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Krista Berga Un 1 (2000) Bronze |
Biography
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1970
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Born in Auckland, New Zealand |
| 1988–97 | Lived and studied Brisbane |
| 1997–2001 | Lived and worked Sydney |
| 2001–02 | Lived and worked Stockholm, travel and studies in Europe |
| 2002–04 | Lives and works Brisbane |
Studies
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2001–02
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Self-funded study (sculpture and drawing), major museums and galleries, Europe |
| 1993–96 | Life drawing under David Paulson, Brisbane |
| 1989–91 | Bachelor of Communication (with distinction), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2004 | It’s
a Wonderful Life, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
I can endure a sunset green with poison, Hassell Architects, Brisbane I can endure a sunset green with poison, Gadens Lawyers, Brisbane |
| 2003 | It’s
a Wonderful Life, BMGArt, Adelaide
It’s a Wonderful Life, MaunsellHughes Gallery, Sydney |
| 2001 | Sculptures and drawings, studio show, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2000 | Everything
Awake: New Paintings, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Un: New Sculptures, BMG Art, Adelaide William Wright, studio exhibition, Sydney |
| 1999 | Sculptures and drawings, studio show, Sydney |
| 1998 | F & ML, Sherman Galleries: Artbox, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney |
Group Exhibitions
| 2004 | Temperature: Survey of Queensland Sculpture, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane |
| 2003 | Australian Sculptors Survey, BMGArt, Adelaide |
| 2002–04 | Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture, A RGAQ travelling exhibition to: Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Cairns Regional Gallery, Noosa Regional Gallery, Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Tamworth City Gallery, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Geelong Art Gallery, Ararat Art Gallery, Mildura Arts Centre |
| 2000 | Inaugural
Exhibition, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
The Kedumba National Drawing Award |
| 1999 | The
1999 Archibald Prize Exhibition,
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (touring to regional NSW and Victoria)
Wee, Gallery 19, Sydney |
| 1996 | Noir,
Fortitude Gallery, Brisbane
The First Brisbane International Art Fair, Coronation Motel, Brisbane |
Commissions
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2004
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Portrait of Warren Ellis, Paris and Melbourne (private commission) |
| 2003 | Portrait
of Milissa Dietz, Sydney (private commission)
Portrait of Geoff Corbett, Brisbane (private commission) |
| 2001 | Un,
3 metre black bronze sculpture, Republic2, East Sydney
Barrie Kosky (portrait), Vienna |
Lectures
| 2002–04 | Regional galleries and museums of Cairns, Townsville, Hervey Bay, Tweed Valley, and Tamworth (for Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture, touring 15 regional galleries and museums in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria 2002 to 2004) |
| 2003 | School of Architecture, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, July and August 2003 |
| 2002 | National Sculpture Symposium, Gold Coast, July 2002 |
Residencies
| 2002–03 | Artist in Residence, Urban Art Projects Foundry, Brisbane (developing into a partnership extending to 2005) |
Bibliography
| Auty,
Giles, Saving face, Review, The Weekend Australian, 27–28 March 1999, p.23
Auty, Giles, Australian painting climbs up off the canvas, The Weekend Australian, 20–21 March 1999, p.3 Belle magazine, June/July 2003 Black+White magazine, July 2003 Black+White magazine, July 2001 Genocchio, Benjamin, Drawing to a conclusion, Review,The Weekend Australian, November 11–12, p.19 Kubler, Alison, Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture, Catalogue, 2002 McLean, Sandra, Shift from conception to representation, Arts, Courier-Mail, 12 June 2002 Martin-Chew, Louise, Pieces from the heart, Review, Weekend Australian, 13-14 July 2002 Martin-Chew, Louise, Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture, Australian Art Collector, October 2002 Monument, Special Issue, February 2002 Noir, The Weekend Independent, June 1996 Regional newspapers of New South Wales and Victoria, 1999 Archibald Prize Exhibition (touring regional New South Wales and Victoria to 2000) Regional newspapers of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture (touring 15 regional galleries and museums in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria 2002 to 2004) Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture, Brisbane, 2002 Sims, Adam, Honour’s Thesis, Australian Painting, University of Sydney, 2001 Smart, William, Let the Light Come In: Republic2 Burley Katon Halliday, Monument, Residential Special Issue 02.01, pp. 95–99 Smee, Sebastian, Between the Lines, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November 2000, p.12 Smee, Sebastian, Cheque’s in the mail ... , The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 October 2000, p.2 Sydney Morning Herald, It’s a Wonderful Life, Spotlight, 12 March 2003, p.10 Weekend Independent, Review, June 1996 Worfold, Chris, It’s a Wonderful Life, Catalogue, Sydney and Adelaide, 2003 Wright, William, Everything Awake, Catalogue, Brisbane, 2000 Wright, William, Un, Catalogue, Adelaide, 2000 |
Collections
| Daniel
Besen Collection, Melbourne
Gadens Lawyers Collection, Brisbane Kedumba National Drawing Award Collection, Sydney Owen-Simpson Collection, Brisbane Sherman Collection, Sydney Private collections in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia |