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GEOFF OVERHEU


West Australian Artist/Sculptor

Geoff Overheu




CURRICULUM VITAE


EDUCATION
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
COMMISSIONS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
COLLECTIONS

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
2000 Diploma, Fine Arts, Central TAFE, Perth WA



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Travelling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Qld
Fourth Biennial Australian Animal Exhibition, Griffiths University, Brisbane, Qld

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
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, South Australia
Diagram, The Junction Galllery, 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, 2006, 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

Kurb Your Indifference, Kurb Gallery, Perth WA
Sculpture Survey, Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA

2001 Creative Disorder, Arthouse Gallery, Perth WA



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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

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 Perth WA



COMMISSIONS

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



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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

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), The Age (Melb) Magazine, Issue #39, pg 28
Diversity has its place..,'Visual Arts', West Australian, 7 Sept 2007
2006 Helen Lempriere Award, Robert Nelson, The 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, The Age (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue # 17, March 2006, pg 18
Vacile Nebune, Averea (Romania), 10 March 2006
Beached, bleached, Frankfurter Allegmeine Zeitung, Germanyy), 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
- Vietnam - www.cinet.gov.vn/detail.aspx
- 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
- Australian Pictures Copyright - nla.gov.au/nla.cs
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
Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury WA
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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