G.W. Bot

Solo Exhibitions

2007‘Glyphs’, Gadfly Gallery, Perth
‘G.W. Bot - prints and sculptures’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Glyphs’, Hart Gallery, London
2005'Certainties and Uncertainties', Grahame Galleries and Editions,
‘Figure in landcape’, Maunsell Wicks at Barry Stern Gallery
‘Morphic Fields’, Hart Gallery, London
2004Earth and Sky’, Australian Galleries
’An island of life’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
2003‘The Garden of Possibilities’, Canberra Museum and Gallery
‘Gardens’, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2002‘Suburban Gardens: arrivals and journeys’, Barry Stern, Sydney
‘The Body in Question’, Gadfly Gallery, Perth
2001‘Gardens: Rites of Passage’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Gardens: Rites of Passage’, Hart Gallery, London
‘Gardens: Rites of Passage’, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2000‘Mystic Language’, Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane
‘Bundanon Series’, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
‘Recent Relief Prints’, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
‘Ancestral Landscapes’, Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles
1999‘Enclosures’, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
‘Semiotics of the Australian Wilderness’, Bulle Gallery, Melbourne
‘Works on Paper’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘The Australian Wilderness and Garden: Language, calligraphy and semiotics’, Hart Gallery, London
1998‘Paper Garden’, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1997‘The Lady and the Unicorn’, Hart Gallery, London
‘Journeys of a Poet’, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
‘Sacred Gardens: drypoint and relief prints’, Hart Gallery, Nottingham, UK
1996‘The Lady and the Unicorn’, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1995‘Journeys’, Australian Embassy, Paris
‘Journeys’, Australian Centre, Manila, Philippines
1994‘Journeys’, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1993‘Crucifixion’, Criterion Gallery, Braidwood, NSW
1992‘Crucifixion’, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
‘An Enclosed Space’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Gallery3
Queensland

Group Exhibitions

2008'Paddock Glyphs', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Devilbend 2007’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
Dobell Prize for Drawing 2007, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2006'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Glyphs', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Dobel Prize for Drawing 2006, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
‘Being at Bundanon’, curated by Niki Mortimer; travelling to Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, New South Wales; Mornington Peninsular Regional Art Gallery, Victoria; Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales; Mosman Art Gallery, New South Wales; Albury Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Jacques Cadry Memorial Art Prize Exhibition, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney
‘Footprints on the lake’, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
2005'Contemporary Works on Paper', Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
‘33’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
‘Dobel Drawing Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
‘Notes from the Natural World’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Site and soul II’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
‘Sculpture 2005’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Contrasts within the Charles Sturt University Art Collection’, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery
‘Works on Paper 2005’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Fireworks: An incendiary exploration of Australian art’, Mackay Regional Gallery, Queensland (National touring exhibition)
‘National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2005’, Finalist, National Gallery of Australia
2004‘Surface tension’, New York Society of Etchers, New York
‘Sculpture 2004’ Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
‘Contemporary Australian Prints from the collection’, AGNSW
‘Sacred Ground: Spirituality and the land in Australia’, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Canberra
‘Sulman Exhibition Prize’, AGNSW
‘33rd Alice Prize’, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
‘Bendigo Bank Art Prize’, Brisbane
‘Silk Cut Award’, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne (acquired)
‘Contemporary prints and drawings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘The International Print Triennial’, touring to Municipal Museum in Lowicz, Poland; Cultural Centre ‘Castle’ Contemporary Art Gallery,
‘Profile’, Poznan, Poland; Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenberg, Germany
‘Le tapis Volant, Flying carpet’, Musée des beaux-arts de la Ville du Locle, Switzerland
2003‘By George’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Sulman Exhibition Prize’ AGNSW
‘Sydney Art on Paper Fair’, The 9th Biennial Art Fair, Sydney
2002‘Royal Academy’, London, Summer Exhibition
‘Shakehands’, Neusiedl am See, Austria
‘Shakehands’, Wittgensteinhaus, Vienna, Austria
‘Shades of Pink’, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
‘Shakehands’, Halbturn, Austria
‘Sulman Exhibition Prize’, AGNSW
‘2002 Silk Cut Award’, Melbourne
‘Print Australia’, North-West Print Council, Portland, Oregon, USA
‘Miniare Biennale Internationale d’estampes Miniture de Montréal, Canada
2001‘Island Postcards’, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart
‘3rd International Ex-Libris Exhibition’, Rijeka, Croatia
‘Looking at a Different Aspect of Parliament House’, Parliament House, Canberra
‘The Art on Paper Fair’, Royal College of Art, London
‘5th Sapporo International Print Biennale’, Japan
‘10th Gielniak Graphic Competition’, Poland
‘Six Australian Artists’, Lane Gallery, Auckland
‘5th Triennale Moniale de l’estampe petit format Chamalières 2000’, France
‘Mini Print International’, Cadaques, Spain (acquired)
‘The 4th International Triennial of Graphics and Posters’, Kharkiv, Ukraine
‘Gold Coast City Art Gallery 2000 Art Prize’
‘Silk Cut Print Award’ (acquired), national touring exhibition
1999‘Suddenly the Lake’, Canberra Museum and Gallery
‘Premio Internazionale Biella per L’incisione’, Italy
‘Second Skin’, RMIT, Melbourne
‘The Present Spirit’, Helen Maxwell Gallery/ Burgmann College, Australian National University
‘We Are Australian’, The George Adam Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne and national tour
1998‘Gone to the Dogs’, Grahame Galleries and Editions, Brisbane
‘1998 Tyree-Tycan Art Prize’, Bowral, NSW
‘Thirty Years of Korean Contemporary Prints: A decade of Contemporary Australian Printmaking’, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul
‘Dogs’ Breakfast’, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
‘Picture Disk Exhibition’, Illawarra Institute of Technology’, Goulburn
‘Silk Cut Linoprint Collection’, Fremantle Arts Centre
‘Atelier Point et Marge’, Paris, France
‘1998 Silk Cut Award’, Melbourne
‘Recto Verso’, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery and Canberra School of Art
‘Joyce and the Nymph’, Couch House, The Rocks, Sydney
‘International Biennial of Graphic Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
‘Landscape’, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
‘29th Alice Art Price (acquired), Alice Springs, NT
‘National Works on Paper’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
1997‘Xylon 13: International triennial of artistic relief printing’, Switzerland and international touring exhibition
‘International Print Exhibition’, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, USA
‘International Print Triennial 1997’, Krakow
‘The 2nd International Print Triennial Colour in Graphic Art’, Toruń, Poland
‘Osaka Triennale 1997’, Japan
‘Artists’ Books’, Criterion Fine Art Gallery, Braidwood, NSW
‘V International Triennial Sztuki’, Majdank, Poland
‘Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award’, Warrnambool, Victoria
‘The 3rd International Triennial of Graphics and Posters’, Kharkiv, Ukraine
‘CPM Print Award’, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
‘Silk Cut Print Award’, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
‘Works on Paper’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘University of Western Sydney National Print Media Exhibition’, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney
‘Premio Internazionale Biella per L’incisione’, Italy
‘Shell Fremantle Print Award’ Fremantle Arts Centre
‘Xylon 13’, Winterthur, Switzerland
‘Blake Prize for Religious Art’, Sydney and national touring exhibition
‘Artists’ Books and Multiples Fair ‘96’, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
‘A Changing Landscape’, Nolan Gallery, Lanyon ACT
‘Western Australia Print Exchange Exhibition’, Studio One, Canberra
‘Lake Isle’, Goulburn Regional Gallery, National Touring Exhibition
‘AMCOR Paper Awards’, Invitation Exhibition Westpac Gallery, Victorian Cultural Centre, Melbourne, national touring exhibition
‘Borderlines’, Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra
‘Second Canberra Art Fair’, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
‘Print Triennial ’94 Consumenta ‘95’, Nuremberg, Germany
1996‘Sixth National Print Prize’, Murwillumbah Tweed River Regional Gallery
1994‘Open Art’, Berrima District Art Society, Bowral, NSW
‘International Exhibition of Graphic Art’, Kharkiv, Ukraine
‘Winter Solstice’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Print Show’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘International Print Triennial’, MTG 1994, Krakow, Poland
‘Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award’, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW
‘The Print, the Press, the Artists and the Printer’, ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
‘Outback Print Prize’, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW
‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle Arts Centre
‘Biennial Prints Acquisitive Exhibition’, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre
‘Contemporary Australian Printmakers’, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1993‘Blake Prize’, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘Best of the 1992 Blake Prize’, ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
‘Ten Years of Acquisitions: ANU Collection’, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
‘Saints and Sacred Places’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle Arts Centre
‘The Tree of Life’, Studio One Gallery, Canberra
‘First Canberra Art Fair’, ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
1992‘Third International Women’s Day Exhibition’, Melbourne
‘Between the Covers’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
‘Raft Press Book Project’, National Library of Australia, Canberra
‘Addressing the Chair’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle and touring exhibition
1991‘Hard Pressed’, Jan Taylor Gallery, Sydney
‘Familiar Territory’, Canberra Festival, CAFC
‘Berrima District Art Society Print Award’, Berrima
‘Common Threads/A Fine Line’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
‘Quasions Mornington Gallery’, Mornington, Victoria
‘Art for Life’, Studio One Gallery, Canberra
‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle
‘A Tribute to Ronaldo Cameron’, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery
‘Canberra Souvenir’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space.
‘Social Images’, Gorman House, Canberra
1990‘Fragments and Foundations’, aGog Gallery, Canberra
‘Contemporary Art’, Jan Jones Gallery, Bowral
‘Focus on the Landscape’, Studio One Gallery, Canberra
‘Social Images’, Gorman House, Canberra
‘Calvary Hospital Art Show’, Canberra
‘Artist Made’, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
‘Familiar Territory’, Canberra Festival, CAFC
‘Sun, Smoke and Steel’, Studio One National Touring Exhibition
1989‘Wild Art’, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
‘Edition 89’, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1988‘Woden Library’, Canberra
‘10:1 Print Project’, National Touring Exhibition
1987The Blake Prize, Sydney
1986Kingston Art Space, Canberra
2003_‘The International Print Triennial Krakow 2003, Poland, touring to Bunkier Sztuki 2003_‘Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow; Palace of Art TPSP, Krakow; Contemporary Art Gerry, Opole, Poland
1995 ‘ANU Staff Amenities Fund Exhibition’, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
2000 ‘Weerewa Woodcuts One’, Bungendore Woodworks Gallery, NSW

Bibliography

A Changing Landscape, Nolan Gallery, Canberra 1995, pp. 18-19
AMCOR Paper Awards, Wespac Gallery, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 20-25
Arty Facts, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, January 1989
Australian Identities in Printmaking, The Australian Print Collection of the Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, 2000
Barron, Sonia; “Private Garden is Pure Visual Poetry”, Canberra Times, 7 July 2003
Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 24 August 1996
Barron, Sonia; Journeys, Paris/Manila 1995, p. 12
Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 29 April 1995
Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 3 June 1994
Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 26 September 1993
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Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 25 April 1992
Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 4 April 1990
Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 9 December 1989
Botros, Regina; “The Maker”, radio interview for The Deep End, ABC Radio National, 2006
Cinkul, Ljiljana; “Contemporary Graphic Art of the Far East and Australia”, Graficki kolektic, Belgrade, 1999
Cousins, Kerry-Anne; “G.W. Bot: Poet and Prophet”, Muse, Canberra, 1998/99, p. 8
Cousins, Kerry-Anne; Muse, July 1994
Cousins, Kerry-Anne; Muse, June 1992
Directory 1988, Australian Artists Producing Prints
Eagle, Mary & Middelmost, Tom; Landscape, Charles Sturt University Art Collection, Wagga Wagga, 1998
Elliott, Ralph; Canberra Times, 16 May 1992
Epstein, Emma; G.W. Bot ‘Garden of Possibilities’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, 2003
Germaine, Max; Artists and Galleries of Australia, 3rd Edition, 1990
Gilmour, Pat; “G.W Bot: Poetry of Line”, Art and Australia, 1998/2, pp. 518-21
Glyphs, catalogue to accompany Hart Gallery exhibition, London, including essay “Dialogue of Australglyphs” by Dr Sheridan Palmer
Gray, Anne; G.W Bot Gardens: Rites of Passage, Goanna Print, Canberra/London, 2001, p. 34
Gray, Anne; “Inner Outback”, Printmaking Today, London, 2000, pp. 10-11
Gray, Anne; “G.W.Bot — Enclosures” in G.W. Bot: The Australian Wilderness and Garden: Language, calligraphy and semiotics, Hart Gallery, London, 1999, p. 36
Grishin, Sasha; “G.W. Bot” in Grapheion: European review of modern prints, books and paper art, vol 15-16 3/4 2000, p. 74
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Grishin, Sasha; Contemporary Australian Printmaking: An interpretative history, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994
“G.W. Bot’s Garden State”, Printmaking Today, London, Vol 12 no 3, 2003, p. 18
Hart, Deborah; The Lady and the Unicorn, Hart Gallery, London, 1997
Haynes, Peter; “Anima and essences: The art of G.W. Bot”, Craft Arts International, No 61, 2004, pp. 30-35
Haynes, Peter; G.W. Bot: Gardens, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra 2003
Imprint, cover photo, Volume 41, No. 3, Spring 2006
Kidd, Courtney; “Still life that refuses to sit still”, Sydney Morning Herald, May 16, 2001
Klepac, Lou; G.W. Bot Morphic Fields, Hart Gallery, London, 2005
Lake Isle, Goulburn, 1995, exhibition catalogue
Lee, David; “G.W. Bot: Artist’s eye”, Art Review, London, November 1999, p. 47
Le tapis volant, Flying carpet, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, 2004
Middlemost, Thomas; Contrasts within the Charles Sturt University Art Collection, Wagga Wagga
Regional Art Gallery, Charles Sturt University, 2005
Murray Cree, Laura; “G.W. Bot: Gardens of Fire”, State of the Arts, April-June 2004, pp. 42-43
Palmer, Sheridan; “The Poet’s Garden”, Imprint, vol 33, no. 1, 1998, pp. 21-22
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Artist’s publications
A Black Book, Raft Press, Canberra 1992
A Red Book, Raft Press, Canberra 1992
Brolga: An Australian Journal About Dance, No 1, December 1994, cover design
Here we go Round the Mulberry Bush, vol 3, Raft Press, Canberra 1991
Journeys, March 1995
Joyce, R. (ed.); Social Images 1891-1991, Goanna Print, Canberra 1991, cover design
Mysteries, BB Press, Canberra 1997
Nugent, A. & Tully, B (ed.); Blast, no 15, 1991
Offerings, Finlay Press and BB Press, Yabber Yabber Publications, Goulburn 1997
The Field of Life, Goanna Print, Canberra 1992
The Spartans, text by L.F. Fitzhardinge, illustrations G.W. Bot, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980
To Walk Across a Field, Raft Press, Canberra 1992

Collections

Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
Artbank
Art and Craft Teachers Association of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of South Australia
Australian International School, Hong Kong
Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Brisbane City Gallery
Brisbane Grammar Art Collection
British Museum, London
Bundanon Collection, New South Wales
Camberwell Grammar Art Collection
Canberra School of Art, Art Collection
Canson Australia Pty Ltd
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga
City of Banyule, Melbourne
Downlands College Art Collection, Queensland
Fogg Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
Geelong Grammar Art Collection
Genazzano College Art Collection, Victoria
Gippsland Centre for Art and Technology
Gippsland Regional Gallery
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Goulburn Regional Gallery
Grafton Regional Gallery
Hailebury College, Victoria
James Hardie Collection of Australian Fine Art
John Curtin Gallery
Kooweerup Secondary College, Victoria
Kharkiv Art Gallery, Ukraine
Lublin Museum, Poland
Macquarie Bank Corporate Art Collection, Sydney
Magnani Papers Australia
Mildura Arts Centre
Mitchell Library, Sydney
Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery Collection
Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Art Collection
Presbyterian Ladies College Art Collection
Print Council of Australia, Inc
Queensland Art Gallery
Queensland College of the Arts, Brisbane
Queensland Institute of Technology
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Ronaldo Cameron Collection, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery
Silk Cut Foundation Collection
South Queensland Institute of TAFE
St Ursula’s College, Queensland
St Peter’s College, Queensland
Sunraysia Institute of Tafe, Mildura
Sydney College of the Arts
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery
University of Canberra Art Collection
University of Technology of Sydney Art Collection
University of Western Sydney Art Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery
Westminster School
Private Collections in Australia, Europe, Asia and the USA.

Commissions

INCLUDES AWARDS

2004 Print Council of Australia Commissioned Member Print
2003 Artist in Residence, University of Wollongong, NSW
2001 Residency Kultervereiningung Nördliches Burgenland, Neusidel Am See, Austria
2000 CAPO Fellow
1999 Artist-in-residence, Arthur Boyd’s Gift to the Nation, Bundanon Print Council Australia Member’s Print Commission
1998 National Gallery of Australia ‘New Worlds from Old’ commissioned portfolio
  Illawarra Acquisitive Print Award (Awarded)
1997 Three commissioned drypoints, Hugh Stone Graphics, Cornwall/Hart Gallery, London
1996 Artist-in-residence, Arthur Boyd’s Gift to the Nation, Bundanon
  ACT Cultural Council Development Grant
  Print Council of Australia Member’s Print Commission
1995 Environmental Artists in Schools Scheme
1994 Berrima District Art Society, Print Section, Commended

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