JO DARBYSHIRE - CURRICULUM VITAE


                  

 

DATE OF BIRTH

1961, Perth, Western Australia

 

 
EDUCATION
2004             Master of Creative Arts in Cultural Heritage, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA
1991             Post-Graduate Diploma of Art (Studio Practice and Research) Canberra School of Art, Australian Capital Territory
1981             Bachelor of Arts , Fine Arts, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA

 

 

 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008             Summit Gallery, Banff, AB (upcoming)
2007             Sapphire Paintings , SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria
2005             Ghost River Paintings , Gallery East, North Fremantle, WA, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria
2003             Radiance , Gallery East, North Fremantle, WA
2001             Night , Gallery East, North Fremantle, WA
2001             Proclamation Day Arch (collaboration with Andrea Williams), Western Australian Museum
1999             50 Reasons (collaboration with Rox De Luca), Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
1997             25 Reasons (collaboration with Rox De Luca), aGOG, Canberra, ACT
1993/4/6             New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle, WA
1992             The Rafaellas , Australian Girls Own Gallery (aGOG), Canberra, ACT

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007             SaltwaterFreshwater , Central TAFE Gallery, Perth WA
2006             Contemporary West Australian Art , Andara Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
                      Melbourne Art Fair (represented by Gallery East), Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC.
2005/6          Configured - Aspects of contemporary western Australian figurative art , Lawrence Wilson      Art Gallery Perth and                       Travelling exhibition for Art on the Move, WA
                      Mine Own Executioner , 10-year retrospective, Mundaring Arts centre, WA
2005             Prometheus Art Award , Merrimac, Queensland
2003/5          Joondalup Art Award , Joondalup, WA
2002/5           BankWest Contemporary Art Prize , Perth, WA
2002             Melbourne Art Fair , (represented by Gallery East), Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
2001             Wide Open-space and Belonging in Modern Australia , Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, WA
2000             Haynes to O'Connor, Western Australians & Water , John Curtin Gallery, Bentley, WA
2000             Imaging: Art of the Twentieth Century , Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
2000             About face , Edith Cowan University Touring Exhibition, WA
2000             Directors Choice Exhibition , Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
1996             Queer in the West , Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA

 

 

AWARDS / GRANTS
2007             International residency Imaginary Places at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.
                      Australia Council Skills and Arts Development grant to visit Banff and New York.
2006             Artwork featured in Artbank's 2006 Calender
2005             Winner BankWest Contemporary Art Award , Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2004             New Work grant, Australia Council  
New Work grant, Western Australian Ministry for Culture and the Arts
2003             Museum Award for The Gay Museum , Perth International Arts Festival; Western Australian Museum, WA
1996             Artist in Residence, Painting Department, Canberra School of Art, ACT
1993             Artist Studio, Cite Internationale des Artes, Paris; Australia Council
CURATORIAL WORK
1997 - 1999             Co-ordinator, Moores Building, Fremantle, WA            
2003             Curator/creator, The Gay Museum, West Australian Museum
2002             Producer, Proclamation Day Arch project at the West Australian museum
200, 2002             Curator, Town of Vincent Art Awards
Current             Memorabilia Curator, City of Perth, Australia

 

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2007             Short-listed for Western Australian District Court Reception Artwork.
2006             Short-listed for the St Georges Cathedral Clerestory Windows Project, Perth WA.
2005             Clear to the West , Marine Operations Centre, Fremantle, WA
2004             Children's Python , (with Doug Dare & Nigel Darbyshire) Carramar Primary School, Perth, WA
2004             Embossed Aluminium Mural, South Hedland, WA
2001             Neon Entry Statement & other artworks, Quinns Beach Primary School, WA
2000             Glass windows, Inglewood Swimming Pool, WA
2000             Cafeteria Wall Artwork, (with Rox De Luca), Sevenoaks Senior College, WA
1998             Paintings, Emergency Waiting Room, Mandurah Hospital, WA
 

 

 

COLLECTIONS
Western Australian Art Gallery
Artbank
BankWest Collection
City's of Stirling
Joondalup and Wanneroo
Edith Cowan University
Murdoch University
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
Ministry of Culture and the Arts
Royal Perth Hospital
Art Angels
Private collections.

 

 

LECTURES/ PUBLISHED WRITINGS
Contributor to the Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia , Centre for Western Australian
History and UWA Press.
Paper THE SHAME-FACED CRAB: MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY Jo Darbyshire and Mat Trinca, Museums Australia Conference May 2003.

 

 

 

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