WARDLE, DARREN CV
Born 1969, Melbourne
1997 B.A. Fine Arts, Honours (Painting) , Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
1989 –
91 B.A. Fine Arts (Painting) , Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Victoria
Latrobe University Collection
National Australia Bank
Art Bank
BHP Billiton
RACV
Smorgan Family Collection
Corbett and Yueji Lyon Collection
Michael Buxton Collection
Hotel Tolarno, Melbourne
Private Collections Australia & USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Space Junk, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Silent Majority, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, USA
2005 Fever, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2004 Random Land, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Three Painters, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, USA
lo-cal, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2002 Meltdown, Nellie Castan Gallery at Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2001 Urbane Profane, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Lava, Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Screen, The Atrium, Southgate, Melbourne
1998 Bust & Boom, Stripp, Melbourne
1996 All the Better to See You With, Fringe Festival Exhibition: Lounge, Melbourne
1995 Travelling Time, Stop 22, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Singular, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 U-Turn, Curated by Kate Shaw & Larissa Hjorth, Glendale College Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Living Elvis, Curated by Suzanne Davies, RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria
Places, Curated by Stephan Stoyanov, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
2006 Lexicon, Curated by Martina Copley, Gallery @ City Library, Melbourne
Melbourne Reign, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2005 Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise, Queensland;
LAX art : presented by Lauri Firstenberg, MC Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria
Selektor, West Space, Melbourne
Melbourne Savage Club Invitation Art Prize for Painting, Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne
Empire Style, Curated by Peter Zellner, Art2102, Los Angeles, USA
City of Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, South Australia
2004 Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Ian Potter Centre, Federation Square, Melbourne
Stux Summer Review, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, USA
Stay Inside, Curated By Jay Davis, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Surface Tension, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
The Armory Show 2004, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, USA
Compendium, Icon Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne
Stop & Stor, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
Flora Nova, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria
Red Spot , Nellie Castan Gallery , Melbourne
Home Loan, Curated by Larissa Hjorth & Kate Shaw, Caroline Springs, Melbourne
Glacier, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales
Glacier, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Victoria
Compendium, Curated by Martina Copley , Platform 1 , Melbourne
2002 Painting as Paradox, Curated by Lauri Firstenberg , Artists Space, New York, USA
Suburban Echo, Curated by Robert Lindsay, Mc Clelland Regional Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria
The Homefront, Curated by Lisa Byrne , Canberra Contemporary Art Space , Canberra, ACT
White & Black, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Glacier, Curated by Suzanne Davies & Darren Wardle, RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne (Touring)
Darebin-La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize , Bundoora Park Homestead, Melbourne
Eat My Art, Curated by Nicholas McHugh & Michelle Ussher , TCB INC. ART , Melbourne
Here, There, Elsewhere:Suburban Themes, Maroondah Art Gallery ,Melbourne
Touching at the Parabolica, Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise , Queensland
Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse, Curated by Anonda Bell, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria (Touring)
In the Mind’s Eye, Curated by Tara Gilbee , Next Wave Festival : Linden Gallery , Melbourne
A Brush with Death, Latrobe Street Gallery , Melbourne
1999 Darebin-La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Park Homestead, Melbourne
Flatliners, Curated by Craig Easton & Natasha Johns-Messenger , Level 11 , Melbourne
Stop 22’s Greatest Hits, Stop 22, Melbourne
1998 Finale, Renard Wardell Gallery, Melbourne
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong , Victoria
Kultural Kommuting, Galerie Treppenhaus , Berlin
Kulural Kommuting, Public Office, Melbourne (Fringe Festival Visual Arts Award Winner)
Kultural Kommuting, Curated by Claudia Luenig & Maggie Mc McCormick , Platform 1 , Melbourne
1997 Naked, Stripp, Melbourne
Feeling Machines, Curated by Jonathan Nichols & Co. , Stripp , Melbourne
Nillumbik Art Award, Eltham Community Centre, Melbourne
Ex Libris, Curated by Richard Holt , St Kilda Writer’s Festival : St Kilda Library , Melbourne
1996 Lightrail: collaborative installation with Rabindra Naidoo and Peter Zellner, Platform 1, Melbourne
Superstar Billboard Show, Curated by Gillian Dallwitz , Errol Street North Melbourne
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gibson, P. ‘Double Vision’, Vouge Australia, April 2008, 120-121.
2007 Ashley Crawford, Catalogue Essay : U-Turn, Sept 1 –Oct 5, Glendale College Gallery, Los Angeles
Robert Bevan, 'House Painters', Vogue Living Jan/Feb 2007, pp.69 - 72
2006 Ashley Crawford, Darren Wardle at Nellie Castan Gallery Melbourne & Stux Gallery New York
Australian Art Collector # 38, Oct-Dec 2006, p.302
Jeff Makin, Back in the Toxic Box, Herald Sun , Dec. 11 2006, pp. 106-107
Manon Slome, Endgames? The Urban Landscapes of Darren Wardle, Catalogue Essay : Silent Majority, Sept 14 – Oct 14, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, USA
Ashley Crawford, Hell’s Kitchen Catalogue Essay : Melbourne Reign, May 16 – Jun 3, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
Betsy Brennan & Virginia Wilson, Young at Art, Vogue Living March/April 2006, pp.66 - 67
2005 Dr Chris McAuliffe, Darren Wardle, Strata 2001, Catalogue, RACV Art Collection Catalogue, p. 5
Juan Ford, Selekta: The Real and the Unreal, Catalogue, Jul 29 - Aug 13, West Space, Melbourne
2004 Edward Colless, Darren Wardle at Nellie Castan Gallery Australian Art Collector # 30, Oct-Dec 2004, p.188
Chris Beck, From Dead Ends to LA Dreaming, The Age , Nov.27 2004, Review p.7
Davina Jackson, California Dreaming Melbourne Magazine #23, Oct 2004, pp.66 - 67
Manon Slome, Surface Tension Catalogue Essay , Apr 21- Jun 19, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
Betsy Brennan, Generation X-Port Vogue Living May/June 2004, pp.79 - 80
2003 Ashley Crawford, Afterglow of Success The Age , Holiday Edition Dec. 19-20 2003, Review p.7
Stephen Haley, Lo-Cal Locale Catalogue Essay : lo-cal, Oct. 15 – Nov. 8, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
Tim Benzie, In the Frame The Sun-Herald Oct.19 2003, S p.27
Ashley Crawford, In the Art of Suburbia The Sunday Age, Sep. 21 2003, Agenda p.7
Megan Backhouse, Conversion to Suburban The Age , Sep. 10 2003, A3 p.11
Kate Shaw, Preaching to the Converted Catalogue Essay : Homeloan, Sep.6 – Oct.5, Caroline Springs, Melbourne
2002 Painting as Paradox Tema Celeste No.94, Nov/Dec. 2002, p. 111
David Perez , Focus Painting Part One Flash Art Vol. XXXIV no. 226, Oct. 2002, pp. 78 - 85
Rachel Baum , Material Support: Painting On and On Catalogue Essay : Painting as Paradox, Nov.7 – Dec.21, Artists Space, New York
Sonia Barron , Alternative Views of Domesticity Canberra Times , Aug. 26 2002, p. 9
M. Houston & R.Lancashire , Home is Where the Art is The Age , Jul. 31 2002 , Domain pp. 10 - 11
Melinda Houston , Arthouse Living The Age , Apr. 24 2002 , Domain pp. 10 - 11
Roger Taylor, Darren Wardle at Nellie Castan Gallery Asian Art News Vol.12 No.1 Jan/Feb, pp.86-87
2001 Roger Taylor, Interview: Darren Wardle -Urbane Profane 102.7 3RRR FM, Melbourne, Hi & Lo, Dec.4
Jeff Makin , Suburban Dreamtime Herald Sun , Nov. 12 2001, p. 91
Roger Taylor , Interview: Darren Wardle – Glacier 102.7 3RRR FM , Melbourne , Hi & Lo , Oct. 10
Linda Williams , Reflections and Reconstruction : New Directions in Australian Painting
Catalogue Essay : Glacier , Sep 13 – Oct 20 , RMIT Gallery
2000 Anna Clabburn , Bendigo’s Wild and Witty Hybrids The Australian , 7 Aug. 2000
Murray Whale , In the Mind’s Eye Catalogue Essay : May 4 - 28 , Linden Gallery
1998 Tim Sowden , Suburban Rhythms”Monument No. 27 , pp. 94 - 99
Penny Webb , Buy Some Gear, Become Famous The Age , 18 Dec. 1998 , EG p. 13
Mark Pennings , Bust & Boom LIKE, art magazine No. 6, winter/spring 1998 , pp. 46 - 47
Catalogue Essay : Bust & Boom , Apr 22 - May 9 , Stripp
Anita Bragge , Platform for Culture Herald Sun , 27 Mar. 1998 , p. 87
1997 L. Porcari & P. Zellner , The Lucky Country: Myth, Image and the Australian Suburb
Suburban Discipline ed: Peter Lang , Princeton Architectural Press , New York , 1997
Stephen O’Connell , Feeling Machines, Catalogue Essay , 16 Jul. , Stripp
Robert Rooney , Art of Suburbia The Australian , 24 Jan. 1997 , p. 10
1996 Dr Chris Mc Auliffe , Art and Suburbia , Craftsman House , Sydney , 1996
Traudie Allen , Where Art Builds Itself a New Vision for a New World The Sunday Age,
29 Dec. 1996, Agenda p.7
Richard Holt , Ambience: Non-Object Public Art at Platform Dialogue No. 4 ,Dec. 1996, West Space Inc. pp.36 -41
Stephen Haley , Public Art Dialogue No. 4 , Dec. 1996 , West Space Inc. , pp. 56 - 61
COMMISSIONS
2001 Ansett Australia
1999 The Age , Melbourne
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2001 Glacier : Curated by Darren Wardle & Suzanne Davies, RMIT Gallery , Storey Hall , Melbourne (Touring)
(Bib.) Vanessa Bates , Glacier @ RMIT Flash Art Vol. XXXIV No. 221, Nov/Dec 2001, pp.47
Robert Nelson, The ‘Death of Painting’ a Little Premature The Age , Sep. 22 2001, Saturday Arts p. 20