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Sylvia Mair
in Profile
With a background in science, Sylvia holds a Ph D in
physics. After working for more than ten years with CSIRO she embarked on
a career in the visual sciences. Sylvia’s earlier artistic
career was in print-making and she has mastered a number of techniques
such as lino-cut and etching. In 1989 she travelled to Tokyo where she
spent four years studying wood-block printing and lithography.
Since returning to Australia, Sylvia’s work has evolved from print-making
to collage and finally painting. Through her experience in Japan and
working with the earlier media, she has come to appreciate the value of
restraint and simplification. This can be seen in her present work.
Throughout her artistic career, Sylvia has had numerous successful
exhibitions. In 2004 she won The Continental Hotel Fifth Annual Art Prize.
The same year she also won the Richard Riordan Memorial Prize for life
drawing. Her most recent solo exhibition ‘Animal Heads’ was held in June
2007 at Intrude Gallery, Fitzroy.
Principal Exhibitions
Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne - group
Aki-Ex Gallery, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo – solo
Genkan Gallery, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo – solo
Australian Embassy, Tokyo – solo
Foreigh Correspondents’ Club, Tokyo – solo
Ashisto Gallery, Toranomon, Tokyo – group
Gallery Space 21, Shinbashi, Tokyo – group
Yokohama Kenmin Gallery, Yokohama – group
Kerubim Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo – group
18th Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre,
Fremantle
Gallery at Tolarno’s, Melbourne – 2 person |
Noel Stott Fine Art, Melbourne – group
Australian Print Workshop Access Gallery, Melbourne – solo
1998 Glen Eira Arts complex, Melbourne – solo
2000 Convent Gallery, Daylesford – solo
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington – group
2001 Windows on Church, Melbourne – solo
2002 Windows on Church, Melbourne – solo
2004 Catherine Asquith, Melbourne – group
2006 Intrude Gallery, Melbourne – solo
2007 Intrude Gallery, Melbourne - solo |
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