ian waldron


© 2010

 


 
  EDUCATION
1998 Certificate of Education, Cairns Tafe
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Northern Territory University
  EXHIBITIONS
2010

On The Land FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Glover Prize Falls Park Pavilion Evandale

2009

Sculpture + Works on Paper fireworks gallery Brisbane
Boodwood 2009 Framed - The Darwin Gallery Darwin

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) Cairns

Paddocks of Play Cairns Regional Gallery Cairns

Images of the North Cairns Regional Gallery Cairns

2008 From the air fireworks gallery Brisbane
Blue fireworks gallery Brisbane
Urban Chameleon fireworks gallery Brisbane
Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
2007 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Redlands Westpac Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2006 23rd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum & Art
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Ian Waldron, Framed The Darwin Gallery, Darwin
Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Two way: artists and mentors fireworks gallery, Brisbane
2005 Lingua Franca ARC Art, Design & Craft Biennial, Brisbane City Hall
The Dark and The Light II fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Hell and High Culture solo exhibition, Gallery Gondwana, Sydney
Shoosh! The History of the Campfire Group Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Smoke fireworks gallery Brisbane and Despard Gallery,Hobart
2004 Spirit & Vision Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
Out of Country – Contemporary Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery
1601 (Embassy of Australia) Washington DC,USA
The Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection,
University of Virginia, Virginia, USA
Predominantly white fireworks gallery (@Melbourne Art Fair & Flinders Lane, Melbourne)
Lines III – Ian Waldron, Barbara Weir & Matthew Johnson fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Ian Waldron Kimberley Art, Melbourne
From Gulf to Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award: Celebrating 20
Years
National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural
Institute, Adelaide, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns (2005)
2003 Great Art Exhibition Dusseldorf, Germany
Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Invitation Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Rain Over Delta NEWflames studio exhibition, Brisbane
A Few Good Men fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
Northern Lights: selected works from the northern coastlines of Australia
fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Big Country – Masters Exhibition Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
What have you done lately (to change the situation?) fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Of This Country Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin
2001 Transitions - 17 Years of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Art Award
Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural
Institute, Adelaide, The Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
2000 Sydney Olympic SOCOG Exhibition Australian Museum at Customs House Gallery
1996 Alice Prize Alice Springs
12th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Travelling Exhibition
Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Brisbane,
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
1995-2006 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 23rd National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern
Territory, Darwin
   
  AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
2010 Winner of the Glover Prize for landscape Evandale
2009

First Prize (Painting) Port Douglas Art Award Port Douglas
Arts Queensland Career Development Grant

2008

Highly commended in the Heysen Prize Hahndorf Academy
Finalist in the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

2007 Finalist in the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Finalist in the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2006 Finalist in the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Australia Council for the Arts , New Work Grant, Sydney
Queensland Arts Council Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grant
2004 Selected for Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award: Celebrating 20, touring exhibition
Finalist in the 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 23rd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
2003 NEWflames Residency with Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Selected infor inclusion in Transitions - 17 Years of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, touring exhibition
1996 Finalist in the Alice Prize
1995 Winner of the 12th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Open Painting Category, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Australia Council for the Arts, Professional Development Grant
Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
  COLLECTIONS
  Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Richard Homes Law Faculty, Northern Territory University, Darwin
Myer-Gamble Collection, Brisbane
Lowensteins Arts Management, Sydney
Private Collections (Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Portugal, France, Canada, United Kingdom)
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
  Gatherings II – Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Keeaira Press, Brisbane, 2006
Three Large Rooms, Fire-Works gallery, Brisbane, 2006
Bright Spark, Phil Brown, Brisbane News, March 15-21, p. 35, 2006
ARC Art, Design & Craft Biennial, catalogue, 2005, Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane, 2005
Spirit & Vision - Aboriginal Art, exhibition catalogue, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, 2004
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award: Celebrating 20 Years, exhibition catalogue, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2004
The Spirit of the Gulf, Katrina Chapman, Gold Coast Sun, May 15, 2002, p. 63.
Grosse Kunst, Ausstellung Dusseldorf, exhibition catalogue, Dusseldorf, 2003
Watching the Rain over Delta, catalogue essay, Katrina Chapman, 2003
The 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, exhibition catalogue, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2001
Transitions - 17 Years of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, touring exhibition catalogue, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2000
History pushed to the margins, The Bulletin, J Mendelssohn, Sept, 29, pp. 72-73 1998
The 12th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, touring exhibition catalogue, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 1995