Mary Tonkin Explained
| Mary Tonkin |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Occupation: | Artist |
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| 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]
- Both sides now, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2024
- Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, 2022
- Ramble, Whitehorse Artspace, Melbourne, 2020
- Ramble, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2019
- Between the dams, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 2017
- Two spots, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2015
- A short walk, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2013
- Black paintings, La Trobe Regional Art Gallery, Mrowell, 2012
- Home 2000–2010, Burrinja Gallery, Upwey, 2011
Collections
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
- Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton
- Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawing, Wentworth Falls
- City of Whitehorse, Melbourne
- ANZ Bank, Melbourne
- Monash University, Melbourne
- Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
- Deakin University, Melbourne
- UNSW Art Collections, Sydney
Awards
- Holding Redlich People's Choice Award Salon des Refuses, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 2022
- Kedumba Prize for Drawing, Wentworth Falls, 2010
- Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002
Notes and References
- http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archived/2002/archibald_prize_2002/winning_works Art Gallery of New South Wales: Winning Works
- http://www.australiangalleries.com.au/ag/artist/mary_tonkin/ Australian Galleries – Artists – Mary Tonkin
- http://www.artdes.monash.edu.au/finearts/profiles.html Student Profiles
- Web site: Mary Tonkin . 2024-03-06 . issuu . en.
