SCHUBERT		CONTEMPORARY

                                                      AMANDA VAN GILS

Born: Australia 1968

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 Views from a Speeding Train, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne

2008 So much to see and do, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney

2007 A Poetic Line, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney

2006 alles ist möglich (Everything is Possible), Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin

2005 Play Time, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney

2005 New Work, Montserrat, Soho, New York

2004 Drifters, Stella Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne

2003 Twilight Travels, Tilt Contemporary Art, Melbourne

2003 Irresistible Detours, Pantechnicon Gallery, Daylesford, Victoria

2002 Subvisible, Red gallery, Melbourne

2002 Cars Like Us, LaTrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne

2001 Parameters, Eisenberg Gallery: The Victorian Museum of Experimental Art, Melbourne

Awards

2008 Finalist Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia

2008 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize 2008, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria

2008 Finalist Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane

2008 Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

2007 Finalist Whyalla Art Prize 2007, South Australia

2006 Winner, Art Interview 4th International Online Artist Competition, Art Interview Berlin

2006 Highly Commended (Prize of Excellence), Real-Time Global Art Annual, Artoteque, London

2004 Finalist Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Community Cultural Centre,

            Victoria.

2003 Finalist The Hutchins Art Prize 2003, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart

2003 Finalist City of Banyule Works on Paper Art Award 2003, Melbourne

2003 Finalist Darebin La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize 2003, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Melbourne

2003 Finalist Nillumbik Prize 2003, Melbourne

2003 Finalist Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Werribee, Victoria

2003 Finalist The Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Fleurieu Art Prize, Fleurieu Biennale, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia

2008 John Leslie Art Prize 2008, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria

2008 Exquisite Palette, St Lukes Artist Colourmen, Melbourne

2008 Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize, Tattersall's Club, Brisbane

2008 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

2008 Contempo 5, Libby Edwards Galleries Brisbane, Brisbane

2007 Christmas Salon Show, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney

2007 Whyalla Art Prize 2007, Country Arts SA, South Australia

2007 Art Interview - 2007 International Award Exhibition, Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin

2007 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne

2006 Christmas Salon Show, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney

2006 A Taste of Salt, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff, Victoria

2006 Sommerwende International Arts Festival, Gallery Twenty-Four/Artline: Berlin Cultural Centre, Berlin

2006 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne

2005 Christmas Salon Show, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney

2005 ArtSydney05, Rex Livingston Art Dealer, Collectors Pavilion, Fox Studios, Sydney

2005 Sommerwende International Arts Festival, Gallery Twenty Four/Artline: Berlin Cultural Centre, Berlin

2005 MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne

2005 The Discovery Art Show, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne

2005 Synthesis, Tilt Contemporary Art, Melbourne

2004 Lasting Impressions, Eltham Wiregrass Gallery, Melbourne

2004 MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne

2004 Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Community Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria.

2003 The Hutchins Art Prize 2003, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart

2003 City of Banyule Works on Paper Art Award 2003, Ivanhoe Receptions, Melbourne

2003 Darebin La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize 2003, Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, Melbourne

2003 Nillumbik Prize 2003, Nillumbik Shire, Melbourne

2003 Red Group Show, Red Gallery, Melbourne

2003 Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Community Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria.

2003 The Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize, Williamstown Festival, Melbourne

2003 St Kilda Art Supplies 10th Birthday Show, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne

2003 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne

2000 ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award, ANZ Cathedral Room, Melbourne

Studies

2000     Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1999     Studio Practice, LaTrobe Street College of Art and New Media, Melbourne

1987-89  Bachelor of Art - Fine Art, CIT (Monash University, Caulfield Campus), Melbourne

Collections

Monash University, Chisholm Institute of Technology & Private Collections in Australia, New York, London and Berlin

Bibliography

2008 Holsworth, Mark. ‘3 Unrelated Reviews’, Melbourne Art & Culture Critic, 17th December http://melbourneartcritic.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/3-unrelated-reviews/

2008 Nelson, Robert. ‘Vigilance of the machine’, The Age, 3^rd December, p. 22

2008 Bentley-Singh, Emily, 'All Aboard the Glory Train', Melbourne Weekly Eastern, Edition 46, 17th November.

2008 Modra, Penny. ‘Visual Arts Reviews’, M - The Sunday Age, 16^th November, p. 32
2008 Nelson, Robert. ‘John Leslie Art Prize’, The Age, 8th October, p. 20

2008 Nainby, Bryony. ‘The Fall into Understanding’, John Leslie Art Prize 2008 catalogue essay, September, p. 5

2008 Gray Steve, ‘Artists at Work - Interviews with Contemporary Visual Artists’ Art Re-source blog, 13^th November http://stevegray.com.au/blog/amanda-van-gils/

2008 Girdham, Ronnie. ‘Exciting time in visual arts’ Courier Mail, 24th February

2006 Montua, Gabriel. ‘Amanda van Gils - A traveller between fiction and reality (The Go-betweener)’, Mimosa Extra, Vol 3/06 Berlin, p.19 – 21.

2006 Davis, Brendan. ‘Amanda van Gils Everything is possible, there are no limits’, Art Interview Online Magazine, Issue 006/06, Berlin.

2006 World of Art, ‘FAMOUS 100 Contemporary Artists Vol 3’, London p. 203.

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