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Stu James

SELECTED WORKS

 Stu James
1967 Born Melbourne, Australia
1986-88 BA Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1992 Travel to Asia, United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia (studio work in Stockholm for three months) and Southern Europe
1993 Travel to Canada, USA.

Solo Exhibitions

2007'Loelia Shoal', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2006'Transit of Venus - Recent Sculptures', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2005‘Configuration’, Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne
‘What George Bass saw. Republican Icons #88-106’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2003‘Republican Icons #59-83’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
2001‘Republican Icons #29-57’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1999‘Republican Icons #7-15’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1997‘Sculpture’, Hotel Sofitel
‘Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1996‘Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1994‘Relief’, Gallery Rhumberallas, Melbourne
1993‘Sculpture’, Gallery Rhumberallas, Melbourne
1991Girgis and Klym, Melbourne
1990Judith Pugh Gallery, Melbounre

Group Exhibitions

2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2006'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2005'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
2004‘In the presence of all creatures great and small’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
‘Group Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2002‘Sculpture 2002’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2001‘The Footy Show’, Artists’ Garden, Melbourne
2000ACAF, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
‘Team of the decade’, Artists’ Garden, Melbourne
1999‘Four Sculptors’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1998Australian Galleries, Smith & Stoneley, Brisbane
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
‘Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1996Australian Contemporary Art Fair 5, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
1994Australian Contemporary Art Fair 4, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
‘Circus Capers’, Caulfield Arts Complex
1993Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show’, Fifth Australian Triennial, Melbourne
1992Southbank Art Exhibition, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
Group Show ‘92, Girgis and Klym Gallery, Melbourne
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 3, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
‘Sink or Swim’, King Street Gallery Inc., Melbourne
1991Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Prize Show, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
Group Show, Girgis and Klym Gallery, Melbourne
‘Once Upon a Time’, Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne
‘New Acquisitions’, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
‘Made in Fitzroy’, Fitzroy Council Arts Space, Melbourne
1990Australian Contemporary Art Fair 2, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
‘Metamorphosis Next Wave’, State Bank Galleria, Melbourne
1989‘Recycled Exhibition’, Friends of the Earth, Melbourne
1988‘Some Lure’, Graduation Show, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1987‘Sculpture Moat’, National Gallery of Victoria
‘Sculpture in the Park’, Gasworks Community Art Centre, Melbourne

Bibliography

Backhouse, Megan; “By George, he saw it”, Age, 5 May 2005
Bagnall, Dianna; Vogue Australia, October 1990
Cawthorne, Zelda; Herald Sun, September 1998
Flannagan, Martin; Sunday Age, 16 September 2001
Green, Rebecca; Sunday Sun, 10 June 1990
Green, Rebecca; Sunday Herald, 10 June 1990
Hornbuckle, Valerie; Guardian (Macedon Ranges), September 1998
Lew, Christina; Melbourne Times, 19 May 1991
Moss, Colin; Telegraph (Central Victoria), photo & editorial, 10 November 1998
Nelson, Robert; Age, 3 April 1996
Nelson, Robert; Age, January 1995
Soboslay, Zauazanna; Realtime, August/September 1999
Age, 18 January 1995
Australian, 29 March 1991 (editorial)
Herald Sun, 2 February 1998

Awards

2001 Winner of the Kevin Murray Art Prize
1990 McPhersons Art Prize
1988 Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, Sculpture Award
1987 First Prize Sculpture Park, Gasworks, Melbourne
1982 David Rosenbaum Sculpture Award

Collections

Australian Museum of Sport, Canberra
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
City of Melbourne, Melbourne
City of Moreland, Melbourne
Eyton on Yarra, Victoria
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Numerous private collections and public venues

Commissions

1998 Commission, Kyneton, Victoria
  Commission, City of Moreland
1994 Commission, The Strand, Williamstown
1992 Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship
  Commission, Southgate, Melbourne
1991 Commission, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Selected Reviews

New Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005

Special Notes

Related activities
Conservation of artworks, Technical Assistant, part time
National Gallery of Victoria, Conservation Department
Ian Potter Art Conservation Centre, University Gallery, University of Melbourne

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