SHANE FITZGERALD CV

 

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Born in Hobart , Tasmania . Live and work in Queensland

 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Present

QCA – Griffith University , Masters Visual Arts (research) – Photography

00-07

Deakin University , Graduate Diploma Museums Studies

99

Deakin University , Graduate Certificate Museums Studies

 

GRANTS & AWARDS

06

Regional Arts Development Fund Yeppoon

06

Winner, Photomedia, Capricorn Coast Art Awards

05

Arts Queensland – Arts and Cultural Projects

04

Regional Arts Development Fund Mackay, Regional Arts Development Fund Yeppoon

04

Winner, Harvest Flying Arts DPI Regional Art Awards, Brisbane

04

Co winner Overall Best Publication – Diversity Along the Line

04

Museums Australia Publication Design Awards 2004

04

Winner Best Publication Level A – Diversity Along the Line

04

Museum Australia Publication Design Awards 2004

04

Winner Peoples Choice, BHP Waltzing Matilda Photographic Competition, Winton

04

Highly Commended Colour Print, BHP Waltzing Matilda Photographic

04

Competition, Winton

03

Winner, Emerald Art Gallery Art Awards and Exhibition – Photography

03

Winner Emerald Art Gallery Art Awards and Exhibition – Works on paper

02

RGAQ – TEPP Funding, Regional Arts Development Fund Biloela,

02

Regional Arts Fund

02

Winner, Emerald Art Gallery Art Awards and Exhibition – Photography

02

Winner, inaugural Ergon Energy Central Queensland Art Award

01

Winner, Emerald Art Gallery Art Awards and Exhibition – Works on paper

01

Highly Commended, Emerald Art Gallery Art Awards and Exhibition – Photography

01

Queensland – Arts and Cultural Projects, Regional Arts Development

01

Fund Rockhampton

00

Winner, RAS Photographic Competition, Rockhampton

 

ASSOCIATIONS

Exhibitions and Collections Officer, Rockhampton Art Gallery , Rockhampton

Assessor “Contemporary Photomedia” unit Bachelor Multimedia Studies, CQU

Board Member – Queensland Centre for Photography

Member – Queensland Artworkers Alliance

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

06

Capricornia: Between the sublime and the spectacular , Dell Gallery, Brisbane

06

Capricornia: Between the sublime and the spectacular , Artspace Mackay

05

Xcurrents , Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore

04

Scensual , The Lagoons Gallery, Mackay , Australia

03

Transformal , Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney , Australia

02

Peripheral, Rockhampton Art Gallery , Rockhampton , Australia

02

Stillwater , Bond University , Gold Coast , Australia

02

Peripheral, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane , Australia

01

The Large Scale Contemporary Photography of Shane Fitzgerald , CQU, Rockhampton , Australia

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

06

Other Dimensions: Contemporary Photomedia from Australia , China and Japan , Rockhampton Art Gallery , Rockhampton , Australia

06

Habitus-Habitat, Great!Walks: Art and Environment , Brisbane , Australia

06

Habitus-Habitat, Great!Walks: Art and Environment , Artspace Mackay , Australia

06

Interactions: Contemporary Photography and Painting , Rockhampton Art Gallery , Australia

06

Fireworks: tracing the incendiary in Australian art , Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery , Bathurst Regional Art Gallery , Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Mornington Peninsula regional Gallery, University Art Museum ( Brisbane ), Australia

05

Veneer: Contemporary Queensland Photography , University Southern Queensland , Toowoomba , Australia

05

VACB World Expo , Aichi , Japan

05

Interactions: Contemporary Photography and Painting , Artspace Mackay , Australia

05

Our World , Rockhampton Art Gallery , Australia

05

North Keppel Project 2005, Rockhampton Art Gallery , Australia

05

Sleight: Contemporary Queensland Photography , Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery , Australia

05

Surface , Sugarama Museum , Mourilyan , Australia

05

A Place in the Sun , Rockhampton Art Gallery , Australia

05

Fireworks: tracing the incendiary in Australian art , Artspace Mackay, Rockhampton Art Gallery , Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Townsville), Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery , Australia

05

Surface , Centre for Contemporary Arts, Cairns , Australia

04

Conrad Jupiters Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery , Australia

04

Sleight: Contemporary Queensland Photography , Redland Art Gallery , Cleveland , Australia

04

Surface , Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane , Australia

04

Timeholes , Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane , Australia

03

Central Queensland Art Purchase , Rockhampton Art Gallery , Australia

03

Beneath the Monsoon , Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Townsville), Artspace Mackay and Cairns Regional Gallery, Australia

03

Painting with light , Biloela Art Gallery , Boyne Island Art Gallery , Waltzing Matilda Centre (Winton), Emerald Art Gallery and Rockhampton Art Gallery, Australia

03

Wide Angle , Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery and Rockhampton Art Gallery , Australia

03

Diversity Along the Line , Rockhampton Art Gallery , Australia

02

Australians In France , Art Gallery Du Temps, La Rochelle , France

02

Blur , Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney , Australia

02

Chromomania , Rockhampton Art Gallery , Rockhampton , Australia

01

Red Centre , Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane , Australia

00

Artists Who Teach, The Cathedral College , Rockhampton , Australia

00

Collective, The Mill Gallery, Yeppoon , Australia

 

COMMISSIONS

06

Principal artist (public art), The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland Health, Brisbane

06

Wilson HTM, Brisbane

06

Rockhampton Riverbank Redevelopment, Project Services Queensland Government

05

Principal artist (public art), Great Walks of Queensland – Airlie Beach , Airlie Beach , Australia

05

North Keppel Island Project 2005, North Keppel Island Environmental Education Centre and Rockhampton Art Gallery , Australia

04

Pitcher Partners, Brisbane

03

Principal artist (public art), Maryborough Aged Care Facility, Maryborough , Australia

02

Mackay Courthouse Precinct, Public Art Agency Queensland Government

02

Walter Reid Cultural Centre, Rockhampton , Australia

01

Rockhampton Heritage Village , Rockhampton , Australia

00

Archer Park Station and Steam Tram Museum , Rockhampton , Australia

99

Rockhampton Art Gallery Amphitheatre, Rockhampton , Australia

 

COLLECTIONS

Sir Elton John

Pat Corrigan

Rupert Myer

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan

Ibusuki City , Japan

National Gallery of Australia

Hardy Collection – State Library of Queensland

Environmental Protection Agency

Queensland Health/Queensland Government

Central Queensland University

Rockhampton Art Gallery

Artspace Mackay

Gold Coast City Art Gallery

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Townsville)

Dell Gallery (QCA Brisbane )

Biloela Art Gallery

Boyne Island Heron Gallery

Emerald Art Gallery

Waltzing Matilda Centre Winton

Pitcher Partners Sydney

ABN AMRO Morgans Brisbane

Wilson HTM Brisbane

 

Works in private and corporate collections throughout Singapore, Dubai, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Mackay, Townsville, Rockhampton and Yeppoon.