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    Tasmania

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Helen Wright

Pastels on paper

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A group exhibition hung in the Victorian manner of
Salon

7 November to 5 December 2006

 

Nobody Knows Anything
15 April to 11 May 2005

Helen Wright - Curriculum Vitae (May 2004)

1956 Born Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1977-79 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tasmanian School of Art, Tasmania C.A.E., Hobart
1981 Post Grad. Diploma of Visual Art Studies, Alexander Mackie C.A.E., Sydney
1986-87 Master of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart

Professional Development

1983 Founding member Chameleon Studios
1988-89 Board member Chameleon Contemporary Art Space
1991 Barcelona Studio Residency, Spain, VACB, Australia Council, Sydney
  National Selector, Moet and Chandon National Touring Exhibition
1993 Appointed Member, Visual Arts Panel, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart
1991-00 Part-time Lecturer, Printmaking Dept, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart

Grants and Awards

1982 Artist's Development Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, Sydney
1985 Artist's Development Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, Sydney
1987 Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholarship, Masters, Hobart
1988 Workshop Development Grant, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart
1989 Travel/Development Grant, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart
1990 Barcelona Studio Residency, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, Sydney
1994 Artist's Professional Development Grant, VACB, Sydney
1994 Artist's Professional Development Grant Arts Tasmania Hobart

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1980 Helen Wright - Prints and Drawings, Tasmanian School of Art Gallery, Hobart
1987 Helen Wright - Prints and Drawings, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
  Avago, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart
1989 Helen Wright - Recent Work, Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
  Short Stories, Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett Gallery), Hobart
1990 Helen Wright - Prints and Drawings, Australian Girls Own Gallery, Canberra
1991 Science Lessons and Other Mysteries, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1992 Helen Wright - Recent Works, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Helen Wright - Recent Work, Australian Girls Own Gallery, Canberra
  Helen Wright - Villa of Mysteries, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1995 Helen Wright - Recent Work, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1996 Symptoms of Beauty - Helen Wright, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1997 A Taxonomy of Symbols -Helen Wright Niagara Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Almost Familiar, Helen Wright, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1999 Helen Wright, Recent Work, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
2000 Frankenflower, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
2002 Future Perfect, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Untouchable Face, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
2004 White Light, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

1981 Student Printmakers, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
  Purchase Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1983 Helen Wright and David Keeling, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney
  Henri Worland Print Prize, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Victoria
1984 The Chameleon Print Show, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
  Works on Paper, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
  Three Tasmanians in Printmakers, Kay Francis (curator), Burnie Art Gallery. Touring to Devonport and Hobart
1986 Six Tasmanian Artists, Rhumbarellas Gallery, Melbourne
  Prints from the Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
1986-87 Post Lintel Design - David Keeling, Helen Wright & Wayne Malm, Handmark Gallery, Hobart
1987 M.F.A. Graduate Exhibition, Centre for the Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania
1988 Landfall, Sean Kelly (curator), Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
  3 x 15, Sculpture Exhibition, Finola Jones (curator), Chameleon Cont Art Space, Hobart
  Diversities, Mary Scott (curator), Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania
1989 Australian Prints Now, Roger Butler (curator), A.N.G., Canberra
 

Paradise Lost : Tasmanian Prints, Regionalism, Postmodernity, Ian McLean (curator), Print Council of Australia, Melbourne. Touring Australia

  Genius Loci : Spirit of Place, Contemporary Tasmanian Painting, Nick Waterlow (curator), Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart. Touring to R.M.I.T. Gallery, Melbourne
  The October Show, Diane Dunbar (curator), Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
1990 The Summer Show, Chameleon Gallery, Hobart
  Tasmanian Printmakers, Gallery Cimitiere, Launceston, Tasmania
1991 Six Tasmanian Printmakers, Christa Johannes (curator), T. M. A. G., Hobart
1991 South of No North, Richard Flanagan (curator), Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1992 Rediscovery, Australian Artists in Europe, 1982-92 Seville Expo, Spain
  Toured Australian Embassy, Paris, Toured by A.E.T.A
1993 My Head is Map, Roger Butler (curator) Australian National Gallery, Canberra
  Recent Acquisitions, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
  Recent Acquisitions, Devonport Gallery and Art Centre, Devonport, Tasmania
  To the Surface, Ray Arnold (curator), University of Tasmania, Hobart
1994 Artists for Mt Wellington, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
  A Celebration of Womens Sufferage, Central Gallery, Adelaide
  Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne - Niagara Galleries
1995 The Derwent Collection, Australian Art of the 1980's and 1990's, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
  Poets & Painters Exhibition, Salamanca Writers Festival, Hobart, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
  The Derwent Collection, Australian Art of the 1980's & 1990's, T.M.A.G., Hobart
1996 Brushing the Dark, Victoria Hammond (curator), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and touring to New South Wales and Queensland
1998 ‘Drawings from the Collection’, National Gallery of Victoria
1999 ‘Look Again’, National Gallery of Victoria

Bibliography

1990 Michael Denholm, Recent Works, catalogue essay, AGOG Gallery, Canberra
  Sacha Grishin, Recent Works, exhibition review, Canberra Times, Canberra
1991 Chris Johannes, Tasmanian Printmakers, catalogue essay, T.M.A.G., Hobart
1992 Edward Colless, Rediscovery - Australian artists in Europe 1982- 1992, catalogue essay, A.E.T.A., Melbourne
1993 Roger Butler, My Head is a Map, catalogue essay, Australian National Gallery
  Victoria Hammond, Villa of Mysteries, essay, CAST Magazine, Summer
1995 Jennifer Spinx, The Perfume Factory & other drawings, catalogue essay, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
  Anna Murdoch-King, feature article, The Age, December 1995, Melbourne
  Exhibition review, The Herald Sun, December 1995, Melbourne
 

1996 Victoria Hammond, Brushing the Dark, catalogue essay, CAST Tasmania

  John MacDonald, Peaks of Inspiration, review, Sydney Morning Herald
  Giles Auty, Theories with Holes, review, The Australian
  Susan Falkiner, Brushing the Dark, review, Art Monthly, June 1996
2003

Four Tasmanian Artists, Depot Gallery, Sydney, curated by Dick Bett, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Burnie Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
Devonport Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania
University of Tasmania, Hobart and Launceston
Artbank, Sydney
Art in Public Buildings Scheme, Tasmania
Geeveston Print Collection, Geeveston, Tasmania
The Derwent Collection, Hobart
The Tamar Collection, Launceston, Tasmania
Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne
Monash University Collection, Melbourne
News Limited Collection, Australia
Macquarie Bank
Rockhampton Regional Gallery
Western Mining
The City of Whitehorse Collection, Melbourne
Various Corporate and Private Collections, Australia

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