C.V | Gary Shinfield
CURRICULUM VITAE
Gary Shinfield
Education
2004 Master of Fine Art/Printmaking (by research), COFA UNSW, Sydney
1991 Post Graduate Diploma in Education, UTS, Sydney
1990 Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts/Printmaking ANU, Canberra
1984 - 85 Certificate and Hiigher Certificate in Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
1970 - 73 Certificate in Design, Shillito Design School, Sydney
1969 - 70 Bachelor in Arts, Sydney University (incomplete)
Major Exhibitions
2007 Seven Journeys, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2007 - 8 sink or swim, touring exhibition with Geraldine Berkemeier
Moore’s Building of Contemporary Art, Fremantle WA
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery WA
DVAA Gallery, Darwin NT and Student Space, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT
Australian Catholic University Gallery, Strathfield NSW
Orange Regional Art Gallery NSW,
Gold Coast Art Gallery QLDS
2006 sink or swim, with Geraldine Berkemeier, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2006 stain of memory, with Paul Miller, Workshop Arts Centre Willoughby, Sydney
2004 The Space through which the Figure Moves, MFA (research) exhibition, Exhibition and Performance Space COFA, UNSW Sydney
2002 Shades of Pink, curator, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, NSW
2000 The Human Chassis, Hardware Fine Art, Sydney NSW
1999 figures, spaces and corridors, Spiral Arm Gallery ACT
1996 Selected Works 1986-96, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney University NSW
1995 Lake Isle – G W Bott, John Pratt and Gary Shinfield, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery NSW
1993 3 Stations –uncertain house, the Gallery Leichhardt Street Studios, ACT
1992 Mysterious Arrival, the Gallery Leichhardt Street Studios, ACT
Other Exhibitions
2009 Burnie Print Prize, Burnie TAS
2008 Gold Coast Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLDS
2008 Mapping, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2008 Togart Contemporary Art Award, Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine
2008 Silk and Sand- Chinese and Australian Prints, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA UNSW and Central Academy
of Fine Arts, Beijing
2008 Sighting the Whale, New works from Primrose Papers, Mosman Art Gallery NSW
2007 Hutchins Art Prize, The Long Gallery, Hobart TAS
2007 Autumn Exhibition, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2007, 94 CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
2006, 04 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLDS
2006, 05, 04 Fisher’s Ghost Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, NSW
2008, 06, 02, 98 Silk Cut Award for Linocuts, Glen Ira Art Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Prints from COFA, Chang Mai University, Thailand
2007, 05, 01 Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
2004 Without Reason, COFA Exhibition and Performance Space, UNSW Sydney
2007, 04, 94, 90, 87 Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
2004 Studio One Prints from the CMAG Collection, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
2003 Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2003 Works on Paper, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
2003 Made in Darwin, NTU Gallery, Darwin NT
2002 Amsterdam-Darwin-Leeuwarden, Steendrukkerij Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2000 10th Gielniak Grafic Competition, Jelenia Gora, Poland
2000, 99 Willoughby City Art Prize, Sydney
1999, 96, 90 Deutsche Internationale Grafik Triennale, Frechen Germany
1996 A Matter of Making, CSA Alumni, Canberra School of Art Gallery ACT
1995 Active Agents –Aids Art in Australia, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ANU ACT and First Draft, Sydney
1993 Premio Internazionale Biella Per L’Incisione, Biella Italy
1992 The Book Project, Raft Press, the National Library of Australia, ACT
1991, 94 Triennale and Intergrafia, Cracow Poland
1991 Mortality, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
1989 Woodcut 1905 – 1989, the Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery NSW
1986 – 07 Sydney Printmakers, various national and international exhibitions
Awards
2006 NAVA Visual and Craft Artists’ Grant Scheme
2006, 92 National Print Council of Australia Commission
2004 - 2005 Australia Council Grant recipient for New Work
1989 Emerging Artists Support Scheme A.N.U. Acquisition Award, ACT
Collections
2007 Fremantle Print Prize Acquisition for Little Creatures Collection
2006 Seed Folio, Northside Printmakers (14 artists), AGNSW
2006 Print Council of Australia, Anglican Church Grammar Melbourne, Arjo Wiggins/Canson Australia Pty Ltd, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Presbyterian Ladies College Melbourne, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, University of Ballarat, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2004 CMAG Collection, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2003 Manly Art Gallery and Museum
2002 Charles Darwin University Collection
1999 Broken Hill City Art Gallery
Australian Embassy, Santiago, Chile
1996 Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
Burnie Regional Art Gallery
1993 Premio Biella International Print Collection, Biella, Italy
1993 Canson Australia Ltd, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Melbourne Club, Art/Craft Teachers Association Victoria, Geelong Grammar, St. Peters College South Australia, Upwey High Victoria, National Print Council of Australia
Triennale and Intergrafia collections, Cracow Poland
1990 Dresdner Bank Offices MSB Tower, Sydney
Treasury Corporation, Capital Building, Sydney
1989 Australian National University
Canberra University
Membership of professional bodies
Print Council of Australia
NAVA
Sydney Printmakers
Primrose Paper
Northside Printmakers
Residencies
2004-7 Several working visits to Basil Hall Editions, NT
2002 Visiting Artist, Printmaking Dept., Charles Darwin University, NT
2000 Woodcut Collaboration organised by Basil Hall for Northern Editions, Charles Darwin University, NT
1999 Grabados, representative for Sydney Printmakers Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, University of Chile
1987 Toshi Yoshida Academy for woodblock printing, Tokyo Japan
Bibliography
2008 Jason Smith, Liferafts catalogue essay, Togart Contemporary Art Award NT
2006 Isobel Johnson, sink or swim review, Imprint Sept 06
2006 John Thompson, sink or swim catalogue essay, Manly Art Gallery and Museum
2004 Gary Shinfield,The Space through which the Figure Moves, MFA report, COFA library UNSW
2002 John Thompson, Pink and Shades of Pink, Shades of Pink catalogue essay, Manly Art Gallery and Museum
1996 Jason Smith, Gary Shinfield: After Image, A Matter of Making catalogue essay, CSA Press
1996 Sasha Grishin, Australian Printmaking in the 1990’s, Craftsman House
1995 Jennifer Lamb, Lake Isle catalogue essay, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
1995 Manni Redlich, Lake Isle review, Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser, 18.6.95
1995 Sonia Barron, Reflections on Lake George, Lake Isle review, Canberra Times, 4.95
1994 Sasha Grishin, Contemporary Australian Prints, Craftsman House
1993 Jill Bennett and John Turner, curators, Active Agents: Aids Art in Australia, catalogue essay with artist’s statement, CSA Press
1993 Sasha Grishin, Evocative images of a very high order, 3 Stations – uncertain house review, Canberra Times ‘93
1992 Sasha Grishin, Interesting prints from a sub-culture, Mysterious Arrival review, Canberra Times 29.2.92
1991 Anne Virgo, curator, Mortality catalogue with artist’s statement, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
1989 Michael Crayford, Woodcut: A Contemporary Perspective, Woodcut 1905 1989 catalogue essay, the Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery