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Glen Clarke
 
Curriculum Vitae

“The correct distance between objects is critical, whether
the distance is physical, cultural or emotional. Two objects
too close to each other become one, two objects too far
apart no longer relate to each other”
- Glen Clarke

EDUCATION                                          


1990    Master of Fine Art
             Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania (Hobart)
1976    Diploma of Art & Design
             School of Visual Arts, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education

EMPLOYMENT
                                            
2002-2004 Teacher: Design and Technology: SHORE Sydney Church of England                  Grammar, North Sydney
2003    Artist in Residences: United Nations International School, Hanoi; The British              International School, Ho Chi Minh City; The Ho Chi Minh International                          School, Ho Chi Minh City
2001    Head of Studio, Teacher: Sculpture & Printmaking Teacher: SHORE Sydney              Church of England Grammar, North Sydney
1999-2000 Installations Manager: Contemporary Art Services Tasmania
1998    Associate Professor of Sculpture: University of Hue, Vietnam
             Artist in Residence (non-resident): Risdon Prison, Tasmania
1996    Head of Studio: Visual Investigation, Lecturer of Sculpture (part-time)                          Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania
1994-95 Lecturer of Sculpture and Drawing (part-time): Tasmanian School of Art,                  University of Tasmania   
1991-93 Lecturer of Sculpture (part-time): Tasmanian School of Art, University of                  Tasmania
1989-90 Tutor of Painting (part-time): Tasmanian School of Art, University of                          Tasmania
1977-78 Tutor of Painting and Sculpture (part-time): Monash University, Gippsland                  Campus (GIAE)
                                           
AWARDS, GRANTS & COMMISSIONS

2006        Asialink Residency, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2005        National Sculpture Prize 2005, National Gallery of Australia/Macquarie                      Bank
2003        Development Grant, Visual Arts/Crafts Fund, Australia Council
2002        Exhibition Assistance Grant, National Association of the Visual Arts
2001        Pat Corrigan Artist Grant
2000        Development Grant, Visual Arts/Crafts Fund, Australia Council
1999        The 1999 Hutchins Art Prize;
1997        City of Hobart Art Prize (Sculpture); Hobart Remand Centre
1996        Lansdowne Primary School
1993        City of Hobart Prize for Sculpture
1978        Mildura Sculpture Triennial
1975        Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Latrobe Valley Purchase Awards
1973        Musswellbrook Painting Award

COLLECTIONS                                          
       
Australian National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart; Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Latrobe; Mildura Art Centre, Mildura; University of Tasmania, Hobart; Australian Embassy, Hanoi; Hue International Sculpture Park,;The Hutchins Foundation Ltd, Hobart, The Renwick Foundation, New York; The British International School, Ho Chi Minh City.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004       “American Crater Near Hanoi”, sSherman Galleries, Sydney
                 “Anh Yeu Em, Dep Qua”, Despard Gallery, Hobart
1996        “Into The Piguenit”, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart
1992        “Still Life (Jono, Robbo, Smitty and me)”, Microscope Gallery, Melbourne
1991        “Your Place or Mine? The Supermarket and Syntactical Sanguinity” Terra                   Australis Gallery, Melbourne
1990        “House”, Microscope Gallery, Melbourne
1987        “Socrate’s Thorn”, Latrobe Valley Art Centre, Morwell
1984        “Italian Works”, Switchback Galleries, Churchill, Victoria
1982         “Plumage”, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
1977         “Works on Paper”, Tony Coleing Gallery, Sydney
                                           
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006        “Who Cares” Boutwell Draper Gallery Redfern.
                 “The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award”, Werribee Park Victoria.
2005        “National Sculpture Prize 2005” (winner) National Gallery of Australia,                           Canberra
                  ArtSydney05, represented by Despard Gallery, Hobart
2004        “Out of Sight” Tactile Sculpture at Object Gallery, Sydney
2003         National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia,                        Canberra
                  New York Art Fair , Mai’s Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
                 “Reverb” 4 Australian artists return to Viet Nam, Mai’s Gallery, Ho Chi Minh                   City Viet Nam
2002        “Hue” 4 artists respond to the experience of working in Viet Nam, Asian                       Australian Artists Association, Gallery 4A, Sydney
                  The 32nd Alice Prize, Araluen ArtsCentre, Alice Springs
2001         Blake Prize for Religious Art, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
                 “Working Conditions”, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
1999         SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), Chicago, USA
                  “Wish you were here” (Satellite Exhibition of the Asia Pacific Triennial)                        Smith & Stoneley Gallery, Brisbane
1998        “Impressions of Hue”, The Second International Sculpture Symposium,                        Hue Vietnam
                  “<CAST> Intro”, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart
1997          “Apples from Oz – Marketing to the Empire and Beyond”, Tasmanian                             Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
1996          “Perimeter: Home of the Nothinging” (Collaboration with Cath Roberts),                         Contemporary Arts Services Tasmania, Hobart
1995          “The Christmas Tree”, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
1993           The City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
                    “Familiarity? Re-examining Australian Suburbia”, Plimsoll Gallery,                                  Hobart
1992          “The Underpass Show II” (Triennial Annex) Degraves St, Melbourne
1991           ARX 3, Artists Regional Exchange, Perth
1990-92     “Contemporary Gippsland Artists”, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell,                      (toured nationally)
1990          “The Underpass Show”, (Triennial Annex) Degraves St, Melbourne
1989          “Flat: Sculptors’ Works on Paper”, Australian Centre for Contemporary                         Art, Melbourne; Fine Arts Centre, Hobart
1981          1st Australian Sculpture Triennial Melbourne
1978           Mildura Sculpture Triennial
                    “Contemporary Sculpture & Performance", Latrobe University, Melbourne
1975           Mildura Sculpture Triennial

PUBLICATIONS  
           
              “Suppression = Alienation = Oppression”
               Glen Clarke published by Champion, 1979

SELECTED READINGS
                               
“Dictionary of Australian & New Zealand Artists & Galleries” by Max Germain
“The Bandaged Image” A Study of Australian Artist’s Books by Gary Catalano     Hale and Iremonger, Sydney
 “Contemporary Gippsland Artist”
  (Touring Exhibition 1990 – 1992) Catalogue Essay by David Hansen
“Sculpture at Mildura” The story of the Mildura Sculpture Triennial, 1961 -            1992, by Graeme Sturgeon, Published by Mildura City Council
  “How the Old Canons were Destabilized in Mildura in 1975”
   Noel Sheridan, Artlink Volume 13, Number 2, August 1993
  “Power and Oppression” Dorothy Erickson, The Bulletin, May 5, 1992
 “Glen Clarke” Interviewed by Sharon Woods, Contemporary Art Tasmania          No.3, Autumn 1994
 “Off The Map” David Hansen, Art Monthly March 1994, No 67, April 1994, No.     68
  “Familiarity? Re-examining Australian Suburbia” Jennifer Spinks, Art Monthly,   December 1994, No. 76
  “Museum of the Mundane” Sean Kelly, Artlink Volume 14, No.4, Summer1994
  “Familiarity” Peter Hill, Art & Text, No. 50, 1995
  “Art and Suburbia” Chris McAuliffe, Craftsman House, ISBN 976 6410 291,
  “Jam Rothko and Marshmallow" Pippa Haslem, Siglo Edition, No.9
  “Specific Times & Particular Spaces” Mary Knights, Artlink, Vol.18, #2  1997
  “Metro” Peter Hill Sydney Morning Herald 01/11/02
  “2003 National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition” Elena Taylor, artonview issue    No. 33, autumn 2003
   Nha Dieu Khac Glen Clarke, interview. TheThaoVanHoa  August 2003
   The Saigon Times Daily. Cultural Fusion. September 2003
   VanHoa:NgheThuat. September 2003
   Viet Nam Economic Times. September 2003
  “Anh Yeu Em Nguyen Thi Minh Khai” Interview by Kim Ung, Saigon Times        09.01.2005
  "Pofile on Glen Clarke 2005 National Sculpture Prize" Eve Sullivan
   National Gallery of Australia, artonview issue 43 spring 2005


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