ANNA CURTIS CV (Curriculum Vitae)
Biographical Details
1960: Born Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
1981: Completed Diploma of Fine Art, Bendigo College Advanced Education
1983-89: Resident, Mackay
1983-89: Part time tutor, printmaking, drawing and design, Mackay College of TAFE
1990: Resident, Darwin
1993: Travelled to India, Nepal and Europe
1994-present: Resident, Port Douglas
1994-present: Full time professional artist
Select Exhibitions
1984: Jim Brown’s Gallery, Mackay (solo)
1985/86: Art 19 Gallery, Mackay
1988: Print Workshop and Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney (solo)
1988: Martin Gallery, Townsville. (solo)
1989: Upstairs for Art, Townsville (solo)
1989: Seasons Gallery, North Sydney
1989: Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta
1990/91: Lindsay Street Gallery (solo)
1991/96: St Patrick’s College, Mackay
1991: Palm Court Gallery, Cairns
1992: Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin
1994/2003: New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
1995/97/00/04/07/10: Framed Gallery, Darwin (solo)
1996: Mowbray Gallery, Port Douglas (solo)
1996/2001: Radisson Resort, Port Douglas (solo)
1999: QDOS Art Gallery, Lorne. (solo)
2001: Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour
2003/2006/2010: Gallery 126, Armidale (solo)
2004: Port Douglas Gallery of Fine Art, Port Douglas (solo)
2007/2008/2010: Low Isles Exhibition, Old Sugar Wharf, Port Douglas
2008/2009: The Postcard Show, Cairns Regional Gallery
2010: Wilsons at Robe, SA
AWARDS
Awards /Commissions
1984: First Prize, Print Section Caltex Exhibition, Mackay
1987/89: Finalist Suncorp Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
1987: Major Art Prize, Art and Artists, Mackay
1987: First Prize, Miniature Section, Art and Artists, Mackay
1988/89: First Prize, Print Section, Art and Artists, Mackay
1990: Commissioned to design Darwin’s Bougainvillea Festival Poster
1993: Commissioned series of linoprints for Welfare State International, U.K.
2002: Finalist in Fremantle Print Awards
2003: Commissioned linoprint for ESA Conference, Armidale
2004: Finalist in Silkcut Linoprint Awards
2007: Finalist in the Memento Australia Awards
Collections / Publications
Art Gallery of N.S.W.
Mitsuri City, Japan
Centre of Adult Education, Wangaratta
Private Collections
Australian Country Style, August 2003
ABC TV Stateline, N.T. June 2004