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Inge King

SELECTED WORKS

 Inge King
1918Born Berlin, Germany

Solo Exhibitions

2011'Summer Solstice', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2010'Recent Sculpture and Maquettes', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2009'Sculpture: Maquettes and Recent Work' , Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2008'Recent Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2006'Birds and Celestial Rings', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2003'Birds and Angels', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2002'Recent Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2000'Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1999'Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'Sculpture on Site', Sydney Festival The Botanical Gardens, Sydney
1996'Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Sculpture and Works on Paper, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1995'Survey of works 1943 to 1994', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
1994Australian Galleries, Sydney
1993‘Large & Small Sculptures’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1992‘Retrospective’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1991'Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Sydney
1990Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne
1989BMG Art, Adelaide
'Works on Paper 1979-1989', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1988Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1987Bonython - Meadmore Gallery, Sydney
1985Realities Gallery, Melbourne
Bonython - Meadmore Gallery, Sydney
1982University Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
1980Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1978Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1977Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1973Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1969Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1949London Gallery, Brook Street, London, UK

Group Exhibitions

2011'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
2010'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne
2009'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘BIG NAMES little sculptures’, Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney
'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
2006'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Fine Australian Prints and Drawings', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Summery’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
‘Impressions’, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
‘Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2003‘This was the future’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2001'Sculpture by the Sea', Bondi, Sydney
‘Six women artists’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2000‘Selected Works’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture and Tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1999‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1998‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1997‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture and Tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1993‘Joan and Peter Clemenger Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1991'Diverse Visions', Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
1990Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1988The World Expo ‘88 Collection, Brisbane
1987Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
1984'Centre 5', Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1983‘Abstract Art in Australia’, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1982Eighth Triennial Exhibition, Mildura Prize for Sculpture, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
1981First Australian Sculpture Triennial Exhibition, La Trobe University, Melbourne
'Staff Exhibition', Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
Sculpture Award, Caulfield City Arts Centre, Melbourne
1976Sculpture Award, Caulfield City Arts Centre, Melbourne
1975Sixth Triennial Exhibition, Mildura Prize for Sculpture, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
‘Sculptors’ Sculptors’, Arts Victoria ’75, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
‘Australia ’75, Festival of the Creative Arts and Sciences, Commonwealth Gardens, Canberra
1974'Centre 5', Geelong Gallery, VIC; McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, VIC
Como Exhibition, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
‘Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition‘, Ewing Gallery, Melbourne University, Melbourne
1973‘The Cairnmillar Exhibition‘, Georges Gallery, Melbourne
1972Sixteenth Tasmanian Art Gallery Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
1971Connoisseur’s Competition, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne
Marland House Sculpture Competition, Age Gallery, Melbourne
1970Fourth Triennial Exhibition, Mildura Prize for Sculpture, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
1968Comalco Invitation Award for Sculpture, Melbourne
‘Form in action‘, Recent Australian Sculpture, Pan-Pacific Arts Festival, New Zealand, Touring Exhibition
1967‘Art and the Church‘, Anglican Church of St. John the Divine, Melbourne
‘Selected Mildura Sculpture‘, George’s Gallery, Melbourne
Third Triennial Exhibition, Mildura Prize for Sculpture, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
The Victorian Sculptors’ Society, Melbourne, Touring Exhibition
1966Australian Sculpture Centre, Canberra
1965'Centre 5', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Maud Vizard-Wholohan Competition, Royal South Australia Society of Arts,
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
‘Recent Australian Sculpture‘, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Touring all State Galleries
1964'Centre 5', Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
Second Triennial Exhibition, Mildura Prize for Sculpture, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
1963'Centre 5', Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
The Victorian Sculptors’ Society, Melbourne, Touring Exhibition
1962‘Art and the Church‘, St. Peter’s, Eastern Hill, Melbourne
‘Four Arts in Australia‘, South-East Asia, Touring Exhibition
1961‘Nine Sculptors‘, Argus Gallery, Melbourne
First Triennial Exhibition, Mildura Prize for Sculpture, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
1960The Victorian Sculptors’ Society, Melbourne, Touring Exhibition
1959‘Six Sculptors‘, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1958The Victorian Sculptors’ Society, Melbourne, Touring Exhibition
1956The Victorian Sculptors’ Society, Retrospective Exhibition, Victorian Artists’
Society Gallery, Melbourne
‘Twelve Melbourne Sculptors‘, Brummels Gallery, Melbourne
1955‘Group of Four‘, School of Architecture, University of Melbourne,
1954The Victorian Sculptors’ Society, Melbourne
1953‘Present Day Art of Victoria‘, Victorian Artists’ Society Gallery, Melbourne
1950Laurel Gallery, New York, USA
1949Clay Club, New York, USA
1948London Group, London, UK

Bibliography

King, Amanda & Cavadini, Fabio; Artscape: A Thousand Different Angles, Frontyard Films, ABC TV, 30th March 2010

Trimble, Dr Judith; Inge King Sculpture, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996
Trimble, Dr Judith & McGreggor, Ken; Inge King: Small sculpture & Maquttes, MacMillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2009

Awards

2008 Visual Arts Emeritus Award, Australian Council for the Arts, Canberra
2006The Heide Fellowship, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
1997City of Melbourne Honoured Artist Award, Melbourne
1993 Doctor of Arts (honoris causa), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1990 Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), Deakin University, Melbourne
1989 Foyer Sculpture Commission, The ICI House, Melbourne
1987 Royal Blind Society Sculpture Award, Sydney
1984 AM, Member in the Order of Australia
 Alice Springs Art Prize, Alice Springs, NT
1980 Visual Arts Board Grant for International Sculpture Conference, Washington, USA
1969 Dyason Education Grant, Dyason Foundation, New York, New York, USA
 British Council Travel Grant, UK
1968 Adelaide Festival Prize, Adelaide
 Alcorso-Sekers Travelling Scholarship Award for Sculpture, Australia 
1967 Eltham Art Prize, Melbourne
1965 Eltham Art Prize, Melbourne

Collections

Artbank, Sydney

Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Australian Embassy Collection, Washington DC, USA
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
BHP House, Melbourne
BHP Research Laboratory, Melbourne
Carrick Hill Sculpture Park, Adelaide
Chandler Coventry Collection, Sydney
Comalco Collection, Melbourne
Deakin University, Melbourne
ESSO Headquarters, Melbourne
Gold Coast City Art Collection, Surfers Paradise, QLD
Ian Potter Foundation for the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
La Trobe University, Melbourne 
McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, VIC 
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
Monash University, Peninsula Campus, Frankston, VIC
Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Capital Development Commission, Canberra
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New Parliament House, Canberra
Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queen Victoria Museum and Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
University of Melbourne, Melbourne 
University of Western Australia, Perth
Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
Woden Valley Hospital, Canberra

Commissions

2008artsACT, Canberra
 Connect East Group, EastLink trail, Melbourne 
1994'Daedalus', Deakin University, Geelong Woolstores Campus, Geelong, VIC 
 'Sheerwater', Esso Australia, Melbourne 
1992 'Marquette for monumental sculpture', Law Courts, Brisbane 
 'Family Group', State Superannuation Board, Melbourne 
1991 ‘Island Sculpture’, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, VIC 
1989 ‘Joie de Vivre’, Sculpture for The ICI House Melbourne 
1985 'Great Gate' Australian National University, Canberra 
 'Jabaroo', McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, VIC 
 'Enigma', Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW 
1983 ‘Full Moon’ Wall sculpture, Wentworth Hotel, Melbourne 
 'Constellation', Art Bank, Sydney 
 'Totem', State Bank, Melbourne 
1982 'Sun Ribben', University of Melbourne, Melbourne
1979-83 Australian Steel Award, BHP, Cairns, QLD
 1978-80'Hanging Cloud', Deakin University, Geelong Campus, Geelong, Geelong, VIC
1980 Ian Potter Foundation Sculpture Commission, Melbourne 
1975-76 'Black Sun II', Australian National University, Canberra 
1976 ‘Dialogue of Circles', Moet Theatre sculpture, La Trobe University, Melbourne 
1975 'Number Five', Woden Valley Hospital, Canberra 
1974-75 'Upward Surge', Department of Early Childhood Studies, University of Melbourne, Kew Campus, Melbourne 
1973 'Forward Surge', Victorian Arts Centre Plaza, Melbourne 
1972 ‘Balance of Steel Forms’, BHP House, Melbourne 
1971-72 'Sir Fred Schonell Memorial Fountain', University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane
 'Fountain', Civic Centre, Wodonga, VIC 
1971 'RAAF Memorial', National Capital Authority, Canberra 
 'Fountain for garden', Mr and Mrs A. Gibson, Melbourne
1968 'Wall Sculpture', BHP Laboratories, Melbourne
1965 'Fountain', Norman Bros., Melbourne
1964 Georges Hostess Store, Melbourne
1959 'Dewdrop Fountain', Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne 
1957 Victorian Employer’s Federation, VIC
1953 'The Herald’, The Herald Outdoor Art Show, Melbourne

Special Notes

Exhibitions with Grahame King

2004 McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, VIC
2002 Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
1976 'The Kings' - 15 years retrospective from 1960 to 1975 - comprising 40 selected maquettes, sculptures and photographs, Mildura Art Centre, VIC; Touring: Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC; Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC; McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, VIC; Benalla Art Gallery, VIC 
1963 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide
1962 Argus Gallery, Melbourne
1960 Gallery A, Sydney
1954 Johnston Gallery, Brisbane
1952 Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne
1951 Stanley Coe Gallery, Melbourne