| | | 1952 | Born Adelaide, South Australia | | |
| | | An exhibition of Mandy's work, 'Mandy Martin: Paintings 1981 - 2009' is currently on at the ACT Museums + Galleries in Canberra. For more information on this exhibition please click on the link below:
| | | | | | Mandy Martin is a practicing artist who has held numerous exhibitions in Australia, Mexico and the USA. She has exhibited widely in curated exhibitions in Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, USA, and Italy. Her works are in many public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia and major state galleries and collections. In the USA she is represented in the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and many private collections. She lives in the Cowra region, New South Wales, Australia. | | | |
1972-75 Studied at the South Australian School of Art
1978-2003 Lecturer at the School of Art, Australian National University
2003-2007 Fellow of Australian National University
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2009 | 'Mandy Martin and Mangkaja Artists painting Fitzroy River Valley Country 2007-2009', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Wanderers in the Desert of the Real', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2008 | 'Wanderers in the Desert of the Real', Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 2006 | 'Salvadoresque', Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Absence and Presence', Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2005 | 'Strata: Desert of the Mind’s Eye -. An exhibition of Ikuntji artists and Mandy Martin', Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
| | 2004 | 'Absence and Presence', Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 2003 | 'Bridging the Wild: Salvator Rosa Series V', Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 'Salvator Rosa Series IV', Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 2002 | 'Peripecia: The Salvator Rosa series', Drill Hall Gallery, The Australian National University, Canberra
| | 2001 | 'Inflows: the Channel Country', Touring exhibition: Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT; Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW; Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD
| | 'Salvator Rosa series', Casa de la Primera Imprenta de America, Festival Centro Historico Mexico City; Casa Gene Byron, Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico
| | 2000 | 'Salvatore Rosa Series III', Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1999 | 'Watersheds: the Paroo to the Warrego', Touring exhibition: Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, VIC; Mildura Arts Centre, VIC; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
| | 1997 | 'Tracts: Back O’Bourke', Touring exhibition: Nolan Gallery, Canberra; Moree Regional Gallery, NSW; Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW; Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Albury Regional Art Centre, NSW |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2008 | 'The Ecologies Project', Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne. Curated by Geraldine Barlow and Dr Kyla McFarlane
| | 'The Kilgour Prize', Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
| | 'Solander Survery', Solander Gallery, Australian Capital Territory
| | 'Beyond Hill End', Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW
| | 'The John McCaughey Memorial Prize 50 Years', Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | 2007 | 'Winter Solace: Simply Red', Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
| | 'Glimpse: Inside Gold Coast City Art Gallery’s Collection', Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
| | '(collected) women', Wollongong City Gallery, NSW
| | 2006 | 'Philanthropy Rules!' Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW
| | 'The Wynne Prize', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2005 | 'Whatever happened to the revolution?' Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, VIC
| | 'Watermarks'. Reflections on the water history and culture of Orange and district. Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
| | 'Making a Place for herself'. Women’s experiences of landscapes and national parks, Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and touring National Park visitor centers throughout NSW in 2006 and 2007
| | 'Landscape Now'. Thirty- Six Artists interpret the landscape. Solander Gallery, ACT
| | 2004 | '2004 National Works on Paper', Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
| | 'Fleurieu Art Prize', Adelaide, SA
| | 'Fleurieu Heritage Art Exhibition', Adelaide, SA
| | 'Alice Springs Art Prize', Alice Springs, NT
| | 'Landmarks', Cowra Art Gallery, NSW
| | 2003 | 'Land$cape : Gold & Water', Cowra Art Gallery, NSW; Foyer Gallery, School of Art ANU, Canberra; Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
| | 2002 | 'Imaging Identity and Place', Touring exhibition: QUT Art Museum, Brisbane; Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Manly Art Gallery and Museum, NSW; Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC; Albury Art Gallery, NSW; Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW; Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD; Tamworth City Gallery, QLD
| | '20', Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Factor Of Ten'. A Future Worth Having. School of Art Gallery, National Institute of the Arts, Australian National University, Canberra
| | 'Sublime'. 25 years of the Wesfarmers Collection. Touring exhibition: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Geraldton Regional Art Galleries, WA; Heide Museum of Modern Art, VIC; City Hall Gallery, Brisbane; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TAS; Cairns Regional Art Gallery, QLD; Bendigo Museum and Art Gallery, VIC; New England Regional Gallery, NSW
| | 'Landscapes', Cowra Art Gallery, NSW
| | 'Geelong Contemporary Art Prize', Geelong Gallery, VIC
| | 'Australian Art in the National Gallery National Gallery of Australia', Canberra
| | 'Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002', National Gallery of Victoria, Canberra
| | 2001 | 'Landscape as Metaphor', QUT Art Museum, Brisbane; ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
| | 'Imaging Identity and Place', Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
| | 'Reflecting Canberra', Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
| | 'Auriferous. The Gold Project', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
| | 'First Showing', Cowra Art Gallery, NSW
| | 'Landscape as Metaphor', Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, Townsville; Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD; Bond University, QLD
| | 'Orbit: Artists and Designers from South Australia', University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide
| | 'Federation! But Who Makes a Nation?' Touring exhibition: Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW; Albury Regional Arts Centre, NSW; Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW; UTS Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Alchemy. Cadia Hill Gold Mine Art Project', Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
| | 2000 | 'Federation. Australian Art and Society 1901-2001', Touring exhibition: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville; Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW; Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
| | 'Central Queensland Art Purchase', Rockhampton Art Gallery
| | 'Shell Australia Collection Contemporary Art', Melbourne and Sydney
| | 'First Showing', Cowra Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
| | 'A Thousand Colours: Visual Art for Green ANU', School of Art, ANU, Canberra
| | 1999 | 'Suddenly the lake Weereewa: Lake George', Canberra Museum and Gallery
| | 1998 | 'A Flourishing Resource', Burnie Regional Art Gallery; Side Space Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
| | 1997 | 'Ten Important Painters', Solander Gallery, Yarralumla
| | 'The Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990's', Touring exhibition: The University of Melbourne, Hamilton Art Gallery; Geelong Art Gallery; Bendigo Art Gallery
| | 'The Australian National University Fiftieth Anniversary Touring Exhibition', Orange Regional Gallery, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Susan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Tamworth Regional Gallery
| | 'Australian Art in the 80's', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | 'Australian Opera 40th Anniversary Print Folio', Sydney
| | 1996 | 'Prime Painting Prize', Touring exhibition: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Nolan Gallery, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
| | 1995 | 'Hidden Treasures', Art in Corporate Collections, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Eve-Olution', Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
| | 'Downland College Collection', Toowoomba Region Gallery, QLD
| | 'Staff Amenities Fund Donations to the Art Collection 1982-1994', Australian National University, Canberra
| | 'The Best Face Value for Autumn', Wollongong City Gallery, NSW
| | 'Women Hold Up Half The Sky', National Gallery of Australia, Melbourne
| | 'Australian Art 1940-1990', from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan
| | 1994 | 'Prime Television Painting Prize', Newcastle, October-December, Orange Regional Gallery, Tamworth City Gallery
| | 'Identities-Art from Australia', Wollongong Regional Gallery
| | 'Vertuosi, Youth Music Australia Print Portfolio', Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne and Sherman Galleries, Sydney
| | 1993 | 'Briefcase Project', Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland
| | 'Poster Art in Australia', National Gallery of Australia, NSW
| | 'Identities-Art from Australia', National Gallery Tai Pei, Taiwan
| | 1992 | 'Works for 10 Square Wilderness', Linden Gallery, Melbourne
| | 'Artists from Canberra & Districts in the Parliament House Art Collection', Parliament House, Canberra
| | 'Henri Worland Memorial 20th Anniversary Collection', Warrnambool Art Gallery
| | 'ACAF3', Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne | | 1999_'Looking at the landscape', Nolan Gallery, Canberra 1999_'Luoghi Del Carpo e Dello Spirito', Spoleto, Umbria, Italy
| | Landmarks: Views of the Australian Landscape by 1997_'Contemporary Australian Painters', Melbourne, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery
| | Prints for UTS from the Friends, Sydney
| | Prelude: Selections from the Canberra Museum and Gallery Collection
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BibliographyAbel, N. Ryan, S. Sustainable Habitation in the Rangelands, Proceedings of a Fenner Conference on the Allen, Traudi. Cross-Currents In Contemporary Australian Art. Craftsman House, Sydney, 2001.
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Curthoys, Ann. McGrath, Ann. (eds.). Writing Histories. Imagination and Narration. Monash Publications in History, Melbourne, 2000.
Dickman, C., Lunney, D., Burgin, S. Animals of Arid Australia. Out on their Own? Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW 2007
Federation! But who makes the nation? Exhibition catalogue, Museum & Galleries Foundation of NSW, Woolamooloo, 2001.
Gray, A. Australian Art in the National Gallery of Australia. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2002.
Green, E. North, I. Rowan, M. Orbit, exhibition catalogue, University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide, 2001
Griffiths, T. “Meanjin. Essaying the Truth”, Haunted, vol. 59, no. 1, 2000.
Grishin, S. Australian Printmaking in the 1990’s. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996.
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Haynes, P. “Tom Roberts and Mandy Martin: From the Big Picture to Red Ochre Cove”, Headon, D. Haynes, P. "Mandy Martin: From Word To Place", Salvator Rosa Series III, exhibition catalogue,
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, 2000.
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Haynes, Rosslyn. Seeking the Centre, Literature and Art. Cambridge University Press, Sydney, 1998.
IMPRINT, Summer 2007, Vol. 41, No.4, pg 6
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Sever, N. " The Art of Mandy Martin" Primera Casa de Imprenta de los Americas, Mexico City, Mexico, March 2001.
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Writings by the artist
Martin, M."Letter to Nick Jose” in Niall, B. Thompson, J. (eds.). The Oxford Book of Australian Letters. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997.
Fitzhardinge, G. Griffiths, T. Martin, M. Watersheds: the Paroo to the Warrego. Goanna Press, Canberra, 1999.
Martin, M."Watersheds: the Paroo to the Warrego", in People and rangelands: proceedings of the VIth International Rangeland congress. V1 International Rangeland Congress Inc, Australia, 1999.
Martin, M.“This El Dorado of pure recognition and desert of pure non - recognition”, in Hamblin, A. (ed). Vision of Future Landscapes. Proceedings of 1999 Australian Academy
of Science Fenner Conference on the Environment, 2-5 May 1999. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra, 1999.
Martin, M.“Introduction”, in Inflows: the Channel Country, exhibition catalogue, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra, 2001.
Martin, M. “They Have a Faith to Move Mountains”, in Judd, C. Lawson, A. Auriferous. The Gold Project, exhibition catalogue, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, April- June 2001.
Martin, M. “Artist’s Statement”, Peripecia; the Salvator Rosa Series, exhibition catalogue, The ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 2002.
Martin, M. Land$cape : Gold & Water Canberra, 2003, exhibition catalogue. Goanna Press , Canberra, 2003
Martin, M and Ryan, S. The Lachlan: Blue-Gold, 2004, exhibition catalogue
Martin,M., Robin, L., Smith, M., Strata: Deserts Past Present and Future. An environmental project about a significant cultural place. Goanna Press, Canberra, 2005.Awards2002 Land & Water Australia, Community Fellowship
2001 ArtsACT Creative Arts Fellowship
2000 Main Funding Round ACT Arts Program Grant
1995 Environment Education Trust Grant, Minister for the Environment, NSW
1991 The Alice Prize, Alice Springs
Australian Representative in Paris 1982, New York 1984, Nurnberg 1985-6 CollectionsArtbank, Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Australia Council, Sydney
Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Banyule Art Collection, VIC
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
Central Queensland University, QLD
Cowra Art Gallery, NSW
Emerald Shire, QLD
Fremantle Art Gallery, WA
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, QLD
Gold Coast College, University Art Museum, University of Queensland
Griffith University, QLD
Joshua McClelland Print Room, VIC
LaTrobe Valley Arts Centre
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
Michell Endowment, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
New England Regional Arts Museum
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Phillip Institute, Melbourne
Print Council of Australia, VIC
Print Council of Western Australia, Perth
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Queen Victoria Museum and Gallery, Tasmania
Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier
Royal Melbourne Institute of Melbourne, VIC
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York
Tamworth City Art Gallery, NSW
University Art Museum, University of Queensland
University of Canberra, ACT
University of Melbourne Gallery, VIC
University of Southern Queensland
Visual Arts Board Purchase Program, Australia Council
Warrnambool Collection, VIC
Wollongong City Gallery, NSW Commissions1996 Australian Opera 40th Anniversary Print Folio
Australian Opera Dinner Plate Series “The Flying Dutchman”
Esso Annual Patron's Print
1995 Coopers & Lybrand, Melbourne
1993 BHP, Melbourne
1991 Santos, Adelaide
1990 Australia Post Head Office, Adelaide, Gorge at Sunrise
1988 New Parliament House, Canberra, Red Ochre Cove
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