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Anne MacDonald - Curriculum Vitae (May 2011) |
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| Born April 28, 1960, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Qualifications |
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| 1981 |
Bachelor of Fine Art, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1983 | Master of Fine Art, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
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Employment |
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| 1984 | Lecturer, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1986 | Assistant Director, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart |
| 1988 | Lecturer, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1997 | Senior Lecturer, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 2004 | Head of Photography, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 2011 | Honours Coordinator, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS, Hobart |
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Awards and Grants |
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| 1985 | Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Project Grant |
| 1987 | Arts Tasmania Project Grant |
| 1988 | Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Project Grant |
| 1990 |
Visual Arts/Craft Board of the
Australia
Council Paris Residency |
| Arts Tasmania Project Grant | |
| 1991 | University of Tasmania Research Grant |
| 1992 |
Arts
Tasmania
Project Grant |
| University of Tasmania Departmental Research Grant | |
| 1993 | University of Tasmania Departmental Research Grant |
| 1994 | University of Tasmania Departmental Research Grant |
| 1995 | Australian Research Council Grant |
| 1996 |
Visual Arts/Craft Board of the
Australia
Council Project Grant |
| Trust Bank Invitation Art Award | |
| City of Hobart Art Prize People's Choice Award | |
| 1999 | Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Project Grant |
| 2003 | Visual Arts / Craft Board of the Australia Council Barcelona Residency |
| 2007 | Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts New Work Grant |
| 2008 | City of Hobart Art Prize, Highly Commended |
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Solo Exhibitions |
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| 1983 | Towards a Personal Symbol, School of Art Gallery, Hobart |
| 1986 |
The
Romance,
George
Paton Gallery, Melbourne |
| The Romance, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart | |
| 1987 |
The
Romance,
First
Draft Gallery, Sydney |
| The Romance, Roz macAllan Gallery, Brisbane | |
| 1988 |
Amour/Mort,
Roslyn
Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney |
| Amour/Mort, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide | |
| 1991 | Above and Below the Grave, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney |
| 1992 | Heaven, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney |
| 1993 | Ophelia, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney |
| 1994 | Ophelia, Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 2000 | Petals, Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 2006 | Silk, Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 2008 | Ornament, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart |
| 2009 | Ornament, Artereal, Sydney |
| 2010 | Cherish, Artereal, Sydney |
| 2011 | Pink, Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| Collections | |
| 1984 | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| 1986 | University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane | |
| 1987 | Art Bank,
Sydney |
| Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide | |
| Griffith University, Brisbane | |
| 1990 | Derwent Collection, Hobart |
| 1991 | Tasmanian
Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart |
| National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | |
| 1992 | University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| Art Bank, Sydney | |
| 1993 | Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| 1994 | Arts
Tasmania, Hobart |
| Derwent Collection, Hobart | |
| Art Bank, Sydney | |
| 1996 | Trust Bank Collection, Hobart |
| 2000 | National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| Art Bank, Sydney | |
| 2006 | Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland |
| 2009 | ANZ, Melbourne |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 1984 | The Constructed Image, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart |
| 1985 |
Australian Perspecta 1985,
Art
Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| Three Tasmanian Photographers, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney and Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston | |
| 1986 |
Recent
Australian Photography: from the Kodak Fund,
Australian National Gallery,
Canberra |
| The Naked Image: The Nude in Recent Australian Photography, Adelaide Festival and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne | |
| 1987 | Photogenics: Works from the University Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| The New Romantics, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney | |
| The Age of Collage, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney | |
| 1988 |
Australian Photography: the 1980's, Australian National Gallery, Canberra |
| Artisans: Collaborations/Installations, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne | |
| A Place for Art, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart | |
| 4x4, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart | |
| 1989 |
Imaging Aids,
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne |
| Drawn in Light, Roz macAllan Gallery, Brisbane | |
| Moral Censorship and the Visual Arts in Australia, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne | |
| 1990 |
Fragmentation and Fabrication: Recent Australian Photography, Art
Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
| Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne | |
| 1991 |
Photodeath,
Australian National Gallery,
Canberra |
| 42 Degrees South, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart and national tour | |
| Frames of Reference: Aspects of Feminism and Art, Art Space, Sydney | |
| Christmas Show, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1992 |
New
Art Six: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art,
Museum of
Contemporary Art, Brisbane |
| Rediscovery: Australian Artists in Europe 1982 – 1992, Australian Pavilion, Seville Expo, Spain and Australian Embassy, Paris, France | |
| 1992 Acquisitions, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| The Flower, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| 1993 | Medium Density: Contemporary Australian Drawings and Photographs, Australian National Gallery, Canberra |
| 1994 |
Moet
and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1994,
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Art Gallery of New South
Wales, Sydney, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Queensland Art
Gallery, Brisbane, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| Dark Nature, Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| Focus, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide | |
| 1995 |
Moet
and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1995,
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Queensland Art Gallery,
Brisbane, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Art Gallery of
Western Australia, Perth, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart |
| The 1995 Preview, Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| Chameleon: A Decade, Long Gallery, Hobart | |
| The Derwent Collection: Australian art of the 1980's and 1990's, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart | |
| Home Made, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 Years of Australian Women's Art,Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart | |
| 1996 |
Lovers,
The
Museum of Modern Art at Heide |
| Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1996, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | |
| Imagine Nature, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| Inheritance, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney | |
| Death: Insights on Life, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Wollongong City Gallery, University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide, Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Campbelltown City Art Gallery | |
| Brushing the Dark: Recent Art and Tasmania, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Adelaide Festival Centre, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth, Brisbane Civic Gallery and Arts Centre, Burnie Regional Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston | |
| Floressence, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney and national tour | |
| Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne | |
| Ten, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne | |
| Trust Bank Invitation Art Award, Royal Launceston Show, Launceston | |
| City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart | |
| 1999 | Hutchins Art Prize Finalists' Exhibition, The Purple Wall Gallery, Hutchins School, Hobart |
| 2000 | Melbourne Art Fair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
| Hutchins Art Prize Finalist's Exhibition, Long Gallery, Hobart | |
| 2001 | Girls on Film: women and photomedia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| 2002 | Memento Flori, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney |
| 2003 |
The
dish ran away with the spoon: Exploring still life,
Academy of the Arts Gallery,
University of Tasmania, Launceston |
| Future Projections, National Museum of Australia, Canberra | |
| City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart | |
| Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold CoastArts Centre, Surfers Paradise | |
| Hothouse: the flower in contemporary art, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne | |
| 2004 | Atelier: Australian Artists in Paris 1980 – 2000, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 2005 |
Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art,
Academy
Gallery, Academy of the Arts, School of Visual and Performing Arts,
University of Tasmania, Launceston |
| Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise | |
| The Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart | |
| City of Perth Art Award, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth | |
| 2006 |
a rose
is a rose is a rose, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell |
| Different Dimension, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk | |
| Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise | |
| Salon, Bett Gallery, Hobart | |
| 2007 | A Body of Work, Atereal, Sydney |
| Ten Days: Port Arthur Project, Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania | |
| Josephine Ulrick & Win Scubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise | |
| Prometheus Visual Arts Award, All Saints Anglican School, Surfers Paradise | |
| Raymond Arnold and Anne MacDonald: Etchings and Photographs, Gallery 482 & Michel Sourgnes, Brisbane | |
| Private View, Artereal, Sydney | |
| TXTile, Artereal, Sydney | |
| STOCKing, Artereal, Sydney | |
| 2008 | City of Hobart Art Prize 08: Celebrating 20 Years, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart |
| Tasmanian School of Art: Work in Progress, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart | |
| 2009 | STRATA, Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery, Tasmania |
| Au Feminin: Women Photographing Women, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris | |
| Tickled Pink, Artereal, Sydney | |
| Hutchins Art Prize, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart | |
| Cache, Blackfriars off Broadway, Sydney | |
| Drape: Classical Mode to Contemporary Dress, NGV International, Melbourne | |
| 2010 | Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise |
| seeingdouble, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart | |
| 2010 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne | |
| In the Era of Era, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart | |
| 2011 | 2011 Preview and Honours Award Exhibition, Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise | |
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Books and Selected Catalogues |
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Holmes, Jonathan. Australian Perspecta 1995, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1985 , p.11. |
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| St Leger, Deborah. Anne MacDonald: The Romance, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 1986 | |
| Ennis, Helen. Australian Photography: the 1980?s, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, 1988, pp. 98. - 99. | |
| McIntyre, Arthur. Contemporary Australian Collage and its Origins, Craftsman House, Australia, 1990, pp. 122 . - 124. | |
| Couacaud, Sally. Frames of Reference: Aspects of Feminism and Art, Art Space, Sydney, Australia, 1991 | |
| Drury, Neville. New Art Six: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art, Craftsman House, Australia, 1992, pp. 92. - 95. | |
| Colless, Edward. Rediscovery: Australian Artists in Europe 1982 - 1992 University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1992 , pp. 26. 40. - 41. & 52 .- 53. | |
| Timms, Peter. The Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1994 , Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation, Australia, 1994, pp. 36. - 37. | |
| Hammond, Victoria. Anne MacDonald: Ophelia, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Australia, 1994 | |
| Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Ten Years: The Art Foundation of Tasmania 1984 - 1994, Hobart, Australia, 1994, pp. 16. - 17. | |
| Hammond, Victoria. The Derwent Collection: Australian Art of the 1980?s and 1990?s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Australia, 1995, pp. 28. & 64. | |
| Timms, Peter. The Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1995, Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation, Australia, 1995, pp. 44. - 45. | |
| Clabburn, Anna. The Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1996, Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation, Australia, 1996, pp. 8. & 14. | |
| Kent, Phillip. Death: Insights on Life, Joint Committee of Necropolis Trustees, Australia, 1996, pp. 12. - 13. 17. & 21. | |
| Hammond,Victoria. Brushing the Dark: Recent Art and Tasmania, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart, 1996, pp. 17. - 19. & 40. - 41. | |
| Voigt, Anna. New Visions, New Perspectives: Voices of Contemporary Australian Women Artists, Craftsman House, Australia, 1996, pp. 168. - 175. | |
| MacDonald, Anne. & Hammond, Victoria. Petal, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia, 2001 | |
| National Gallery of Australia, Developing the Collection: Acquisitions 1999 - 2001, Canberra, Australia, 2001, p. 18. | |
| Koop, Stuart. Value Added Goods: Essays on Contemporary Photography, Art and Ideas, Chapter by Broadfoot, Keith. & Butler, Rex."A Fold in Time: Anne MacDonald and the Origin of Photography." Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia, 2002, pp. 34. - 36. | |
| MacDonald, Anne & Hammond, Victoria. Anne MacDonald: Silk, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia, 2006 | |
| MacDonald, Anne. Ornament - Anne MacDonald, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia, 2008 | |
MacDonald, Anne. Cherish - Anne MacDonald, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia, 2010 |
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| Reviews | |
| Adams, Bruce. "Fashion's paperback masculinity." Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March, 1987, Sydney | |
| Younger, Jay. "Anne MacDonald: The Romance." Eyeline, Volume 3, November, 1987, Brisbane | |
| Muirhead, Bruce. "The Romance: A photographic installation by Anne MacDonald." Artlink, Volume 7, Number 4, December, 1987, Adelaide, pp. 35 - 36. | |
| Lynn, Elwyn. "Ritual of Death Fit and Well: Anne MacDonald, Above and Below the Grave." The Weekend Australian, 4 - 5 May, 1991, Sydney | |
| Kelly, Sean. "Dark Nature." Contemporary Art Tasmania, Number 3, Autumn, 1994, Hobart, pp. 2. - 3. |
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| Holmes, Jonathan. "The Green and the Wild: Dark Nature, Anne MacDonald and David Stephenson." Artlink, Volume 14, Number 2, Winter, 1994, Adelaide, pp. 79. - 80. | |
| Downes, Briony. "Ornament: Anne MacDonald." Artlink, Volume 28, Number 4, 2008, Adelaide, pp. 90 | |
| Calado, George. Au Feminin: Women Photographing Women 1849 - 2009, Centre culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, France, 2009, pp. 35, 36, 41, 42, 54, 55, 103, 106, 088, 134, 316 | |
| Articles | |
| Colles, Edward. "Anne MacDonald: Tableaux Mourant, Photography and the Seduction of Death." Eyeline, Number 7, December, 1988, Brisbane, pp. 11. - 15. | |
| Hammond, Victoria. "Exquisite Corpse: Anne MacDonald?s Vanitas"Island, Number 68, Spring, 1996, Hobart, pp. 106. - 114. | |
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