Biography
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| 1969 |
Dip.AD, Manchester Polytechnic |
| 1973 |
MA, Royal College of Art |
| 1983 |
Grad. Dip. Ed., Western Australian Institute of Technology |
| 1999 |
PhD Candidate, RMIT, Melbourne |
| 2001 |
Professor, Chair of Fine Art, University of Newcastle
Currently lives in Newcastle, NSW
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| Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2001 |
Grooming and Eating, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney, NSW
Food & Art, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 5 May–1 July
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| 2000 |
The Silk Plaza, The Echigo – Tsumari Art Triennial
Passage, permanent public art work in Martin Place for the City of Sydney Open Museum and Sculpture Walk, Sydney, NSW |
| 1999 |
People in Glass Houses, Royal Botanic Gardens, Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, NSW |
| 1998 |
Timepiece, Sculpture Forum, Canberra, ACT
Tunnel Vision, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, ACT |
| 1997 |
The Cooling Tower, Museum of Sydney, Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, NSW
The Macleay Women, Elizabeth Bay House, Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, NSW
Transitions, Melbourne Festival, VIC |
| 1996 |
The Chain of Chambers, for Volt at the Brisbane Festival,Queensland
Off the Rails, Adelaide Festival, curated by Erica Green for the University of Adelaide and Adelaide Festival, SA |
| 1995 |
Sweat, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sarashi, The Hinode-Machi residency exhibition at Hinode Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Steriliser, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
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| 1994 |
Sweat, street performance, July–September, Manhattan, NY, USA |
| 1993 |
Through the Glass, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Lap, Artspace, The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo, NSW
Toll, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Penrith, NSW |
| 1992 |
Noemata, Performance Space, Sydney, NSW |
| 1991 |
Anne Graham, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1988 |
So What, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2001 |
Patricia Wilson Adams and Anne Graham, School of Fine Art Gallery,
University of Newcastle, NSW, 15 Aug–9 Sept
Relative Values: Common Ground, School of Fine Art Gallery,
University of Newcastle, NSW, 9 May–3 June
Group Exhibition, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, 28 Feb–17 March
7th NICAF: International Contemporary Art Festival, Tokyo
International Forum, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 28 March–1 April |
| 2000 |
Olympic Theme – Pathways, Maitland City Art Gallery, Maitland
Call & Response, School of Fine Art Gallery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW
Soft House 1, Installation for the Newcastle Botanical Gardens, Newcastle, NSW
Soft House 2 - Construction and Process, International Artists Museum, Poland |
| 1996 |
Carburetta Parking, Casula Power House, Liverpool Regional Gallery, Liverpool, NSW
Doing Time, Tamworth Fibre Biennale, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
A Sense of Place, Bede Gallery for Northern Arts, Newcastle, UK
Flagging The Republic, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney, NSW
The Beggars Banquet, A Progressive Dinner, Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
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| 1995 |
Doing Time, Seven Histories of Australia, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Doing Time, Casula Power House, Liverpool, NSW
Compound Time, Canberra National Sculpture Forum, Canberra, ACT
The Nuns Pool, Viewers and Audiences, Wollongong Regional Gallery, Wollongong, NSW |
| 1994 |
Working with the Wall, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW |
| 1993 |
Hypothetically Public, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Penrith, NSW
Black, Regional Galleries Touring Exhibition
Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1992 |
Working in Public, Public Art Project, Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Transgressions, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
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| 1991 |
Dissonance: Aspects of Feminism and Art, The Wharf, Sydney, NSW |
| 1987 |
The Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1986 |
Biennale of Sydney, Pier 2, Sydney, NSW |
| 1984 |
Wardrobe, Mad Love Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Thin Skin, Performance Space, Sydney, NSW |
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| Selected Awards and Grants |
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| 2001 |
RMC Project Grant, University of Newcastle
2000 NRAG Artist-in-Residence Program, Newcastle Region Art Gallery |
| 2000 |
NAWIC Award, National Association of Women in Construction Merit Award, awarded to Passage, Martin Place, Sydney, NSW
RMC Conference Travel Scholarship, International Artists Museum, Lodz, Poland |
| 1999 |
RMC New Staff Grant, for The Mnemonic Function of Objects and Materials as Constructors of Identity, University of Newcastle
Sydney City Sculpture Commission, Passage |
| 1998 |
Nepean Research Grant to Support Faculty Publications and Visiting Fellowships |
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Selected Bibliography
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Thomas, Martin, ‘The Cooling Tower’, Uncertain Ground: Essays Between Art and Nature, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000 |
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Engberg, Julian, ‘Breadline’, Artlink, vol. 19, no. 4, 2000 |
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Dauth, Louise, Site. Parliament House Construction Photography Project, Parliament House, Canberra, 2000 |
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O’Brien, Geraldine, ‘Ghostly Walk in a Misty Metaphor’, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 March 2000 |
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Thomas, Richard, ‘The Bridge, Construction in Progress V1’, International
Artists Museum, Melbourne |
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Best, Susan, ‘Elemental Constructions: Women Artists and Sculpture in The Expanded Field’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, September 2000 |
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Coucaud, Sally. ‘New Look Martin Place’, City of Sydney Quarterly, Public Affairs Unit, City of Sydney, Town Hall, 2000 |
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Dysart, Dinah, ‘In House Intervention’, Art and Australia, vol. 36, no. 3, 1999 |
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Best, Susan, ‘Art in Other Spaces’, Watch This Space: A Conference on
Public Art, ed. Debra Malor and Heather Johnson, Australian Journal of Art, Sydney, p. 73, 1999 |
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Best, Susan, ‘Public Art in the Olympic City’, Architecture Australia, September/October, p. 82 |
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Best, Susan, ‘Elemental Constructions: Women and Sculpture in the Expanded Field’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, vol. 1, no. 2 |
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