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Jane Burton

Born 1966 in Brisbane, QLD. Lives and works in Melbourne, VIC

Education
1991       Bachelor of Fine Arts ( Honours) Majoring in photography, Tasmanian School of Art,
               Hobart
1993       Honorary Research Associate, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
 

Awards/Scholarships
2005       Australia Council Residency, London Studio
2003       Arts Victoria Development Grant (creation)
1993       Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
                Lloyd Rees travelling Scholarship - Four month residency

Solo Exhibitions
2007       Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
               Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
               Wormwood, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2006       under water, Apartment, Melbourne
               I did it for you, Johnston Gallery, Perth
2005       I did it for you, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
               The Fall, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne 2004      The Fall, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
2004      Available Light, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2003      Available Light, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
              The Other Side, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2002      The Other Side, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2001       Badlands, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2000       Cul-de-Sac, Dickerson Scott, Melbourne    
1999       The Sweetest Path, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania,Centre for Contemporary
               Photography, Melbourne
 

Selected GroupExhibitions
2007      City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
              The Last Thing I Remember… Jane Burton, Lily Hibberd, Brie Trenerry, University Art
              Gallery, University of Sydney
2006      Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgan
              Fund,
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
              Salon, Bett Gallery, Hobart
              The Last Thing I Remember… Jane Burton, Lily Hibberd, Brie Trenerry, Switchback
              Gallery, Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, Monash University, VIC
              William and Winfred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, VIC
              Black & White, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2005      The Sea, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
              Art for Science, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
              Opening Exhibition, Johnston Gallery, Perth
               Loaded, Gallery 101, Melbourne
               The Naked Truth: A Photographic Exploration, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2004       Good Looking: Narrative Photographs Past and Present, Ian Potter Centre, NGV
               Australia, Federation Square
2003       The Year in Art, National Trust S.H. Erwin Gallery, Sydney
               Boogy, Jive and Bop, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania
               Anxious Bodies, Art Gallery of New South Wales
               Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2001       Between Place and Non-Place, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery
               Hutchins Contemporary Art Prize, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2000       Spooky, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne

               
Moral Hallucination: Channelling Hitchcock, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
                Landscape, First Floor Gallery, Melbourne
1999       "F"- Divergent Abstraction and the Photographic Project, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre
                for the Arts, University of Tasmania, National Touring Exhibition
1998       Respond Red or Blue, Royal Melbourne Hospita, Melbourne International Festival

               
Everyday, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne
                Private Parts, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
                Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art,Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
1997       Episodes, CAST- Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart, National Touring
               Exhibition
1996       City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
1995       Bad Light, CAST- Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart, National Touring
               Exhibition

               Colonial Past-time to Contemporary Profession: 150 Years of Australian Womens
               Art
, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
1994       Recent Acquisitions, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
               Incorporeal 4 : Scrounge Time, Plimsoll Gallery,Centre for the Arts,University of
               Tasmania, Hobart
1993       The Honeymoon Killers, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart
1992       Collecting Art : Critics Choice, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
                This Sweet Sickness, Fine Art Gallery,University of Tasmania, Hobart
1991       Lust, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
 

Collections
Artbank, Sydney    
Australia Post
Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne University
National Gallery of Victoria
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Private Collections 

Selected Biography
2007 Makin, J; Sensuality on the dark side, Herald Sun, Entertainment, 11 June, p89
2007 Nelson R; Humanity takes over where nature’s cold branches can’t reach, The Age, Arts & Culture, 20 June, p19
2006 Crombie, I; Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti
2006 Smorgon Fund, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp.104-105
2006 McFarlane, K., The Last Thing I Remember… Jane Burton, Lily Hibberd, Brie
Trenerry, exhibition catalogue, Monash University Museum of Art
2006 McFarlane, K., Jane Burton: I did it for you, Photofile #77, Autumn, p.71
2005 Palmer, D; (Ed); Photogenic: Essays/Photography/CCP 2000 -2004, Centre for Contemporary Photography Publication,
Melbourne, pp.18–19
2005 Moore, C; Decoration, Aspiration and Nostalgia: Contemporary Australian Photography, Art and Australia, Volume 42
#3, pp.425–433
2005 Crawford, A; Jane Burton: I Did It For You, The Age, exhibition preview, 4 Dec
2005 Ratcliffe, F; Jane Burton: The Fall, Photofile Magazine, #74, Winter, pp.73–75
2005 Crawford, A; Loaded, Previews, Australian Art Collector, Issue 32 Apr – Jun, p.197
2005 Hammond, V; The Fall, catalogue essay, Bett Gallery, Hobart
2004 Crawford, A; Shadowlands, Australian Art Collector, Issue 28, Apr – Jun, pp.106–109
2004 Keaney, M; Jane Burton - Available Light, Photofile Magazine, #71 Winter, pp.32–33
2003 Strahan, L; Perfect Point of Light, The Age, 9 Oct
2003 Crawford, A; Art of Darkness, The Age, 28 Sep
2003 Crawford, A; Moods in Light, Business Review Weekly, Jun 12 -18
2003 Bullock, N; Anxious Bodies, catalogue essay, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2002 Palmer, A; Icons and Other Pictures - The Photograph in the Art Market, Australian Art Collector, Issue 21, Jul–Sep
2002 Chapman, C; Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 19, Jan–Mar, p.71
2001 Crawford, A; Now You See It.., The Age, Review, Dec
2001 Palmer, D; Between Place and Non-Place, Photofile, #62, Apr
2000 McDonald, H; Erotic Ambiguities: The Female Nude in Art, Routledge Press, UK
2000 Morris, S; Absence Minded, Black & White, Oct
2000 Nelson, R; Lust for Art, The Age, Review, 28 Aug
2000 Crawford, A; Undiscovered Artists: Jane Burton, Australian Art Collector, Issue 12, Apr-Jun, pp.61–62
1999 Colless, E; The Sweetest Path, Photofile, #57, Sept
1999 McLean, I; “F” is for Art, Siglo, Issue #11
1998 McDonald, E; Invention or Symbol? Tracing Shapes in the Dark, All this and Heaven Too, catalogue essay, 1998, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
1998 Colless, E; Jane Burton - Royal Derwent Hospital Suite, catalogue essay, All This and Heaven Too, 1998 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, pp.16–17
1998 Murray, K; All This and Heaven Too, 1998 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Artlink, Vol 18, #2
1998 King, N; Private Parts, catalogue essay, Monash University Gallery
1996 McDonald, H; Feminising the Surreal, Art and Australia, Vol 34, #2
1995 Spinks, J; Bad Light, Art and Australia, Vol 32, #4
1995 Davey, C; Bad Light: Through a Glass, Darkly, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Issue #7
1995 McLean, I; Bad Light, Agenda, #42, May
1995 Colless, E; Ghosting, Photofile, #44, Apr, pp.34–39
1994 Hammond, V; Trapped in Paradise, Artlink, #1, Vol 14
1993 Colless, E; From the Edge of the World, Art and Australia, Jun
1992 Henry, A; Sweet Sickness, Photofile, No 37, Nov
1992 Davey, C; Like Always I Persuade You, This Sweet Sickness, catalogue essay
1991 Hill, P; Lust, Art and Text, # 40, Sep


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