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| 1933 |
Born Brisbane, Australia |
| 1956 |
Studied with Jon Molvig, Brisbane |
| 1957-62 |
Studied at National Art School, Sydney |
| 1978 |
Resident at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, studying etching with Paul Frank and Henri Goetz |
| 1985 |
Resident ‘Parataio’ Studio, Tuscany, Italy |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2008 | 'Oceans Apart', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | La Luz Galeria de Arte, Mérida, Mexico
| | 2006 | Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
| | 2005 | ‘Other’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 2004 | Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
| | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Ann Thomson, Cité Internationale de Arts , Paris
| | 2003 | ‘Anne Thomson’, Galerie Walter Bischoff, Berlin
| | Stephan Jacob, Paris
| | 2001 | Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne in conjunction with Ralph Renard
| | The Studio, Opera House, Sydney
| | Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | 1997 | Peter Gant Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1996 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1994 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1993 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne, in conjunction with Meridian
| | Sculpture Gallery
| | ‘Australia Felix Sculpture’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1992 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Sculptures’, Mary Place, Sydney
| | 1990 | Coventry Gallery, Sydney
| | 1989 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | BMG Fine Art, Adelaide
| | 1988 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | Coventry Gallery, Sydney
| | 1986 | Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
| | Coventry Gallery, Sydney
| | 1985 | Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
| | 1984 | Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney
| | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1983 | Coventry Gallery, Sydney
| | 1982 | Gallery A, Sydney
| | 1980 | Monash University, Melbourne
| | 1979 | Gallery A, Sydney
| | 1977 | Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
| | Gallery A, Sydney
| | 1976 | Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1974 | Gallery A, Sydney
| | 1973 | Gallery One Eleven, Brisbane
| | 1965 | Watters Gallery, Sydney |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2007 | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | Dobel Prize for Drawing 2006, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘The Big Picture’, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
| | Same Place, Many Views – Painting the Australian Landscape’, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Who Cares?’, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Salon des Refusés’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | 2005 | Kedumba Drawing Prize, Winner, Blackheath Gallery, NSW
| | 'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
| | ‘10th Annual 6”x6”x6” Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Salon start’, Galerie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob, Strasbourg
| | ‘Personage the figure on paper’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 2004 | ‘Salon Art Event’, Galerie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob, Lille
| | ‘Salon Art Paris’, Galeirie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob, Paris, France
| | 2002 | ‘Salon Art Paris’, Carrousel du Louvre, Galeirie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob, Paris, France
| | ‘La loire-Atlantique donne rendez-vous à l’Australie, Art et Culture des Antipodes’, Galeirie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob/Conseil Général de Loire-Atlantique, Nantes
| | 2001 | ‘5 Artistes Australiens’, Galerie Odile Boïcos, Paris
| | ‘Salon Art Paris’, Carrousel du Louvre, Galeirie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob, Paris, France
| | ‘Voyage dan la matière, Galeirie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob/atelier Claude Cerf, Paris, France
| | ‘Australie, visages d’un continent’, Galeirie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob/ Galerie Visages de l’art, Marly-le-Roi, France
| | 2000 | ‘Arts d’Australie’, Stéphanie Jacobs, Paris, France
| | ‘Archibald Prize’ Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Sulman Prize’, Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Fleurieu Art Prize’ SA
| | ‘Art on Paper’, Art Fair, London
| | ‘Kunstral’, Art Fair, Amsterdam
| | ‘Accents Australiens’, Espace Adamski Designs, Paris, France
| | 1999 | ‘Prize Pictures’, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney
| | ‘Icarus’, Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW
| | ‘Visy Board Art Prize Exhibition’
| | ‘Redlands Westpac Art Prize’
| | ‘Skin Culture’, Tin Sheds, Sydney
| | ‘Wynne Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Primary Colours – Red’, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Silver’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Toys by Artists’, New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale
| | ‘Visy Board Art Prize Exhibition’, Hill Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | ‘Grans et jeunes d’Aujourd’hui’, Galerie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob, Paris
| | Arts on paper Fair, London
| | Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | 1998 | The George Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Art & Music’, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
| | Lui Hat-su National Art Museum, Shanghai
| | University of Newcastle, NSW
| | ‘Wynne Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Primary Colours – Blue’, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Skin Culture’, The Georges Gallery, Melbourne, Sydney & Beijing
| | ‘Australian Contemporary Paintings’, Lui Hai-su National Art Museum, Shanghai
| | ‘Toys by Artists’, University of Newcastle, NSW
| | ‘Le Temps du Rêve’, Galerie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob/Bibliothèque municipale, Le
| | Perreux-sur-Marne
| | ‘Propositions Australiennes’, Galerie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob/Luc Queyrel, Paris
| | Annandale Galleries, Sydney
| | 1997 | ‘L’Art des Aborigènes d’Australie (section Clin d’oeil sur l’art occidental)’, Galerie Arts d’Australie, Stéphen Jacob/ Espace Paul Riquet, Béziers
| | 1994 | ‘Drawing on Inspiration’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | 1993 | ‘Chandler Coventry Collection’, Campbelltown Art Gallery, NSW
| | 1992 | ‘Interpretations’, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
| | ‘Ann Thomson represents l’Australie à l Exposition Universelle de Seville’, Australia
| | Felix, for the Australian Pavilion
| | 1990 | ‘A Young Collector’s Exhibition’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Campus Collections’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Portfolio of Women Artists’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1989 | ‘Intimate Drawing’, Conventry Gallery, Sydney
| | 1988 | ‘Solo Images’, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Tenth British International Print Biennale – Britain and Australia’, Bradford UK
| | ‘Contemporary Views of New England’, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
| | ‘Drawing in Australia: Drawings, Watercolours and Pastels from the 1770’s to the 1980’s, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | 1987 | ‘Australia on Paper’, Queensland Arts Council
| | ‘Surface for Reflexion’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘The Jack Manton Prize’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
| | ‘Colour II’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Works on Paper’, Oion Fine Art, Dallas, USA
| | 1986 | ‘Colour I’, Conventry Gallery, Sydney
| | 1985 | ‘Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize’ (Winner), Sydney
| | ‘Salute to Lloyd Rees’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | Contemporary Australian Art’, The Warwick Arts Trust, London
| | Galleriea Lillo, Venice, Italy
| | ‘Australian Perspecta ‘85’, Artspace, Sydney
| | 1984 | Musée de l’Art Walloon, Liège, Belgium
| | ‘University of New South Wales Purchase Prize’, (Winner), Sydney
| | 1983 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1982 | ‘Anzacs 82’, Macquarie University, Sydney
| | 1981 | ‘Canberra Times National Art Award Exhibition’ Canberra
| | 1980 | ‘Summer Exhibition’, Gallery A, Sydney
| | 1978 | ‘Landscape and Image’, Contemporary Australian Art in Indonesia
| | ‘Australian Women Artists’, Contemporary Art Society, Sydney
| | ‘Exposition’, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
| | 1977 | Gallery A, Sydney
| | 1976 | ‘David Jones Art Prize, (Winner), Brisbane
| | 1975 | ‘Ten Australians’, Gallery A, Sydney
| | ‘Opening Exhibition’, Warehouse Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1974 | Gallery A, Sydney
| | ‘Ten Years’, Watters Gallery, Sydney
| | 1962 | Clune Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Seven Figurative Painters’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
| | Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
| | Bonython Galleries, Adelaide | |
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BibliographyAustralia Felix Catalogue, World Expo, Seville, Spain, 1992
Drury, Neville; Images 2. Contemporary Australian Paintings, Craftsman House, 1994
McCulloch, Alan. & Susan; The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin, 3rd edition, 1994
Ann Thomson exhibition catalogue, Coventry Gallery, Sydney 1990
Ann Thomson exhibition catalogue, Australian Galleries, Sydney 1993 – 94
Ann Thomson exhibition catalogue, Annandale Galleries, Sydney 2001
Ann Thomson exhibition folio, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2004 Awards
2006
| Artist in residence, Cité Internationale de Arts, Paris
| | 2005 | Kedumba drawing prize |
| 2003 |
Artist in residence, Cité Internationale de Arts, Paris |
| 2002 |
Winner, Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong |
| 1999 |
Artist in residence, Cité Internationale de Arts, Paris |
| 1998 |
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1995 |
Artist in Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
| 1986 |
John McCaughey Award, Art Gallery of New SouthWales, Sydney |
| 1985 |
Winner, Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize, Sydney |
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Awarded Arthur Boyd studio in Tuscany, Italy |
| 1984 |
University of New South Wales Purchase Prize, Sydney |
| 1981 |
Winner, Canberra Times National Art Award, Canberra |
| 1980 |
Visual Arts Board Grant |
| 1978 |
Visual Arts Board Grant to Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris |
| 1976 |
David Jones Art Prize, Brisbane |
CollectionsAlcoa Foundation, USA
Artbank
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Australian Consolidated Press, Sydney
Australian National University, Canberra
Coventry Collection, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Collection, Paris
Griffith University, Queensland
James Cook University, Townsville
Macquarie Bank, Sydney
Macquarie University, Sydney
Medibank Collection, Canberra
Myer Collection, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Organisation des Nations Unis (O.N.U.), New York, USA
Parliament House, Canberra
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology Art Collection, Brisbane
Sydney College of Advanced Education
The Darling Harbour Authority, Sydney
Thyssen-Bornmisza Collection, Madrid
University of Western Australia, Perth
Visual Arts Board
Western Mining Company, WA
Wollongong University College, NSW
Villa Haiss, Germany Commissions
| 1992 |
Centrepiece for the Australian Pavilion at World Expo in Seville, Spain |
| 1990 |
The Australian Legal Group Contemporary Print Collection |
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A Portfolio of Australian Women Artists, NSW Cancer Council |
| 1987 |
Commissioned by The Darling Harbour Authority to create a work 4.5 x 5 metres for the Sydney Convention Centre |
| 1977 |
Commissioned by the University of Queensland to create a nine metre mural for the Malley Refectory |
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