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b. Sydney 1983
2009 – 2016 Sessional academic staff, UNSW Art and Design, Sydney
Education
- 2009Master of Fine Arts (research), Painting, UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney
- Visiting student Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany, 2007, class of Anette Haas
- 2005Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours (First class), UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
- 2014Indian Chamber, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong
- Render, Gallery 9, Sydney
- 2012Paintings and Sculptures, with Anna John, OK Gallery, Perth
- 2011Mise en Abyme, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne
- Indian Chamber, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton
- Indian Chamber, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst
- Chamber, Gallery 9, Sydney
- 2008Seeing Things, COFA space, UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney
- Supernatural Monuments, collaboration with Mary MacDougall, Locksmith Project Space, Sydney
- Vision Quest, Gallery 9, Sydney
- 2007Cave Paintings, Galerie Elena Kolbasina, Berlin
- 2006Nu-Color-Vues of the Blue Mountains, Peloton, Sydney
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
- 2015Exhibit A, curated by Carrie Miller, The Lock-up, Newcastle
- Solid State, curated by Michael Do, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
- OBJECT LESSONS II: Curtain Situations, curated by curated by Gemma Weston, Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
- Right here, Right Now, curated by Michael Do, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
- Picture Perfect, curayed by Fantom Editions, Viasaterna, Milan, Italy
- 2014Forever New, curated by Marilyn Schneider, Alaska Projects, Sydney
- In the Dust of this Planet, Station, Melbourne
- Melbourne Art Fair, Gallery 9
- Nothing New, curated by Sophie Kitson, supported by City of Sydney, William Street Creative Hub, Sydney
- Ready Player One, Station, Melbourne
- 2013Transit, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, VIC
- Seven Points (part one): Marley Dawson, Anna Kristensen, Angelica Mesiti, curated by Bree Pickering, Embassy of Australia Gallery, Washington DC, USA
- Low Relief, curated by Connie Anthes, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
- 2012The New Fair, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne
- No Relation, curated by Shane Haseman and Alex Gawronski, ICAN, Sydney
- Bellowing Echoes, curated by Marcel Cooper and Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris, Next Wave Festival, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
- New Work, Gallery 9, Sydney
- Cool World, curated by Mitch Cairns, Alaska Projects, Sydney
- 2011Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney
- Illuminations and Bad Faith, curated by Todd McMillan, Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney
- Just Imagine, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong
- 2010Phenomenonononononon, curated by Marley Dawson, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney
- Melbourne Art Fair, Uplands Gallery and Gallery 9
- The Drawing Wall, curated by Danny Lacy, Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria
- 2009Colleagues & Peers (hokey-pokey), curated by Mitch Cairns and Agatha Gothe-Snape, Cosmic Battle for your Heart, Sydney
- 2008Rookie, curated by Barbara Flynn, Deloitte, Sydney
- 2007An Introduction to Locksmith, Locksmith Project Space, Sydney
- Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney
- 2006Examples, curated by Matthys Gerber and Giles Ryder, Peloton, Sydney
- Hatched, curated by Leigh Robb, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Perth
- 2005A Short Survey on Making Pictures, Phatspace, Sydney
- Homage in 9 Movements, Firstdraft, Sydney
Awards, Grants, Residencies (Selected)
- 2014Artspace Studio Residency, Sydney
- John Fries Award, Sydney (finalist)
- 2013Australia Council for the Arts Greene St studio residency, New York City, USA
- Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts studio residency, Omaha, USA
- Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence, Freedman Studio, NSW
- 2012Arts NSW Quick Response Grant
- 2011Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney (finalist)
- Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence, Fern Studio, NSW
- 2010Australia Council for the Arts, New Work (Emerging) Grant
- National Association of the Visual Arts (NAVA), Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant
- 2009Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence, Freedman Studio, NSW
- Ian Potter Cultural Trust travel grant
- Art Gallery of NSW Denise Hickey studio residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
- 2007Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney (finalist)
- Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, Visual Art Category (finalist)
- 2006-08University of New South Wales Postgraduate Award
- 2005William Fletcher Trust bursary
Articles, Publications & Texts (Selected)
- 2015
Carrie Miller, ‘Exhibit A’, exh. cat. The Lock-up, Newcastle, 2015
Antigone Anagnostellis, ‘Solid State: why “filthy industrial spaces” are ideal for arts‘, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July 2015
Stella Rosa McDonald, ‘Solid State’, The Art Life, 20 July 2015
Francesca Seravalle, ‘Viasaterna‘, Flash Art online, 2015
‘Picture Perfect at VIASATERNA – Milan‘, Mousse Magazine, 2015
Elena Bordignon, ‘Viasaterna – Fantom presents Picture Perfect’, ATP Diary, 26 May 2015
Marta Galli, ‘Apre Viasaterna.
Cristiana Campanini, ‘Il white cube di “Viasaterna” nato sotto il segno di Dino Buzzati’, la Repubblica, 30 May 2015
Ginevra Bria, ‘Immagini e video dall’opening di Viasaterna, la nuova maxi-galleria milanese specializzata nel “sensibile fotografico”’, Artribune, 27 May 2015
Lorenzo Vigano, ‘Benvenuti in Via Saterna. La strada inventata da Buzzati da il nome a una nuova galleria d’arte‘, Corriere della Sera, 26 May 2015
Anna Siccardi, ‘Viasaterna apre con Picture Perfect‘, Vogue Italy, 26 May 2015
- 2014
Robert Nelson, ‘Exhibitions dig deep in contemplations of women’s archaeology’, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Nov 2014
Dan Rule, ‘In the Galleries: In the Dust of This Planet’, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herlad, 14 November 2014
Susan Gibb, ‘Anna Kristensen: Render’, exh. cat. Render, Gallery 9, Sydney
Carrie Miller, ‘Push & Pull’, Australian Art Collector, p 106-113
- 2013
Andrew Frost, ‘Concerns around climate change are shaping new Australian Art’, The Guardian, 6 November 2013
Bree Pickering, ‘Seven Points’, exh. cat. Embassy of Australia Gallery, Washington DC, 2013
Audrey Hoffer, ‘Australian Embassy Aims to Dispel Down Under Clichés’, The Washington Diplomat, April 1 2013
- 2012
Shane Haseman, ‘Paintings and Sculptures’, exh. cat. OK Gallery, Perth, 2012
Scott Wark, ‘Over the horizon’, Realtime 109, June-July 2012
‘The rest is silence. Death and the skull in contemporary art’, ed. Death Be Kind, Claire Lambe and Elvis Richardson, Melbourne, 2012, p39, ISBN: 978-0-646-57244-4
- 2011
Amelia Groom, ‘Placed into Abyss’, exh. cat Mise en Abyme, Kalimanrawlins 2011
Lisa Lerkenfeldt, ‘Indian Chamber’, Runway, issue 20, ‘Magic’, Spring 2011, p63-65
‘From the heart of the forest to the edge of the road’, Ampersand Magazine, issue 4, Spring 2011, front cover, p96-105
David Lee, ‘Art you can really step into’, The Shepparton Advisor, 13 April 2011, p14
Andrew Frost, ‘Explore the stalagmites’, Sydney Morning Herald, Metro art, 4-10 March 2011, p14
Gary Carsley, ‘Outside In: A short introduction to the Indian Chamber panorama of Anna Kristensen’, exh. cat. Gallery 9, Sydney 2011
Gillian Serisier, ‘Anna Kristensen’, Artist Profile, issue 14, February 2011, p124-125
‘Anna Kristensen: Indian Chamber, Pictorial’, Das Superpaper, issue 17, February 2011, front and back cover, p24-28
Andrew Taylor, ‘An insider’s view of underground art’, Sun Herald, 16 January, 2011, p35
- 2010
Christopher Hanrahan, ‘As is the gardener, so is the garden’, exh. text SCA gallery, Sydney
- 2008
Barbara Flynn, ‘Rookie’, exh. cat. Deloitte, Sydney
- 2006
Ted Snell, ‘Have brush, will travel’, review, The Weekend Australian, 3 June 2006, p18
Ben Cubby, ‘The Next Big Thing’, The Griffith Review, issue 13, June 2006, p152
- 2005
Tracey Clement, ‘Critic’s Picks’, Sydney Morning Herald, 12-18 August 2005
Collections
- Artbank
- Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art (University of Western Australia)
- Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton
- Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong
- private collections in Australia, Germany, Italy and USA.
Represented by The Commercial, Sydney