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Anne MacDonald

Photography

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A group exhibition hung in the Victorian manner of
Salon

7 November to 5 December 2006

 

Silk
4 April to 2 May 2006

Cloth
2004

Petals
25 August to 13 September 2000

Vanitas
1995

Annunciation
1994

Anne MacDonald - Curriculum Vitae (April 2006)

Born 1960, Tasmania, Australia

Qualifications

1981

Bachelor of Fine Art, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart

1983 Master of Fine Art, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart

Employment

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

Awards and Grants

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
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

Solo Exhibitions

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

Selected Group Exhibitions

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
1988 Australian Photography: the 1980's,  Australian National Gallery, Canberra
  Artisans: Collaborations/Installations, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
1989 Imaging Aids, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
  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
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
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
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
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
  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
  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
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
  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

Books and Selected Catalogues

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.
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.
Hammond, Victoria. Anne MacDonald: Ophelia, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Australia, 1994
Hammond, Victoria. Brushing the Dark: Recent Art and Tasmania, Contemporary Art ServicesTasmania, 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.

Hammond, Victoria.  Anne MacDonald: Silk, Bett Gallery and Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia, 2006

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.

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

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