krista berga

1970 born auckland, new zealand

1996 to 2000 lived & worked sydney

2001 to 2002 lived & worked stockholm

2006 lives & works brisbane, australia

study

2000 to 2002   private study, monumental sculpture & maquettes, europe

1993 to 1996   private study, drawing & sculpture, david paulson, brisbane

1989 to 1991   bachelor of communication theory & practice, queensland university of technology, brisbane

commissions

monumental sculpture

2005 to 2006   the enemy of snow, 2.5mx1.5mx1.8m black bronze, harbour garden, sydney

2001                un, 3.75mx3.5mx3m, black bronze, republic building, sydney

maquettes

1996 to 2007   private commissions in australia, new zealand, asia europe & northern europe

portraiture

2004 to 2006   portrait of warren ellis, melbourne & paris

2003 to 2004   portrait of geoff corbett, brisbane

2001                portrait of barry kosky, melbourne, stockholm & vienna

2000                portrait of william wright, sydney

                        portraits of emma tom, sydney

national touring exhibitions

2002                fathoming: contemporary australian sculpture, launched australian national sculpture symposium, gold coast art gallery, gold coast. toured public museums of east coast of australia to 2004

1999                archibald portrait prize exhibition, launched art gallery of new south wales, sydney; toured state museums of east coast australia to 2000

solo exhibitions

2007                one day i will strike birds from the sky, new sculptures, bmgart, adelaide one day I will strike birds from the sky, andrew baker art dealer, brisbane

2006                you lie till your head is a stone, n&a present/ark, brisbane

                        studio show, new sculptures & works on paper, brisbane

                        vacant possession, brisbane powerhouse, 2006 brisbane writers’ festival, brisbane

                        vacant possession, brisbane powerhouse, 2006 international levinas anniversary symposium, brisbane             

2004                it’s a wonderful life, andrew baker art dealer, brisbane

                        it’s a wonderful life, bmgart, adelaide

                        i can endure a sunset green with poison, hassell, brisbane

                        i can endure a sunset green with poison, gadens, brisbane

2003                it’s a wonderful life, maunsell hughes gallery, sydney

2001                studio show, new portraits, stockholm

2000                un, new sculpture & painting, bmgart, adelaide

                        everything awake, new painting, andrew baker art dealer, brisbane

                        studio show, william wright portraits, sydney

1999                studio show, new sculpture & drawing, sydney

1998                f & ml portraits, sherman galleries, artbox, sydney

group exhibitions

2007                20 years of the churchie emerging artists’ award, museum of brisbane, brisbane

                        15 years of urban art projects, queensland university of technology art museum, brisbane

2004                temperature: survey of contemporary queensland sculpture, museum of brisbane

                        paranoid realism, blindside gallery, melbourne

2003                australian sculptors’ survey, bmgart, adelaide

2002                fathoming: contemporary australian sculpture, national tour to 2004

                        studio show, new sculptures, uap foundry, brisbane

2000                kedumba national drawing award exhibition, 3 portraits of emma tom, sydney

                        inaugural, andrew baker art dealer, brisbane

1999                archibald portrait prize exhibition, nationall tour to 2000

1998                wee, gallery 19, sydney

1996                noir, fortitude gallery, brisbane

                        first brisbane international art fair, fortitude gallery, coronation motel, brisbane

1995                churchie emerging artists’ award exhibition, anglican church school of brisbane, brisbane

awards

2002 & 2003    artist in residence, urban art projects foundry, brisbane (awarded 2002, reawarded in 2003)

2000                trustees’ prize, kedumba national drawing award, sydney

1999                finalist, archibald prize, art gallery of new south wales, sydney

collections

privately collected in australia, new zealand, asia & europe and northern europe

selected publications

auty, giles, ‘saving face’, review, the weekend australian, 27-28 march 1999, p.23

auty, giles, ‘australian painting climbs up off the canvas’, the weekend australian, 20-21 march 1999, p.3

belle magazine, june to july 2003

berga, krista, 20/20: twenty years of the churchie emerging art award, museum of brisbane, catalogue, brisbane, 2007

black+white magazine, july 2003 & july 2001

burnett, david, ‘krista berga’, temperature: survey of queensland contemporary sculpture, catalogue, 2004

genocchio, benjamin, ‘drawing to a conclusion’, review, the weekend australian, 11-12 november 2000, p.19

gundelach, amelia, ‘paranoid realism’, paranoid realism, catalogue, melbourne 2004

kubler, alison, ‘krista berga’, fathoming: contemporary australian sculpture, catalogue, brisbane, 2002

kubler, alison, 15 years of urban art projects, queensland university of technology art museum, catalogue, brisbane, 2007

mclean, sandra, ‘shift from conception to representation’, arts, the courier-mail, 12 june 2002

martin-chew, louise, ‘fathoming: contemporary australian sculpture’, australian art collector, october 2002

martin-chew, louise, ‘pieces from the heart’, review, the weekend australian, 13-14 july 2002

monument magazine, republic building, february 2002

regional newspapers of queensland, new south wales & victoria, fathoming: contemporary australian sculpture, reviews, 2002 to 2004

regional newspapers of new south wales & victoria, archibald prize exhibition, reviews, 1999 to 2000

sims, adam, honour’s thesis (australian painting & drawing), university of sydney, 2001 (unpublished)

smee, sebastian, ‘between the lines’, spectrum, the sydney morning herald, 11 november 2000, p.12

smee, sebastian, the sydney morning herald, 28 october 2000, p.2

sydney morning herald, ‘it’s a wonderful life’, 12 march 2003, p.10

worfold, chris, ‘it’s a wonderful life’, catalogue, sydney-brisbane-adelaide 2003-04

worfold, chris, ‘noir’, weekend independent magazine, review, brisbane, 1996

wright, william, ‘everything awake’, catalogue, sydney, 2000

wright, william, ‘un’, catalogue, sydney-adelaide, 2000

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