SUELLEN SYMONS CV
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Redfern Then and Now - within a group exhibition for Head On Photography Exhibition 107 Projects Redfern.
2018 Redfern Then and Now - historic maps of Redfern Alexandria Waterloo printed SLOT window Gallery 38 Botany Road Alexandria
2017 Displacement (Head On Photo Festival) Artsite Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2014 Garden of Eden (Head On Photography Festival) Conny Dietschold Backstage Gallery
2013 Time & Sensibility (Head On Photo Festival 2013), ArtHere Regent St Exhibition Space, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2012 Doubletake2 (Head On Photo Festival 2012) Archetype Gallery, Paddington, NSW, Australia.
2009 Alter Ego (Installation), Trinity Delmar Gallery, Summer Hill, NSW, Australia
2009 Doubletake Sydney College of the Arts Gallery Rozelle campus University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
2005 Another Time, This Place, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia
2002-3 Fall From Grace STILLS Gallery at 2 Danks St Waterloo complex.
2002-3 Another Time, This Place, Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia
2001 Another Time, This Place, Stills Gallery, Paddington NSW, Australia
1998 Fall from Grace, Stills Gallery, Paddington, NSW, Australia
1997 Her Stories: The Wentworth Women, Tusculum, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1997 The Gunnery Show, The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1995 Her Stories: The Wentworth Women, Vaucluse House, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1995 Carnival, Stills Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1992 The Passage from Symbol to Sign, Gallery Lunami, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Le Passage du Symbole au Signe, Cite Internationale des Artes, Paris, France
1992 Privileged Mortals Le Societe des Auteurs des Arts Visuels (SPADEM), Bastille, Paris, France
1990 New York Series, EMR Galleries Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1990 New York Series, Photo Space, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, ACT.
1987 You Can't Reach The People. Avago Gallery curated by Ari Purhonen Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
1987 Privileged Mortals, The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
1987 Privileged Mortals and Alice Springs Series, Solander Galleries, Canberra, ACT, Australia
1986 Privileged Mortals, The Performance Space, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1986 Two Portraits, The Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
1981 Suellen Symons, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2019 The Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown Gallery, Djon Mundine Bandjalungboy
2019 Official group Exhibition at Head On Photo Festival 2019 at 107 Projects Redfern
2017 William and Winfred Bowness Photography Prize Monash Gallery of Art
2017 Salon Show CCP Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
2017 Curtain Call Stills Gallery, Paddington, NSW 28th May to June 30
2016 Coterie, (Head On Photo Festival 2016), Depot Gallery, Danks St Waterloo, NSW, Australia
2016 Garden of Stone exhibition Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
2014 Lost in Place Damien Minton Gallery curated by Sandy Edwards
2014 10 X 8 Gallery group show curated by Sandy Edwards Central Park Mall 28 Broadway, Chippendale Central Square Sydney
2014 Captured 2014 Student Exhibition, (Head On Photography Festival 2013), The Muse TAFENSW, Ultimo, Australia.
2012 Finalist Exhibition, Kings Cross Photography Prize Mercure Gallery, Potts Point, Sydney NSW, Australia
2011 Finalist Exhibition Kings Cross Photography Prize Mercure Gallery, Potts Point, Sydney NSW, Australia
2010 Finalist Exhibition, Head On Portrait Prize, Australian Centre for Photography
2010 Finalist Exhibition, touring slide show Head On Portrait Prize: including Bellbird Theatre Peats Ridge Music Festival NSW Australia
2009 Finalist Exhibition, Blake Prize 2009, National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW and The Director's Cut Online Exhibition
2009 Picture This - Alter Ego series, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
2009 Graduate show, Sydney College of the Arts University of Sydney, NSW
2009 Finalist Exhibition, Gosford Art Prize Gosford Regional Gallery 10 October-29November
2008 Head On Photo Festival 2008 Exhibition, Australia Centre for Photography (ACP) Sydney, NSW
2008 Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT.
2007 Head On Australian Foto Biennale 2007, Daylesford, NSW
2006 Finalist Exhibition, Gosford Regional Gallery Photography Award, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW
2005 Finalist Exhibition, Gosford Regional Gallery Photography Award, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW
2005 Finalist Exhibition Olive Cotton Award, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery Murwillumbah NSW
2002-3 A Selection from the Fisher's Ghost Art Award finalists, Mary MacKillop Museum North Sydney, NSW
2002-3 Finalist Exhibition, 39th festival of Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Open Section, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW
2000 Finalist Exhibition, Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2000 Article Exhibition Regent St Gallery, Redfern, NSW
1999 On Tiles The Sir Hermann Black Gallery & Sculpture Terrace University of Sydney, NSW
2000 In Process Faculty members Exhibition, College of Fine Arts Ivan Dougherty Gallery Paddington, NSW
1996-97 Flagging The Republic, Sherman Galleries
1996-97 Touring Exhibition - New Regional Art Museum including: RMIT Melbourne, Tasmania
1995-6 Finalist Exhibition, The Blake Prize The State Library of NSW Sydney
1995-6 The Blake Prize Touring Exhibition,Orange Regional Gallery, NSW, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW, Hibiscus Gallery, Tasmania.
1990 Australian Bicentennial Travelling Exhibition Touring throughout all towns and cities in every state & territory in Australia 12 months
1990 Under A Hot Tin Roof Art, Passion, Politics at the Tin Sheds
1994 Mary Mackillop: A Tribute Powerhouse & travelled Australia twice to most towns & cities
1994 The Republic Michael Nagy Gallery Potts Point Sydney BET YOUR OWN LIFE Annandale Galleries Sydney March 8 - 2 April
1993 Artistes Australiennes A Paris Spadem Bastille Paris June
1993 Exposition Collective Cite Internationale des Artes Paris May
1988 THE The Sydney Morning Herald On This Day Art Award, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
1987 The Macquarie Galleries Sydney toured throughout the Regional Galleries of Victoria, NSW and QLD curated by Graeme Sturgeon
1987 The Age Of Collage Associated with Perspecta The Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries Darlinghurst, curated by Arthur McIntyre
1986 A Certain Likeness:Portraiture of a contemporary nature,Artspace, Wooloomoolloo, Sydney, NSW
1986 Idols & Icons Mixed media Nicholson St Gallery Balmain Sydney
1985 Killing Time Contemporary Photographic Practice Mori Gallery Sydney curated by Paul Hewson
1984 Zone Xii (After the Flash!) Art Unit, Alexandria, Sydney
1984 Post Graduate Photography, Images Gallery, Glebe, NSW
Bibliography
2018 Catalogue essay Redfern Then and Now Suellen Symons
2017 Catalogue Curtain Call Stills Gallery Paddington
2017 Catalogue Displacement written by Suellen Symons
2017 http://www.altmedia.net.au/suellen-symons-displacement/124389 City Hub article
2016 Coterie, catalogue (Head On Photo Festival 2016), Depot Gallery, Danks St Waterloo, NSW, Australia
2016 Garden of Stone exhibition Blue Mountains Cultural Centre catalogue
2014 Lost in Place catalogue Damien Minton Gallery curated by Sandy Edwards
2014 10 X 8 Gallery catalogue curated by Sandy Edwards Central Park Mall 28 Broadway, Chippendale Central Square Sydney
2014 Garden of Eden Book Australian landscape panoramas
2013 Time & Sensibility Catalogue essay by Gina Fairley for ArtHere
2013 Time & Sensibility Suellen Symons Art Almanac June feature & picture P. 50
2012 “24 Hours The Arts Diary PHOTOGRAPHY Suellen Symons...” Friday 25th May by Charles Purcell with photograph of my work p.11
2012 2SER Interview Saturday 1st June with Chris Virtue 30 minutes
2012-13 Australian Photography Compendium Mary Meyer Gallery
2012 Doubletake the book to be completed and published this year
2012 Doubletake2 catalogue essay by Sandy Edwards for me at Archetype Gallery
2009 Doubletake thesis Sydney College of the Arts University of Sydney
2007 & 8 Magazine coverage Head On Portraiture exhibition
2005 “Another time, this place” Art & Culture by Richard Noone “Express Advocate”p.59
2005 Saturday 30 July NBN 6pm Television evening news coverage of “Another time, this place”
2003 CAPTURE MAGAZINE an article & images from Fall From Grace Stills South Danks St Waterloo
2003 RADIO RRR 88.5 12 September interview with Maggie Mason
2001 "Peak performances as the magic of the lens goes on view" by Robert McFarlaine SMH Wed 17th Oct Another time, this place.
2001 Metro Week's best 28th Sept with image small article, Today's best 10th October small article Another time this place SMH
2001 BLACK & WHITE MAGAZINE Another time, this place September issue
2000 PAST PRESENT the National Women's Art Anthology edited Dr. Joan Kerr & Jo Holder article
2000 Her stories: The Wentworth Women: A Photographic Installation of a Re-interpretation at Vaucluse House by Catherine De Lorenzo,
1999 PHOTO FILES an Australian photography reader edited Blair French article by Adrian Martin
1998 BLUE MAGAZINE Fall from Grace photograph and essay issue 50
1998 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD article by Robert McFarlaine on Fall From Grace 20th October
1997 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 11th July article by Bruce James and photograph from Carnival in the Australian Literary review
1997 AUSTRALIAN BULLETIN "Women in Architecture" edited by Beverley Garlick, article & photograph
1996 COMPASS ABC TV interview with my Blake Prize entry 3rd March
1996 PHOTOFILE feature article CARNIVAL by John Docker, photograph
1995 TRANSITION # 49 / 50 "Evoking a female presence: An Investigation of Photography, architecture and text
in a recent project by Suellen Symons." The complete article by Catherine De Lorenzo, several photographs
1994 WHO'S WHO OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Thorpe Bibliographics Reed Elsevier
1995 RADIO NATIONAL interview with Jane Connors about Her stories the Wentworth Women
1995 THE BULLETIN "Divine Inspiration" by Joanna Medelssohn February 7
1995 THE WENTWORTH COURIER "Success comes to Suellen in a snap" Louis White 25th Jan interview
1994 INDECENT EXPOSURES Dissonance Twenty Years of Australian feminist photography Catriona Moore
1993 A DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ARTISTS Max Germaine, Craftsman’s House
1992 YOMIURI Japanese newspaper in English review of my exhibition called "Suellen Symons" by Arturo Silva
1992 ART MONTHLY "Australian Artists In Paris" article by Diane Soumilis October
1992 COTE DES ARTES Artists Australiennes a Paris a Marseille magazine article
1992 ART MONTHLY # 50 cover photograph from Italian CARNIVAL while I was resident in Paris
1992 THE AUSTRALIAN 21st May "Pictures from the Hot House" by Terence Measham about New York Series
1992 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD "Twins Bring Women into Focus" by Michael Visontay 10th May
1992 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Weekend Magazine article & colour photo by Anthony Denis
1992 PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY HANDBOOK Horwitz & Graham my New York Series work
1992 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD "Mixed Media Messages" article by Bronwyn Watson 23rd March
1992 AUSTRALIAN COLLAGE AND ITS ORIGINS book by Arthur McIntyre Craftsman’s House
1992 THE 50TH INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN catalogue
1990 AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY "Twin Passions" Anjee Carr photos & article
1990 Industrial & Commercial PHOTOGRAPHY "The Camera as Canvas “article by Anjee Carr October
1989 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 25th Oct ON THIS DAY ART AWARD by Steven Lee & photo
1988 THE CANBERRA TIMES "Complex demanding series on twins undeniably interesting" by Sonia Barron 29.31
1988 CANBERRA MUSE "Suellen Symons Solander Galleries" by Marie Geissler
1987 THE ADELAIDE REVIEW August review "Privileged Mortals Series" by Tim Baulderstone
1987 NEW ROMANTICS catalogue by Graeme Sturgeon Macquarie Galleries
1987 THE AGE Mon 2nd Nov "Collage is a Humble Folk Art No Longer" by Arthur McIntyre
1987 THE NEW ROMANTICS article by Graeme Sturgeon in Macquarie Galleries Bulletin July
1986 PRIVILEGED MORTALS catalogue essay by Ingrid Periz
1986 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD review by John MacDonald 11th January
1986 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Good Weekend mask design February
1986 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD "There's Life Still in Tableaux" by Terence Maloone
1986 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD "Stars of 1986" by John MacDonald
1985 ART NETWORK # 14 "Killing Time" by Catriona Moore
1985 ART NETWORK # 15 "Killing Time" review by Catriona Moore
1985 PHOTOFILE review by Geoff Batchem
1985 ON THE BEACH Review by Bruce Searle alias Stephen Smith (Bruce Searle)
1985 RADIO 2BL 29th Jan interview with Arthur MacIntyre at Mori Gallery "Paris & Lara" in Killing Time
1985 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD "Portraits on No 1 Come First" article & photos
1984 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD article review and my photograph by Mark Hinderaker 16.5
Collections
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Prints and Drawings Collections
The International Polaroid Collection, WestLicht Museum of Photography, Wien, Austria
The Graham Nash Collection Los Angeles USA
The Belgiorna Nettis Collection Sydney
The College of Fine Arts University of NSW Collection
La Bibliotheque Nationale de France
SPADEM Paris, France (Equivalent to NAVA National Association for Visual Arts Australia)
Trinity Grammar School Junior School
Private Collections Australia and Internationally
Artist Residencies
2009 Trinity Grammar Junior School Summer Hill, NSW
2004-05 Bundanon Trust's Artist-in-Residence, Bundanon, NSW
1996-97 Ministry for the Arts Gunnery Studios Woolloomooloo, NSW
1997 TAFE NSW Artist in Residence, Tamworth College of TAFE, NSW
1992-93 Art Gallery of NSW residency, Cite Internationale Des Artes, Paris, France
1988 Visual Arts Craft Board Australia Council Greene Street loft Residency, New York, USA
1987 Sadadeen Secondary College Artist in Residence, Alice Springs, NT
Awards/Grants
2010 Winner, Art Gallery of NSW Publisher Prize
1995 Third Prize, Mary MacKillop: A Tribute, Powerhouse Museum Sydney
1990 Visual Arts Craft Board Overseas Development Grant to Europe 1991-93
1989 First Prize Sydney Morning Herald On This Day Art Award, NSW Powerhouse Museum Sydney
1987 Second prize, The McGregor Arts Board Prize for Photography QLD
1985 Visual Arts Board Grant for Artists
Qualifications
2014 Diploma in Digital Imaging Sydney TAFE Ultimo
2012 Certificate IV in Digital Imaging / Digital Arts & Media Sydney TAFE
2010 - MVA - Visual Arts Electronic Media, Photography, Philosophy Sydney College of the Arts University of Sydney
1997 - Master of Arts (Honours) – Photography, Philosophy University of Western Sydney Nepean.
1984 - Graduate Diploma of Professional Art Studies - Photography College of Fine Arts UNSW
1983 - Bachelor of Arts - Photography & Drawing, College of Fine Arts UNSW
1982 - Graduate Diploma in Education Sydney Teachers College, University of Sydney
2012 - Certificate IV in Digital Imaging Ultimo TAFE
1970s Trinity College of London Elocution Speech & Drama external exams up to Grade VI (Honours)
Work Experience
Freelance photographer over thirty years covering most genres especially fashion, architecture, jewellery, furniture, portraiture, still life, product, landscape. Teaching photography experience at the Australian Centre for Photography, College of Fine Arts, Tin Sheds Art Workshops Sydney University, EORA, Community Workshops, and Werrington TAFE
Published Work
Arts Features International Writers and Artists
Text and photographs:
Suellen Symons, 'Jeanne d'Arc', Arts Features International, Issue 1, Winter 2018, Escape Artists Anthology, pp.84-87 [200 word artist statement and three photographic images]
Suellen Symons, 'Stop Adani Protest, Easter Sunday, Mullumbimy Showgrounds with Bob Brown', Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, pp. 92-93 [Short 150 word article, one photograph of Bob Brown speaking at Stop-Adani rally, and text of speech by Bob Brown]
Suellen Symons, 'Strange Paradise' (Redfern Then and Now), Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, pp. 105-106 [800 word essay]
Photographs:
Suellen Symons, 'Portrait of Bob Brown,' one photograph Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, p. 88 [One photograph of Bob Brown]
Suellen Symons, One Photograph, Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, p. 91 [One photograph of Bob Brown speaking at Stop-Adani rally]
Suellen Symons, One photograph, Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, p. 94 [One photograph of Tanya Plibersek speaking at Alexandria Town Hall]
Suellen Symons, One photograph, Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, p. 95 [One photograph of Labor Stop Adani campaigners at Alexandria Town Hall]
Suellen Symons, Four photographs, Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, p. 95 [Four photographs of people at the Stop-Adani Benefit Auction]
Suellen Symons, Four photographs Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, p. 101, 103; 104; 107 [Four photographs from 'Strange Paradise' (Redfern Then and Now) series]
Suellen Symons, 'White Cockatoos,' two photographs Arts Features International, July-September 2019, Facing the Future pp. 70-71. [Two Facebooks from Facebook posts and caption]
Essay in Arts Features International on Suellen Symons artist and art works
Ruth Skilbeck, 'Suellen Symons' Strange Paradise,' Arts Features International, April-June 2019, Destruction and Disruption, pp. 100-104 [Review essay]