BIO

JOHN DAHLSEN

Education:
1983 Melbourne College of Advanced Education
1977-79 Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

Teaching/Lecturing:
2003 James Cook University, Townsville, Visiting Lecturer
2003 School For International Training, Visiting Lecturer
2002 School For International Training, Visiting Lecturer
2001 School For International Training, Visiting Lecturer
2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Visiting Lecturer
2000 School For International Training, Visiting Lecturer
1999 Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. Environmental Symposium
1991 School of Architecture, The University of Western Australia
1990 School of Visual Arts, Curtin University of Technology
1990 School of Architecture, University of WA, Visiting Fine Arts Lecturer
1989 Part-time Art Teacher, Gosnells High School, Perth
1988 Painting/Drawing in various secondary schools, Perth
1983-4 Painting /Drawing in various secondary schools, Melbourne
1983 Mature Age, Life Drawing Classes, Melbourne College of Advanced

Education Awards:
2003 Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art - Award for mixed media/new media.
2003 Finalist: Wynne Prize for Sculpture & Landscape AG NSW
2003 Earth Champion Nominee: Athena Foundation
2001 Highly Commended: East Coast Sculpture Show Thursday Plantation, NSW.
2000 Winner of the Wynne Prize for Sculpture & Landscape AG NSW
2000 Appointed "Official Artist of the New Millennium" for the
Environmental organizations 'Clean Up Australia' & "Clean up the World"
2000 N.S.W. Ministry of the Arts grant
1998 Highly Commended: East Coast Sculpture Show Thursday Plantation, NSW.
1991 Artrage Festival Subsidy Funding
1991 Pat Corrigan artist grant
1991 Winner of the Geraldton-Greenough Aquisitive Art Award
1990 WA Department for the Arts Grant
1976 Cann River Open Art Prize, Gippsland, Victoria
Solo Exhibitions:
2003 "Found Plastics" Umbrella Studios Townsville QLD.
2003 “Renewed” Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC.
2003 “Rubbish/ Art” Coffs Harbour City Gallery, NSW.
2003 “Recycled” Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2003 “Art/Rubbish” Lake Russell Gallery Coffs Harbour NSW.
2002 "Survey" Fox Galleries Brisbane QLD.
2001 "Full Circle" Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD.
2001 John Dahlsen, Fox Galleries, Brisbane QLD.
2000 "Totem", Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2000 John Dahlsen, Fox Galleries, Brisbane QLD.
1999 Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. USA
1999 Contemporary Landscapes, Fox Galleries, Brisbane QLD.
1996 The Avatar Series, Orlando Resort Florida, USA
1995 Works on Paper and Canvas - 'The Orient' Byron Bay NSW.
1995 Painting & Drawing Soho Galleries, Sydney NSW.
1994 Works on Paper, 'Byronian' Byron Bay, NSW.
1993 John Dahlsen - Paintings, Cape Gallery - Big Space, Byron Bay, NSW.
1992 Recent works on paper from Amsterdam, Artplace, Perth, WA.
1991 John Dahlsen - Painting + Drawing, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
University of WA.
1990 John Dahlsen Paintings, Old Papa's, Fremantle, WA.
1989 John Dahlsen Recent Paintings, Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC.
1989 Recent Works and Works in Progress, Studio Show, Fremantle, WA.
1989 John Dahlsen Recent Works, Old Papa's, Fremantle, WA.
1989 Recent Works on Paper - John Dahlsen, A Shed, Fremantle, WA.
1998 John Dahlsen Paintings, Delaney Galleries, Perth, WA.
1986 Colour and Transparency, Prism Gallery Fremantle, WA.
1981 John Dahlsen, Johnathan Sweet Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
1980 Studio Works, Artist's London Studio, England

Group Exhibitions:
2003 Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art Italy - representing Australia.
2003 Art Gallery of NSW: Archibald, Wynne, Sulman Prize Exhibition NSW.
2003 “Ecologic” Powerhouse Museum Sydney NSW.
2003 Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2003 Dahlsen/de-Couvreur 2003 Fox Galleries Brisbane QLD
2003 Currumbin Sculpture Festival 5th.- 6th. Oct.
2003 John Gordon Gallery summer show Coffs Harbour NSW
2003 “Flood Sign” Lismore Regional Gallery NSW
2003 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery VIC.
2003 Manly Art Gallery and Museum NSW.
2003 Coffs Harbour City Art Gallery NSW.
2003 Global Arts Link Ipswich QLD.
2003 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville QLD.
2003 Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery QLD.
2003 Noosa Regional Gallery QLD.
2003 “6ft + Clean: Surf + Art” Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD.
2002 Powerhouse museum Sydney NSW.
2002 Alice Prize Alice Springs NT.
2002 6ft+ Clean Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD.
2002 Evolution Art Award Brisbane QLD.
2002 Lake Russell Gallery NSW.
2002 Byron Fine Art Gallery NSW.
2002 Thornquest Gallery, Southport QLD
2001 Schubert Galleries, Gold Coast QLD
2001 "Eco-Logic" Powerhouse Museum Sydney NSW.
2001 Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show Ballina NSW.
2000 Art Gallery of NSW - Wynne Prize Exhibition NSW.
2000 National Arts Club New York.
2000 Melbourne Art Fair 2000 Melbourne VIC.
2000 Sculpture by the Sea- Bondi 2000 Sydney NSW.
2000 East Coast Sculpture Show Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW.
2000 Autumn exhibition, Arthouse gallery, Sydney NSW.
1999 Fox Galleries, Brisbane, QLD.
1999 Kenthurst Galleries, Sydney, NSW.
1998 Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show, Ballina, NSW.
1997 Frame Slaves Gallery, Sydney, Australia NSW.
1996 Frame Slaves Gallery, Sydney, Australia NSW.
1994 Frankfurt Art Fair - Germany, represented by 'Ronen Kunst Imports'
1993 Frankfurt Art Fair - Germany, represented by 'Ronen Kunst Imports'
1993 Stokholm Artfair - Sweden, represented by 'Ronen Kunst Art Imports'
1992 London Art Expo: Britain, represented by 'Ronen Kunst Art Imports'
1992 Printessentials Exhibition at the Geraldton Regional Gallery, WA.
1991 Albany Art prize Exhibition WA.
1991 Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at the University of Western Australia.
"Acquisions 1990-91. WA.
1991 Artbank Exhibition, Artbank Gallery, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Perth WA.
1991 Illberry Barblett Collection Exhibition, Perth WA.
1991 Gore Street Gallery Summer Show, Melbourne VIC.
1991 'Sense of Presence', Gallery at the Carillon, Perth WA.
1991 Treissilian Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Perth WA.
1991 Katanning Art Prize Exhibition, Katanning, WA
1991SECWA/ Fremantle City Council 1991 Art Prize Exhibition WA.
1991 Designer/Makers & Printessentials Exhibition, Fremantle WA.
1991 Guest Artist Exhibition, Parliament House, Perth WA.
1991 'Artspace' Fremantle Arts Foundation, Opening Exhibition, Perth WA.
1990 Summer Exhibition, Delaney Galleries, Perth WA.
1990 Gallery Artists, Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC.
1990 Royal Perth Hospital Art Exhibition, Perth WA.
1989 Opening Group Show, A Shed, Fremantle WA.
1989 Salek Minc Art Show Perth WA.
1989 'Past & Present' Artists of 33 Pakenham St, Spiral Gallery, Fremantle WA.
1989 High Street Gallery Mixed Exhibition, Fremantle WA.
1988 Christmas Show, Delaney Galleries, Perth WA.
1987-88 Summer Exhibition, Moores Building, Fremantle WA.
1986 Future Perspectives, Editions Gallery, Fremantle WA.
1986 Artists as Visionaries, Prism Gallery, Fremantle WA.
1986 Opening Group Show, Black Swan Gallery, Fremantle WA.
1982 Art in Fitzroy, Brunswick St, Melbourne VIC.
1980 Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, VCA. VIC.
1979 Victorian College of the Arts Graduates 1979, VCA Gallery, Melbourne. VIC.

Represented:
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Victorian College of the Arts Collection.
Artbank, Sydney.
Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
University of Western Australia
Curtin University, WA.
Myer/Bailleiu collection.
Kerry Stokes collection.
Thomas & Esther Van Vliet collection.
Wesfarmers Collection.
Soil Test Australia
Spectrum Satellite Communications
Burswood Casino collection Perth W.A.
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Brisbane City Council
DBI Architects QLD
Xavier College Collection Melbourne
Townsville Convention Centre
Novatel Hotels Australia
Sheraton Hotels Australia
Various private collections in Australia, Britain, India, Germany, The Netherlands,
Switzerland, USA and Japan

Artist in Residence:
1999 Couran Cove Resort, Qld
1986 Prism Gallery, Fremantle

Selected Bibliography:
Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art Catalogue.
The Townsville Bulletin - 5/09 2003 Review
The Townsville Bulletin - 16/08 2003 Weekender feature
Plancton Magazine - 1/ 07 2003 - London Feature Article
The Byron Shire Echo -22/07/2003
The Courier Mail -1/05/03
City News - 1/05/03
Byron Shire Echo -6/05/03/03
The Age -29-30/3/03 weekender feature
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 22/3/03
The Australian -20/3/03
Byron News -20/3/03
The Byron Shire Echo -18/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 18/3/03
The Age -15/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 13/3/03
Byron Shire Echo -11/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 6/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 7/3/03
Herald / Sun - 1/3/03
Courier Mail -13/12/02 Heidi Maier
Gold Coast Bulletin -29/30 June 2002
Weekend Australian - October 19th.- 20th. 2002 (Michael Reid)
Brisbane News -October 9th.- 15th. 2002
Courier Mail - October 9th. 2002
Byron Shire Echo - October 1st. 2002
Vogue Living - Jan 2002
Weekend Star - Hannah Ross, Oct. 13th. 2001
Gold Coast Weekender -March 10-11 2001
Courier Mail - March 1, 2001
Gold Coast Bulletin - March 6, 2001
Antiques & Art in QLD. - March - July 2001
Celebrating Arts Philanthropy -N.A.V.A. 10 Yrs of the Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
Vogue Living - Oct/Nov 2000
O.T.I. International -Autumn 2000
Daily Telegraph - August 14, 2000
Courier Mail - June 1, 2000
Courier Mail - June 10, 2000
Brisbane News - June 7-13, 2000
Sun Herald - 5 March, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend Magazine, 4March 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - Critics Pick, Sebastian Smee, 4 March 2000
Daily Telegraph - Ian Gerard, 2 March 2000
Byron Shire Echo - 21 March 2000
Byron News - 22 March 2000
Gold Coast Bulletin -18 March 2000
Northern Star - Hannh Ross, 18 March 2000,
Sydney Morning Herald - Spectrum Arts, Sebastian Smee, 25 March 2000
The Weekend Australian - Giles Auty Arts Review, 25-26 March 2000
Australian Financial Review - Julie Macken, 18-19 March 2000
Byron Shire Echo - Michael McDonald, 14 March 2000
Weekend Australian - Susan McCulloch-Uehlin, 18 - 19 March 2000
Daily Telegraph - Mary Machen, 18 March 2000
Sun Herald - 19 March 2000
The Byron News - Gary Chigwidden, 6 January 2000
Byron Shire Echo - Kate Green 23 November 1999
Scene Brisbane - Marlay Brinsley, 26 May 1999
Courier Mail - Peter Anderson, 29 May 1999
Australian Home Beautiful - January 1999
Interiors Magazine - Feb-March, 1998
Art and Australia - Vol, 29, No. 4, Winter 1992 - Ted Snell
West Australian - 9 November 1991
The Australian - Ted Snell, 29 October 1991
West Australian - David Bromfield, 26 October 1991
The Australian - Entertainment and the Arts, 25 October 1991
Artists & Galleries of Australia - Max Germaine, 1991
West Australian - David Bromfield, 29 June 1991
Fremantle Herald - Philip McNamara, 16 August 1990
West Australian - Mike van Niekerk, 7 November 1989
West Australian - David Bromfield, 15 June 1989
Times of the West - Skip Watkins, 'Cast an Eye Over This', 30/10 1986
Daily News - Pam Nixon, 'The Painting on the Wall',Sept 1986
West Australian - David Bromfield, 6 January 1986

Radio TV Film:
2003 - Italian Sky Channel. Interview. Leonardo Arts Programme Dec 21, 22, 23.
2003 - Florence Biennial of Contemporary art. DVD featured interview.
2003 - Channel 9 win news NQ 22/8/2003
2003 - FBI Community Radio Sydney Nov 2003
2003 - ABC radio Townsville NQ - interview 13/8/2003
2003 - John Dahlsen “Renewed” DVD Production
2003 - Channel 9 NBN 7/3/03
2003 - ABC radio Graeme Robinson live to air 7/3/03
2003 - 3AW radio Denis Walters 23/2/03
2003 - RRR Radio Arts Show 11/3/03
2003 - ABC Radio Victoria Jayne Dullard 16/03/03
2003 - ABC Radio National Sunday Arts Program Julie Copeland
2002 - ABC - Online Regional Arts Features - From October 18th. 2002
2002 - Channel 7 "The Great Outdoors" 21 May
2002 - Bay FM 28th. March
2001 - ABC 2BL 28 Nov
2001 - Channel 9 Gold Coast 20 sept.
2001 - ABC National TV Coast to Coast 22 July
2001 - ABC TV Stateline 13 July
2001 - Channel 9 Extra 2 March
2000 - ABC TV State Line, Late Line, Art Review, July
2000 - Triple J Morning Show, Matt Eaton, 2 March
2000 - ABC 2BL, 29 February
2000 - ABC 2BL, Tracey Chester, 18 February
2000 - A Current Affair, Channel 9, 10 March
2000 - ABC TV 10.30 Slot, 3 March
2000 - Channel 7 News, 29 February
2000 - Channel 7 News, 18 March
2000 - Channel 9 News, 18 March
1999 - ABC RADIO, 6 Dec 2NR
1999 - ABC TV, 21 May
1999 - Channel 9 TV, 23 Apr, Brisbane
1986 - Radio GNR, 19 Oct, Ruth Morgan

Public lectures and appearances:
1999 - Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA "Art and the Environment"
2000 - Architecture 2000 R.A.I.A. Sydney -"Artistically interpreting science"
2000 - Manly Art Gallery - Official opening lecture- "Reclaimed Exhibition"
2001 - Piece Gallery Northern NSW -Official gallery opening lecture
2001 - Gold Coast City Art Gallery- Official opening lecture- "Energies "
2003 - Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery Invitation Panel Discussion on Found Object Art
1990-2003 - Lectured and appeared at various secondary and tertiary
institutions as well as giving artist talks in Australian Regional Galleries as an invited artist.

Commissions:
2000 - Powerhouse Museum Sydney
2000 - Belongil Commission Northern NSW
2002/03 - Story Bridge Public Art Project Brisbane

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