Sybil Curtis - Structures in the Landscape

SYBIL CURTIS Structures in the Landscape 4 to 29 November 2014

Sybil Curtis Structures in the Landscape 4 to 29 November 2014

When travelling through the flat, monotonous country of inland Australia, agricultural and mining structures are often visible for a considerable distance, rising like giant sculptures out of a flat plain: three-dimensional forms intersecting horizontal lines.

On an abstract level, I continue to use touches of red and yellow which vibrate with more energy when surrounded by subtle browns and greys, rather than combined with other strong colours.

Sybil Curtis, ‘A Possibility of Rain’ 2014, oil on linen, 100 x 100cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘The White Family’ 2014, oil on linen, 100 x 100cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘Ripper’ 2014, oil on linen, 35 x 35cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘Living on Commerce Street’ 2014, oil on linen, 35 x 35cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘A Pigeon on a Post’, ‘Screened’, ‘Which way does the Wind Blow?’. 2014, oil on linen, 35 x 35cm each

Sybil Curtis, ‘Flowers of the FIeld’ 2013, oil on linen, 90 x 90cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘Beyond Blue’ 2014, oil on linen, 48 x 150cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘Stairways to Blue’ 2013, oil on linen, 100 x 100cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘Gold without the Green’ 2014, oil on linen, 48 x 150cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘Field Flowers’ 2014, oil on linen, 35 x 35cm

Sybil Curtis, ‘The White Family of Commerce Street’ 2014, oil on linen, 100 x 100cm

SYBIL CURTIS SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2012 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2011 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2008 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2006 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2005 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2004 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2003 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane.

2001 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane.

2000 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney.

1999 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney.

1998 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane.

1997 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney.

St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane.

1995 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney.

Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane.

1993 Swanbank Power Station, Ipswich, Qld. Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney.

1992 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane.

1989 Ipswich City Council Regional Art Gallery, Qld. 1988 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane.

1986 Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane.

1983 Kelvin Grove Campus Gallery, Brisbane CAE. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 Christmas Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Elephant in the Room, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2013 Christmas Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Art + Science, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2012 Chiaroscuro, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Major Artists, Major Works, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2010 Green, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2009 The Flower Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2008 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.

2007 Art + Humour Too, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Birthday Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2006 SMALL, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.

2005 Women in Art Exhibition, Wesley Hospital, Brisbane, QLD. 2004 Aust Bar Association High Court Centenary Art Prize, Cbr Three Colours - White, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melb.

Science Meets Art, Science in Parliament, QLD. 2003 Three Colours - Blue, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

B R E N D A M AY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont’d) 2003 Women in Art Exhibition, Wesley Hospital, Brisbane, QLD. 2002 1st Birthday Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Women’s Art, Global Arts Link, Ipswich, QLD. ACAF, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Vic. Last Days at Big Harry’s Place, Global Arts Link, Ipswich.

Australian Bar Association – High Court Centenary Art Prize, Canberra.

2001-05 Tattersall’s Club Art Prize Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD. 2001 World Chemistry Congress, QLD Uni of Technology, Bris.

Women’s Art, Global Arts Link, Ipswich, Qld. 2000 Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.

1999 Sculpture 99, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Syd. Sulman Prize Exhibition, AGNSW. Pride & Place, Global ArtsLink, Ipswich, QLD. 1998 Nature, Traditional & Contemporary Visions, Cooloola Shire Gallery, Gympie, Qld. 1997 Art Nineties, University of Qld. Reference Points IV, Queensland Art Gallery.

1994 Images 2, Exhibition and Book Launch, Access AWARDS / PRIZES 2003 Bendigo Bank Tattersall’s Art Prize.

2001 Bendigo Bank Tattersall’s Art Prize.

1998 Acquired, Stanthorpe Arts Festival.

1990 Allied Queensland Coal, Aberdare Art Prize.

1989 Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Qld. 1982 Redcliffe Art Society, Redcliffe Award, Qld. 1981 Caltex City of Brisbane Art Award (painting).

Rotary Club of Noosa Art Exhibition, Qld. 1980 Rotary Club of Noosa Art Exhibition, Qld. COLLECTIONS Queensland Art Gallery; Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery & Museum, QLD; University of Queensland Art Museum; QLD University of Technology; Faculty of Business, UTS Collection, NSW; Ipswich City Council Regional Art Gallery, QLD; Redcliffe City Council, QLD; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, QLD; Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, QLD; Logan Art Gallery, QLD; The Centre Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD; Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane, QLD; Brisbane Grammar School, QLD; Ironside State School, QLD; Queensland Coal Trust Resources Ltd; Allied Queensland Coal; Leighton Contractors, Qld; Centennial Coal Co Ltd, NSW, Illawarra Coke Co, Wollongong, NSW; Wesley Art Foundation, Bris., QLD; Banksia Scientific Co, QLD. & NZ.

G A L L E R Y

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