biography of Susan Dorothea WHITE (1941)

Personal data


Birth : 08/10/1941 - Adelaide SA, Australia
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Australia

Address

Annandale NSW, Australia

Representatives

Josef Lebovic Gallery – 34 Paddington Street – Paddington NSW, Australia


Education

1959 – 1960 : South Australian School of Art – 42-60 Stanley Street – Adelaide SA, Australia
1960 – 1961 : Julian Ashton Art School – Sydney NSW, Australia

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Acrylic/panel - Mixed media
Print-Multiple : Etching - Lithograph
Sculpture-Volume : Assemblage - Bronze - Marble - Stone
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage - Gouache/paper - Pencil - Watercolour

Subject

flowers
men
human relations
nature
landscape
plants

Artistic periods

1992 : Circular paintings and prints with perspective based on concentric circles.
1985-1991 : Sculptures inspired by the human figure and organic shapes.
1981-1984 : Aerial perspective.
1976-1980 : Fugal-style, figurative compositions. Satire and humour.
1972-1975 : Developed genre compositions while continuing with imaginative landscape compositions created in studio.
1967-1971 : Contemplative compositions painted indoors from memory, with the aid of direct sketches from the subject.
1957-1967 : Spontaneous painting and drawing directly from the subject.

Works

It cuts both ways
Date of creation : 1998
Medium : Assemblage
Size : 120 x 46 x 10 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1998

Paintings & Sculptures
Montserrat Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/11/1998 – 09/30/1998

1991

Susan White Australien
Galerie am Buttermarkt – Cologne, Germany
03/16/1991 – 04/11/1991

1990

Galerie Art & Architecture – Amsterdam, Netherlands
09/22/1990 – 10/24/1990

1986

Balmain Gallery – Sydney NSW, Australia
04/08/1986 – 04/30/1986

1983

Goethe Institute – Sydney NSW, Australia
10/10/1983 – 11/10/1983

1980

Seymour Theatre Centre – Sydney NSW, Australia
12/01/1980 – 12/16/1980

1978

Blackfriars Gallery – Sydney NSW, Australia
11/12/1978 – 11/26/1978

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Group exhibitions

2001

Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, n°3
Fortezza da Basso – Florence FI, Italy
12/07/2001 – 12/16/2001

Tools as Art VI: Instruments of Change, The Hechinger Collection
National Building Museum – Washington DC, United States
2001

Fantasy & Imagination
Josef Lebovic Gallery – Sydney NSW, Australia
04/17/2001 – 06/02/2001

1999

Tools as Art V: Fantasy at Work, The Hechinger Collection
National Building Museum – Washington DC, United States
10/1999 – 01/09/2000

1997

Portia Geach Portrait Memorial Award
S.H. Ervin Gallery – Sydney NSW, Australia
10/10/1997 – 11/16/1997

1996

XII Biennale Dantesca
Centro Dantesco – Ravenna RA, Italy
04/01/1996 – 09/30/1996

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

1998

MARGOLIS Andrew – White, Kahukiwa & Hotz in Lively Solos at Montserrat Gallery
in: Gallery & Studio p. 13
New York NY, United States
11/1998-12/1998

1990

DUISTER Franz – Susan White veelzijdig werk
in: Kunst Beeld p. 62 vol. 14
Netherlands
10/1990

Legals