BIOGRAPHY |
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| 1950 |
Born Sydney, Australia |
| 1969-72 |
Bachelor of Science in Architecture (Hons), University of Sydney, graduated with First Class Honours and University Medal |
| 1975 |
Represented Australia at Sao Paulo Biennial |
| 1976 |
Cite Internationale des Arts Residency, Paris; Owen Tooth Cottage Residency, Venice |
| 1977-83 |
Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney |
| 1982 |
Represented Australia at the Venice Biennale
Represented Australia at Documenta 7, Kassel |
| 1984-9 |
Five solo shows in the U.S. |
| 1988 |
Imants Tillers: 1978 - 1988, ICA, London |
| 1993 |
Grand Prize, Painting, Osaka Triennial, Japan |
| 1995 |
Diaspora in context, Pori Art Museum, Finland |
| 1996 |
Bronze Prize, Painting, Osaka Triennial, Japan |
| 2001 |
Visiting Fellow, Fine Art Research Centre, Southhampton Institute, UK
Co-curator with Marketta Seppala, Empathy: Beyond the Horizon, Pori Art Museum, Finland
Appointed Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Silver Prize, Osaka Triennial, Japan |
| 2003 |
Awarded the Prize for Excellence by the Organising Committee of the First Beijing International Art Biennale, China |
| 2005 |
Awarded a Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) from the University of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2006 |
Major solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, curated by Deborah Hart
Currently lives and works in Cooma, NSW |
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| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (since 1999) |
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| 2009 |
Leap of Faith, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Imants Tillers: The long poem, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of WA, Perth
'Value Added' Landscapes, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane |
| 2008 |
The Tears of Things, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Melancholy Landscape, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 |
In Two Minds, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2006 |
one world / many visions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Imants Tillers, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane
Hereafter, Chapman Gallery, Canberra |
| 2005 |
Land Beyond Goodbye, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| 2004 |
Local Knowledge, Raglan Gallery and Cultural Centre, Cooma, NSW
Transmissions: From here and there, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Imants Tillers, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2003 |
Imants Tillers: Recent Works, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Imants Tillers, Australian Art Resources, Melbourne |
| 2002 |
ARCO, Madrid (Greenaway Art Gallery)
Not yet post-Aboriginal, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Melbourne Art Fair (Span Galleries) |
| 2000 |
Imants Tillers, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
Imants Tillers, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1999-00 |
Towards Infinity: Works by Imants Tillers, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Monterrey, Mexico |
| 1999 |
Not yet post-Aboriginal, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Nature Speaks, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Home Visitation, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Word, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Home and Away, Auckland City Gallery |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (since 2002) |
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| 2008 |
Michael Nelson Jagamara: from the studio, experimentations and collaborations, 1996-2008, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane (collaborative work included) |
| 2007 |
New Horizons: The Collection of the Ishibashi Foundation, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo
The John McCaughey Memorial Prize: 50 Years, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Poets Paint Words, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Summer '07 '08, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Prelude 2008, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2006 |
The Year in Art, S.H. Erwin Gallery, National Trust Centre, Sydney
Prism: Contemporary Australian Art, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo
2006 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia, Melbourne
nEUclear reactions, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos (CAB), Spain
Poor Yorick, Virginia Wilson Art, Sydney
15th Biennale of Sydney: Zones of Contact, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
| 2005 |
Arts de la Table, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
A Partial View: Australian Art in he UWA Art Collection, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth
Shoosh! A History of the Campfire Group, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Unscripted: Language in Contemporary Australian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Pitch Your Own Tent: Art Projects / Store 5 / First Floor, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
A Sense of Place, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Yarra Valley, Melbourne |
| 2004 |
One Of: Festivus 04, Sherman Galleries, Sydney ANU Art Collection: Acquisitions from the Last Ten Years, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
Sharjah Project: Artcard, Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates
Shanghai Art Fair, Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Imants Tillers, John Nixon and Louise Forthun, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney
Landscape in Me: Windows on Australian Art, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin |
| 2003 |
MCA Unpacked II, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
First Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China (Prize for Excellence)
Intergrafia: World Award Winners Gallery, International Print Triennale, Krakow, Poland
Empathy: Beyond the Horizon, Artspace, Sydney
Austral–Asia Zero Three, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Synergies: A Fusion Event, Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
Fieldwork, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bushfire, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 2002 |
Kunst Nach Kunst (Art After Art), Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
The Big River Show, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Lines II, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane
Deeper Places, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
Mindscapes, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tãmaki, New Zealand
Australian Embassy, Paris
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Bell Resources Collection, New York
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo
The Chartwell Collection, Hamilton, New Zealand
Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, New Zealand
Floridablanca Collection, Madrid
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
High Court of Australia Collection, Canberra
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, Detroit
The Loti and Victor Smorgon Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Michael Darling Collection, Sydney
Monash University Collection, Melbourne
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Mexico
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales
Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Pori Art Museum, Finland
Prudential Insurance Company Collection, New York
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Sakai City Collection, Osaka, Japan
Sussan Corporation Collection, Melbourne
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Technology Art Collection, Sydney
University of Western Australia Art Collection, Perth
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Wesfarmers Arts Collection, Perth
Westpac Bank Collection, New York
Westpac Corporate Art Collection, Sydney
Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales
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