Geoff Overheu
​Geoff lives and works in Gingin, Western Australia
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Education:

2004                     BA Hons Fine Arts Degree, VCA, Melbourne Vic
2002-2003          BA Fine Arts Degree, Curtin University, Perth WA
2001                      Advanced Diploma, Fine Arts, Central TAFE, Perth WA

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:


2022      Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA 
               Sculpture at Bathers, Bathers Beach, Fremantle, WA 
2021      Midwest Art Prize, Geraldton, WA
               Adelaide Parks Exhibition, Adelaide, SA
            
2020     Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, SA Museum. Adelaide, SA
               Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, WA
2019      Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Vic 
               Sculpture by the Sea - Inside, Cottesloe, Perth, WA
               Midwest Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA

2018      Redlands Art Prize, Cleveland, Qld

               Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, SA Museum. Adelaide, SA 
               Wollongong Sculpture Prize, Wollongong, NSW 
               Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, WA (WINNER of Sculpture by the Sea Inside Award)

2017      Brisbane Art Award, Brisbane, Qld
               Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, SA
               Outback Art, Broken Hill, NSW

               Bathers Beach, Fremantle, WA
               Bathers Beach, (Esplanade Hotel), Fremantle, WA

2016     
Not Fair, Melbourne, Vic
               Bankwest Art Prize, Perth, WA     
               Alice Prize, Alice Springs, NT
               Wollongong Sculpture Prize, Wollongong, NSW

2015      Outback Open Art Award, Broken Hill Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
               Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
               Mid West Art Prize, 2015, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
               
Sculpture at Bathers, 2015, Perth, WA 
              
Stations of the Cross 2015, Perth, WA

2014      'Flight of the Bumblebee’, video work: collaboration with Rose Draper, commissioned by, screened for The Australian Aeronautical Film Corpn
               
The Relevance of the Critical Medium, Intelligentsia Gallery, Beijing, China 
              
Worth Its Weight In Gold, Moana Project Space, Perth, WA 
              
Of Spears and Pruning Forks II, Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 
               Adelaide Festival, SA  

               Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA 
 
2013      Fleurieu Art Prize 2013, Mclaren Vale, South Australia
               Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
               Strand Ephemera, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, Qld
               Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW

2012      Mt Buller Sculpture Award, Mt Buller, Vic
               University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award 2012, Sydney, NSW
               Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize 2012, Sydney, NSW

2011      Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
               Travelling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Qld
               Fourth Biennial Australian Animal Exhibition, Griffiths University Brisbane, Qld
               Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

2010      Erotica National Art Prize, Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane, Qld
               Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

 2009     City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award, Perth, WA
               Wyalla Art Prize, South Australia
               Diagram, The Junction Gallery, Perth, WA
               Regeneration and Resurrection, Ellenbrook Art Foundation WA

 2008     Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Art Centre, Mundaring WA
               Field Days II, Ballidu Art Centre & Ellenbrook Art Foundation WA
               Lloyd & Liz Horne Collection, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury WA

 2007     Country, Riseborough Gallery, Gingin WA
               Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury WA
               Finalist for ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney NSW
               ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne Vic

 2006     Finalist for ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney NSW
                ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne Vic
                Allegory, Parody & Montage in the History of Australian Art & Politics, Ord Minnett Gallery, Melb Vic
                Where the Bloody Hell Are You, Kings ARI, Melbourne Vic
                Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne Vic
                Sculpture by the Sea (Cottesloe), Perth WA

 2004     Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA
               GO.MA.@T.RZ.JS.SL, IASKA International Art Space, Kellerberrin WA              

2003      Supermart, Breadbox Gallery, Perth WA
               Tears for What Was Done, The National Review of Live Art, Perth WA
               Terror Australis, with Lyndall Jones, Spectrum Gallery, Edith Cowan Uni, Perth WA
               Austr-aliens, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA
               Aqua Nullis, Ballidu Contemporary Art Centre, Ballidu WA

 2002     Boundless, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
               Sculpture Survey, Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2014      The Virtuous Peasant, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury, WA
2013      The Virtuous Peasant, Geraldton Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
2012      Dreamers, Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2011      The Inevitability of Laughter, Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2010      Thirty Pieces, Hammer Gallery, Hammerstrasse, Basel, Switzerland
2009      Everybody knows..., Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2007      Fourth Generation: objects in a deluded landscape, Counterpoint, Melbourne Vic
                Fourth Generation: objects in a deluded landscape, MOP Projects, Sydney NSW
                Reflections of a disposable landscape, Riseborough Gallery, Gingin WA

2006      We agree completely, absolutely, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne Vic
2004      DELIcate pop-ecology 3, Ocular Lab Inc., Melbourne Vic

              

Awards:

2014      Artist Residency, Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
2013      Highly commended, Whyalla Art Prize
2009      Winner of Celebrating Joondalup Award, City of Joondalup Art Award, Perth, WA
2006      ArtsWA Grant, Perth WA
2003      Outstanding Student, Third Year Studio Programme, Curtin University, Perth WA
               Vice Chancellor's Award, Fine Arts, Curtin University, Perth WA…
               Dean’s Commendation, Faculty of Art and Design, Curtin University, Perth WA
2002      Outstanding Student, Second Year Studio Programme, Curtin University, Perth WA
               Academic Excellence Award, Inaugural Curtin University Board of Examiners List

                             

Commissions:

2014      'Flight of the Bumblebee’, video work: collaboration with Rose Draper, commissioned by, and screened for The Australian Aeronautical Film Corporation

2003      Curator, WA Contemporary Art Auction, Curtin University, Perth WA
2002      Assistant Installation Coordinator, Anthony Gormley's 'Inside Australia' Project, WA

 

Professional Experience:

2014      Established Here to There International Arts (HTT International Arts), Co-Founder, WA
2010      Lecturer, Curtin University, Perth WA

2008      Board Member, Artsource, Artist Foundation of WA, Perth WA
2006      Lecturer, Fine Arts, Midland TAFE, Perth WA

 

Bibliography:

2014     Intelligentsia Gallery, Smart Beijing, 12June, 2014 
              The Relevance of the Critical Medium, Art Link Art, 25 May 2014
              Breaking Through Media Constraints. China Daily, May 2014
              Hans Heysen Sculpture Biennale, The Conversation with Dr Christine Nicholls, Feb 2014
              Hans Heysen Sculpture Biennale, World Sculpture News, (34 Spring Ed), May 2014
              Worth Its Weight In Gold, Louise Morrison, Artlink, Aug 2014

2009     A tale of garlands and beasts, Ric Spencer, West Australian, 12 June, 2009


2008      Self-truth all in the execution, Stephanie Painter, West Australian, 22 October, 2008
               ABN Amro backs young artists, Australian Financial Review

2007      Top 100: The Iconoclasts (Ashton Raggatt McDougall), Age (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue # 39, pg 28
               Diversity has its place…, ‘Visual Arts’, West Australian, 7 Sept 2007

2006      Helen Lempriere Award, Robert Nelson, Age, 26 April, 2006
               Insightful Works A Shore Thing, Ric Spencer, West Australian, 18 March, 2006
               SXS Cottesloe, Judith McGrath, ArtseeninWA Website, March 2006
               Inside Information: Sculpture, Age (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue # 17, March 2006, pg 18
               Vacile Nebune, Averea (Romania), 10 March 2006
               Beached, bleached, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), 10 March 2006
               Sea Udders, San Francisco Gate (USA), 12 March 2006
               Global reviews/articles for ‘Bleached Cows’ on websites including:
                              USA - http://www.flickr.com/photos/14922438@N00/page4/
                              Spain - fogonazos.blogspot.com 
                              UK - uk.news.yahoo.com
                              Germany - starr.rz-online.de/news/tagesfoto
                And in Australia:
                              Australian Architecture Review - www.aar.com.au/spons/sculpture
                              Government of Western Australia - www.mp.wa.gov.au
                              Allens Arthur Robinson - www.allens.com.au/spons/sculpture

2004      Shapes from the Land, Stephen Scourfield, West Australian 14 March 2004

2003      Confronting Views of Australia, Simon Blond, West Australian, 2 Aug 2003
               Spotlight on Our Identity, Cara Sputore, Guardian Express, 4 Aug 2003

2002      Drawing Definitive Boundaries, Neville Weston, West Australian, 24 Aug 2002         

 

Collections:

Rainer Bartels Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
ARM (Ashton Raggatt McDougall Architects), Melbourne Vic
Central TAFE Art Collection, Perth WA
Glick International Collection, Perth WA
Lloyd & Liz Horn Collection, Perth WA
Private Collections in Australia
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