JAMES AND ELEANOR AVERY 

JAMES AVERY 

BORN        St Albans, England 

HIGHER EDUCATION 

1993         MA Art and Design Education - University of Warwick, UK 
1979         PGCE - Art Education - Leicester Polytechnic, UK
1978         BA (hons) 1st cladd - Fine Art Sculpture - North Staffs Polytechnic, UK

ELEANOR AVERY

BORN         Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England

HIGHER EDUCATION

2000         MA Fine Art - University of Central England, Birmingham, UK
1994         BA (hons) 1st class - Multi Media Textiles - Loughborough College of Art, UK  

James and Eleanor Avery have been collaborating on large scale sculpture/installation projects since 2004 

www.ourdayout.org

COLLABORATIVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS           

2009            FEEDER  Studio Trisorio, Rome, Italy

2009            FONTANA AMSTRADA  Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane

2008            SUPERNOVA  Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney

2007            FLIGHT DECK  Sherman Galleries Artbox, Sydney

2007            OUR DAY OUT space mission  Metro Arts, Brisbane

2007            OUR DAY OUT yourspace  Artspace, Sydney           

2005            OUR DAY OUT City Limits  Spike Island, Bristol, UK

COLLABORATIVE GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS 

2009            TOMORROW, TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW... curated by Olivia Poloni, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne 

2009            THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR, MOP, Sydney 

2008            SPAZI APERTI, Academia di Romania, Rome, Italy 

2008            TUTTI FRUTTI, The British School at Rome, Italy

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 

2009            ARTS QUEENSLAND Career Development Grants to exhibit in Rome

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

2007            STUDIO RESIDENCY  Artspace, Sydney

2005            STUDIO RESIDENCY Spike Island, Bristol, UK

2004            AUSTRALIA COUNCIL Visual Arts/Craft Strategy New Work Grant

PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

2008            PORTSIDE WHARF, Hamilton, Brisbane - public art commission

2008            QUEENSLAND TRANSPORT public art commission, Cycle Centre, Brisbane

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA COVERAGE

2009             INSIDE ART magazine, Italy, FEEDER exhibition, Studio Trisorio, Rome

2009             TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW... catalogue, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne

2009             ART & AUSTRALIA magazine, review of FONTANA AMSTRADA by Angela Goddard (winter 2009 issue)

2008             THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME catalogue (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, Australia (issue 1 ISSN 1835-3487)

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