Wendy Kelly Born Melbourne, Australia Academic History 2007 Upgrade to PhD, Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design 2006 Commenced Master of Fine Art, Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design 1993 Graduate Diploma, Monash University, Gippsland School of Art 1978 Diploma of Art and Design / Fine Art, Caulfield Institute of Technology Solo Exhibitions 2008 “Crossing Borders” Depot II Gallery, Sydney 2007 dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne 2005 dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne 2003 dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne 2001 dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne King Street Gallery, Sydney The Church Gallery, Perth Gallery 482, Brisbane 1999 dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne 1998 dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne 1997 dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 1995 “Coober Pedy Experience”, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier Regional Gallery “Wendy Kelly Now”, Manningham Artspace 1993 “Journey”, Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery 1992 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 1990 Works on Paper, Judith Pugh Gallery, Melbourne 1985 Pinacotheca, Melbourne Chisholm College, Latrobe University 1981 Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne Awards, Grants and Studio Residencies 2007 Monash University Postgraduate Travel grant Award; Monash University HDR Prato Programme 2001 The Church Gallery, Perth, residency and exhibition 2000 N.S.W. Ministry for the Arts, The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo 1989 Australia Council, V.A.C.B. Artists Development Project Grant 1981 Pioneer Art Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Collections National Gallery of Victoria Art Bank Monash University Library, Artists Book Collection, Caulfield Campus La Trobe University Collection University of Southern Queensland Private collections Touring Exhibitions 2007 -2008 The Space Between, VCA Gallery, and Bendigo Regional Gallery. Curated by Tara Gilbee 2002 “Indecorous Abstraction”, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, and Newcontempories Gallery Sydney, Curated by Dr Margo Osbourne 1999 - 2001 “Celebrating the Exquisite corpse”, Bendigo Art Gallery and Monash Art Gallery. Curated by Anonda Bell 1999 - 2002 “We are Australians”, 10 venues around Australia 1987 “Domestic Contradictions”, Power Gallery of Contemporary Art Sydney, A.C.T. Arts Council Gallery, Shepparton Regional Art Gallery and the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide Curated by Julie Ewington Commissions  2008 Private Commission, Sydney 1999 Centrum Architects, Melbourne 1982 Chisholm College, Latrobe University Curated Group Exhibitions 2009 “Folk 1”, SNO Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney. Curated by Dr. Billy Gruner 2004 “White”, The Church Gallery, Perth. Curated by Allison Archer 2004 The Melbourne Art Fair, dianne tanzer gallery 2002 “Distant Noises”, Collaborative Group Exhibition RMIT 2003 “The Future in every Direction”, Joan Clemenger Endowment, Ian Potter Centre, NGV 2003 “Dialogue”, 2pi r Artists Group Exhibition, Monash University Gallery, Prato, Italy 2002 “Persistence of Memory”, 2pi r Group Exhibition, Span Gallery 2002 “Swap”, Perth Gallery 2001 King Street Gallery on Burton 2000 “Last show of the year”, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney 2000 The Melbourne Art Fair, dianne tanzer gallery 2000 “Reciprocal Moves”, Warrnambool Art Gallery, curated by Dr Noela Stratford 2000 “On the brink, abstraction in the 90’s”, Heide Museum of Modern Art. Curated by Kelly Gellatly 1999 2 pi r Artists Group Exhibition, Span Gallery 1998 “Making Waves”, dianne tanzer gallery 1998 Sixth Australian Art Fair, dianne tanzer gallery 1997 “Selected Artists”, dianne tanzer gallery 1995 “Some Women I Know”, La Trobe University 1992 “Homage to Spain”, Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery 1992 “Small works, wide visions”, Downlands, Toowoomba 1990 “Change”, Judith Pugh Gallery 1990 “Now look, this is serious”, Judith Pugh Gallery Selected Artist Lectures 2008 Bendigo Art Gallery, ‘The Space Between’ exhibition 2007 Monash PhD Seminar 2005 RMIT 2003 Moorabbin TAFE 2001 Monash University Lunch time lecture series 2001 Edith Cowen University, Perth 2001 Perth Institute of TAFE Group Exhibitions Since 1990 2008 The Tallis Foundation Works on Paper prize, Mornington Regional Gallery 2008 2 pi r Artists Group, Red Gallery 2007 The Savage prize, Melbourne 2006 2 pi r Artists Group, Span Galleries 2005 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize 2002 Out Back Art Prize Works on Paper Broken Hill NSW 2002 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize 2001 Hazelhurst Art Award Works on Paper 1997 Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart 1997 First Darebin - La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize 1995 Save Albert Park 9x5 Invitation Exhibition 1995 Nillumbik Invitation Art Award 1995 Mornington Peninsula Spring Festival of Drawing 1994 Alice Springs Invitation Art Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs 1990 Diamond Valley Invitation Art Prize 1990 Castlemaine Drawing Prize Bibliography Exhibition Catalogue Essays 2001 Dr Margo Osborne, “Indecorous Abstraction 1. Contemporary Women Painters” Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, and “Indecorous Abstraction 2”, Newcontemoraries, Sydney 2001 2001 Kelly Gellatly, “Nulla Dies Sine Linea”, dianne tanzer gallery, 2001 2001 Paul Hinchliffe, “Textrix”, The Church Gallery, June 2001 2000 Dr. Noela Stratford, “Reciprocal Moves”, Warrnambool Art Gallery, 2000 1999 2 Pi r Artists Group Exhibition, Catalogue, 1999 1997 Anna Clabburn, “Waxing Linear”, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, 1997 1995 Roger Palmer, “Wendy Kelly Landscapes: Matters of Place, Time and Identity”, 1995, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt. Gambier 1992 I. McCulkin, “Small Works Wide Visions”, Catalogue, Downlands Exhibition, 1992 1987 Julie Ewington, “Domestic Contradictions”, 1987, Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, Page 5, Illustration, Page 11 Women 150, “150 Victorian Women Artists”, Illustration Articles and newspapers 2006 Alan Mc Culloch, Susan McCulloch and Emily Mc Culloch-Childs, The New McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Aus Art Editions, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, Page 569 2005 Jeff Makin, “Critic’s Choice”, Herald Sun, April 4, 2005, Page 89 2005 Megan Backhouse “Reading between the threads”, The Age, April 9.2005, A2, Page 9 2002 Michael Newall, “Indecorous Abstraction”, Artlink, Vol. 22 No. 4, 2002, Page 85 2001 Josephine Allison, “Getting the Thread”, The Western Australian, Today, May 23 2001 Lin DiCiero, “In residence at The Church Gallery”, Artists Chronicle, Art in Western Australia, Issue 78, April/May 2001 2001 Philip Brown, “Let it Rip”, Brisbane News, Brisbane, April 24 2001 2000 Susan McCulloch, “Undiscovered Artists”, The Australian Art Collector, April 2000, Page 71 2000 Alison Barclay, “2020 Visionaries”, Herald Sun, Melbourne, January 8 2000, Page 97 1999 Jeff Makin, “Choice views”, Herald Sun, Melbourne, June 7 1999, Page 106 1998 Art in Australia, Vol 36, No 2 1998, Illustration “Gallery”, Page 252 1998 Robert Rooney, “Late starters show colors by design”, The Australian, June 5 1998 Page 14 1998 Jeff Makin, “Choice Views”, Herald Sun, Melbourne, May 18 1998, Page 9 1997 Adam Dutklewicz, “Image through Icon”, The Advertiser, Adelaide, November 6 1997 1994 Alan and Susan McCulloch, The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 1994, Allen and Unwin, Australia, Page 385 1993 Susan McCulloch, “Gallery takes care of a visual treat”, Herald Sun, Friday, June 18 1993, Illustration 1992 John Neylon, “Changed Bait”, The Adelaide Review, No.104, July 1992, Page 34 1992 Graham Ryles, “A Buyers Guide to Australian Art”, 1992, Mandarin, Australia, Page 45 1991 Max Germain, A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia, 1991, Craftsman House, Australia, Page 241, Illustration 1990 Max Germain, Artists and Galleries of Australia, 1990, Craftsman House, Australia, Page 366 1989 Artworkz One Exhibition Catalogue 1989, Illustration Women 150, “150 Victorian Women Artists”, Illustration 1985 Ronald Millar, “Happiness is a Room Full of Monets”, Herald, August 15 1985, Page 24 1985 Ronald Millar, “Of Prams and Parking Meters”, Herald, June 6 1985, Page 23