ESTHER ERLICH CV
Esther Erlich has had 50 solo exhibitions and 70 group shows since 1983.
MAJOR PRIZES & EXHIBITIONS
September 2015 Finalist in the Hobart City Art Prize (TMAG Tasmania)
August 2015 exhibiting in “Pain/ting” curated by Juan Arata. at Open Walls Gallery (Berlin)
March 2015 NYAAF with Panter and Hall London
Finalist in the 2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award (Sydney)
Finalist in the 2014 Paul Guest Drawing Prize Bendigo Art Gallery
Finalist in the 2014 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (Sydney)
Finalist in the 2014 Rick Amor Drawing Prize (Ballarat Art Gallery)
PLAIN curated by Dr Guy Morag 2013 international artists touring exhibition (Israel)
Finalist in the 2012 Black Swan Prize (WA)
Finalist in the 2011 Charlatan Ink Art Prize NY (USA)
Finalist in the 2011 Black Swan Prize (WA)
Finalist in the 2009 Banyule Works on Paper Award
Exhibited in the 2009 James Farrell Invitation Self Portrait Award (Castlemaine Art Gallery)
Finalist in the 2009 Black Swan Art Prize (WA)
Selected for the 2009 Archibald salon des Refuse (National Trust SH Ervin Gallery Sydney)
Finalist in the 2008 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture (WA)
Finalist in the 2008 Shirley Hannan Art prize.
Selected for the 2008 Salon des Refuse exhibition (National Trust SH Ervin Gallery & Tweed River Art Gallery)
Finalist in the 2007 Archibald Prize with “Tim” (portrait of Tim Rogers)
Finalist in the 2007 Dobell Prize at the AGNSW
Finalist in the 2007 Hutchins Art Prize (Tasmania)
Finalist in the 2007 Whyalla Art Prize (South Australia)
Finalist in the 2007 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Exhibited in the 2006 Delhi Art & Design Fair, and Australian High Commission Delhi India.
Exhibited in Art Singapore, stand AP03 Suntec Singapore
Exhibited March 2007 in group show at New Delhi India, Gurgaon (Gallery Alternatives)
Finalist in the 2006 Doug Moran National Portrait prize.
Finalist in the 2005 Archibald Prize with “Lindy Wills”
Finalist in the 2005 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Finalist in the 2005 Banyule Works on Paper Art Award
Curated in “Lost and Found” digital sequences of images displayed at Federation Square (Melb)
Finalist in the 2002 Archibald Prize with “Deborah Conway” & included in the Salon des Refuse with “Man
Working”( portrait of Colin Hay).
Finalist in the 2002 Portia Geach Memorial Award
December 2001, painting of Lynne Golding exhibited as Victorian Arts Centre’s Artwork of the Month”
2001 invited to exhibit in the National Tour of, “Portraits 2001 – An Australian Odyssey”
Finalist in the 2001 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Winner of the 2000 Archibald Prize Peoples’ Choice Award in Sydney & Melbourne with ”Never Been Better”,(
portrait of Bill Leak).
Finalist in the 2000 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Finalist in the 1999 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Winner of the 1998 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with “Gaunt and Glorious”,( portrait of Steve
Moneghetti)
Finalist in the 1998 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Finalist in the 1996 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Finalist in the 1995 Portia Geach Memorial Award
1993 included in the Salon des Refuses (Archibald)
1993 exhibited at the International Womens’ Exhibition in Kyushu’ Japan
Finalist in the 1990 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize .
Finalist in the 1989 Winsor Newton Prize (Sydney);
Finalist in the 1989 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Second prize winner of the 1987 VTU Art Prize.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE
GALLERY
March 2014
November 2013
August 2013
“Invisible” Libby Edwards Gallery (Melbourne)
“Farenheit” 19 Karen (Queensland)
Perth Concert Hall -in conjunction with Gadfly Gallery (WA)
December 2012
October 2012
July 2012
September 2011
November 2010
October 2010
April 2010
March 2010
June 2009
September 2008
February 2008
November 2007
November 2007
October 2007
July 2007
February 2007
September 2006
February 2006
April 2005
May 2005
November 2004
May 2004
September 2003
August 2003
May 2003
October 2002
July 2002
February 2002
August 2001
September 2000
August 2000
December 1999
February 1999
March 1996
April 1994
December 1993
July 1993
November 1992
June 1991
March 1990
April 1989
May 1988
November 1987
September 1986
July 1984
“Rapscallions” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
“Sirens Ablazing” Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
“Traffic Jam” Richard Martin Art (Sydney)
“Curiouser” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
“Animal Instinct” Richard Martin Art (Sydney)
“Menagerie” Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
Jinks Creek Winery Gallery (Vic)
“You Know You Want To” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
“Hand in Glove” Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
"Subtext" Libby Edwards Galleries (Brisbane)
“Tiaras and Boxing Gloves” Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)
"Works on Paper" Libby Edwards Galleries (Brisbane)
"Encore" Perth Concert Hall (WA)
Jinks Creek Winery "Superheroes & Celebrities"
"Human Kinds" Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
“Ties that Bind” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
“Modest” Libby Edwards Galleries (Brisbane)
“Emancipated” Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)
"Go Figure" Gadfly Gallery (Perth)
Perth Concert Hall
“Rumors” Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
"Confection" Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
"Wall Flowers" Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)
Portraits Retrospective Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
"Hairspray" Bark Modern Art (Hong Kong)
Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
"Basic Black" Libby Edwards Galleries (Melb)
"Pick-up Lines' Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)Works on Pap
"Hoopla" Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney)
Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney) Miniatures
"No Standing" Libby Edwards Galleries (Melbourne)
Libby Edwards Galleries (Sydney) Recent Acrylics
"Suburban Spectacles" Libby Edwards Galleries
Convent Gallery (Daylesford) "Realm of the Knave'
"The Joker is Wild" Libby Edwards Galleries
New Robin Group (Japan)
Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
Libby Edwards Galleries
Libby Edwards Galleries
Weather Vane Gallery (Flinders)
Toorak Library
Graphic Illusions
Graphic Illusions
Young Originals
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
July 2012
October 2011
Nov 2010
July 2010
November 2009
November 2009
March 2009
June 2008.
March 2008
October 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
March 2007
October 2006
September 2006
Guest Artist, Panter and Hall (London)
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (Sydney)
Rick Amor Drawing Prize (Art Gallery of Ballarat)
Gallery One (gold coast)
“Plain” curated by Dr Guy Morag exhibiting 240 international artists in a touring
exhibition in Israel
“Hang Your Doodle” Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Richard Martin Art, Sydney
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Castlemaine Art Gallery- J.F. Invitation Self Portrait Award
SH Ervin Pavillion National Trust Salon des refuse
Bega Valley regional Gallery, portrait exhibition.
Salon Des Refuse at SH Ervin Gallery & Tweed River Regional
Gallery
Hutchins Art Prize at The Long Gallery (Tasmania)
Chairs for Charity at Flemington Atrium
Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery
Dobell Prize for drawing at the Art Gallery of NSW
Archibald Prize at AGNSW; Mural Hall Melb; Manning , Grafton,
Bega Valley and Broken hill Regional Galleries,
Artwork for Baby Proms at Sydney Opera House
Art Singapore at Stand AP03 Suntec Singapore
October 2006
April 2006
March 2006
October 2005
April 2005
April 2005
October 2005
March 2005
February 2004
April 2003
July 2003
April 2003
September 2002
August 2002
July 2002
June 2002
June 2002
December 2001
December 2001
September 2001
July 2001
September 2000
March 2000
September 1999
July 1999
April 1999
October 1998
September 1998
August 1998
March 1998
December 1997
September 1996
February 1996
October 1995
January 1995
March 1994
December 1993
November 1993
July 1993
March 1993
March 1993
October 1992
December 1990
September 1989
June 1989
December 1988
March/July 1986
April/July/Oct. 1983
Art and design Fair New Delhi at the Australian High Commission
Moments in Art at Chapel Galleries- Chapel off Chapel
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize at State Library of NSW
Banyule Works on Paper at Banyule Art Space
"The Body in Question" G.W.Bot, Esther Erlich, Barbie Kjar at
Gadfly Gallery Perth
Archibald Prize at AGNSW; Newcastle & Albury Regional Art Galleries;
Moree Plains Gallery; Cowra Art Gallery & Victoria Arts Centre
National Small Sculpture Prize at Woollahra Municipal Council
Lost and Found”, Curators & Artists digital sequences of images and text creating
double narratives for 3 artists; Olive Cotton, Rosalie Cogan and Esther Erlich, out of
the Archives of the Women’s Art Register. Displayed at Federation Square
Melbourne, Gertrude St Contemporary Art Spaces, RMIT Gallery.
“Precious Platters “ Jewish Museum of Australia, at Sotheby’s
Kosher Culture The Jewish Museum
Superstars Unzipped , , Jeans for Genes Retrospective Sydney
Town Hall
Jewish Museum of Australia, Kosher Culture
Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery
Gadfly Gallery (WA)
AGNSW Jeans for Genes Generations Art Exhibition
Archibald Prize AGNSW; George Adams Gallery (Melb) & regional
tour
Salon des Refuse at SH Ervin Gallery Sydney
Portraits 2001 - An Australian Odyssey touring Logan,Toowoomba,Shepparton,and
Tamworth City Art Galleries and, Dalby,Hervy Bay, Manning, Portr MacquarieHastings,
Tweed River; Port Pirie, and Albury Regional Art Galleries
Victorian Arts Centre selected as artwork of the month.
Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery
Jeans for Genes, Sydney
Portia Geach award at SH Ervin Gallery
Archibald Prize at AGNSW , George Adams Gallery and Regional
Tour
Portia Geach Award SH Ervin Gallery (Sydney)
Jeans for Genes- Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney)
Marymount Arts Festival (Queensland) featured artist
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize at National Gallery Victoria &
State Library of NSW
Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery
Mary Place Gallery (Sydney)
Retrospecta II. Motorworks Gallery featured artist
Libby Edwards Galleries
Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Galllery
Grand Central Gallery, World in a Matchbox
Portia Geach Memorial Award exhibition; SH Ervin Gallery (Sydney)
Ten New Artists , Holdsworth Gallery (Sydney)
"The Nude in Art" Barry Newton Gallery (Adelaide)
Libby Edwards Galleries
Libby Edwards Galleries
International Womens Exhibition at the Kyushu Municipal Gallery
Japan.
Salon des Refuse at SH Ervin Gallery Sydney
Holdsworth Gallery (Sydney)
Libby Edwards Gallery
Portraits of Australia DMNPP Sydney Opera House
Portia Geach Award at SH Ervin Gallery (Sydney)
Figurative Exhibition Libby Edwards Galleries
National Gallery of Vic, On a Clothesline
Freeman Gallery (Hobart)
Young Originals Gallery
PUBLIC ACQUISITIONS
National Portrait Gallery , “The Hon. Jim Carlton AO with Cravat”
Tweed Valley Regional Art Gallery , “Gaunt and Glorious”(Steve Moneghetti)
National Library ACT , “Louis Kahan”, “Andrew Sibley” and pencil study for Gaunt and Glorious.
Hutchins Foundation Collection, “Grunt II”
Holocaust Museum Vic. “Mr Socolovitz”
ALP Building Canberra, “Barry Jones”
Royal Overseas League, Australian Collection, “Nine Two Nine”
Performing Arts Museum, Victorian Arts Centre, “Lynne Golding”
Council for Adult Education, “Warming Up”
Macrobertson Girls High School, portrait of Leslie Boston
Mentone Girls High School, portrait of Jill Dargue
St Catherine’s School, portrait of Laraine Sharr
PUBLICATIONS
Illustration for Jonathan’s Thongs by Susan Kliman
Let’s Face It – The History of the Archibald Prize by Peter Ross and AGNSW.
Gallery (Dec.2000 – Jan.2001 edition) National Gallery of Victoria publication.
Portrait of Louis Kahan front and back covers of The National Library of Australia’s 38 th Annual Report 1997 –
1998.
Illustrations for,”Making Conversation” 1996 ,Intercom Publishing House, Japan.
Included in Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists by D.W. Thorpe, November 1995
Cover, Artwork and Article feature in,”Generation Journal’ November 1993, March 1995 and September 1998
issues.
Illustration featured in,”Marmalade’s Book of Cats” distributed by Tower books
Cover and Article – 1991 December Issue of Australian Artist
Included in,”Portraits of Australia” 1990 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Collection
Cover Illustration – Angus and Robertson’s “Middle Aged Maidens by Gwen Kelly
SAA Painters “Video into Art Series”, Schmelling Artvideo Australia.
SELECTED ARTICLES:
The Sun (January 21 1983 )
The Australian Jewish News (July 13 1984)
The Australian Jewish News (November 1985)
The Mercury (March 29 1986)
The Herald Tuesday Magazine (November 17 1987)
The Australian Jewish News (November 20 1987)
The Sun (November 20 1987)
The Age Good Weekend (November 20 1987)
Southern Cross (November 25 1987)
New Idea (August 19 1998)
Southern Cross (March 21 1990)
The Australian Jewish News (June 1 1990)
Australian Artist (December issue 1991)
Southern Cross (April 13 1994)
The Australian Jewish News (March 15 1994)
Herald Sun (October 10 1998)
The Age (October 10 1998)
Herald Sun (November 11 1998)
The Australian (November 11 1998)
The West Australian (November 11 1998)
The Age (November 11 1998)
The Australian Jewish News (November 20 1998)
Herald Sun (November 28 1998)
Herald Sun (December 14 1998)
Gold Coast Weekender (December 19-20 1998)
Herald Sun (January 30 1999)
The Age (February 6 1999)
Sydney Morning Herald (March 10 1999)
The Sun Herald (March 14 1999)
Herald Sun (March 28 1999)
Time (April 12 1999)
Herald Sun (May 2 1999)
Herald Sun (August 19 1999)
Sydney Morning Herald (November 6 1999)
The Daily Telegraph (March 9 2000)
The Daily Telegraph (March 16 2000)
Sydney Morning Herald (March 16 2000)
Herald Sun (March 17 2000)
Sydney morning Herald (March 17 2000)
The Australian (March 20 2000)
The Age (April 18 2000)
The Australian (April 18 2000)
The Australian Jewish News Sydney Edition (April 28 2000)
The Australian (May 1 2000)
Herald Sun (September 3 2000)
Herald Sun (September 4 2000)Herald Sun (November 21 2000)
The Sunday Age (December 3 2000)
The Age (January 3 2001)
Herald Sun (February 2 2001)
The Age (February 7 2001)
MX News February 12 2001)
The Australian Jewish News (February 16 2001)
Bayside Advertiser (February 19 2001)
Herald Sun (June 25 2001)
The Southern Peninsula Local (August 16 2001)
Sydney Morning Herald (October 26 2001)
Sydney Morning Herald (May 15 2002)
The Age –News 5- (May 25 2002)
Sydney Morning Herald (May 25 2002)
Herald Sun ( may 29 2002)
Sydney Morning Herald( May 30 2002)
Sydney Morning Herald –Metro backpage-(June 1 2002)
Sydney Morning Herald “Archibald Poser” (March 9 2004)
The Australian (April 22 2005)
Herald Sun Entertainment (April 29 2005)
Herald Sun Visual Arts (March 8 2006)
The Australian weekend Arts (Feb.24 -25)
The Australian Heads on a Palette (Feb/2/ 2008)
Brisbane Courier Mail (April 24 2010) Eclectic Collective
by Ronnie Girdham
New York Times (charlatan ink finalists)Jjuly 2011