BYRNE, PENNY CV
Born Victoria, 1965
1997 Bachelor of Laws (LLB), La Trobe University, Melbourne
1990 Grad Dip (Ceramics and Glass Conservation and Restoration) West Dean College, United Kingdom
1987 BA (Fine Art Ceramics), RMIT, Melbourne
AWARDS & PRIZES
2007 Ripe, Art & Australia and ANZ Emerging Artists Prize, finalist
2006 Warrnambool Art Gallery New Social Commentaries 06 exhibition finalist
2005 Linden Post Card Show, Postcard Winner
2002 Pat Emery Award for Emerging Ceramicists, Victorian Ceramic Group, Honourable Mention
2001 Pat Emery Award for Emerging Ceramicists, Victorian Ceramic Group, Honourable Mention
1988 Meat Market Craft Centre Ceramics Studio Residency (12 months)
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Mildura Art Gallery, Victoria
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
Collection of Patrick Corrigan
Collection of Corbett and Yueji Lyon, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Blood, Sweat and Fears, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 Penny Byrne, Mantelpiece, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Melbourne Art Fair
2008 Collateral Damage, Melbourne Art Fair, VIC
2007 ARC. Art, Design and Craft Biennial, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD
2007 2007, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Exquisite Palette, St Luke Artist Supplies, Melbourne, VIC. By Invitation
2006 New Social Commentaries 06, Warrnambool Art Gallery
2006 The (Royal) Melbourne Show, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 2006, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2005 Sydney Affordable Art Fair, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2005 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2004 It's Murder on Easey Street, Easey Street Studios Gallery, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne, VIC
2003 Castlemaine State Festival Ceramics Award, Castlemaine, Victoria
2002 Pat Emery Award for Emerging Ceramicists, Victorian Ceramic Group, Montsalvat, Victoria
2001 Pat Emery Award for Emerging Ceramicists, Victorian Ceramic Group, Northcote Pottery Kiln Gallery, Victoria
2000 The White Cube Project, Dante's Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1988 Ceramics Degree Graduate Show, George Adams Gallery, Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS,
2008 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC
2007 Vogue Living Artists in Conversation Dinner, Guest Artist with Michael
Reid, Sydney, NSW
2007 Visual Arts Secondary Teachers Annual Conference, Guest Artist,
AGNSW, Sydney, NSW
2007 Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials, Guest Artist,
Melbourne, VIC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Walton, I. ‘Penny Byrne’s Ceramic Advocacy’, Ceramics: Art and Perception No. 72, 2008 pp 15-22
Barker, T. ‘Feats of Clay’, City Weekly #24 June 19, 2008 p. 21
Mendelssohn, Joanna. ‘Smart Art: Penny Byrne’ Australian Art Collector, Issue 41, July – September 2007, p150
Clement,Tracey. ‘Blood, Sweat and Fears’, Artlink, Vol 27 # 2, 2007, p 93
Galacho, Olga. ‘Suffer for Art but Not Financially’, Herald Sun, 24 May 2007, p 67
Laccarino, Clara. ‘Open Gallery’ Sydney Morning Herald 10-11 March, 2007
Antony, Rachel. ‘Going for Broke’ Vogue Living, March 2007, p79-80
Morgan, Joyce. ‘Beware, these pretty things bite’ Sydney Morning Herald, 6 March, 2007
Reid, Michael.‘The Art Oracle’ Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald 17 February, 2007
McPhee, John. ‘Under the Radar’ catalogue essay 2007
Sheedy, Chris. ‘Q&A: Love your work’, Sunday Life magazine,18 June 2006, p10
Lobley, Katrina ‘Events – The Royal Melbourne Show’, Domain, SMH 13 April 2006, p4
Clement, Tracey. ‘Victoria Bitter’, Metro SMH, 21-27April 2006, p23