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| ANNIE DAY |
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Annie Day is an Australian artist working primarily in the fields of printmaking and painting.
Annie has been a practicing artist since gaining her diploma in painting in 1974 from the National Art School, Sydney.
As a celebrated portrait artist she has had work displayed in the prestigious “Portia Geech” portrait prize several times. In addition, she has also been a finalist in the “ Doug Moran – Portraits of Australia” international portrait prize.
Amongst the luminaries that have sat for Annie are author Morris West, photographer Max Dupain and successful businessman Sir Ron Brierley.
Annie has had many commissions for mural work from private homes, including that of a previous Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
She has also painted murals for large hospitals and been commissioned to paint a mural for the London hotel The Stafford where she became friends with wartime hero Nancy Wake.
In recent years Annie’s interest has turned from painting to printmaking. Over the past 14 years she has become a passionate advocate of safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly printmaking techniques.
In the last five years, Annie's research has had a particular focus on Waterless Lithography and she has been aligning her groundbreaking methodologies in this field in particular. These have been taught in workshops in Bowral, Sydney and Mildura, Victoria..
In 2010 Annie with her sister Robin Ezra gave a Masterclass at The Rodd in UK and held their first creative printmaking workshop at Il Bisonte in Florence, Italy where they taught the skills of waterless lighography to 10 students.
These safer printmaking techniques span many forms of printmaking practice including Aluminium etching, Photopolymer plate making, Collagraph and other intaglio and relief techniques.
Annie’s CV includes the many projects she has been involved in over the past few years all over Australia and internationally from China to Luxembourg, Denmark, Brazil, Canada, USA, Switzerland, Belgium, Lithuania, Spain, Iceland, Bulgaria, France and UK . |
SELECTED PROJECTS
1995 |
to 2004 assisting with organisational aspects of Warringah Printmakers Studio annual exhibitions |
1997 |
Curated Warringah Printmakers Exhibition at Studio A, ACT |
2002 |
& 2003 WPS exhibition at the Affordable Art Shows |
2004 |
“Impressions of Australia” exhibition in Guangzhou |
2004 |
organising the “Deux” international exchange opening |
2005 |
Warringah Printmakers first annual show at the Sydney Antiques Centre |
2006 |
Gurringai Project, Aboriginal women’s group, preparing and presenting works for 3 important collaborative exhibitions |
2006 |
Organising and attending Warringah Printmakers China Exhibition Guangzhou China Through Australian Eyes |
2007 |
Exhibition at Botanic Gardens On the Wing |
2007 |
Inside the Square |
2007 |
Murals Calvary Hospital ACT |
2007 |
Exhibition at TAP gallery |
2008 |
Changing Climates…Reinventing Lives exchange |
2008 |
Group Show – Flora - Marianne Newman Gallery |
2008 |
Murals The Canberra Hospital |
2008 |
Teaching two workshops at Warringah Printmakers - waterless lithography |
2008 |
Residency at the Art Vault Mildura, inaugural workshops teaching waterless lithography |
2009 |
Second residency at Art Vault Mildura, teaching at workshops |
2009 |
Monotype workshop in Florence Italy |
2009 |
Teaching Waterless Lithography Workshops at Warringah Printmakers Studio |
2009 |
Teaching Waterless Lithography Workshop at Primrose Park Papermakers |
2010 |
Conducted 3 workshops for Warringah Printmakers Studio Summer School |
2010 |
Conducted a 2 day workshop at Sidney Nolan Trust's Rodd UK early September |
2010 |
Inaugural Printmaking class at Il Bisonte Florence Italy September - October |
2010 |
Waterless LIthography Workshop for Newcastle Printmakers) |
2011 |
Summer School at the BDAS - Bowral and District Art Society |
2011 |
Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, Summer School Workshops |
| 2011 | Waterless Lithography workshop at Warringah Printmaking Studio |
| 2011 | Conducted a printmaking class at II Bisonte Florence Italy April - May |
| 2011 | Invited
to teach at the "Paper Arts Winter School" Ballarat ` http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2011/07/15/3270666.htm |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1974, 75, 79 and 1991 |
Portia Geech Memorial Portrait Prize |
1975 |
Hogarth Galleries Sydney |
1990 and 1994 |
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney |
1996 |
Collagraphs and etchings Private show Warringah Print Workshop Annual Exhibition, Manly Vale |
1997 |
Warringah Print Workshop at Studio Canberra, ACT Solo Exhibition at a private space Balmoral, Sydney Warringah Printmakers Studio Inaugural Exhibition Manly Vale |
1998 to 2007 |
Warringah Printmakers Annual Exhibitions |
2002 |
Solo Exhibition Loubieres, FRANCE |
2003 and 2004 |
Flying Carpet : SWITZERLAND LITHUANIA. SPAIN. USA. ICELAND. BELGUIM. CANADA |
2004
2004 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 |
Deux - La Collecte Exhibitions: LUXEMBOURG. DENMARK. BRAZIL. CANADA. DENMARK. Impressions of Australia South China Club, Guangzhou, CHINA Through Australian Eyes,Warringah Printmakers Studio Exhibition, Guangzhou CHINA On the Wing exhibition Botanic Gardens, May Warringah Printmakers Annual, November Lessedra BULGARIA Recent Works exhibition, TAP Gallery December Sighting the Whale Mosman Regional Gallery From Ocean to Harbour, Mosman Regional Gallery Flora, Marianne Newman Gallery A Closer Look Warringah Printmakers The Printed Image Marianne Newman Gallery Warringah Printmakers Annual Exhibition Southern Highlands Printmakers Sturt Exhibition The Light Horse Gallery Robertson Sidney Nolan Trust Printmaking exhibition in UK Warringah Printmakers Annual Exhibition at The Antique Centre Sydney Michael Gray Gallery Bowral 'Printmakers of the Highlands' Printmakiers of the BDAS exhibition Bowral NSW Warringah Printmakers exhibition at the Milk Factory Gallery |
2003 2005 2007 2007 2008 2009 |
La Collecte an international project on the theme of Deux. LUXEMBOURG. DENMARK, BRAZIL, CANADA Flying Carpet, an international women’s project. SWITZERLAND. LITHUANIA. SPAIN. USA, ICELAND. BELGUIM. CANADA Reel Heroes QLD, WA TAS VIC NSW Inside the Square with Spike island Printmakers Bristol UK Changing Climates, reinventing lives QLD, WA TAS VIC NSW 6 exchanges within Warringah Printmakers Studio. |
| ROBIN EZRA |  |
| There's a theme of delicacy and detail
in all Robin's work, whether it is a large colourful painting, a graphite drawing or one
of the many editions of prints she is now producing. Robin has always had an
awareness of nature and the world around her, and brings her astute observation into her
work by the way she designs her pieces - always with an understanding of composition that
draws the viewer into the image. There is a harmony that runs through Robin's work
that continues to please and invite, even when it is a piece you might have seen many
times before. Although Robin was self-taught as a teenager, her intensity of interest in all things visual, and consequently the quality of the body of work she now produces really began when she enrolled in Life Drawing classes at the ANU School or Art with the 3rd Year Sculpture students in 1985. Since then she has studied a variety of mediums and attended a number of courses in Printmaking - a lot of them from the Warringah Printmakers Studio where she has assisted in teaching Printmaking to other students. In July 2009 Robin travelled to Florence to partake in an intense Printmaking workshop, where she studied alongside students and experienced printmakers from all over the world. Robin taught alongside her sister at The Rodd in Britain and at their inaugural printmaking workshop at Il Bisonte in Florence in 2010. Since returning from Italy Robin has tutored several
safer printmaking workshops in Australia. |
1984 – 1995 |
Imageword Canberra as a computer applications teacher |
1979 – 2007 |
Watercolour painting – Canberra School of Art. Printmaking – Studio 1, Kingston ACT. Drawing with Trish Bridges. Various life drawing evening classes at the Canberra School of Art and the TAFE in ACT. Life painting using acrylics at Canberra School of Art. Mixed media still life at Canberra School of Art. Summer school mixed media with Artist Society of Canberra. |
2008 |
Summer school at Sturt with Kit Bullivant - drawing. |
2009 |
Print workshop Florence mono prints, chine colle & drypoint. Waterless Lithography at Warringah Printmakers Studio. Photopolymer platemaking at Warringah Printmakers Studio. Joined the Southern Highlands Printmakers. Aluminium Etching with Tony Aminerno multiple plates. Exhibited at Warringah Printmakers Annual Exhibition. |
2010 |
Assisted teaching Photopolymer platemaking and inking a la poupee Assisted teaching multiple plate Waterless Lithography at at Warringah Printmakers Studio. Exhibited with Southern Highlands Printmakers at Sturt Galleries Exhibited at the Light Horse Gallery Robertson, NSW Sidney Nolan Trust Printmaking exhibition in UK Assisted with a 2 day workshop at Sidney Nolan Trust's Rodd UK early September Inaugural Printmaking class at Il Bisonte Florence Italy September - October Waterless Lithography Workshop for Newcastle Printmakers Warringah Printmakers Annual Exhibition at The Antique Centre Sydney Michael Gray Gallery Bowral 'Printmakers of the Highlands' |
| 2011 | Summer
School at the BDAS - Bowral and
District Art Society Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, Summer School Workshop Assisted teaching Waterless Lithography at Warringah Printmakers Studio - March Conducted a printmaking class at II Bisonte Florence Italy April - May Exhibited at the 'Printmakers of the BDAS' Bowral, June Exhibited with Warringah Printmakers at the Milk Factory Gallery Bowral, July Invited to teach at the "Paper Arts Winter School" Ballarat http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2011/07/15/3270666.htm |