Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)

Biography

1947 Born Sydney
1952 Family moved to Brisbane then to Melbourne in 1957
1966-69 Studied drawing and painting (Meldrum method), Melbourne
1968 Daughter Frances born
1973-77 Moved to S.A. and established painting school, part-time lecturer in painting at College for Further Education, Whyalla S.A.
1978 Moved to Sydney and son Michael born, then to Habu Cho Island, Japan, for 9 months, and studied Sumi painting.  Returned to live in Sydney
1981 Commenced B.A. (Visual Arts), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
1982 Lived and worked in Genoa and Trieste, Italy, for 12 months travelling to Paris, Florence, Venice
1983-4 Completed B.A., Sydney College of the Arts
1985-86 Post Graduate Diploma,  Sydney College of the Arts
1990 Study tour - Venice Biennale, Paris and London
1990 Part-time lecturer in drawing, Sydney College of the Arts
1991-93 Research into Greek and Minoan art and mythology.  Study tour - Knossos, Crete, and Athens in 1991
1992 Committee member (4 years) NSW Travelling Art Scholarship Board,  NSW Ministry for the Arts
1994 Part-time lecturer in drawing, College of Fine Arts, University of Sydney; and Sydney College of the Arts
1995-98 Tutor, private classes and workshops in painting and drawing
1999 Tutor, Master Class in Portraiture, Art Gallery Society, A.G.N.S.W.
2000-03 Tutor, private master classes in creativity and painting techniques
2002 Study tour London, Paris and Bilbao
2003 Hill End residency for May 2003.  Lecture and workshop at Macquarie University.    
2004 Artists Camp at Camp Cove, 31st July and 1st August, 2004
2005 Establishing studio at Hill End. Invited judge of Blake Religious Art Prize
2006 Residency at Macquarie University

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Eva Breuer Art Dealer
2006 Survey Exhibition, Macquarie University Gallery
2004 Eva Breuer Art Dealer
2002 Eva Breuer Art Dealer
2001 Studio 115 'The Globe'
1999 Mary Place Gallery
1997 Nelson Street Gallery
1996 Michael Nagy Fine Art
1994 Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery
1993 Blaxland Gallery
1992 Blaxland Gallery
1989 Window Gallery, Sydney
1987 First Draft, Sydney
1977 Eyre Gallery, Whyalla S.A.
1975 Studio 41, Whyalla, S.A.

Selected Group & Art Prize Exhibitions

2005 Portia Geach Memorial Award, Sydney
Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls
2004 Portia Geach Memorial Award, Sydney    
Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale, McLaren Vale, South Australia    
'Sight Specific:  Plein Air Paintings from Artists' Camp at Camp Cove', Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney
'Artful Mining', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
'Salon des Refuses', S.H. Ervin, Sydney
2003 Sulman Exhibition, AGNSW
'Heat' Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld
'Significant Tilt', Macquarie University Gallery
2002 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin, Sydney
'Women Artists' Macquarie University Collection, Sydney
'Australian Women Artists 1920-2000', Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Sydney
'O Soul O Spirit O Fire' Blake Retrospective, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2001 and Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
'Floriade' Vanessa Wood Fine Art
Portia Geach Memorial Award
Sulman Exhibition, AGNSW
Mosman Art Prize
2000 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Sulman Exhibition
Mosman Millenium Art Prize
1999 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Sulman Exhibition
Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery
Redlands Westpac Art Prize
1998 Archibald Portrait Prize
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Regional Tour - Wollongong, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Wagga Wagga.
Archibald exhibition, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
1997 Mosman Art Prize
'Canticle', Uniting Church, Paddington
1996 Archibald Portrait Prize
Portia Geach Memorial Award
1995 Archibald Portrait Prize
Sulman Exhibition
Blake Religious Art Prize
Portia Geach Memorial Award,
'Art & Spirituality', Gaia Gallery,Sydney
'The Alice Prize, Alice Springs
1994 'Passages', Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
Archibald Portrait Prize
Portia Geach Memorial Award
Gallery Artists, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1993 Portia Geach Memorial Award
'The Alice Prize',
'The Poetry of the Body ', The Women's Academy, Sydney
'Coast to Coast', Blaxland Gallery artists, Perth
1992 Archibald Portrait Prize and N.S.W. Regional galleries
Blake Religious Art Prize
Portia Geach Memorial Award
Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne.
'The Alice Prize',
1991 Portia Geach Memorial Award
'Alius Aliud' Dissonance Project, Art Space, Sydney
'The Alice Prize'
Muswellbrook Art Prize Exhibition,
1984 Art prize exhibitions including: Archibald, Portia Geach, Blake
-90 Religious Art Prize, Sulman exhibition.
Group shows at WINDOW Gallery, Artspace (3), First Draft (2), the'Wharf'.

Awards and Commendations

Blake Religious Art Prize
Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize
Australia Council Professional Development Grant
Muswellbrook Drawing Prize
Australia Council Exhibition Grant
Muswellbrook Open Section Prize
Sydney College of the Arts Scholarship
Commendation Prize - Mosman Millenium Art Prize
Commended - Portia Geach Memorial Award
Highly Commended - Blake Religious Art Prize
Highly Commended - Muswellbrook Art Prize

Collections and Commissions

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Macquarie University Collection
Uniting Church, Paddington
Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Artbank
Muswellbrook Art Prize Collection
BHP Billiton
Portrait commissions & private sales -  U.K., U.S.A., Canada, and Australia

Selected Publications & Articles

• 'The Textures of Desire' Catalogue Essay by Rod Pattenden, 'Divine Burlesque' survey show Macquarie University, 2006
• 'Art at the End of the World' Rod Pattenden, Australian Art Review, March 2006
• 'Big Tease', Rod Pattenden, Australian Art Review, March 2005
• 'Sight Specific:  Plein Air Paintings from Artists' Camp at Camp Cove' catalogue essay by Linda Van Nunen, September 2004
• 'Spotlight' by Sunanda Creagh, SMH, 28th June 2004
• 'Australian Artists' Portraits by Greg Weight, Chapter & Verse 2004
• 'Sifting through Shadows' Rod Pattenden, Australian Art Review, June 2004
• 'Fine art of prize-giving' Robert Nelson, the Age 23 April 2003
• 'The Rich Interior', Elizaberth Fortescue, Daily Telegraph 21 Sept 2002
• 'God Bless the Blake's Unlikely Bedfellows', Bruce James, SMH 20 May 2002
• 'O Soul O Spirit O Fire' catalogue essay by Rosemary Crumlin, November 2001
• 'Women of the Canvas', Maria Lum, Artist's Palette No 16, January 2001
• 'Religion, an unfamiliar art', Rod Pattenden, Art & Australia, Vol 37 No 3, March 2000
• 'The Cheek of It', Bruce James, SMH, November 6, 1999
• 'Towards a Sensual theology' by Rev. Rod Pattenden, 'The Month', U.K., July 1999
• 'Master Painter' profile, International Artist, April/May 1999
• Australian Artist, May and August issues, 1998
• 'Images 3 - Contemporary Australian Painting' Nevil Drury, Craftsman House, 1998
• 'Galleries' by Bruce James, Sydney Morning Herald, November 29, 1996
• 'Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists, Thorpe Bibliographic Services, 1995
• 'Images 2 - Contemporary Australian Painting', Ed. Nevil Drury, Craftsman House,1994
• 'Myths, Archetypes & Creativity' Dian Lloyd, Australian Artist, July 1994
• 'Feminine, automotive and tribal motifs' by Christopher Heathcote, Melbourne 'Age' 20/4/94
• Exhibition catalogue by Dian Lloyd - 'Exhibition of Paintings & Works on Paper
Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, April 1994
• 'Woman Speak' volume 16, December 1993 - January 1994
• 'Drawing on the Past' by Bronwyn Watson, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 August 1993.
• 'You Sing in Me' catalogue essay, Blaxland Gallery, July 1993
• 'Coast to Coast' catalogue essay by Victoria Lynne, Blaxland Gallery group exhibition held in Perth, May 1993
• 'Divine Dames' by Peter Cochrane, Good Weekend Magazine (S.M.H.) Sept 5th 1992
• 'Playing it safe' by Felicity Fenner, Sydney Morning Herald, August 22nd 1992
• 'Many are Called and more than a Few Ill-judged', by Elwyn Lynn, The Weekend Australian, February 22nd 1992.
• 'More Things of Heaven & Earth' by Elwyn Lynn, The Weekend Australian,14/12/91
• 'Divine Judgment Raises Artistic Spirits' by Anne Connolly, The Australian, 6/12/91
• 'Different Kettle of Fish Shares the Honours' by Peter Cochrane, SMH,6/12/91
• 'Feminism's many Faces' by Deborah Bogle, 'The Australian' August 30th, 1991.
• 'Rosemary Had the Gods on Side' by Peter Cochrane, S.M.H., August 30th 1991.
• Catalogue essay 'Alius Aliud' by Dian Lloyd, August 1991.
• 'Antiphon' review by Frazer Ward, Eyeline magazine No.7, December 1988.
• 'Mastery to Challenge the Masters' by Bronwyn Watson, S.M.H, August 26th 1988.
• 'Qualified Approval for Violent Religious Art' by Anna Murdoch, Melbourne 'Age' Feb 23, 1988.
• 'A Great Dividing Range' by Terry Smith, Times on Sunday, June 7, 1987.