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Judith Wright (artist)

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Judith Wright (born 1945) in Meanjin (Brisbane) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans installation, video, sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking and assemblage.[1][2][3]

Her work explores universal human experiences of loss, impermanence and vulnerability.[4][1] Wright’s figurative sculptural installations use theatrical props and lighting to investigate these themes, and reflect her experience as a dancer in The Australian Ballet.[4]

Education and career

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Wright graduated from the Queensland University of Technology in 2002 with a Master in Fine Art.[4]

Wright has a background in dance, and was a dancer for The Australian Ballet[5] before beginning her visual arts practice in the 1970s.[6] She worked as a lecturer at both the Queensland University of Technology and the Queensland College of Art at Griffith University. She was a Queensland Art Gallery Board Member from 1999-2002.[4]

Awards

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Wright received an Arts Queensland fellowship in 1993, as well as a Queensland Government Professional Development grant in 1998.[4]

Exhibitions

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Wright has exhibited solo exhibitions in public institutions in Australia including the QUT Art Museum, Brisbane; Artspace, Mackay; Performance Space, Sydney; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; and the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.[6]

Group exhibitions have included Lurid Beauty: Australian Surrealism and its Echoes at the National Gallery of Victoria ; All our relations, 18th Biennale of Sydney; and Contemporary Australia: Women, The Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.[6]

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Group

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Collections

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Wright's work is held in state and national collections, including:

  • Artbank, Sydney
  • Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Kawaguchi Museum of Contemporary Art, Saitama, Japan
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
  • Parliament House Collection, Canberra
  • Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
  • The University of Sydney, Sydney

References

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  1. ^ a b Barlow, Geraldine (2020). Know My Name. Australia: National Gallery of Australia. p. 375. ISBN 9780642334879.
  2. ^ "Judith Wright". AGSA - The Art Gallery of South Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Silent Memories V, 1994, Silent Memories by Judith Wright". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Judith Wright biography". Design and Art Australia Online. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Collectors Love: Judith Wright". Art Collector Magazine. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Judith Wright | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. ^ Marsh, Anne (2021). Doing Feminism: Women's Art and Feminist Criticism in Australia. Carlton, Victoria: The Miegunyah Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780522877588.
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