G A Y E   S P E N C E R

 

File written by Adobe Photoshop¨ 4.0Born in Hobart in 1961

1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tasmanian School of Art;

1984 Tasmanian Teachers Certificate;

1984-86 Art teacher Reece High school, Devonport;

1986-88 Works as an independent artist;

1989-94 Art teacher Dominic College, Hobart;

1992 Receives Catholic Teachers Certificate;

1993 Acting Creative Arts Coordinator, Dominic College;

1994- Head of the Faculty of Creative Arts

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2008    - ÒWeld EchoÓ Long Gallery Hobart

            - ÒThe Summer EclecticÓ Salamanca Collection Hobart

2007    - ÒThe Winter EclecticÓ Salamanca Collection Hobart

            - ÒMeeting PlacesÓ Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts Brisbane

           - ÒThe Winter Collection-New PaintingsÓ Galeria Aniela

            - ÒNourishÓ curator Zara Stanhope, Heide Museum of Modern Art publication

2006    - Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts - preview of the 2007 Major Exhibition

            - von Schroeder Fine Arts - preview of the 2007 Major Exhibition

2005    - Wrest Point Art Award - Highly Commended (acquired)

2004    - New Works -preview; von Schroeder Fine Arts

2003    -ÒA New InsightÓ; Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts Brisbane

            -ÒA New InsightÓ; von Schroeder Fine Arts

2002    -ÒFeminine PerspectiveÓ, Maria Perides Gallery Brisbane

            -ÒLast viewÓ Chapman Gallery Canberra

2001    -ÒSculpture by the seaÓ, Tasmania

            -ÒFeminine PerspectiveÓ von Schroeder Fine Arts, Hobart Summer Festival

2000    -ÒContemplationÓ SOHO Galleries Sydney

            -ÒWrest Point Art AwardÓ, (By invitation)

1999    -ÒDisclosureÓ SOHO Galleries Sydney

1998    - Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne

            -ÒImpassionedÓ Dick Bett Gallery Hobart

            -ÒSelected Australian SculptureÓ Swing Bridge Art Gallery

1997    -ÒPortia Geach Memorial AwardÓ-finalist, Sherman Gallery Sydney

            -ÒSkin DeepÓ von Schroeder Fine Arts Tasmania

1996    - Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne 

            -ÒIn Touch...Ó by invitation University of Tasmania

            -ÒReligions Beliefs & Other MattersÓ Swing Bridge Art Gallery Tas.

1995    -ÒThe Web of the MagicÓ Solander Gallery Canberra

            -ÒJourney to the Sea - RetrospectiveÓ Swing Bridge Art Gallery Tas.

            -ÒTasmanian Art AwardÓ finalist at Eskleigh

            -ÒBrief MomentsÓ Swing Bridge Art Gallery  

1992    -ÒSverdlovsk project of 89Ó, Awarded

1991    -ÒJohn Haywood MemorialÓ Long Gallery Hobart

1990    -ÒTata ExhibitionÓ Long Gallery Hobart