Bronwyn Oliver - Artist Profile - Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

Bronwyn Oliver

Artist profile

Bronwyn Oliver (1959 - 2006), Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2006

Vine, Hilton Hotel, Sydney, 2005

Miscellaneous Works, 2004 - 2005

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2004

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2002

Selected works, 1988 - 2002

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 1997

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 1993

Recent Sculptures, 1991

Objects from another time, 1989

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 1988

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 1987

Sculpture, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 1986

	BRONWYN OLIVER
	Born 1959 NSW Died 2006
	EDUCATION
1977-1980	Bachelor of Education (Art), Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney
1982-1983	Master of Art (Sculpture), Chelsea School of Art, London, United Kingdom
	AWARDS
2006	Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Short Listed)
2001	Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (Short Listed)
1994	Moet & Chandon Australian Art Fellowship, France
1991	Artist in Residence, Auckland City Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1990	Visual Arts\Craft Board Artist Project Grant
1989-90	Marten Bequest Scholarship for Sculpture, Paris, France
1989	Sydney University Power Studio, Cite des Arts, Paris, France
1989	Artist in Residence, Meridian Foundry, Melbourne
1988	French\Australian Artist Exchange. Brittany, France
1984	Moya Dyring Bequest Studio, Cite des Arts, Paris, France
1983-84	Fellowship in Sculpture, School of Art, Cheltenham, England
1982-83	Dyason Bequest Scholarship. Art Gallery NSW. Paris
1981	New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship, London
	SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2005 - 2006	Bronwyn Oliver, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria
2004	Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2002	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2001	New Work, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1997	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1995	Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1993	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1992	Fabrications Auckland City Gallery, Auckland Bronwyn Oliver, Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, travelled to Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1991	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1989	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1988	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1987	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1986	Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
	SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2008	Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Handle with Care, The Art Gallery of South Australia, curated by Felicity Fenner
2007	Strange Cargo: Contemporary art as a state of encounter, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and Tweed River Regional Gallery
2006	The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2003	International Beijing Biennale 2003, Beijing
2002	`Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture', Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, travelling exhibition, May 2002 - December 2004 'National Sculpture Prize', National Art Gallery, Canberra
2001	`Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award & Exhibition', Werribee Park, Victoria
2000	`All Stars', Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1996	'Systems End: Contemporary Art in Australia', Oxy Gallery, Osaka, Hakone Museum, Dong Ah Gallery, Seoul
1994	'Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition' Touring state Galleries, W.A., NSW, Victoria, ACT
1993	'Prospect '93' Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany 'Asia/Pacific Triennial' Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane
1992	'Rediscovery' Australian Artists in Europe 1982-92 Pabellon des Artes, Seville, Expo '92, Spain
1991	'Perspecta '91' Art Gallery of N.S.W.
1990	'Australian Sculpture Triennial' Art Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1989	'Ten Australian Artists' Chapelle Salpetriere, Paris
1988	'The New Generation' Australian National Gallery, Canberra 'Five Australian Artists' Centre Culturale, City of Brest, France
1984	'Four in Hand' NSW House Gallery, London, England
1983	'Australian Paper Works' Museum of Traditional Industries, Kyoto Japan
	SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2006	Felicity Fenner, `Bronwyn Oliver, 1959 - 2006', Art & Australia, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2006, p. 191 Hannah Fink, `Bronwyn Oliver, 1959 - 2006', Art Monthly Australia, #193, September 2006, pp. 18 - 22 John McDonald, `The unravelling of life and work', in Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 19 - 20, 2006, pp. 16 - 17 Sunanda Creagh, `Bronwyn Oliver', Open Gallery', Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 12-13, 2006, p.16 Sebastian Smee, `Just Looking', The Weekend Australian, August 12-13, 2006, p. 18-19 Virgina Baxter and Keith Gallasch, `Farewell Bronwyn Oliver', Realtime, No. 7 August/September, 2006, p. 54 Sebastian Smee, `Nature of a single-minded devotion', The Australian, Friday July 14, 2006, p. 14 Sunanda Creagh, `Solitary end to sculptor's intensely private life', The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday July 13, 2006, p. 2
2005	Robert Lindsay, Botanic catalogue, McClelland Gallery, Victoria Catherine Keenan, `twister', the (Sydney) magazine, Issue #32, December 2005 pp. 68 - 71 Debbie Hunter, `New-look Hilton the light's fantastic', Sun Herald, 10/07/2005 `An aluminium ascent into the light', Sydney Morning Herald, 20/06/2005 Annette Larkin, Justin Miller and Damian Hackett, Vogue Living, `going, going, gone…Three auction house experts reveal their top 10 favourite Australian artists to watch…, pg 110, May-June 2005 The Australian Art Market Report, Autumn 2005, Issue 15, pg. 44
2004	Peter Hill, “Join the Red Dots,” Spectrum, Sept 25-26, 2004, pg. 8 Geoffrey Leeson, “Global Vision,” Landscape Australia, no.103, August 2004, p. 24 Glenis Israel, artwise: visual arts 7 - 10, 2^nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Qld. pp. 60 - 61
2002	Benjamin Genocchio, “Sculpturitis,” Art Monthly Australia no. 155, November 2002, p. 6, 7 Hannah Fink, “Strange Things,” in HEAT 4. Burnt Ground, ed. Ivor Indyk, November 2002, pp. 117-187 Peter Hill, “Critics Picks,” Sydney Morning Herald (Metro), Dec 6 - 12, 2002, p. 31 Bruce James, “Queen of the uncanny turns up the heat,” Sydney Morning Herald (Metropolitan), Wednesday, November 27, p.16 Louise Martin-Chew, “Pieces from the heart,” The Weekend Australian, June 8-9, p. 21
2001	Oliver, Bronwyn “Bronwyn Oliver”, National Sculpture and Prize Exhibition, 2001.
2000	Bryce Hallett `Sculptors Bank on Prized Alliance' Sydney Morning Herald', 16th November Laura Murray-Cree `My Favourite Work in an Australian Public Collection', Art & Australia June 2000 issue Sebastian Smee 'Going Bush' 'Sydney Morning Herald' 12th January (artist profile) Andrew Frost 'Australia's 50 Most Collectable Artists' 'Australian Art Collector ' January issue
1999	Benjamin Genocchio 'A Walk in the Park' 'Weekend Australian' 9th October (Sydney Sculpture Walk review)
1995	'Bronwyn Oliver' Catalogue. Essay by Felicity Fenner. Published by Moet et Chandon, Epernay, France
1994	Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition 1994 Catalogue Essay' Bronwyn Oliver' by Peter Timms, p.11 Catalogue published by Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation 1994
1993	Confrontations' Group Show, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Catalogue Essay by Nick Waterlow Bronwyn Watson 'The Accidental Purist' Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July p.20
1992	'Rediscovery' Australian Artists in Europe 1982-92 Group Exhibition, 10 Artists Pabellon des Artes, Expo '92, Seville, Catalogue Essay by Edward Colless
1991	'Perspecta 1991,' Art Gallery of NSW, Catalogue Essay by Victoria Lynn, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Graeme Sturgeon, 'Contemporary Australian Sculpture' Craftsman House Publication
1989	'French/Australian Artist Exchange' Group Exhibition Catalogue, Chapelle Salpetriere, Paris, Catalogue text, 'Bronwyn Oliver', by Nicholas Fedorenko 'Exotic Blooms on Sacred Ground' Nicholas Rothwell. 'The Australian' 14 February (review of group show) 'Outstanding in Frozen Paris' 'The Sydney Morning Herald', 18 February (review of group show)
1988	Graeme Sturgeon. 'A Bicentennial Look at Australian Sculpture' 'Art and Australia' Spring
	SELECTED COMMISSIONS:
	Hilton Hotel, Sydney University of New South Wales, Sydney City of Sydney, Sculpture Walk, Sydney Open Museum, Botanical Gardens of Sydney City of Brisbane, Queen Street Mall Hyatt Hotel, Adelaide Orange Regional Gallery, NSW Quay Restaurant, Darling Harbour Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria
	COLLECTIONS:
	Represented in public and private collections in England, Europe and USA Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australian National Gallery, Canberra National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane South Australian State Gallery, Adelaide University of New South Wales, Sydney Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
	COMMISSIONS
	A number of private and public collections have been completed including `Magnolia' and `Palm' in the Botanic Gardens for the Sydney City Council Sculpture Walk, and `Big Feathers' in the Queen Street Mall for the Brisbane City Council.