ANNETTE BEZOR
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Annette Bezor is one of Australia's most respected and successful artists. Over many years, her work has changed and developed, though it has always been of immense conceptual and technical strength. She has been principally a painter - exclusively so in recent years. Her painting has addressed female sexuality, the politics of gender, the use of symbols and the symbolic power of the image. In her current work she draws together many themes, especially the iconisation of images and of the subjects they represent.
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ARTIST'S CURRICULUM VITAE
Born Adelaide, South Australia. Lives and works, Adelaide.
Education| 1980 | Maude Vizard Wholohan Art Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of S.A |
| 1974-1977 | South Australian School of Art, Adelaide |
| 2010 | It's Complicated, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2009 | Speaking silences, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2009 | Silent Violent, Harrison Galleries, Sydney |
| 2008 | Blush, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York |
| 2008 | Annette Bezor, Harrison Galleries, Sydney |
| 2007 | Annette Bezor, Turner Galleries, Perth |
| 2007 | Annette Bezor, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York |
| 2007 | Annette Bezor, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2006 | Mirror Face, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2005 | Flogging the rocking horse, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2004 | If Looks could Kill, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney |
| 2004 | Witness, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Florence Lynch Gallery, New York |
| 2002 | Cloning the ultimate appropriation, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2001 | Blush, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane |
| 1999 | Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1997 | 'Builder of Bridges', Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1997 | 'blind', Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1995 | Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1994 | Adelaide Festival Exhibition, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1993 | Luba Bilu Gallery 2, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Roslyn Oxley 9, Sydney |
| 1991 | Annette Bezor |
| 1990 | Recent Paintings, Luba Bilu Gallery |
| 1990 | Idol Oratory, Roslyn Oxley 9, Sydney |
| 1989 | Hocus Pocus, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1988 | Beyond the Veil, Roslyn Oxley 9 and Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide |
| 1986 | Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1986 | Roslyn Oxley 9, Sydney |
| 1986 | Heads Above Water, S.A. School of Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1983 | Round Space Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1980-1991 | A Survey, Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide and touring; Imago Ignota, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne. |
| 2011 | Wattle, The Cat St Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2008 | From Mao to Now, The Armoury, Sydney |
| 2008 | Uneasy Samstag Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2007 | True portraits Adelaide Central Gallery |
| 2006 | Snapshot Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide |
| 2006 | Taipai Art Fair, Greenaway Gallery, Taipai, Taiwan |
| 2005 | One to eight and Counting |
| 2005 | Taipei Art Fair Greenaway gallery, Adelaide |
| 2004 | ARCO 2004 (International Art Fair), Greenaway Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain |
| 2004 | Annette Bezor. Carolina Antich. Florence Lynch Gallery, New York |
| 2002 | Erotica Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Orbit SA Museum Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2000 | Warm Filters Telstra Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide |
| 2000 | New Thinking is Rare Country Arts SA Touring exhibition |
| 1998 | ARCO 98 (International Art Fair), Greenaway Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain |
| 1998 | Adelaide Festival Exhibition, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1997 | Still life - Still lives Art Gallery of South Australia |
| 1996 | ARCO 96 (International Art Fair) Greenaway Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain |
| 1994 | John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize Exhibition, National Art Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Autumn Salon Grand Palais, Paris, France |
| 1992 | The Nude 1992 - Sara Weis Award, Heide Park and Art Gallery |
| 1992 | Melbourne Review 1992 Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1991 | The Intimate Experience Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney |
| 1990 | New Directions Vincent Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1990 | Art Dock, Noumea, New Caledonia |
| 1990 | The Complex Picture College Gallery, S.A.CAE., Adelaide |
| 1989 | Mindscapes Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney |
| 1988 | The Cocktail Party Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney |
| 1987 | Voyage of Discovery Australian Painting and Sculpture, Crescent Gallery, Dallas |
| 1987 | Here and There Monash University Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1987 | Chaos 11 Touring Group Exhibition 1 |
| 1985 | On the Beach Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1984 | Round Space at the Royal Society |
| 1984 | Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1984 | Adelaide Artists Festival Fringe Centre ,Adelaide |
| 1984 | Private Symbol, Social Metaphor 5th Biennale of Sydney |
| 1983 | Australian Perspecta 83, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney |
| 1983 | Against The Wall Young Contemporary Artists National Gallery of Victoria |
| 1983 | McCaughey Memorial Art Prize Exhibition National Gallery of Victoria |
| 1981 | McCaughey Memorial Art Prize Exhibition National Gallery of Victoria |
| 1980 | The Real Thing, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide |
| 1980 | Micro Show, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide |
| 1980 | Tarot Card, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide |
| 1978 | Round Space Members, Union Gallery, University of Adelaide. |
| 1977 | Young Artists Exhibition, Festival Centre, Adelaide |
| 2010 | Arts SA Fellowship |
| 2009 | Finalist, The Sir John Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney |
| 2005 | Finalist, The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney |
| 2004 | Finalist, The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney |
| 2002 | Finalist, The Sir John Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney |
| 1999 | Inaugural SALA Monograph recipient |
| 1999 | Finalist, The Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin, Sydney |
| 1994 | Finalist, John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, NGV, Melbourne |
| 1993 | Finalist, The Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin, Sydney |
| 1992 | First Prize, Sara Weis Award, Heidi Museum of Modern Art, VIC |
| 1992 | Finalist, The Sir John Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney |
| 1990 | Australia Council Fellowship |
| 1983 | Finalist, John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, NGV, Melbourne |
| 1981 | Finalist, John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, NGV, Melbourne |
| 1980 | Co-winner, Maude Vizard Wholohan Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 1977 | John Christie Wright Memorial Prize for Life Drawing and Painting |
Grants
Commissions
Bibliography
Collections
| 2005 | New Work/ International Presentation Grant, Arts SA |
| 2004 | Short notice grant, Arts SA |
| 2003 | International Assistance Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council |
| 2002 | New Work Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council |
| 2001 | Project Grant, Arts SA |
| 1998 | New Work Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council |
| 1996 | Project Grant, Arts SA |
| 1988 | Individual Grant, Arts SA, Adelaide |
| 1986 | Power Studio, Cite International des Arts, Paris, France |
| 1982 | Standard Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council |
| 1994 | Victorian Parliament: Portrait of Joan Kirner, Victorian Premier ’90-’92 |
| 1982 | South Australian Government: Entrance foyer, Adelaide Law Courts |
| 2007 | Annette Bezor: Painted Women. Ted Snell. Turner Galleries Exhib. Essay, Nov/Dec |
| 2007 | Chris Reid. Florence Lynch Exhibition catalogue. New York Jan/Feb |
| 2004 | Face to Face Rebecca Lancashire. The Age, August 14 |
| 2003 | Juliette Peers, Florence Lynch Gallery exhibition catalogue, May/June |
| 2003 | M A Greenstein, Florence Lynch Gallery exhibition catalogue, May/June |
| 2002 | David Broker, IMA catalogue essay. Brisbane, February |
| 2002 | Survey of SA talent. Wendy Walker. The Advertiser, 7 August |
| 2002 | Bold and Beautiful. Phil Brown. Brisbane News. February |
| 2002 | Filmic Femmes. Sandra McLean. Courier Mail. January 26 |
| 2002 | Filmic thematic at IMA. Barbara Bolt. Real Time. April/May |
| 2001 | The gaze of Aphrodite, Karen Kissane. The Age, September 23 |
| 2001 | Divide Bridged. Wendy Walker. The Advertiser, January 22 |
| 2000 | A Passionate Gaze. Richard Grayson. Monograph text |
| 1999 | Thoughts on Dust, Anton Hart. Robert Lindsay Gallery |
| 1999 | Panoramic perspective of artist’s state. Peter Ward. The Australian. July 30 |
| 1999 | SurFace Tension, Chris Reid, Catalogue essay, Robert Lindsay Gallery |
| 1996 | Richard Grayson, Blind, Greenaway Art Gallery, ARCO 96 Catalogue |
| 1995 | Richard Grayson, Robert Lindsay Gallery Catalogue, February |
| 1992 | Felicity Fenner, Sexuality in the work of six contemporary women painters, Art and Australia, Volume 30, No. 1, Spring |
| 1992 | Sandy Kirby, Sight Lines – Women’s Art and Feminist Perspectives in Australia, Craftsman House |
| 1992 | Charles Green, Annette Bezor, Artforum, April |
| 1991 | Jyanni Steffensen, A Desire of One’s Own: The Politics and Poetics of Female (Erotic) Representation in Annette Bezor’s Paintings, Annette Bezor 1980-1991, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 1991 | Christopher Heathcote, Reviews, The Age 25th September |
| 1991 | Timothy Morrell, Ecstasy/Excess, Annette Bezor 1980-1991, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 1991 | Christopher Heathcote, Art is the Cinderella of yet another Melbourne Festival, The Age,18th September |
| 1990 | Timothy Morrell, Ecstasy/Excess: Annette Bezor, Art & Australia |
| 1989 | Ashley Crawford The bare kitsch of Bezor’s women. The Herald,18th July |
| 1989 | Ronald Miller Using black at its best, The Herald 8th August |
| 1989 | Annette Bezor, The Australian Magazine, 25th March |
| 1988 | John Neylon, Staying on the Edge The Adelaide Review, August |
| 1988 | Elwyn Lynn, Unusual Woman. Weekend Australian 13th March |
| 1987 | 1987 Elaine Merkus, Here and There, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1986 | Neville Weston, Bezor keeps her head above water. The Advertiser 24th April |
| 1986 | Elizabeth Gertsakis, Heads above water, Ex. Cat. Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1983 | Bernice Murphy, Australian Perspecta 83, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney |
| 1983 | Neville Weston, Eve’s symbolic garden The Advertiser 26thOct, Adelaide |
| 1983 | Robert Lindsay Against the Wall: Young Contemporary Artists selected from the Michell Endowment of the National Gallery of Victoria (broadsheet catalogue) |
| 1981 | The Editors Who are Australia’s Young Artists? Vogue Living, April/May |
| Broken Hill Regional Gallery, New South Wales | |
| Tasmanian University Gallery | |
| Wollongong Art Gallery, New South Wales | |
| Artbank, Sydney | |
| Sam & Minnie Smorgon Collection | |
| BHP Billiton Collection | |
| Rockhampton City Gallery | |
| Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand | |
| Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide | |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | |
| Victor & Lottie Smorgan Collection | |
| I.C.I. Collection | |
| Yarra Collection, Victoria | |
| Mitchell Endowment, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| John Sands Collection |