| BIOGRAPHY |
| Born Darwin, Australia
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| EDUCATION
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| 1985 |
Bachelor of Art (Fine Art- Painting), Victoria College, Melbourne |
| 1993-95 |
Lecturer in Painting, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne |
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| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2008 |
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
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| 2006 |
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
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| 2005 |
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2004 |
New Paintings, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
New Paintings, Sweeney House, David Pestorious, Brisbane |
| 2002 |
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2001 |
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2000 |
Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings Melbourne, Anna Schwartz Gallery |
| 1999 |
Ana Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne Sweeny House,
David Pestouris, Brisbane |
| 1997 |
CDB Gallery, Sydney
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Jenson Gallery, New Zealand |
| 1996 |
David Pestorius, Brisbane
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1994 |
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
David Pestorius Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1993 |
City Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1992 |
200 Gertrude Street Gallery #116 Store 5, Melboure |
| 1990 |
#69 Store 5, Melbourne
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane |
| 1987 |
Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2008 |
Contemporaneous: Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Victoria 2 x 2 Group Exhibition, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, Melboure Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
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| 2007 |
Combine, Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
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| 2006 |
Celebrating 100 Years of the ABC, Penrith Regional Gallery
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| 2005 |
The Bendigo Art Prize, The Bendigo Art Gallery |
| 2004 |
Geelong Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery
The Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman, Sydney
Talking About Abstraction, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Three-way Abstraction: Works from the Monash University Collection, Monash |
| 2003 |
Untitled: Abstraction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Picnic, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West Inc, Melbourne
Alchemy, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
The First Beijing International Biennale, China Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China |
| 2002 |
Good Vibrations: the legacy of Op Art in Australia, Heide Museum of Modern
Katharina Grosse, Melinda Harper, Michael Parekowhai, Gow Langsford Gallery,NZ
Yellow, David Pestorious Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2001 |
Love Colour, Studio 91B, Adelaide |
| 2000 |
Warm Filters, CASA, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
The Chrystal Chain Gang, Auckland City Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
| 1999 |
Kerrie Poliness, Melinda Harper, Fabrics, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 |
Primavera, The Belinda Jackson exhibition of young artists, MCA, Sydney
Stephen Bram, Gary Wilson, Rose Nolan, Melinda Harper, Level 2, AGNSW, |
| 1997 |
Geometric painting in Australia 1941- 1997, University Art Museum, |
| 1996 |
Spirit and Place, Art in Australia 1861- 1996, Museum of Contemporary |
| 1995 |
Moet and Chandon Travelling Exhibition, AGNSW |
| 1994 |
Melbourne Seven, David Pestorius Gallery, Brisbane Store 5, Institute of |
| 1993 |
Australian Perspecta, AGNSW |
| 1992 |
The Caboose, Ars multiplicata, Sydney
Octopus, University of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 1991 |
Subversive Stitch, Monash University Gallery |
| 1990 |
New Melbourne Abstraction, Art Space, Auckland |
| 1989 |
Resistance, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 1988 |
Quartet, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane |
| 1986 |
Geometric Abstraction, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne |
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| Commissions and Projects |
| 1986 |
Curated Exhibition Resistance 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne |
| 1993 |
Curated an exhibition for the Next Wave Festival |
| 1998 |
CD Rom, An Artistic Interpretation of an Australian Factory. Living Museum |
| 2000 |
Australia Council Residency in Barcelona, Spain |
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| Collections |
Geelong Art Gallery
The National Gallery, Canberra
The Chartwell Collection, Auckland, NZ
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of NSW
Art Gallery of SA
Artbank
Monash University
Queensland University Gallery
Mornington Regional Art Gallery
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
University of Queensland
Private and Corporate Collections |
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| Selected Bibliography |
Carolyn Baum and Victoria Lynn (Ed), Australian Perspecta 1993, essay, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney 1993.
Ben Curnow, Melinda Harper, Art & Australia, Sydney, December 1995.
Ben Curnow, Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 1998. |
