Mary Tonkin Explained

Mary Tonkin
Birth Place:Melbourne, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:Artist
Alma Mater:Monash University
Discipline:Art
Workplaces:Monash University

Mary Tonkin is an Australian artist, who in 2002 won the Dobell Prize, the highest prize for drawing in Australia.[1] She was awarded her prize for her work Rocky Outcrop, Werribee Gorge 2000.

Tonkin was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1973.[2] In 1992, she was accepted to study at the Faculty of Art and Design at Monash University. She went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) with honours and a Masters in Fine Arts.

From 1996 to 2004, she was a lecturer at Monash University.[3]

Major recent exhibitions of Tonkin's works include Near the top dam (2007), a retrospective exhibition Home 2000-2010 (2011–2) at the Burrinja Gallery in Upwey, Victoria, and at the Sydney Contemporary in 2022, which included the major, 21-panel work Ramble, Kalorama (2017–19), which was featured in Art Almanac in 2019.

List of solo exhibitions[4]

Collections

Awards

Notes and References

  1. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archived/2002/archibald_prize_2002/winning_works Art Gallery of New South Wales: Winning Works
  2. http://www.australiangalleries.com.au/ag/artist/mary_tonkin/ Australian Galleries – Artists – Mary Tonkin
  3. http://www.artdes.monash.edu.au/finearts/profiles.html Student Profiles
  4. Web site: Mary Tonkin . 2024-03-06 . issuu . en.