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OUR DAY OUT

James Avery CV

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BORN St Albans, England                                                 

EDUCATION

1993 MA Art & Design Education - University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

1979 PGCE - Art Education - Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, UK

1978 BA (hons) 1st Class - Fine Art Sculpture - North Staffs Polytechnic, Stoke on Trent, UK

1975 Art Foundation Course - Herts College of Art & Design, St Albans, Herts, UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 SUPERNOVA collaboration with Eleanor Avery, GRANTPIRRIE Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2007 FLIGHT DECK collaboration with Eleanor Avery Sherman Galleries Artbox, Sydney, Australia

2007 OUR DAY OUT failed space mission collaboration with Eleanor Avery, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia

2007 ACCESS ALL AREAS  Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2007 OUR DAY OUT yourspace collaboration with Eleanor Avery, Artspace, Sydney, Australia

2005 OUR DAY OUT City Limits collaboration with Eleanor Avery, Spike Island, Bristol, UK

2004 EXTRACTOR Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2004 SHELF LIFE  Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2003 TRAILER  Soapbox Gallery and Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

2003 CONDUIT  Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia

2002 CONTAINED  Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

1998 THE ARK  St Martins, Leicester, UK

1998 VENOMOUS LANDSCAPES II  Leicester City Gallery, UK

1997 VENOMOUS LANDSCAPES  Gallery Aesthete, Brisbane, Australia

1991 SOLO SHOW Leicester City Gallery, UK

1986 SOLO SHOW The Blenheim Gallery, London

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 

2008 SPAZI APERTI, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy collaboration with Eleanor Avery

2008 TUTTI FRUTTI, The British School at Rome, Italy collaboration with Eleanor Avery

2007 FOR SALE  Parramatta Artist Studios, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia

2007 DISCO BAROQUE  UTS Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2007 MONOLITHIC  Peloton, Sydney, Australia

2006 B-SIDE  Blindside Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2006 COMPACT PRINTS  Umbrella Studios, Townsville, Australia

2006 INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED  Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia                      

2006 TRANSFORMATIVE  Blindside Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2005 CONRAD JUPITERS Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia

2005 SUPERSTRUCTURE  West Space, Melbourne, Australia

2005 TRANSFORMATIVE  Peloton, Sydney, Australia

2005 THIS IS LOVE  touring show  Umbrella Studio, Towsnville, Australia

2005 THING  RocketArt, Newcastle, Australia

2004 THIS IS LOVE  touring show  24 Hr Art, Darwin and Rocketart, Newcastle, Australia

2003 WOOLLAHRA SMALL SCULPTURE PRIZE Double Bay, Sydney, Australia

2003 TRAILER  Institute of Modern Art, Courtyard Gallery, Brisbane

2003 THIS IS LOVE touring show  Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2003 CONRAD JUPITERS Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia

2002 HOME CORNER: Art from household objects, GAL, Ipswich, QLD, Australia

2002 CHURCHIE EMERGING ART EXHIBITION  Brisbane, Australia

2000 STOKE OPEN,  Stoke on Trent Regional Art Gallery, UK

1993 MA GRADUATES GROUP EXHIBITION University of Warwick, UK

1978 NEW GRADUATES EXHIBITION  Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK

COMMISSIONS & AWARDS 

2008 AUSTRALIA COUNCIL visual Arts Board artist studio residency at the British School at Rome, Italy, collaboration with Eleanor Avery

2004 AUSTRALIA COUNCIL Visual Arts/Craft Strategy New Work (Established) Grant

2003 FIVE TO MIDNIGHT temporary sculpture event QPAC, Brisbane, Australia

2003 ARTS QUEENSLAND Major Grant – Touring Exhibition, Australia

2002 Winner of CHURCHIE EMERGING ART AWARD 2002, Brisbane, Australia

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2008 ARTIST STUDIO RESIDENCY, The British School at Rome, Italy supported by the Australia Council Visual Arts Board, collaboration with Eleanor Avery

2007 ARTIST STUDIO RESIDENCY Artspace, Sydney, Australia

2005 ARTIST STUDIO RESIDENCY Spike Island Studios, Bristol, England, UK

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA COVERAGE

2008 THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME catalogue, collaboration with Eleanor Avery (ISBN 978-0-904152-52-4)

2008 SPAZI APERTI exhibition catalogue, Accademia di Romania, Rome, collaboration with Eleanor Avery

2008 COLUMN, essay by Anneke Jaspers, Artspace publication, Sydney, Australia (issue 1 ISSN 1835-3487)

2008 TIME OUT SYDNEY, review of SUPERNOVA by Emma White (issue 15 ISSN 1835-2367)

2007 EYELINE magazine, Brisbane, Australia, review and images of Artspace exhibition

2007 RUNWAY magazine, Sydney Australia, cover image, review by Clare Lewis (issue 9 ISSN 1448-8000)

2007 ART GALLERY GUIDE article by Heidi Maier, Australia (May/June issue)

2007 DISCO BAROQUE exhibition catalogue, UTS Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2007 SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Metro, review of Monolithic by Tracey Clement, Australia (2-8 Feb)

2007 MONOLITHIC exhibition catalogue, Peloton, Sydney, Australia ISBN 978-0-9803315-1-6

2006 TRANSFORMATIVE exhibition catalogue, Peloton Gallery, Sydney, Australia ISBN 0-646-46077-3

2006 THE AGE Newspaper review of Transformative show, Australia (June 3)

2006 ARTiculate Planet radio interview, Brisbane, Australia

2005 SCULPTURE Magazine review of Transformative by Tracey Clement, USA (January issue)

2005 OUR DAY OUT exhibition catalogue, Australia ISBN 0-646-45707-1

2003 ART TO LUNCH  Radio Interview, 4ZZZ, Brisbane, Australia

2002 HETEROSTROPHIC Soapbox Gallery/IMA Publication, Australia  ISBN 1-875792-44-9

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