biography of Gordon BENNETT (1955-2014)
Personal data
Birth : 10/09/1955 - Monto QLD, Australia
Death : 06/03/2014
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Australia
Address
Brisbane QLD, AustraliaRepresentatives
Artbank – 50 C Rosebery Avenue – Rosebery NSW, Australia
NGA National Gallery of Australia – Parkes Place – Canberra ACT, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery – Melbourne Street – South Brisbane QLD, Australia
Education
1988 : Queensland College of Art (BA Fine Arts) – Foxton Street – Brisbane QLD, Australia
Professional data
Work and Life
1993:He was the artist-in-residence at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video - Video installation Subject
historyhistory/society
Works
| Notes to Basquiat | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Acrylic | |
| Home Décor | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Acrylic Size : 183 x 365 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2000
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter – Høvikodden, Norway
2000
1999
History and Memory in the Art of Gordon Bennett
Brisbane City Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
1999
Notes to Basquiat : one tense moment (episode two)
Sherman Galleries – Paddington NSW, Australia
1999
1997
Preston + De Stijl = Citizen (Cold Comfort)
Sutton Gallery – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1997
1996
Mirror Mirror : the Narcissism of Coloniality
Canberra School of Art Gallery – Canberra ACT, Australia
1996
1990
Psycho(d)rama
Institute of Modern Art – Brisbane QLD, Australia
1990
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2002
ACAF 8 – Australian Contemporary Art Fair / Melbourne Art Fair
Royal Exhibition Building – Melbourne VIC, Australia
10/02/2002 – 10/06/2002
Represented by : Public Galleries’ Association of Victoria – 180 St Kilda Road – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1997
VideoPositive 97
Open Eye Gallery – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
1997
Group exhibitions
2000
Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000
Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000
1999
New Worlds, Contemporary Art from Australia, Canada and South Africa
Edmonton Art Gallery – Edmonton AB, Canada
1999
New Worlds, Contemporary Art from Australia, Canada and South Africa
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art – South Yarra VIC, Australia
1999
Conceptualist Art : Points of Origin 1950s – 1980s
Queens Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
1999
Australian Perspecta 99 – Living here and now
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney NSW, Australia
1999
Art Worlds in Dialogue
Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
1999
Beyond the Future – Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, n° 3
Queensland Art Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
09/09/1999 – 01/26/2000
1995
Campo – 46° Biennale di Venezia
Ca’Giustinian San Marco 1316 – Venice VE, Italy
06/11/1995 – 10/15/1995
1992
The Boundary Rider – Biennale of Sydney n°9
Biennale of Sydney – Sydney NSW, Australia
12/15/1992 – 03/14/1993
1990
Paraculture
Artist’s Space – New York NY, United States
1990
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
1996
The Manifest Toe, The Art of Gordon Bennett
Melbourne VIC, Australia
1996
White Aborigines, Identity politics in Australian Art
Publisher: Cambridge University Press – Cambridge, United Kingdom
Author: McLean Ian
Exhibition catalogues
2000
Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999
Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049
1995
Gordon Bennett, Transculture : la biennale di Venezia
Author: Friis-Hansen Dana – Venice VE, Italy
Author: Fumio Nanjo – Venice VE, Italy
1995
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