Barbie Kjar
Curriculum Vitae
1957 Born, Burnie, Tasmania
1975 Bachelor of Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart
1987 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2002 Master of Fine Arts, RMIT, Melbourne
Solo Exhibitions
1986 Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart
1987 Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart
1989 Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart
1990 Gallery Cimitere, Launceston, Tasmania
Salamanca Place Gallery (Dick Bett), Hobart
1992 Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
Every turn and Shift of shape, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1993 Gallery Two, Launceston, Tasmania
1994 Nautical Journeys, Australian Girls Own Gallery, Canberra
New prints, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Water Suite, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1995 Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devonport
1996 Australian Galleries, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
AGOG, Canberra
Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1997 Australian Galleries, Sydney
1998 Accessories, Christine Abrahams Galleries, Melbourne
1999 Fishnets, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
2000 La Mirada - The Gaze, Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
Mirar, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
2001 Atmosfera, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Entre cielo y tierra, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
2002 Masters Graduation Exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Cometa, Documenta, Barcelona, Spain, June
Elemente aire, Artefacto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, July
2003 Iluminar, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania
Semblanza, Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2005 Milagros/miracles, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Night Dance, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania
2006 Tatuar, Australian Works on Paper Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2007 On the Skin, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
Trajectory, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania
Group Exhibitions
1984 Printmakers Exhibition, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart
1987 Hysterical Perspectives, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart
1988 Landfall, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart
1990 9th Biennial Print Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Victoria
Contemporary Printmakers, Gallery Cimitiere, Launceston, Tasmania
When the Boat Comes In, Entrepot Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
1991 Gallery Two, Launceston, Tasmania
1992 Gallery Two, Launceston, Tasmania
New Acquisitions, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
Entrepot Gallery, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
1993 Barbie Kjar, Tim Maguire & Tom Samek, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle, Western Australia
Alice Prize, Alice Springs
Antartica Fax Exhibition, Curated by Kevin Todd, Launceston, TAS
1994 Island, Long Gallery, Hobart
Gold Coast Art Award, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle, Western Australia
Artists for Mt Wellington, Long Gallery, Hobart
1995 Chameleon: A decade, curated by Victoria Hammond, Long Gallery, Hobart
Art, Gender, Identity, works by women artists from the permanent collection, Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Tasmania
Colonial Past-time to Contemporary Profession, 150 years of Australian Women's Art from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection, Hobart
Poets and Painters Exhibition, collaboration with Margaret Scott, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Figure and Ground, curated by Ray Arnold, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1995 Dualism, tapestry collaboration with Sarah Lindsay, touring regional galleries in Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
Alice Prize Exhibition, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Hobart City Art Prize Exhibition, Hobart
1996 Poets & Painters Exhibition, with Sue Moss, Salamanca Writers Festival, Hobart
Pulp, Curator Michael Edwards, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
Alice Prize Exhibition, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
National Print Exhibition, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W
ACAF5, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
1997 Tripping the light, curated by Robyn Daw, University of Tasmania at Launceston
Fremantle Print Prize, exhibition finalist, Freemtle, W.A.
Alice Prize, exhibition finalist, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, N.T.
Hobart City Art Prize, exhibition finalist, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, TAS
The Hutchins School 1997 Art Prize, exhibition finalist, The Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1998 Borges bestiary, with Milan Milojevic & Jennifer Marshall, Grahame Galleries and editions, Brisbane, Qld
Decalogue - A Catalogue of Ten years of Australian Printmaking, co-curator Ruth Johnstone & Di Waite, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea
Bold bags and old baggage, curated by Sue Moss, Caz Rodwell & Marjorie Luck, Schoolhouse Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
Fremantle Print Prize, exhibition finalist, Freematle, W.A.
Thirteen Artists, Australian Galleries, Works on Paper Gallery, Sydney
1999 Fremantle Print Prize, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA, Highly Commended
The chair exhibition & auction, Freedom Furniture & Australian Galleries, Sydney
The Hutchins School 1999 Works on Paper Prize, exhibition finalist, Hobart, TAS
Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Art Exhibition, Queensland
2000 Fifth Mondial Triennal of Small Sized Prints, Chamalieres, France
Six Australian Artists, The Lane Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2001 Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
Poets & Painters 2001 (collaboration with Amanda Lohrey), Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Fremantle Print Prize, exhibition finalist, Frematle, W.A.
The Hutchins School 2001 Works on Paper Prize, exhibition finalist, Hobart, TAS
2002 The body in question (GW Bot, M Ulrich, Barbie Kjar), Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
Miniare, Internationale Print Triennial, Montreal, Canada, October
2003 Future Perfect exhibition, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania
Love Letter to China exhibition, curated by Peter Hill, Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-do, invited artist, South Korea
2004 Australian Printmaking exhibition curated by Diana Gold, New York Etchers Society Gallery, New York and Gallery 101, Melbourne
The Tower Exhibition, Milan Milojevic, Jennifer Marshall, Jacqui Parry, Barbie Kjar at Gallery 101, Melbourne
Tasmanian Printmaking exhibition curated by Diane Soumalis, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
Mornington Peninsular, Works on Paper exhibition, Victoria
Fremantle Print Prize exhibition, Fremantle
Hutchins Art Prize exhibition, Hobart, TAS
2005 Rhapsody 21st century, Selected Tasmanian artists, University of Tasmania Gallery, Inveresk, curated by Malcolm Bywaters
Hutchins Art Prize exhibition, Hobart, TAS
Tasmania to Siberia - Connection through Art, IVth Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Siberia
Tower of Babel, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2006 Centrifugal Seven, Fusion of Cultural Ideas in Print, Court Gallery, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
Fremantle Print Prize Exhibition, Fremantle
2007 Interpretations of Alice in Wonderland, Allport Musem, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart
Centrifugal Seven, Alberta University, Alberta, Canada
Grants and Awards
1987/88 Artist Development Grant, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart
Artist-in-Residence, Kala Print Workshop, Berkeley, California, USA
1988/89 Project Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, Sydney
1991/92 Project Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, Sydney
Artist-In-Residence, International Print Studio, Barcelona, Spain
1992 Trust Bank Art Award, Print Prize, Launceston, TAS
1993 Eskleigh Art Award, first prize, Eskleigh, TAS
1994 The Billboard Project, Trades and Labour Council, TAS
1995 Devonport Health Centre Commission, Art for Public Buildings Scheme, TAS
Gladstone Art Prize for works on paper, Gladstone, QLD
Project Grant, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart, TAS
1998 Project Grant, Arts Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
1999 Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Art Award, Queensland, 1999 Winner
2000 Arts Bridge Grant, Arts Tasmania
2002 Arts Bridge Grant, Arts Tasmania
2003 Artsbridge Funding,Arts Tasmania for residency at Printworkshop in Havana, Cuba
2004 Tokyo studio, Australia Council
2006 Artsbridge Funding, Arts Tasmania, to attend opening of Centrifugal Seven in Tokyo
Collections
Australia National Gallery, Canberra
Parliament House, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
University of Southern Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Art Bank, Sydney
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania
Fine Arts Committee, University of Tasmania, Hobart
University of Tasmania Collection, Launceston, Tasmania
Art in Public Buildings Scheme 1991, Arts Tasmania, Hobart
The Tamar Collection, Launceston, Tasmania
Rosny College, Hobart
Private Collections in Australia, New Zealand, USA, France and England
Bibliography
1986 Review, The Weekend Australian, March
Review, The Mercury, March
1987 Review, The Mercury, 21 November
1988 Review, The Mercury, 1 January
Feature article, The Sunday Tasmanian, 10 January
1989 Catalogue of Australian Printmakers, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne
1990 Review, The Mercury, May
Imprint, Vol 26, No.2, Postcards from a Dream (curated project),
Preludes, No.7 (cover illustration), University of Tasmania, Hobart
1992 Jules Carroll, ISIS, Newsletter for the Office of the Status of Women, TAS
Review, The Mercury, 14 November
1993 CAST Magazine, Vol 1
Grahame Galleries & Editions, Prints, Brisbane
1994 CAST Magazine, Vol 4
Dick Bett Gallery Newsletter, No.24
Fremantle Print Prize, catalogue
Gold Coast City Art Prize, catalogue
Review, Canberra Times, 25 March
Review, The Age, ETC, 22 July
1995 Review, The Mercury, October
Dualism, Devonport Art Gallery, TAS
1996 Michael Denholm, Antipodes, A Changing Scene-Australian Art since the 1960's, June
Dick Bett Gallery Newsletter, No.30, 1996 Poets & Painters Exhibition, March
Siglo, No.5, Poets & Painters Exhibition, June
Island Magazine, No.67, 996 Poets & Painters Exhibition, July
Diana Klaosen, Imprint, Winter 1996
1997 Australian Literary Review Magazine, cover illustration, May
Giles Aulty, The Weekend Australia, exhibition review, 20-21 September
Siglo, Consumption, Spring/Summer, Issue 9, p.13
Fremantle Print Prize exhibition catalogue, illustration
Sasha Grishin, Printmaking in the 1990's
1998 Michael Denholm, Periphery, No. 34, Surveying Tasmania's Art, p.18-20
Ruth Johnstone & Di Waite, Decalogue - A Catalogue of Ten years of Australian Printmaking, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea
1999 Fremantle Print Prize, catalog illustration, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
Anne Barbeliuk, Saturday Mercury, Artist takes seat to aid charity auction, September 11, p.9
Gold Coast City Art Prize, catalogue
Giles Auty, The Weekend Australia, Everyone's a winner, November 27-28, Arts Review, p.23
2000 Courtney Kidd, Sydney Morning Herald, Look this way, Tuesday 14 March, Arts P.13
T J McNamara, New Zealand Herald, Monday 12 June, Arts section
ABCTV Tasmania, Snapshot Program, Monday 19 June
Lynne Landy, Australian Country Style, November, p.106-108
2001 Geoffrey Makin, Sun Herald, Arts pages, August, p.
Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, Arts page, October, p.
Di Klaosen, Imprint magazine, Winter 2001 & cover image
2005 Robert Nelson, The Age 25th February
Feature article, The Arts Review page, Saturday 5 March
Interview with Julia Copeland, Radio National, The Makers, Sunday 8 May
2006 Sasha Grishin, Crafts International, Australian Printmaking profile - Barbie Kjar
2007 Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times arts pages, April 7th
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