JAMES AVERY

BORN              St Albans, England                                                           

 

EDUCATION

1993               MA Art & Design Education - University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

1979               PGCE - Art Education - Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, UK

1978               BA (hons) 1st Class - Fine Art Sculpture - North Staffs Polytechnic, Stoke on Trent, UK

1975              Art Foundation Course - Herts College of Art & Design, St Albans, Herts, UK.

 

ELEANOR AVERY

BORN             Leicestershire, England                                                                       

 

EDUCATION

2000               MA Fine Art - University of Central England, Birmingham, UK

1994               BA (hons) 1st Class - Multi Media Textiles - Loughborough College of Art, UK

1991               Art Foundation Diploma (Distinction) - North Warwickshire College of Art, Nuneaton, UK

 

 

JAMES AND ELEANOR AVERY

 

EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS 

2009            Studio Trisorio, Rome, Italy

2009            THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR  (group show) MOP, Sydney

2009             MSSR DVD PROJECT (DVD documentary) Brisbane

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009             FONTANA AMSTRADA, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane

2008               SUPERNOVA, Grantpirrie, Sydney

2007         FLIGHT DECK, Sherman Galleries Artbox, Sydney

2007             OUR DAY OUT, SPACE MISSION,  Metro Arts, Brisbane

2007             OUR DAY OUT, YOUR SPACE, Artspace, Sydney           

2005             OUR DAY OUT, CITY LIMITS,  Spike Island, Bristol, England, UK

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008             TUTTI FRUTTI  British School at Rome, Italy

2008             SPAZI APERTI  Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy, curated by Mirela Pribac

 

PUBLIC ART EVENTS & RESIDENCIES 

2008             ARTIST STUDIO RESIDENCY British School at Rome, Italy, supported by the Australia Council      

2007             ARTIST STUDIO RESIDENCY Artspace, Sydney 

2005           ARTIST STUDIO RESIDENCY Spike Island, Bristol, England, UK 

 

AWARDS & GRANTS

2008             AUSTRALIA COUNCIL Visual Arts Board studio residency at the British School at Rome, Italy

2004             AUSTRALIA COUNCIL Visual Arts/Craft Strategy New Work (established) Grant

 

COMMISSIONS

2008             PORTSIDE WHARF, Hamilton, Queensland – temporary public art commission

2007             QUEENSLAND TRANSPORT public art commission - Cycle Centre, Brisbane 

 

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA COVERAGE

2008             THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME FINE ARTS 2007-2008 catalogue, Italy (ISBN 978-0-904152-52-4)

2008             SPAZI APERTI exhibition catalogue, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy

2008             COLUMN, essay by Anneke Jaspers, Artspace publication, Sydney (issue 1 ISSN 1835-3487)

2008             TIME OUT SYDNEY, review of SUPERNOVA by Emma White (issue 15 ISSN 1835-2367)

2007             EYELINE, Brisbane, article by Robert Payne and images of Artspace show  (issue 64)

2007    RUNWAY, Sydney, cover image, review by Clare Lewis and Michael Lloyd (issue 9 ISSN 1448-8000)

 

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