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artists

Maryanne Coutts

SELECTED WORKS

 1979-1981       Bachelor of Art (Fine Art) (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts
1984               Graduate Diploma, University of New South Wales
1996-1999       Ph.D, University of Ballarat

Solo Exhibitions

2009'Thirst', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2008Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
2007Span, Melbourne
2005Span, Melbourne
Post Office Gallery, University of Ballarat
2003Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
2000Linden Art Gallery and Centre, Melbourne
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
1999Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
1998Gallery A, Ballarat University, Victoria
1997Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart,Tasmania
1996Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
1995Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
1993The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
1990The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
1989The Women's Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2009‘Temporal Shift’, Frankston Arts Centre
2008‘Prospect and Refuge: Small Landscapes by Five Painters’, Horsham Regional Gallery and Latrobe and LaTrobe Visual Arts Centre Bendigo
‘Muse’, Mildura and Benalla Regional Galleries
2007‘Eye to Eye’, Touring Exhibition from Ballarat Fine Art gallery
‘Dusk to Dawn’, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2006‘Plus’, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
2005‘Dominique Sagan Drawing Prize’, Castlemaine
‘Geelong Print Prize’, Geelong
2004‘Imaging the Apple’, Touring
‘Robert Jacks Drawing Prize’, Bendigo
2003'Self Portraits’ Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
2002Moran Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW, Sydney.
2001'Dobell Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2000‘Dobell Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Geelong Art Prize’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
‘Hatched’, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
‘Portia Geach Memorial Award’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1999‘Exposure’, Artists Portraits of Artists, Linden , Melbourne
Portia Geach Memorial Award’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1998‘National Works on Paper’, Mornington
‘Geelong Print Prize’, Geelong Gallery
‘Making Waves’, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
‘Portia Geach Memorial Award’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1997‘Paper Works’, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
1996‘The First Toowoomba Bienial Aquisitive’
‘The 27th Alice Prize’, Alice Springs
‘Portia Geach Memorial Award’
‘St. Kilda Post Card Show’, Melbourne
‘Out of the Frame’, Tin Sheds, Sydney
1995‘Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition’
‘Dobel Prize Exhibition’, A.G.N.S.W
‘The Last Xmas Show at 375’
‘Portia Geach Memorial Award’
1994ACAF #4, Melbourne
Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne
1993Riddoch Gallery, Mt Gambier
‘Freemantle Print Award’
Melboune Miniature Festival, No Vacancy, Gold St., 200 Gertrude St
1992Artworks 4, 101 Collins St., Melbourne
ACAF #3, Melbourne
‘Travelling Breadboard Exhibition’, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney...
‘Portia Geach Memorial Award’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Blake Prize Travelling Exhibition’
1991‘Erotic/Exotic’, Inner Circle Gallery, Sydney
‘Portia Geach Memorial Award’
1990The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
Portia Geach Memorial Award
1984Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
City of Hamilton Gallery
Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition, Melbourne
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1983Blake Prize Exhibition, Sydney
1982Blake Prize Exhibition, Sydney
Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart

Bibliography

Clabburn, Anna (Essay) Exposure: Artists Portraits of Artists, Victoria University Gallery and Linden Gallery,
Melbourne, 1999
Neeson, John, Imaging the Apple, Catalogue for Touring Exhibition
Future Perfect: The 1998 ACUADS Conference, R.M.I.T. University, Melbourne, 1998
Smith, K and Kit Wise, Drawing 2003, Monash University, 2003
Stratford, Noela (Essay), Plus, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 2006
Timms, Peter (Essay), Nancy Cato, (Ed.) Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Moet & Chandon Australian Art
Foundation, 1995
Wallis, Geoff, Eye to I, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 2007

Awards

2007                Portia Geach Memorial Award
                       Deans Award for Teaching, Monash University
                       Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize
                       St.Vincent’s Hospital Artist in Residency
2000                Highly Commended, Portia Geach Memorial Award
1999                Urban Attitude Prize. Linden Postcard Show
                       University of Ballarat Publications Award
                       Highly Commended, Portia Geach Memorial Award
1995                Ballarat University Scholarship
1992-1993        Australia Council Project Grant
1991                Williamstown Festival Award
                       Not the Archibald Prize, Fitzroy
1983                Australia Council Project Grant
1982                Blake Prize (Joint)
                       Pioneer Art Award, Swan Hill
1981                A. & R. Levi Drawing Prize, V.C.A
1980                Hugh Ramsay Portrait Prize, V.C.A

Collections

Ballarat Regional Gallery, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Horsham Regional Gallery, Monash University,

Australian Catholic University, University of Ballarat, Williamstown Council, St. Vincent's Hospital, V.C.A.

Special Notes

Academic Appointments:

2000-present   Lecturer in drawing and painting , Monash University
2002-2004
      Lecturer in practice and theory, Australian Catholic University
1999-2002
      Lecturer , University of Ballarat