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SEN-97, 2007
etching, five piece artist book
75 x 80 x 20 cm
Artists Book
price guide
works on paper
price range:
$80 to $1,000
printmaking
price range:
$400 to $2,500
favourite artists
david rosejorg schmeisser
gordon bennett
contact
Barratt Galleries, Alstonville
tel: (02)6628 0297
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biography
Born Sydney, NSW, 1966.
education & training
| 2006-10 | Facilitation of art workshops at Willowbank Studio, Alstonvale, NSW |
| 2005-10 | President of BISSI (Brain Injury Support Service Incorporated) Freelance Master Printer |
| 2007 | Southern Cross University Lismore, Bachelor of Visual Arts |
| 2005 | Printer for Katie Stackhouse |
| 2004 | Printer for Christine Porter (Full Moon Editions) |
| 1997 | Wollongbar TAFE College, Associate Diploma Rural Business Management |
| 1989 | Ryde College of Horticulture, Advanced Urban Horticulture |
| 1985 | Sydney TAFE College, Graphic Reproduction Trade Course |
solo exhibitions
| 2009 | 'To Fly Without Wings' Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, NSW |
| 2008 | ANZ Bank Charity Blue Week, Ballina, NSW |
| 2006 | Headway ADP, Liverpool District Hospital, Sydney, NSW |
selected group exhibitions
| 2010 | 'Artfelt', Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, NSW |
| 'Objects Of The Dead', Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, NSW | |
| 2009 | AARTBOXX, Mori Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 'Articulation', Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, Smithfield, NSW | |
| SCU Acquisitive Artists Book Awards, Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, NSW | |
| Books Beyond Words, East Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC | |
| Community Printmakers Murwillumbah Awards, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW | |
| 'Born to be Wild' Penrith Regional Gallery & the Lewers Bequest, Penrith, NSW | |
| 2008 | SCU Acquisitive Artists Book Awards, Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, NSW |
| 'BISSI with Life', Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, NSW | |
| 2007 | 'To Have and to Hold' Barratt Galleries, Alstonville NSW |
| 5th Artists Book and Multiples Fair, Grahame Galleries, Bribane, QLD | |
| 2006 | Seoul World Book Art Exhibition, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA collaborative |
| Rabbit and House, 4th International Artist�s Book Triennial. Vilnius, LITHUANIA collaborative | |
| Codex 2, Artists� Books and Papermaking, Southern Cross University Lismore, NSW. | |
| 2005 | Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artists� Book Award, Lismore NSW |
| Hunting Pole, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore NSW | |
| Chapter 64, Artists� Book Exhibition, Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW | |
| 2004 | Exit 04, Graduation Show, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW |
awards & residencies
| 2010 | Guest presenter at 'Arts Activated' Conference, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW |
| 2009 | 1st Prize, CPM Awards, Humour in Art, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW |
| 2008 | Bundanon, Arthur Boyds AIR Complex, Nowra, NSW |
| 2006 | 3rd Prize, Seoul World Book Art Exhibition,(SOUTH KOREA) Codex collaborative |
| 2nd Prize, Headway ADP, Liverpool, NSW Peoples Choice | |
| 2004 | Headway ADP, Bankstown. NSW Highly Commended |
| 1997 | Bruce Arthur�s Artist Colony, Dunk Island, NORTH QUEENSLAND |
collections
| State Library Queensland, 'Too BISSI to be Bored or Lonely' Brisbane, QUEENSLAND | |
| State Library Queensland, 'Wild Cherry Tin Mine' (collaboration) Brisbane, QUEENSLAND | |
| Southern Cross University Print Archives, Lismore, NSW | |
| Southern Cross University Artists Book Collection �TemporaryAustralian�, Lismore, NSW | |
| University West England, The Centre for Artist Books, Bristol, ENGLAND | |
| Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LITHUANIA | |
| Numerous private collections |
selected publications
| Arts Access profile www.artsaccessaustralia.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=71&cntnt01returnid=15 | |
| 2009 | Sunday Arts, ABC TV. Visual Arts Speed Dating, Episode 21. 19/7/2009 |
| Yellow Pages, Northern Rivers NSW, Front cover subject, 2009-2010 edition | |
| Accessible Arts Annual Report 2008, Front cover image, SEN-97 | |
| Assoc Prof Jan Davis, 'Riding Machines', Imprint, Print Council of Australia, Winter 2009, p.28 | |
| The Conversation Hour with Richard Fidler, ABC Radio National, Printmaker Scott Trevelyan in Conversation, http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/03/24/2524877.htm | |
| Jo Litson, 'Rev up for a wild ride', The Sunday Telegraph, 1 February 2009, p.125 | |
| Steve Meacham, "Two legs good...two wheels better', The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 2009, p.15 | |
| 2008 | Helen Jack, 'Art essential for crash victim', Northern Star, 1 December, 2008, p.8 |
| Nadia de Ceglie, 'Inaugural Residency for Artist with a Disability, ArtsHub, Australia, 27 November 2008 | |
| Lyn Cochrane, 'Diverse works at gallery in September', Ballina Shire Advocate, 28 August 2008, p.28 | |
| 2007 | Cheryl Koenig, 'The Courage to Care', NSW Department of Health, September 2007, pp. 2, 38-40, 72. |
| Rachel Scollay, 'Brian injury group lends support', Northern Rivers Echo, 12 July 2007, p.7 | |
| Graham Broadhead, 'Thumbs up for art', Ballina Shire Advocate, 14 June, 2007, p.23 | |
| 2006 | Graham Broadhead, 'Sharing the benefits of art', Ballina Shire Advocate, 30 November 2006, p.10 |
| 2004 | Graham Broadhead, 'Exhibition of recovery' |
artist profile
A human head collides with a tree at 140km/hr. Memories are erased by the impact.
I now use printmaking to represent my experience of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) I suffered in a high-speed motorcycle accident. Other injuries included eight broken vertebrae, two broken ribs with a punctured lung, a broken shoulder bone and dislocated hip. I spent one week in a coma.
Using items salvaged from the crash and hospital scenes, I create templates for acid-etching into copper, emulating the way the crash has been engraved into my mind.
I now use the printmaking process in a cathartic manner on my road to recovery, while working to heighten public awareness of the challenges associated with TBI.
