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Troy Ruffels - Curriculum Vitae (2011) |
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Education |
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2002 |
PhD, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Tasmania |
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2001 |
Post Grad Diploma (Distinction), Glasgow School of Art, Scotland |
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1996 |
BFA (1st Class Hons), Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Tasmania |
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1994 |
BFA, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Tasmania |
Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2011 | Flood, Bett Gallery Backspace, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2009 | Faultlines, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2008 | Filtered Sky, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore |
| Satellite, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore (Inaugural Singapore International Photography Festival) | |
| 2007 | Night Air, TAKSU Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2006 | The Low Sky, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney |
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2005 |
The World Beneath my Feet, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney |
| Mirrored Worlds, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania | |
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2004 |
Sampled Reality, Rimbun Dahan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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2002 |
Response to Place, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart |
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2000 |
Hood, CAST Gallery, Hobart |
| 1999 | Location, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Troy Ruffels, Najera Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain | |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2011 | Van Diemen's Land: Tasmanian Art in the UK, Celia Lendis Contemporary, UK |
| The Esk Collection: Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS | |
| On the Move: Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, TAS | |
| Prometheus Art Awards, All Saints School, Merrimac, QLD | |
| Panoply, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| Map, Space Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| The River Effect: waterways of Tasmania, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston and Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| 2010 | Longing for the Field, LARC Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Seeing Double, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart / Kuala Lumpur | |
| Lake, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, NSW | |
| Tidal, City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport, Tasmania | |
| The Lake, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney | |
| 2009 | Changing Places, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport Tasmania |
| Winifred Boweness Photography Prize, Monash Art Gallery, Vic | |
| Soft, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| Piomena Art Award, Piomena Gallery, Launceston Tasmania | |
| 2008 | Tidal Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport |
| Art Singapore, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore | |
| Agfest Sculpture Trail, Carrick, Tasmania | |
| On my Street, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| Down to Earth, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania (touring exhibition) | |
| 2007 | Singapore Art Fair, TAKSU Gallery, Kuala Lumpur |
| 3 Man Show, TAKSU Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| Carbon Trading, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| 2006 | Salon, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania |
| Singapore ArtFair, TAKSU Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| Summershow, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
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2005 |
Letitia Street Studios, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Fair Dinkum, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore | |
| Prometheus Art Award, All Saints School, Merrimac | |
| Rhapsody 21C, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| Island Art Prize, Stanley Artworks, Tasmania | |
| Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart |
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| Australian Rimbun Dahah Exhibition, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
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2004 |
Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW |
| Singapore Art Fair, Taksu Gallery, Singapore | |
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2003 |
Second Sight, Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane |
| Future Perfect, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 1980-2000 Tasmanian Landscape, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania | |
| Games People Play, Rimbun Dahan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
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2002 |
JET: Digital Art Prints, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart |
| THERE, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| Synergy, CSIRO, National Science Week, Hobart | |
| Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle, WA | |
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2001 |
Interim Exhibition, Mackintosh Museum GSA, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Ten Days of the Island, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart | |
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1999 |
Zero Horizon, CAST Gallery, Hobart |
| Transmission, CAST Gallery, Hobart & University Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| 7th New York Digital Salon, Visual Art Museum, New York (International Touring Exhibition – Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Lisbon, Milan, Canary Islands) | |
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1998 |
A flourishing Ecology, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart |
| World Print Festival, Slovenia | |
| Digital Print Awards, Clock Tower Museum, London | |
| Winter Here/Winter There, Gallery One, Canberra & Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart | |
| DARF, University Fine Art Gallery, Sandy Bay Campus, Hobart | |
| Future Perfect (AQUADS), Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne | |
| 6th New York Digital Salon, Visual Art Museum, New York (International Touring Exhibition – Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Lisbon, Milan, Canary Islands) | |
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1997 |
Primavera, Museum Contemporary Art, Sydney |
| Naught Plus One, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| Empire, Public Art Project, Hobart | |
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Grants, Awards & Commissions |
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| 2011 | New Work Grant - Established Category, Australia Council for the arts |
| 2008 | Afest Sculpture Trail, Commissioned work, Arts Tasmania |
| NARGS Research Grant, University of Tasmania | |
| 2007 | Visual Arts and Craft Strategy Grant, New Work, Australia Council for the Arts |
| Holman Clinic, Public Art Commission, Launceston General Hospital, Arts@work, Tasmania | |
| 2006 | Isle of Plenty, 10 Days on the Island, Landart intervention, Lillico, Tasmania |
| 2005 | TasArt Prize, Major Award, Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Art Tasmania, NEW WORK GRANT | |
| Pat Corrigan Gold Coast Residency, Gold Coast, QLD | |
| Art for Public Buildings Scheme, Ulverstone Primary School Commission, Arts@Work | |
| 2004 | Meridian Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| 2003 | Rimbun Dahan 12 month Malaysia Residency, Hijjas Kasturi Associates, Malaysia |
| 2002 | Australia Council New Work Grant (Emerging) |
| Art for Public Buildings Scheme - Reece High Commission , Arts@Work | |
| Art for Public Buildings Scheme - Norwood Primary Commission, Arts@Work | |
| 2000 | CAST Solo Commission Exhibition, Contemporary Art Space Tasmania, Hobart |
| Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Art Scholarship | |
| University of South Australia | |
| 1999 | Artsbridge Travel Grant (Madrid), Arts Tasmania, Hobart |
| Exhibition Development Grant, Arts Tasmania, Hobart | |
| 1998 | Young Tasmanian of the Year (Visual & Performing Arts) National Australia Day Council |
| 1997 | Artsbridge Travel Grant (New York), Arts Tasmania, Hobart |
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Bibliography |
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| Genocchio, B, Primavera, Catalogue essay, MCA, Sydney, 1997 |
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| Solberg. K. New York Digital Salon, Leonardo Vol 30 No.5 MIT PRESS 1997 | |
| Wastell, R, Location, Catalogue essay, Devonport Regional Gallery, 1999 | |
| Spinks, J, Transmission, Catalogue essay, CAST Gallery, 1999 | |
| Brookes, W, Hood, Catalogue essay, CAST Gallery, 2000 | |
| Kelly, S, Hood, Catalogue essay, CAST Gallery, 2000 | |
| Moss, J, Samstag 2000 Catalogue, University South Australia, 2000 | |
| Rhodes, B, Eyeline Magazine, Issue #49, September 2000 | |
| White, A, Art Monthly On-line, September, 2000 | |
| Hill, P. Photofile, Issue #59, April 2000 | |
| Kunda, M, JET-Digital Art Prints, UTAS, 2002 | |
| Handran, C, Second Sight, Catalogue essay, Brisbane City Gallery, 2002 | |
| Stewart, J, Sampled Reality, Catalogue essay, Rimbun Dahan, February 2004 | |
| Ryan, M, Great Escapes, Catalogue foreword, LMCAG, 2004 | |
| Timms, P, In Search of Nature, Great Escapes Catalogue essay, LMCAG, 2004 | |
| Hill, P, Troy Ruffels: ART NOW, State of the Arts, July – Sept 2005 | |
| Klaosen, D, Mirrored Worlds, Troy Ruffels, Artlink Vol 25 No. 3, 2005 | |
| Reid, J.R.R, Nature in Second Sights, The Mercury, June 19, 2005 | |
| Kelly, S, Seeking Equivelance, Night Air Catalogue Essay, 2007 | |
| Mohan, C, Silent Night, PEAK Magazine, Malaysia, 2007 | |
| Hart, D, In their element, Down to Earth Catalogue Essay, Filtered Sky, TAKSU Gallery, 2008 | |
| Pete Hill, Seeking Equivalence, Catalogue Essay, Filtered Sky, Taksu Gallery, 2008 | |
| Timms, P. Inhabiting two bodies at the same time, Catalogue essay, Faultlines, Bett Gallery Hobart, 2009 | |
| Timms, Peter, Lake; Lake Catalogue Essay, Lake Macquaire City Art Gallery 2010 | |
| Homes, Jonathan, Preface: Seeing Double: an international collaborative project, UTAS, 2010 | |
| Keating, Megan, Seeing Double: an international collaborative project, essay, UTAS 2010 | |
| Malor, Deborah, Map, Catalogue Essay, Space Gallery, Scotch Oakburn College, 2011 | |
| Collections | |
| Artbank, Sydney |
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| Hijjas Kasturi and Associates, Malaysia | |
| Launceston General Hospital Collection, Tasmania | |
| Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney, NSW | |
| Devonport Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania | |
| Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania | |
| Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| The Esa Jaske Collections (National and International) | |
| The Esk Collection | |
| Port Phillip Collection, Victoria | |
| Private Collections (National and International) | |
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