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BONNEY BOMBACH
PERSONAL DETAILS
- 1945 Born Melbourne, Australia
1967-73 Lived in Europe/Israel, visited art museums and attended international exhibitions, travelled Africa/Asia
1980 Relocated to Lismore area, New South Wales (NSW)
1985-2015 Extensive travels in S.E Asia and Europe, research for various work
1999 Relocated Whitsundays, Queensland
EDUCATION
- 2001 Artist’s Book workshop, Adele Outerridge, JCU, Townsville, Qld
- 1987 Masterclass Workshop, Canadian printmaker Harold Klunder, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld
- 1975-77 Dip. Art, Preston Institute of Technology, (now R.M.I.T.), Melbourne
- 1972-73 Camden Institute of Art, London, studied sculpture
- 1963-66 Melbourne University, B.A./Dip. Soc. Studies
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2013 The Personal and the Political: Selected Works 1995-2012, Perc Tucker RAG Townsville,Qld
- 2011 Memento Mori: Tree of Life, Artspace Mackay, Qld
- 2004 Small Wonders, Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery (RAG), Townsville, Qld
- An Altered Playground, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Qld
- Survey show, Celeber Studio, Whitsunday Anglican School, Mackay, Qld
- 2003 Nature/Culture, Artspace Mackay, Qld
- 2001 Flying with Angels, Songs of Renewal, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Art, Townsville, Qld
- Dramatis Personae, wall installation, Toowoomba RAG, Qld
- 2000 Dramatis Personae, wall installation, Perc Tucker RAG, Townsville, Qld
- Stolen, Community Printmakers, Murwillumbah, NSW
- 1999 The Poetics of Survival, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld, Bonney Bombach and Lina Eve
- Stolen, Bringing Them Home, Indigenous Conference Services, Gold Coast City Art Gallery,Qld
- 1997 A Place of Tribute, installation, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- Dramatis Personae, wall installation, Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne
- 1996 War Works: Songs of Hope and Trepidation, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
- Places of Tribute, Installation, photograms, chemograms, Maudespace, Sydney
- 1995 War Works: Songs of Hope and Trepidation, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- War Works II, Maudespace, Sydney, NSW
- 1994 Out of the Shadows (II), expanded collaboration with Michael Baartz, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- New Works on Paper, MCA, Melbourne
- 1993 Out of the Shadows (I), with Michael Baartz, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
- 1992 Works on Paper, M.C.A., Melbourne
- 1991 New Works, Agog, Canberra
- 1990 Animist Images and Other Dreamstates, Access Contemporary Art Centre, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW
- Survey Exhibition, Gasworks Art Centre, Lismore, NSW
- 1989 The Garden and the Dance, Reconnaissance, Melbourne (catalogue)
- Paintings and Works on Paper, Griffith Park Gallery, Condong, NSW
- 1986 Mountainscapes and Gardenscapes, temporary space, Murwillumbah, NSW
- 1985 A Personal View, Cape Gallery, Byron Bay, N.S.W (2-person)
- 1984 Pictures at and Exhibition, Stokers Siding Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
- 1983 Paintings and Drawings, Mori Gallery, Sydney
- 1979 Bonney Bombach, Pinacotheca, Melbourne
- 1978 Drawings, Trades Hall Council Gallery, Melbourne
- Drawings, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2013 Olive Cotton Award, A Book About Death, Tweed River Gallery, NSW
- Libris Awards, Australian Artists Book Prize, Artspace, Mackay, Qld
- 2010 B-Aware Art Exhibition, St Johns Cathedral, Brisbane;
- Subject Matters, Artspace, Mackay, Qld
- 2009-2010 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
- Mackay Art Awards Qld.
- Gargett Drawing Prize, Gargett Gallery, Qld
- Australian Artists Book Prize, Mackay
- 2008 Samisdat, CPM Print Studio, Murwillumbah, NSW
- 2004 Books 04, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld
- 2003 Landed/Stranded, Installation, Strand Ephemera, Townsville
- The Postcard Show, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
- 2002 The Hutchins Art Prize Finalist’s Exhibition, Hobart
- Wide Angle & Art For Earth, Hervey Bay RAG, Qld
- 2002/3 Mum Shirl Tribute Exhibition, (touring nine venues, funding Visions of Australia)
- Through Australian Women’s Eyes, touring NSW & Qld, (touring eight venues)
- Wide Angle, Hervey Bay RAG, Qld
- Wide Angle, Rockhampton RAG, Qld
- Paper and String, Red Hot Fibre, Redcliffe Regional Art Gallery, Qld
- 2001 White Wind Red Wind, installation, Strand Ephemera, Townsville, Qld
- QCL Art Awards, Logan Art Gallery, Qld
- Parallex, Umbrella Studio Members Exhibition, Townsville, Qld
- 2000 Through Australian Women’s Eyes, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- Wish You Were Here, Touring Postcard Exhibition, Artists 2000 Foundation, Victoria
- Mum Shirl Tribute Exhibition: The Sacred Trust of Memory (catalogue), UNSW / Boomalli Aboriginal Artist’s Cooperative, Sydney
- The Hutchins Art Prize Finalist’s Exhibition, Hobart, Tasmania
- 1999-2000 Crosscurrents, touring Qld, NT, NSW, WA, Vic (catalogue)
- 1999 Propaganda, Umbrella Studios Members Exhibition, Townsville
- The Hutchins School Finalists Art Prize, Hobart
- Political Expletives, Community Printmakers, Murwillumbah, NSW
- 1998 Crosscurrents, Lismore Regional Art Gallery; Australian Embassy and Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 1997 Womens Art Collective Exchange Exhibitions, Through Australian Women’s Eyes, ARC Invitational 1 Gallery, Chicago, and Hera Gallery, Rhode Island, USA
- Agfa Film Invitation Photographic Award, Albury Regional Art Centre, NSW
- Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
- Muswellbrook Photographic Award, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW
- 1997 Looking In, Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Pilipinas, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
- 1996 Orchards of Ashes, Echoes and Ink, CPM, Michael Burke Gallery, Brisbane
- All Those New Days, Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
- CPM National Print Prize, touring exhibition, NSW
- Good Grief, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (catalogue)
- Redlands Westpac Invitational Art Prize, Sydney
- 1995 Body Works, Lake Russell Gallery, Via Coffs Harbour
- 1994 Chocolate Factory, Lismore; The Epicentre, Byron Bay
- Journey Towards the Light, installation, Baguio Arts Festival, Philippines
- 1993-94 Jewish Arts Festival, Melbourne
- Coolangatta Galleries, Qld
- 1993 Nexus, A.C.A.C., Southern Cross University, Lismore
- References, Southern Cross University, Lismore
- 1992 Making a Living, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
- Diamond Valley Art Awards, Victoria, (invitational)
- Camden Art Prize (invitational), NSW
- 1991-93 North Coast Art Award, The Epicentre, Byron Bay, NSW
- 1991-92 Fishers Ghost Art Award (invitational), Campbelltown Art Gallery, NSW
- 1991 Objects of Desire, Bond University, Qld
- Mornington Peninsular Spring Festival of Drawing, (invitational) Victoria
- 1990 New Era, Bond University, Qld
- The Doors, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
- 1990-92 Logan Art Award, Qld (invitational)
- 1990-92 Fishers Ghost Art Award (invitational), Campbelltown Art Gallery, NSW
- 1990-93 Alice Prize, Alice Springs, N.T. (invitational)
- 1989 City of Boxhill Invitation Exhibition, Melbourne
- Watermarks/Landmarks, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
- The Fluid Brush, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
- Drawing the Line, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
- Eltham Art Awards, Melbourne, (invitational)
- Little Treasures, Big Pleasures, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- 1988 Landmarks 1, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- National Women’s Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
- Bravura, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- 1984-87 Gold Coast City Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
- National Women’s Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
- 1983 Arts-in-Action ’83, Northern Rivers Touring Exhibition, Lismore, NSW
- 1982 Women’s Perspective, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- 1980 Women’s Art, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
AWARDS AND PRIZES
- Bowen Art Society, Qld, 2009/10/12/13(open)
- Art Whitsunday 1999/2000/1/2/3/9/10/12/13/15
- Townsville Art Awards, 2001
- Sarina Art Prize, Qld, 2000/01
- Kyogle Fairymont Festival, NSW, 1985/6
- Jacaranda Drawing Festival, Grafton, NSW, 1987
- Stanthorpe Heritage Art Prize, Qld 1987/90
- Hansen, Martin Hansen Memorial Prize, Gladstone, Qld 1998
- Byron Bay Easter Classic, NSW 1985/6
- Murwillumbah, NSW, 1982/84/88/90/94/95/6
- Bentley Art prize, 1989
- Caloundra Art Festival, Qld,1986
- Ipswich Art Prize, Qld, 1984
GRANTS
- 2001 RADF (Whitsunday) Project Grant
- 1988 Project Grant, VACB, Australia Council
EMPLOYMENT
- 2002 Collaborative workshop for Art for Earth, Hervey Bay, Qld
- 2001-2 Visual Arts Tutor, Flying Arts Inc., Queensland
- 2001 Masterclassfor Flying Arts in conjunction with QAG Touring Exhibition Terra Cognita and Hervey Bay RAG
- 1999-2000 Workshops Art Whitsunday and Bowen Art Societies
- 1990-91 Visual Arts Tutor, Flying Arts Inc, Queensland
- 1992-96 Conducted painting/drawing workshops Southern Cross University, Lismore; Murwillumbah and Lismore TAFE; Queensland Arts Council and various Regional Galleries and community groups, NSW and Qld
- 1999-2002 Competition Judge
RESIDENCIES AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2014/15 Collaboration with American composer Daniel Perlongo
- Art Whitsunday Gallery Hanging Coordinator & Exhibition Committee
- 2015 Curator, From Trash To Treasure, Art Whitsunday Inc
- 2014 Curator, The Naked Truth, Art Whitsunday Inc
- 2006-7 Mc Gregor Winter School, USQ
- 2006 Artist-in-Residence, Abbotsford Primary School, Melbourne
- 2004 Artist-in-Residence, Whitsunday Anglican School, Mackay
- 2001-02 Vice Pres. Art Whitsunday
- 2001 Artist-in-Residence, Bowen High School & four Bowen Primary Schools, Qld
- Forum Speaker, Strand Ephemera: Sculpture on the Strand Public Art Project,Townsville
- 1999-2003 Committee Member Regional Arts Development Fund, Whitsunday
- 2000 Artist-in-Residence, Proserpine High School, Qld
- Artist-in-Residence, Northern Beaches High School, Townsville
- 1999-02 Competition Judge (various)
- 1997-98 Australian Coordinator, Crosscurrents intercultural collaborative project, Community Printmakers, Murwillumbah, NSW
- 1995-96 Research Project USA and Vietnam for A Place of Tribute 1996
- 1995 Keynote Address, Professional Development Seminar, RGANSW
- 1995 Policy Development Committee, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- 1994 Nimbin Arts Council Committee Member, NSW
- 1994 Visiting artist, Artist Exchange Programme, Baguio Arts Guild, Philippines
- 1993 Research Project S.E. Asia, produced Journey Towards the Light
- Guest 1990 Artist, Traces of Place, TSN 11, Qld. produced by Pat Hoffie and TAFE, Qld
- 1989 Research Project in Mexico/Central America for Animist Images exhibition
COMMISSIONS
- 2009 Private sculpture commissions
- 2006-07 Abbotsford Primary School, Melbourne (bas relief wall installation)
- 2003 Art Built-in, Mackay Courthouse Redevelopment (collaborative sculptures Res Accedent Lumina Rebus & Lumina Radiantes)
- Burdekin Shire CBD Redevelopment, bas relief wall installations (Narratives: Our Lives, Our Land, Our Water)
- 2001 Art Built-in Airlie Beach Lagoon, (Resonance, sculptural installation)
- 1998 Collaborative Commission, NSW Arts Council, cover, 1997 Annual Report
- 1995 Australia Remembers, works on photographic paper for Lismore Regional Art Gallery, for Australia Remembers, 1945-1995 commemorative exhibition.
COLLECTIONS
- Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, USA
- Queensland Art Gallery
- Artbank, Sydney
- Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW
- Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Qld
- Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- Nimbin Aged Care Services, Nimbin, NSW
- Preshil, Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, Melb
- Northern Beaches High School, Townsville, Qld
- Proserpine State High School, Qld
- Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
- Private collections: Australia, U.S.A., Europe
CATALOGUES/OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS
- Australian Connection, Dec. 1998. A Backdrop to Business – Artists Build Cultural Bridge Between Asia and Australia, Lee-Anne Petchell, Country Exchange, Arts Council NSW, Nov. 1997
- Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, McCulloch and McCulloch 1993 and 1996
- Who’s Who of Australian Visual Arts, Thorpe in association with NAVA, 1991
- Periphery Issue No. 5, November, 1990, Jennifer Aspinall, Animist Images and Other Dreamstates
- Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Max Germaine
- Landmarks, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 1985
- Projects, Ideas, People, Arts Council of New South Wales, 1987
- Visarts, Directory of North Coast Artists, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
CRITICAL REVIEWS/MEDIA COVERAGE
- Melbourne Herald, Bonney Bombach, Pinacotheca, Alan McCulloch, November 1979
- Gold Coast Bulletin, Far and away the most exciting art prize yet, John Millington, Sept 1984
- Gold Coast Bulletin, Art with a personal flavour, John Millington, Feb 9, 1985
- Gold Coast Bulletin, Bonney’s exhibition is unashamedly personal, John Millington, Aug 25, 1985
- Gold Coast Bulletin, ‘Two plus three’ equals some fine regional work, John Millington, June 21, 1986
- Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast City Art Prize, John Millington, Sept 1987
- Gold Coast Bulletin, Overcoming the Williams factor, John Millington Sept 30, 1989
- Periphery Issue No.5, Animist Images and Other Dreamstates, Jennifer Aspinall, Nov 1990
- Northern Star, Lismore, Individual Paths to Integrity, Geoff Levitus, July 7, 1990
- Canberra Times, Working process displayed, Sonia Barron, Sept 21, 1991
- Northern Rivers Echo, Art In Review ‘A Place of Tribute’ by Bonney Bombach, Irena Hatfield, May 29, 1997
- Vietnam Investment Review, Timeout, Across the Divide, March 1998
- Sunday Afternoon, ABC TV, Oct 2003, segment on Mackay Artspace