BRONWYN OLIVER

Born 1959 NSW

Died 2006

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Education (Art), Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney

Master of Art (Sculpture), Chelsea School of Art, London, United Kingdom

AWARDS

Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Short Listed)

Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (Short Listed)

Moet & Chandon Australian Art Fellowship, France

Artist in Residence, Auckland City Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Visual Arts\Craft Board Artist Project Grant

Marten Bequest Scholarship for Sculpture, Paris, France

Sydney University Power Studio, Cite des Arts, Paris, France

Artist in Residence, Meridian Foundry, Melbourne

French\Australian Artist Exchange. Brittany, France

Moya Dyring Bequest Studio, Cite des Arts, Paris, France

Fellowship in Sculpture, School of Art, Cheltenham, England

Dyason Bequest Scholarship. Art Gallery NSW. Paris

New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship, London

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

The sculpture of Bronwyn Oliver, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Bronwyn Oliver, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria

Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

New Work, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Fabrications Auckland City Gallery, Auckland
Bronwyn Oliver, Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, travelled to Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth
Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Bronwyn Oliver, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

Bronwyn Oliver, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS

Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Handle with Care, The Art Gallery of South Australia, curated by Felicity Fenner

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

The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

International Beijing Biennale 2003, Beijing

'Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture', Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, travelling exhibition, May 2002 - December 2004

'National Sculpture Prize', National Art Gallery, Canberra

'Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award & Exhibition', Werribee Park, Victoria

'All Stars', Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

'Systems End: Contemporary Art in Australia', Oxy Gallery, Osaka, Hakone Museum, Dong Ah Gallery, Seoul

'Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition' Touring state Galleries, W.A., NSW, Victoria, ACT

'Prospect '93' Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
'Asia/Pacific Triennial' Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane

'Rediscovery' Australian Artists in Europe 1982-92 Pabellon des Artes, Seville, Expo '92, Spain

'Perspecta '91' Art Gallery of N.S.W.

'Australian Sculpture Triennial' Art Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

'Ten Australian Artists' Chapelle Salpetriere, Paris

'The New Generation' Australian National Gallery, Canberra
'Five Australian Artists' Centre Culturale, City of Brest, France

'Four in Hand' NSW House Gallery, London, England

'Australian Paper Works' Museum of Traditional Industries, Kyoto Japan

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

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

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

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

Oliver, Bronwyn “Bronwyn Oliver”, National Sculpture and Prize Exhibition, 2001.

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

Benjamin Genocchio 'A Walk in the Park' 'Weekend Australian' 9th October (Sydney Sculpture Walk review)

'Bronwyn Oliver' Catalogue. Essay by Felicity Fenner. Published by Moet et Chandon, Epernay, France

Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition 1994 Catalogue Essay' Bronwyn Oliver' by Peter Timms, p.11
Catalogue published by Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation 1994

Confrontations' Group Show, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Catalogue Essay by Nick Waterlow
Bronwyn Watson 'The Accidental Purist' Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July p.20

'Rediscovery' Australian Artists in Europe 1982-92
Group Exhibition, 10 Artists Pabellon des Artes, Expo '92, Seville, Catalogue Essay by Edward Colless

'Perspecta 1991,' Art Gallery of NSW, Catalogue Essay by Victoria Lynn, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Graeme Sturgeon, 'Contemporary Australian Sculpture' Craftsman House Publication

'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)

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.