Amanda Penrose Hart
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“ I used to think life was a caravan park, now I know it is a $2.00 shop.�
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Robbed, 2011 oil on canvas 46 x 106cm
Not the seven dwarfs, 2011 oil on canvas 46 x 90cm
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Life, 2011 oil on canvas 110 x 152cm
I think it’s the gas, 2011 oil on canvas 29 x 106cm
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Dawn, 2011 oil on canvas 46 x 90cm
Hinterland Holiday, 2011 oil on canvas 90 x 122cm
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Toogoolawah 1 and 2, 2011 oil on board 6 x 122cm
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Toogoolawah 3 and 4, 2011 oil on board 6 x 122cm
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Left: My garden has gone, 2011 oil on canvas 51 x 38cm
Right: Too much banana 2011 oil on canvas 51 x 38cm
Garry, 2011 oil on canvas 51 x 38cm
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Left: Over the hill. 2011 oil on canvas 30 x 35cm
Right: ceramic plates
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Studio ready made gnome in progress
Finished gnomes and Owl man Stephens Creek, Broken Hill
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Stephens Creek House and Wilcannia cemetary
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Gnomes, 2011 ceramic with oil paint
AMANDA PENROSE HART Born 1963 Brisbane, Qld, Australia Studies 1981-83 Diploma Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane 1989-91 Bachelor of Visual Art, Griffith University, Brisbane 1995 New York Drawing School, Adelaide Central School of Art [workshop] Solo Exhibitions 2011 New Paintings, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney 2010 Hill End Air, Jean Billette Gallery Hill End, NSW 2009 Livin’ Green King Street Gallery on William Green it up, Kristian Pithie Gallery Melbourne, VIC Caravans in the Mist Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW 2007 new paintings king street gallery on burton, sydney 2005 new paintings king street gallery on burton 35 small paintings Waterfront Place Gallery, Art Promotions Queensland, Brisbane 2004 Painting Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2003 painting king street gallery on burton 2002 Painting Chapman Gallery Recent Work Brisbane Institute, Brisbane 1999 Painting Chapman Gallery 23
1998 1997 1995 1994
Drawing Crawford Gallery, Sydney Painting Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane Still Life Customs House, Brisbane Drawing Wickham Art Space, Brisbane Dogs Simpatico Art Space, Sydney Last Sundays Waterfront Place Gallery, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions 2010 Stanthorpe Art Prize Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, QLD En Plein Air Prize Parliament House Sydney NSW Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize Bega Valley Regional Gallery NSW Taronga Zoo Exhibition Newcastle University Gallery, Newcastle NSW James Makin Gallery New Artists Exhibition Melbourne VIC SMH Water Exhibition King Street Gallery on William Gosford Art Prize Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW Drawing Exhibition Defiance Gallery, Sydney On the Larapinta 2010 Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane, QLD 2009 Salon Des Refuses S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney exquisite Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast QLD Philip Bacon Christmas Exhibition, Brisbane QLD En Plein Air Art Prize, NSW Parliament House, Sydney Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery Sydney The Drawing Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney King School Art Prize Parramatta Sydney 24
2008 2007 2007 2006
Same, Same but Different Kristian Pithie Gallery, Melbourne The Country Energy Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Waterfront Place Gallery, Brisbane Countryscapes The Gunnery, Sydney Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery En Plein Air Art Prize, Parliament House, Sydney 2007 Glover Prize for Landscape, Falls Park Pavilion, Tasmania The Country Energy Prize, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, NSW Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Waterfront Place Gallery Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery 15 Artists Redcliffe Regional Art Gallery, Brisbane Opening Exhibition Chapman Gallery, Canberra There’s No Place Like Home NG Art Gallery, Sydney Same Place Many Views Defiance Gallery Dog Show A Space on Cleveland, Sydney Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery Salon Des Refuses SH Ervin Gallery last show of the year king street gallery on burton Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Art Museum Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize Waterfront Place Gallery king street gallery at Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane Same Place Many Views Defiance Gallery 25
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afilla landscape king street gallery on burton Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery Kings School Art Prize, Parramatta Absolute Secret Drawcard Cellblock Theatre, National Art School, Sydney Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Dog trumpet Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery, Sydney Rivers SOS Exhibition Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Art Museum Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Waterfront Place Gallery Kempsey Art Prize, Kempsey Regional Art Gallery, Kempsey Blue Art, Waterfront Place Gallery, Brisbane Fistular Foundation Art Auction, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Salon Des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery Art for Asia [invitational] Qld Art Promotions, Museum of Brisbane Paddington Art Prize, Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney Same Place Many Views Defiance Gallery Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Waterfront Place Gallery Bushstrokes [The Royal Qld Bush Children’s Health Scheme] Qld Art Promotions Waterfront Place Gallery, Qld Art Promotions Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Art Museum Works for the Blues [fundraiser for the Blue Nurses] Qld Art Promotions Hills Grammar Art Prize [Finalist] Sydney Sailor Style Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
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Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery last show of the year king street gallery on burton Packsaddle Exhibition New England Regional Art Museum Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize [invitational], Waterfront Place Gallery SCEGGS Exhibition, Sydney Kings School Art Prize [invitational] Sydney king street gallery at Span Galleries, Melbourne floating king street gallery on burton Tattersalls Landscape Prize [invitational], Waterfront Place Gallery Packsaddle Exhibition, New England Regional Art Museum last show of the year king street gallery on burton Bat Ball and Brush Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney dogma king street gallery on burton last show of the year king street gallery on burton Tattersalls Landscape Prize [invitational], Waterfront Place Gallery Churchie Art Award, Brisbane Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Waterfront Place Gallery SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney Tattersall Landscape Prize [invitational], Waterfront Place Gallery last show of the year king street gallery on burton diverse alliances Ecole D’Art, Noumea Soho Gallery, Sydney Mary Place Gallery, Sydney Churchie Art Award, Qld Art Promotions, Brisbane 27
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Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Sydney Canberra Grammar Art Exhibition Maroochydore Shire Council Art Prize, Maroochydore, Qld Tattersall Landscape Prize, Waterfront Place Gallery Waterfront Place Gallery, Qld Art Promotions Polo Club Heritage Art Prize, Brisbane Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane Sports Art [sponsored by Qld Government], Brisbane Brisbane City Hall Landscape Exhibition, Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane Schonell Theatre Foyer Exhibition, [Blue Stocking Week] Qld University, Brisbane Aberdare Art Award, Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, Qld
Awards / Residencies 2011 Working tour of Fowlers Gap & Broken Hill, NSW by invitation of Artist Profile Magazine 2010 Taronga Foundation Artist in Residence 2009 Riverside Girls School Artist in Residence 2006 Hill End Residency [Haefliger’s Cottage], Hill End, NSW 1994 Maroochydore Shire Council Art Prize, Qld 1993 Polo Club Heritage Art Prize, Brisbane 1992 Trinity Lutheran College Art Prize, Brisbane
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Collections Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney AMP, Brisbane Artbank, Australia Anglican Greater Schools Collection, Brisbane Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney Alex Mackay Collection Brisbane Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW Brisbane Polo Club Thomas National Transport, Brisbane Taronga Park Zoo
Clayton UTZ Collection, Sydney Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld Hawkesbury Regional Art Gallery, NSW Hill End Public School, NSW Outback Art Inc, Qld Macquarie Bank, Australia & UK Meagher Collection, Sydney Redcliffe Regional Gallery, QLD Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Taronga Park, Sydney 29
Selected Bibliography 2010 Iconic works on display in drawing exhibition,’ The Blue Mountains Gazette, Nov 3, p47 Sydney Morning Herald wrap Australia Day Jan 25 – 26 SMH ABC News Taronga Zoo coverage April 2010 2009 Kibbler, Carrie: ‘Art Essentials –Conversation’, Artbank Now, November, p9 Lobley, Katrina: ‘Livin’ Green,’ Open Gallery, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 21-22, p18 MacDonald, John: ‘When losers are winners,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 14-15, p17 Gibson, Pru: ‘Your face or mine,?’ Austalian Art Review, May-July, p46 (visual) Harper, Alison, Barometer Art Market Report Issue 33 Third quarter p 40 Allen, Christopher: ‘About Face’ The Weekend Australian, Mar 21 – 22p The week magazine p58 Livin’ Green. Gibson, Prue. Australian Art Review Magazine Green it up...+ Cover Anderson, Patricia Australian Art Review Magazine May June 2009 p46 Saint Martin, Marina: ‘Discovering the lay of the Land,’ The Gold Coast Bulletin , June ‘Australia Day 2009: Beach Life,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 26, p2 Bearup, Greg: Interview from Sofala on 702 ABC Radio National ‘Caravanistan’ Greg Bearup [publication date: May 2009] 2008 Miller, Carrie: ‘Five of the Best from King Street Gallery on William,’ Art Collector Magazine, p 114-115 Allen, Christopher: ‘In Good Company,’ Visual Arts-Weekend Australian, Nov 1-2, p19 2007 O’Brien, Sean: Interview for ABC Radio Sydney 89.9 FM Iaccarino, Clara: ‘There’s No Place Like Home,’ Open Gallery-SMH, June 16 –17, p16 ‘New Paintings,’ Profiles-Art Almanac, July, p 201 Woods, Sam [editor], 2007 Exhibition Catalogue, king street gallery on burton, June/July Iaccarino, Clara: ‘New Paintings,’ Open Gallery-SMH, July 7-8, p16 30
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Morgan, Clare: ‘Tenderness and tiny works stand tall,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 29, p15 McDonald, John: ‘It’s like a sausage factory,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 1-2, p29 C,R: ‘Amanda Penrose Hart-Haefliger’s Cottage,’ Tambaroora Progress Association, Winter Iss, p9 Mullholland, Henry: Review, ABC Radio Sydney 70.2 AM, April 13 Downer, Stella: Catalogue Essay, Westpac SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize, p2 Fortescue, Elisabeth: Daily Telegraph Grishin, Sasha: ‘Scarred rural Images need a response of purpose,’ Canberra Times, Feb 11, p27 Harper, Alison: ‘Where are they biting,’ Australian Art Market Report, Autumn Issue 7 Low, Lenny Anne: ‘Painting,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 1-2 ‘Sydney’s Best,’ Metro-Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 31 Grishin, Sasha: ‘Open House for Art Lovers,’ Canberra Times, Mar 27, p20 Courtney, Kidd: ‘Painters and their pampered pets,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 29 Grishin, Sasha: ‘Many clues, less unity,’ Canberra Times, July 21, p9 Hall, Peter: ‘Art is life for Scag winner,’ Maroochydore Times, Sept Wall, Jonine: Book Illustration for NSW Department of Health Smith, K: The Courier Mail, Sept ‘silly mid off,’ Book Illustration for Art and Sport, Queensland University Press, Qld
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