MARGARET ACKLAND
- Biography 1954
Born in Sydney
STUDIES AND TEACHING
2004-6
1995-6
1993
1992-3
1987-91
1985
1977
1973-6
Painting and Drawing, The Sydney Gallery School, Meadowbank
TAFE. St George TAFE
Part-time Teaching, Fine Arts and Visual Arts
certificates. TAFE, Coffs Harbour. (painting, drawing, printmaking)
Part-time Teaching, East Sydney Tech.
Part-time Teaching, COFA, St George TAFE.
Part-time Teaching, Gymea TAFE.
Sydney Morning Herald Traveling Scholarship, Europe, UK.
Dip Ed, Sydney Teachers College.
National Art School, Sydney.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
2007
2006
2006
2005
2005
2004
2003
2002
2002
2001
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1991
1990
1988
1985
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Brisbane Art Fair, QLD
John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP AND MIXED SHOWS
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2001
1998
1993
Painting Show, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour
Schubert Contemporary Galleries, Gold Coast QLD
Figure Show, Taylor Galleries, NSW
Dog Show, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney
Schubert Contemporary Galleries, Gold Coast, QLD
Sydney Harbour: Seldom Scene, Mitchell Library, Sydney
First Contact Contemorary Drawing, A-Space on Cleveland
Dog Show, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney
Come Hither: Interpretations of the Boudoir, Wagga Regional Gallery
Still Life, Taylor Galleries, NSW
Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast, QLD
Brisbane Art Fair, QLD
PRAXIS, Parramatta Heritage Centre, Sydney
The Studio Tradition, Coffs Harbour City Gallery, NSW
Our Place, Coffs Harbour City Gallery, NSW
‘Out Of Australia’, Australian Contemporary Painting, Shanghai
Observing Sydney, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
PRIZES
2008
2007
2004
1994
1993
1992
1991
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
Blake Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney - Finalist
Blake Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney - Finalist
Portia Geach Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery and touring exhibition
Uniting Church Last Supper project
Salon de Refuse, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
North Sydney Art Prize
R.A.S. Modern Figurative Prize
Salon de Refuse, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
R.A.S. Portrait Prize (2nd place)
Portia Geach Portrait Prize
Archibald Prize, AGNSW - Finalist
Portia Geach Portrait Prize (highly commended)
Archibald Prize, AGNSW - Finalist
Portia Geach Portrait Prize (commended)
Archibald Prize, AGNSW - Finalist
Dyason Bequest, AGNSW
Portia Geach Portrait Prize (commended)
Sydney Morning Herald Traveling Scholarship
Portia Geach Portrait Prize (commended)
Queen Victoria Art Prize (3rd place)
Archibald Prize, AGNSW - Finalist
COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Holmes a Court, Mitchell Historic Library (Meens Collection), Philips Fox,
Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Trinity Grammar School, Willoughby Library, Sydney
Grammar School, Uniting Church of Australia, Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney
University, also private collections in Australia and overseas
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Artists and Galleries of Australia, Max Germaine; The Refining Fire Dawn
Mendham (Albatross Books); Art and Australia vol 23 (Fine Arts Press); A Place at
The Table, (ed) Judi Fisher and Janet Wood (JBCE); Who’s Who of Australian
Visual Artists, 2nd Edition (Thorpe); Australian Art Enyclopedia, Susan McCulloch
(The Miegunyah Press)
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