hutchins School 2001 Works on Paper Prize, exhibition finalist, Hobart, TAS | |
| 2000 | Fifth Mondial Triennal of Small Sized Prints, Chamalieres, France |
| Six Australian Artists, The Lane Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| 1999 | Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA, Highly Commended |
| The chair exhibition & auction, Freedom Furniture & Australian Galleries, Sydney | |
| The Hutchins School 1999 Works on Paper Prize, exhibition finalist, Hobart, TAS | |
| Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Art Exhibition, Queensland | |
| 1998 | Borges bestiary, with Milan Milojevic & Jennifer Marshall, Grahame Galleries and editions, Brisbane, Qld |
| Decalogue - A Catalogue of Ten years of Australian Printmaking, co-curator Ruth Johnstone & Di Waite, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea | |
| Bold bags and old baggage, curated by Sue Moss, Caz Rodwell & Marjorie Luck, Schoolhouse Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Fremantle Print Prize, exhibition finalist, Freematle, W.A. | |
| Thirteen Artists, Australian Galleries, Works on Paper Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1997 | Tripping the light, curated by Robyn Daw, University of Tasmania at Launceston |
| Fremantle Print Prize, exhibition finalist, Freemtle, W.A. | |
| Alice Prize, exhibition finalist, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, N.T. | |
| Hobart City Art Prize, exhibition finalist, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| The Hutchins School 1997 Art Prize, exhibition finalist, The Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS | |
| 1996 | Poets & Painters Exhibition, with Sue Moss, Salamanca Writers Festival, Hobart |
| Pulp, Curator Michael Edwards, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania | |
| Alice Prize Exhibition, Alice Springs, Northern Territory | |
| National Print Exhibition, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W | |
| ACAF5, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 1995 | Dualism, tapestry collaboration with Sarah Lindsay, touring regional galleries in Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia |
| Alice Prize Exhibition, Alice Springs, Northern Territory | |
| Hobart City Art Prize Exhibition, Hobart | |
| Chameleon: A decade, curated by Victoria Hammond, Long Gallery, Hobart | |
| Art, Gender, Identity, works by women artists from the permanent collection, Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Tasmania | |
| Colonial Past-time to Contemporary Profession, 150 years of Australian Women's Art from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection, Hobart | |
| Poets and Painters Exhibition, collaboration with Margaret Scott, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| Figure and Ground, curated by Ray Arnold, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| 1994 | Island, Long Gallery, Hobart |
| Gold Coast Art Award, Surfers Paradise, Queensland | |
| Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle, Western Australia | |
| Artists for Mt Wellington, Long Gallery, Hobart | |
| 1993 | Barbie Kjar, Tim Maguire & Tom Samek, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle, Western Australia | |
| Alice Prize, Alice Springs | |
| Antartica Fax Exhibition, Curated by Kevin Todd, Launceston | |
| 1992 | Gallery Two, Launceston, Tasmania |
| New Acquisitions, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart | |
| Entrepot Gallery, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| 1991 | Gallery Two, Launceston, Tasmania |
| 1990 | 9th Biennial Print Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Victoria |
| Contemporary Printmakers, Gallery Cimitiere, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| When the Boat Comes In, Entrepot Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| 1988 | Landfall, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart |
| 1987 | Hysterical Perspectives, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart |
| 1984 | Printmakers Exhibition, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart |
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Grants and Awards |
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| 2010 | Artist-in-Residence, with George Poonkhin-Khut, Bundanon, NSW |
| Artist-in-Residence, with Master Printer, Peter Lancaster, Art Vault, Mildura, VIC | |
| Artist-in-Residence, Skopelos Foundation, Skopelos, GREECE | |
| Recipient: Overseas Studio Grant (Rome), Visual Arts Board, Australia Council | |
| 2006 | Artsbridge Funding, Arts Tasmania, to attend opening of Centrifugal Seven in Tokyo |
| 2004 | Tokyo studio, Australia Council |
| 2003 | Artsbridge Funding,Arts Tasmania for residency at Print Workshop in Havana, Cuba |
| 2002 | Arts Bridge Grant, Arts Tasmania |
| 2000 | Arts Bridge Grant, Arts Tasmania |
| 1999 | Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Art Award, Queensland, 1999 Winner |
| 1998 | Project Grant, Arts Tasmania, Hobart, TAS |
| 1995 | Devonport Health Centre Commission, Art for Public Buildings Scheme, TAS |
| Gladstone Art Prize for works on paper, Gladstone, QLD | |
| Project Grant, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart, TAS | |
| 1994 | The Billboard Project, Trades and Labour Council, TAS |
| 1993 | Eskleigh Art Award, first prize, Eskleigh, TAS |
| 1992 | Trust Bank Art Award, Print Prize, Launceston, TAS |
| 1991/92 | Project Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, Sydney |
| Artist-In-Residence, International Print Studio, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 1988/89 | Project Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, Sydney |
| 1987/88 | Artist Development Grant, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart |
| Artist-in-Residence, Kala Print Workshop, Berkeley, California, USA | |
Collections |
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| Australia National Gallery, Canberra | |
| Parliament House, Canberra | |
| National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| University of Southern Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart | |
| Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| Art Bank, Sydney | |
| Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland | |
| Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW | |
| Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania | |
| Fine Arts Committee, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| University of Tasmania Collection, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| Art in Public Buildings Scheme 1991, Arts Tasmania, Hobart | |
| The Tamar Collection, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| Rosny College, Hobart | |
| Private Collections in Australia, New Zealand, USA, France and England | |
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Bibliography |
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| 2010 | Imprint Magazine, Winter 2010 |
| Mildura Weekly – Arts Column p.22 | |
| Sunraysia Daily, Arts Pages, Hannah Knight | |
| 2008 | Sunday Arts, Feature Artist, ABC TV |
| Centrifugal – ideas from different cultures in print, University of Alberta, Canada | |
| 2007 | Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times arts pages, April 7th |
| On the skin, National Gallery, Canberra | |
| Transcript, National Print Synopsium, March | |
| 2006 | Sasha Grishin, Crafts International, Australian Printmaking profile - Barbie Kjar |
| 2005 | Robert Nelson, The Age 25th February |
| Feature article, The Arts Review page, Saturday 5 March | |
| Interview with Julia Copeland, Radio National, The Makers, Sunday 8 May | |
| 2001 | Geoffrey Makin, Sun Herald, Arts pages, August, p. |
| Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, Arts page, October, p. | |
| Di Klaosen, Imprint magazine, Winter 2001 & cover image | |
| 2000 | Courtney Kidd, Sydney Morning Herald, Look this way, Tuesday 14 March, Arts P.13 |
| T J McNamara, New Zealand Herald, Monday 12 June, Arts section | |
| ABCTV Tasmania, Snapshot Program, Monday 19 June | |
| Lynne Landy, Australian Country Style, November, p.106-108 | |
| 1999 | Fremantle Print Prize, catalog illustration, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA |
| Anne Barbeliuk, Saturday Mercury, Artist takes seat to aid charity auction, September 11, p.9 | |
| Gold Coast City Art Prize, catalogue | |
| Giles Auty, The Weekend Australia, Everyone's a winner, November 27-28, Arts Review, p.23 | |
| 1998 | Michael Denholm, Periphery, No. 34, Surveying Tasmania's Art, p.18-20 |
| Ruth Johnstone & Di Waite, Decalogue - A Catalogue of Ten years of Australian Printmaking, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea | |
| 1997 | Australian Literary Review Magazine, cover illustration, May |
| Giles Aulty, The Weekend Australia, exhibition review, 20-21 September | |
| Siglo, Consumption, Spring/Summer,Issue 9, p.13 | |
| Fremantle Print Prize exhibition catalogue, illustration | |
| Sasha Grishin, Printmaking in the 1990's | |
| 1996 | Michael Denholm, Antipodes, A Changing Scene-Australian Art since the 1960's, June |
| Dick Bett Gallery Newsletter, No.30, 1996 Poets & Painters Exhibition, March | |
| Siglo, No.5, Poets & Painters Exhibition, June | |
| Island Magazine, No.67, 996 Poets & Painters Exhibition, July | |
| Diana Klaosen, Imprint, Winter 1996 | |
| 1995 | Review, The Mercury, October |
| Dualism, Devonport Art Gallery, TAS | |
| 1994 | CAST Magazine, Vol 4 |
| Dick Bett Gallery Newsletter, No.24 | |
| Fremantle Print Prize, catalogue | |
| Gold Coast City Art Prize, catalogue | |
| Review, Canberra Times, 25 March | |
| Review, The Age, ETC, 22 July | |
| 1993 | CAST Magazine, Vol 1 |
| Grahame Galleries & Editions, Prints, Brisbane | |
| 1992 | Jules Carroll, ISIS, Newsletter for the Office of the Status of Women, TAS |
| Review, The Mercury, 14 November | |
| 1990 | Review, The Mercury, May |
| Imprint, Vol 26, No.2, Postcards from a Dream (curated project) | |
| Preludes, No.7 (cover illustration), University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| 1989 | Catalogue of Australian Printmakers, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne |
| 1988 | Review, The Mercury, 1 January |
| Feature article, The Sunday Tasmanian, 10 January | |
| 1987 | Review, The Mercury, 21 November |
| 1986 | Review, The Weekend Australian, March |
| Review, The Mercury, March | |
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