DEREK O’CONNOR

 

 

 

 

Born 28th March 1957

Warwickshire, England

 

Adelaide, Australia from 1969

 

Currently lives in Canberra, A.C.T

 

 

Education

 

 

 1986-88:   Batchelor of Arts (Visual), Canberra School of Art, A.C.T

 1983-85:   Painting and Drawing, Central School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia

 1981-83:   Associate Diploma of Liberal Studies (painting), Hartley College Adelaide, South Australia

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

1992                Paintings  Legge Gallery

1993                Paintings  Legge Gallery

1994                 Paintings  Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania

1995                 Paintings  Legge Gallery

1996                 Paintings, Dick Bett Gallery

1997        Cold  Stripp Gallery, Melbourne

                New Works  Legge Gallery

                First Love: Paintings by Derek O'Connor and Robert Cleworth  Legge Gallery

1998        Cabin Fever  Lovers Gallery, Melbourne

1999        Pairs  Legge Gallery

                Duo  Dick Bett Gallery

2000                 Paintings  Legge Gallery

2001                 Paintings  Legge Gallery

                           Reciprocal Translocations  First Floor Gallery, Melbourne

 

 

Group Exhibitions

                     

1988                 Persistent Memories  EMR Gallery, Sydney

1989        Eastern States, Western States  Beach Gallery, Perth

1990        Works from the Studios  Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra

                Sue Andrews, Derek O'Connor, Glenn Murray  Legge Gallery

1991        When Love Blooms  Legge Gallery

                Works On Paper  Legge Gallery

                Group Of Five  Legge Gallery

1992                 Thisness  Legge Gallery

1993        Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition

                A Show of Strength  Dick Bett Gallery, Tasmania

Canberra Contemporary Art Fair  Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra

                The Allen Allen and Hemsley Collection  Westpac Gallery, Melbourne

                Tempest  Legge Gallery

1994        Zac Patafta 108 Gertrude Street, Melbourne

                Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

                Artists Don’t Believe in Sanity Clause  Legge Gallery

1995                 Drawings Part B  Legge Gallery

                Carlos Raz  Studio 12, 200 Getrude Street, Melbourne

                          Chameleon: A Decade  Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Long Gallery, Hobart

 The Derwent Collection: Australian Art of the 1980s and 1990s  Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

Summer Exhibition  Legge Gallery

1996        Dirty Surface, Stripp Gallery, Melbourne

                Snow  Stripp Gallery, Melbourne

                Restless and Messy curated by Bala Starr, Contemporary Arts Centre South Australia

                         Acquisitions of Contemporary Australian Art  National Gallery of Victoria

                First Love: Paintings by Robert Cleworth and Derek O’Connor  Legge Gallery

                Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Abstraction Now  curated by Simeon Kronenberg, touring exhibition

                Fuss, Gallery Constantinople, Queanbeyan

1997        Living with Art,  Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra

                Recent Acquisitions  National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

                Alumni Painting Show  Photospace, Canberra School of Art

                          Sanguine Valediction  Legge Gallery

                Wer Schutzt un Fuor HANSI?  Kunstwerk Kard, Cologne Art Fair 1997, Germany

1998                Tennants Show  Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra

                Go Home, There’s Nothing to See  Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra

       Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

       Christmas Show  Legge Gallery

1999                Tennants Show  Artspace 71, Kingston, Canberra

Contemporary Australian Paintings from the Allen Allen & Hemsley Collection  University of Technology, Sydney 

Group Show  Legge Gallery

       Show  (with Peter Vandermark)  Artspace 71, Canberra

       10th Summer Exhibition  Legge Gallery

2000        On the brink: abstraction of the 90s  curated by Kelly Gellatly, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

       Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

       Ten Years  Legge Gallery

       Summer Exhibition  Legge Gallery

2001                 Coincidence: an exhibition of abstract painting:  curated by Geoff Newton, Spiral Arm Gallery, Kingston, Canberra

                Legge Gallery Artists Use Atelier Artists' Acrylics  Legge Gallery

2002        It's a beautiful day: New Painting in Australia 2  The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales

 

 

Grants and Awards

 

 

1988        Lend Lease Painting Award

1990        Capital Arts Patrons Organisation Individual Arts Grant

1992                 Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board Individual Arts Grant

1995        Pat Corrigan award for exhibition development

1998                 Department of Arts and Culture A.C.T Individual Artist Grant,

                Studio Residency, Cologne, Germany

 

 

 

Collections

 

 

National Gallery of Australia

National Gallery of Victoria

Allen, Allen and Hemsley, Sydney

Pan Pacific Collection

Derwent Collection, Hobart

Artbank

ABN AMRO, Renzo Piano Building, Sydney

 

 

 

Bibliography

 

ABC:                      Coast to Coast, television arts program, August 1991

Annear, J.:                          Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, catalogue, Melbourne, 1993

Cato, N. (Ed):        Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Australian Commercial Galleries Association, Melbourne, 1994

Fern, L.:                               People at Play, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March

Hammond, V.:                The Derwent Collection: Australian Art of the 1980s and 1990s, Tasmanian Museum

                                and Art Gallery, Hobart, 1995

Hammond, V.:     Chameleon: A Decade, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Art Services, Tasmania,                      

                                      Hobart, 1995

Haynes, Peter:                     The Land Sited, Unreal City, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, no.1, 1990

Haynes, Peter:                     Reviews, Art Monthly, September, 1990

Heathcote, Christopher:                    Contemporary Australian Paintings, The Age, 1993

Heathcote, Christopher:                    Moet & Chandon, review, The Age, 1993

King, N. and Kronenberg, S.:                Abstraction Now, exhibition catalogue, Geelong Art Gallery,         

                                                                Melbourne, 1996

Malone, Gavin:                   Restless and Messy, Artlink, vol. 17, no. 1, 1996

Mendelssohn, Joanna:                    Popping the Cork, The Bulletin, March 1993

O’Donall, S.:          Restless and Messy, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, 1996

 

 

 

Professional Activities

 

Currently employed National Gallery of Australia, Installations Department

 

Part-time lecturer at the Canberra School of Art, Core/Complimentary Studies, 1998-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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