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| 1957 |
Born Burnie, Tasmania |
| 1975 |
Bachelor of Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1987 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1999-00 |
Master of Fine Arts, RMIT, Melbourne |
| 2003 |
Visited Cuba, Printmaking trip |
| Present |
Currently lives and works in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2008 | 'Way of the Arrow', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2007 | ‘Trajectory’, Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 2006 | 'Tatuar/Tattoo on the Skin', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2005 | ‘Night Dance’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Milagros/Miracles”, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2003 | Semblanza’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | ‘Iluminar’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 2002 | ‘Los Semblantes/The Faces, University of Tasmania, Hobart
| | 2001 | ‘Atmosphera-Air’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2000 | ‘LaMirada/ The Gaze’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Fishnets’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1998 | ‘Accessories’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1997 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1996 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
| | Australian Girls Own Gallery, Canberra
| | Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1995 | Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devonport
| | 1994 | ‘Nautical Journeys’, Australian Girls Own Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘New Prints’, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Water Suite’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1993 | Gallery Two, Launceston
| | 1992 | Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
| | ‘Every Turn and Shift of Shape’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1990 | Gallery Cimitiere, Launceston
| | Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart
| | 1989 | Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart
| | 1987 | Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart
| | 1986 | Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart | | 2000_Dick Bett2005_‘Night Dance’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart Gallery, Hobart
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2008 | 'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2004 | ‘In the presence of all creatures great and small’ Australian Galleries Works on Paper Sydney
| | ‘From a Constructed Tasmanian World’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
| | ‘The Tower of Babel: Four Interpretations’, Gallery 101, Melbourne
| | ‘Surface Tension, Twenty-one Contemporary Australian Print Makers’, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY and Gallery 101, Melbourne
| | 2000 | ‘Prints, Drawings & Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 5th Triennial Mondiale D’Estampes Petit, Chamalieres, France (5th International Print Triennial of Small Format Prints)
| | 1999 | Finalist in the Fremantle Print Prize Exhibition, (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999)
| | 1998 | Decalogue – A Catalogue of Ten Years of Australian Printmaking, curated by Ruth Johstone and Di Waite, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea
| | ‘Bolder Bags and Old Baggage’, collaboration between artists and the Health Department, Hobart & Schoolhouse Gallery Rosney, TAS
| | ‘Borge’s Bestiary’, Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane
| | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1997 | ‘Collector’s Print Folio’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Upbeat’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Tripping the Light’, University of Tasmania
| | 1996 | ‘Pulp’, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
| | ‘National Print Exhibition’, University of Western Sydney, NSW
| | 1995 | ‘1995 Chameleon: A Decade’, Long Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Art, Gender, Identity, Women artists from the Permanent Collection’, Davenport Gallery
| | ‘Colonial Past-time to Contemporary Profession, 150 years of Australian Women’s Art from the ‘Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery Collection’, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Poets & Painters’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Figure & Ground’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart |
BibliographyBooks
Catalogue of Australian Printmakers, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne 1989
Grishin, Sasha; Australian Printmaking in the 1990’s: Artist Printmakers 1990 - 1995, Craftsman House, 1998
Johnstone, Ruth & Waite, Di; Decalogue: a Catalogue of Ten Years of
Australian Printmaking, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea, 1998
Periodicals
Auty, Giles; “Everyone’s a Winner”, The Weekend Australian, November 27-28 1999, p.23
Auty, Giles; “Review”, The Weekend Australian, 20 – 21 September 1997
Denholm, Michael; “Surveying Tasmania’s Art”, Periphery, No.34. 1998, pp. 18 – 20
Grishin, Sasha; "Profiles in Print - Barbie Kjar", Craft Arts International, No 67, 2006
Klaosen, Di; Imprint, Winter 1996
“Postcards from a Dream” Imprint, Vol.26, No.2, 1990
Preludes, No.7 (cover illustration), University of Tasmania, Hobart 1990
“Review”, The Mercury, May 1990
“Review”, The Mercury, 1 January 1988
“Review”, The Mercury, 21 November 1987
“Review”, The Mercury, March 1986
“Review”, The Weekend Australian, March 1986
“Secrets & Mysteries”, Domain Magazine, The Age, 16 December 1998
The Sunday Tasmanian, (feature article), 10 January 1988
Timms, Peter; “Faces and Memory: recent prints by Barbie Kjar”, Imprint, Number 3, Volume 38, Spring 2003
Awards
| 2004 |
Artist in Residence, Tokyo, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council |
| 1999 |
Winner, Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Art Award, QLD |
| 1998 |
Project Grant, Arts Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1997 |
Artist in Residence, Canberra School of Art, ACT |
| 1995 |
Devonport Health Centre Commission, Art For Public Buildings Scheme, Tasmania |
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Gladstone Art Prize (Works on Paper), QLD |
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Project Grant, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart |
| 1994 |
The Billboard Project, Trades and Labour Council, Tasmania |
| 1993 |
1st Prize, Eskleigh Art Award, Tasmania (Works on Paper) |
| 1992 |
Trust Bank Art Award, Launceston, Tasmania (Print Prize) |
| 1991-92 |
Project Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, Sydney |
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Artist in Residence, International Print Studio, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1988-89 |
Project Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council |
| 1987-88 |
Artist Development Grant, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart |
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Artist-in-Residence, Kala Print Workshop, Berkeley, California, USA |
CollectionsArt in Public Buildings Scheme 1991, Arts Tasmania, Hobart
Artbank, Sydney
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport
Fine Arts Committee, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Parliament House, Canberra
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Rosny College, Hobart
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
The Tamar Collection, Launceston
University of Southern Queensland, Towoomba
University of Tasmania Collection, Hobart
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Private collections in Australia, New Zealand, USA, France and England
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