curriculum vitae

1939

born Boston USA

1961

BSc Simmons College Boston USA

1970

migrated to Canberra AUSTRALIA

1970 - 2003

p/t lecturer art schools Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne

1974 -1976

art reviewer ABC radio

1976 -1979

resident Papua New Guinea

1985 -1989

board of Artbank, Sydney

1985 -onward

writer, art publications

1986

Forum speaker Artists Week, Adelaide Festival

1994 video

from ash into metaphor

solo shows 1974 – 2008

2003

mnemonic sights Span Galleries, Melbourne

2003

the other show (domestic revelations) Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne

2000

accumulations at eye level Span Galleries, Melbourne

1999

lucid dreaming Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

commentaries in another language Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne

1998

entering the Hebraic Zone Span Galleries, Melbourne

1995

entering the Hebraic Zone Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

1993

systems/subversions (a self-portrait in pieces) Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne

1993

systems/subversions version 2 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

1991

from ash into metaphor Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne

anima rising part 2 Painters Gallery, Sydney

1988

anima rising Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide

1987

fragments and constructions Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide

1985

sanctuaries and transfigurations Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide

1983

eventually the whole is more than the sum of its parts Roundspace, Adelaide

1982

there is a need to remember Roundspace, Adelaide

1981

sacred boards and scrolls Roundspace, Adelaide

1977

soft walls Abraxas Gallery, Canberra

1974

long day's journey Macquarie Galleries, Canberra

group shows 1975 - 2008

45 group shows throughout Australia

1995

Exposition d’Art Contemporain Euro Inter Art, Paris

2002

We Are Australian Durban, South Africa

grants

1994

Creative Development Grant, VACB of Australia Council

1988

Project Grant, VACB of Australia Council

1985

Artists’ Grant, South Australian Dept. for the Arts

commissions

2003

Under the Covers Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne

1999

Permanent Judaic Timeline Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne

1991

No Going Back brochure image, Melbourne Theatre Co.

1991

Damned if We Do by Dorothy Broom, cover art, Allan and Unwin, publ.

1989

Angry Women Anthology cover art, Hale and Iremonger, publ.

1988

Museum Views outside wall painting, South Australian Museum, Adelaide

1975

Australia ’75 mural for amphitheatre, Sculpture Garden, Canberra

collections

National Gallery of Australia
Commonwealth Parliament House Collection
Artbank, Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia
Office of the Premier of South Australia
Commonwealth Banking Corp. South Australia
University of South Australia
Taxation Dept. Adelaide
Canberra College of Advanced Education
Monash University Medical Centre, Melbourne
Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
private collections: Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Europe, Canada, USA

awards

2000

Blake Prize selected (see image difficult scaffold for peace)

1987

Whyalla Prize winner Special Prize

1984

Canberra Times National Art Award

1983

Blake Prize selected

1973

Canberra Day Art Prize

selected bibliography

1996

New Visions New Perspectives, Anna Voigt, Craftsman House publ.

1994

Images 2: Contemporary Painting, Neville Drury, Craftsman House

1992

New Art Seven, Neville Drury, Craftsman House

1992

Sight Lines, Sandy Kirby, Craftsman House

video

1994

from ash into metaphor Heather Ellyard