MORRISON, VR CV

VR Morrison

http://www.vrmorrison.com/

Born 1976, Sydney NSW
Lives and works in the South of France
2002 Diploma of Visual Art (Painting), Brisbane Institute of TAFE, Brisbane
1998 Certificate of Commercial Animation Stage I, II & III, Sydney Institute of Technology
1995 Diploma of Stage, Television & Special effects Make-Up, College of Make-Up Art, Sydney
1992 Advanced Certificate in Fashion Design, Bankstown TAFE, Sydney

AWARDS & PRIZES

2007 Fisher's Ghost Award, finalist
2007 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Highly Commended
2006 Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Victoria, finalist
2006 Redlands Art Award, Redlands Gallery, Queensland, finalist
2005 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, finalist
2005 Metro Art Award, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, Winner of Peoples Choice Award
2003 Conrad Jupiter's Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, finalist
2003 Nudgee Art Prize, Nudgee Arts Festival, Brisbane, winner 2nd Prize
2003 NEIS Grant Recipient, State Government of Queensland
2002 Nudgee Art Prize, Nudgee Arts Festival, Brisbane, winner 1st Prize
2001 Conrad Jupiter's Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, finalist
2000 Rapid Graphics/ Brisbane Institute of TAFE, Brisbane, Award for Achievement in Art

COLLECTIONS
BHP Billiton Collection, Melbourne
Works held in private collections nationally.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Blood and Bourgeoisie, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2006 Paintings from France, Schubert Contemporary, Gold Coast QLD
2005 Liberte, Egalite, Gastronomie, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2004 Front Row, Hardy Brothers Jewellers, Brisbane QLD
2003 Les Femmes, Freestyle Tout, Brisbane QLD
2002 Only Dogs go to Heaven, BITS Gallery, Brisbane QLD

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Neo Goth: Back in Black, University of Queensland Art Musuem, Brisbane, QLD
2008 Melbourne Art Fair, VIC
2008 Rouge, Melbourne Art Fair Preview, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 SSFA07, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2007 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize State Library of NSW, Sydney NSW
2007 Come Hither: Interpretations of the Boudoir, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery NSW
2007 Twenty/20: Twenty Years of the Churchie Emerging Artists Award, Museum of Brisbane, QLD
2006 Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2006 Art Sydney 06, Sydney NSW
2006 Winter 06, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2006 SSFA06, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2005 Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, opening exhibition, Sydney NSW
2003 Churchie Emerging Art Award, Brisbane QLD
2003 9 Doggett St Studio, Brisbane QLD
2002 Straight Out Of Brisbane Festival (Exhibitor of "Homestays" Project), Brisbane QLD
2002 SOFA +Art, Art History Society Of University of QLD, Brisbane QLD
2002 Looking for Ones Roots, Multicultural Arts Centre, Brisbane QLD
2002 Zeitgeist, Stephens Gallery, Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane QLD

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gibson, P. ‘Arts Focus: Figuratively Speaking’, Vogue Australia, August 2008
Gibson, P. ‘Deathly art: VR Morrison, Nell & Therese Howard’, Art Monthly, issue # 210 June 2008
Taylor, A. 'Tortured Inspiration', The Sun Herald, October 2007
Kubler, A. 'Blood and the Bourgeoisie' catalgoue essay, October 2007
Ingram, T. 'BHP Billiton mines art'Australian Financial Review 17 November 2005
'Exhibition Review',The Art Life, November 2005, www.artlifeblogspot.com
Anderson, P. 'Decadent Morsels' catalogue essay, November 2005
Johnston, T. "Glamour is Back", Style Magazine, February 2003