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Brenda Runnegar |
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Anglerfish, oil on board, 29 x 39cm, Market value: $520 |
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Cow Fish, oil on board, 29 x 39cm, Market value: $520 |
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Artist's Statement |
'Anglerfish" and 'Cow Fish' are from a series of works titled Fish Portraits.
With these works I have used my status as artist to act not only as a privileged interpreter of nature but as an inventor, as the fish portrayed have been distorted and changed to emphasize the bizarre and endearing nature of the world beneath the sea. The works aim to excite curiosity to the diversity of our oceans and the life therein and to enlist help in their protection. |
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Education |
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2007 Master of Fine Arts by research, Monash University
1997 Bachelor of Visual Arts in Fine Art (Hon), Qld College of Art
1984 Diploma of Arts in Visual Art, Canberra Institute of the Arts |
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Solo Exhibitions |
2010 Hills of Sand, Stefanos Gallery 25, Mildura
2008 Displacement, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
Memories of Gardens, Meeniyan Art Gallery, Victoria
2007 Landscapes of Desire and Melancholy, Monash University, Victoria
2006 Landscapes of Desire and Melancholy, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
1997 Tous saints Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1989 Left for Dead, Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan
1985 Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
2010 Green, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2009 The Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Surfers Paradise, Qld.
The Flower Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Some real gems I've come across, Mogo Raw Art & Blues Gallery, Mogo, NSW
2008 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum
Chair Art, Gallery 12, Pialligo Plant Farm, Canberra
Window on Sardinia, Civic Library, Canberra
2005 Sardinia Through Australian Eyes, Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne
2004 Chiuso per ferie, Monash Centre, Prato Italy
2000 CWA Art Award, Tennant Creek NT
1998 Griffith University Alumni Exhibition, Qld College of Art Gallery
1997 Post grad students' exhibition, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
A Humid State, Qld College of Art Gallery and Touring
Postcards from the Edge, SoapBOx Gallery, Brisbane
Diverse Visions, Qld College of Art Gallery
1996 Solitary Confinement, Boggo Road Gaol, Brisbane
Diverse Alliances, Centre Culturel de Ku We Kara, Noumea
Examinations, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
RAWing, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1995 Beyond the Picket Fence Australian Women's Art in the National Library's Collection, National Library of Australia
Collision, Loading Bay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
1990 The Arsonists, Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan
1986 Visual Artists Tenants Show, Art Council of ACT
1984 The Sexuality Show, Canberra School of Art Gallery
Graduate Show, Canberra School of Art Gallery
1982 Rites of Passage, Photospace Gallery, Canberra School of Art |
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Arts Administration |
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2008-09 Full time artist
2001-Feb'08 Project Officer, Exhibitions Branch, National Library of Australia
2000 Manager, Anyinginyi Arts & Cultural Centre, Tennant Creek NT
1998-99 Member Services Officer, Museums Australia (Qld)
1987-94 Administrator, Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
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Residencies/Grants/Prizes |
2010 Artist in residence - The Art Vault, Mildura
Artist in residence - The Broken Hill Art Exchange Inc
2008 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Highly Commended
206 Monash University Travel Grant for travel to New Mexico, USA
2004 Sardinianian Cultural Association Grant to travel to Sardinia, Italy
2004 Residency at Monash University Centre, Prato, Italy
2000 CWA Art Award, Tennant Creek NT
1999 Grant - Arts Qld for travel in Central Australia
1997 Residency at Qld College of Art, Griffith University, Manila Studio, Philippines |
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Reviews/Articles |
2010 Brenda Runnegar, Mildura Weekly, 15 Jan
Mungo inspires artist, Sunraysia Daily, 14 January
2009 Artnotes, Art Monthly #224 Octrober 2009 p54
2008 Artnotes, Art Monthly, #215 November 2008 p55
Sasha Grishin, Where once was beauty, Canberra Times, 31 October
Diana Streak, Wonders from the deep, Canberra Times 25 October
Ron Cerabona, Natural artist winds by an "unusual nose", Canberra Times, 26 Sept
2006 Sonia Barron, 'Idiosyncratic treatment of different landscapes' The Canberra Times, 21 January
2006 Jennifer Kingma, 'Fantasy in mixed visions', The Canberra Times, 4 January
2004 Jennifer Kingma, 'Local artist off for diverse study in Italy', The Canberra Times, 20 March
2003 Monash Research Graduate School, Annual Report
2000 Alison Alder, 'Like mother like daughter: Brenda and Emma get animated about their art,' Barkly News Pictorial, No.14, December, pp.14-15
1997 Marilyn Carney, 'Toussaints' catalogue essay, November
1989 Lisa Waller, 'Multi-media personality',The Canberra Times, 6 April
1986 Sonia Barron, 'Housewarming exhibition by 22 tenants', The Canberra Times
1986 Works of Art in Canberra Vol 2, National Capital Development Authority, Canberra |
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Publications |
2008- Window of Sardinia, Exhibition catalogue, Sardinian Cultural and Social Association, Canberra.
2000 Bush Fruits, Anyinginyi Arts Touring Exhibition catalogue
1999 Photography and its uses in a Museum Context, ARTeFACT Magazine Dec'99
1997 Tous saints Exhibition Catalogue - self-published
1996 Solitary Confinement Exhibition catalogue - self-published
1986 Works of Art in Canberra Vol 2 |
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Curated Exhibitions |
2010 The Gathering: Indigenous Art of Far Western NSW, Broken Hill Art Exchange
2000 Bush Fruits, Anyinginyi Arts Touring Exhibition
Woodworks, Anyinginyi Arts, Tennant Creek, NT
Medical Posters, Anyinginyi Arts, Tennant Creek, NT
Works on Paper from the Pink Palace, Anyinginyi Arts, Tennant Creek NT
1996 Solitary Confinement, Boggo Road Gaol, Brisbane
1994 Inside Out - Out of the Mainstream, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
1993 Real Time, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
Surfacing, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
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