Curriculum vitae

Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 10 August 1941

Art Education

Full time

1959 to mid–1960

South Australian School of Art (SASA), Adelaide

mid–1960 to 1961

Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney

Part time

mid–1960 to 1961

National Art School, Sydney: Sculpture under Lyndon Dadswell and Drawing

1972 & 1975

Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby: Lithography

1972 & 1978

National Art School, Sydney: Etching

1985–1987

Red Cedar Workshop, Sydney: Wood-carving

1987–1989

Mitzi McColl Studio, Sydney: Stone-carving

Collections

The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Buhl Collection, New York
The Hechinger Collection, International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC
Gallery of Modern Art, Majdanek State Museum, Lublin
FMK Collection, Budapest Museum
Herman Hebler Graphic Art Collection, Fredrikstad Museum
Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
Westmead Hospital, NSW
Bruce Hall Library, Australian National University, Canberra
The Van der Vossen-Delbrück Collection, Amsterdam

Exhibitions – selection of national and international

Solo

2010

Fifty Years of Printmaking 1960-2010, Fyre Gallery, Braidwood, NSW

1998

Portrayals - Paintings, Sculptures, Prints, Montserrat Gallery, SoHo, New York

1991

Paintings, Sculptures, Prints, Galerie am Buttermarkt, Cologne

1990

Paintings, Sculptures, Prints & Drawings, Galerie Art & Architecture, Amsterdam

1986

Paintings, Sculptures, Prints & Drawings, Balmain Art Gallery, Sydney

1983

Paintings, Prints, Drawing, Goethe Institute, Sydney

1982

Lithographs, Open Studio, NSW Women & Arts Festival, Sydney

1980 

People of Sydney, Berlin & Munich – Watercolours, Seymour Centre, The University of Sydney

1980 

Paintings, Prints & Drawings, Galerie Arndt, Munich

1980

Paintings & Lithographs, Seymour Centre, The University of Sydney

1979 

Paintings & Lithographs, Seymour Centre, The University of Sydney

1978 

Continuous Exhibition of Paintings & Prints, Seymour Centre, The University of Sydney

1978 

Lithographs, Blackfriars Gallery, Sydney

1977

Acrylics, Watercolours, Lithographs, Seymour Centre, The University of Sydney

1972

Paintings, Off the Beaten Track Gallery (Sydenham Galleries), Adelaide Festival of Arts

1962

Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Broken Hill Technical College, NSW

Group

2017

Harbour Sculpture 2017, Hunters Hill Sailing Club and Clarkes Point, Sydney

2013

Sapere Aude, Circuito Off, 55. Biennale dArte di Venezia, Palazzo Ca Zanardi, Venice

2008

Callan Park Protest Exhibition, Mori Gallery, Sydney

2007

International & Australian Works on Paper, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney

2004    

Australian Art: Collector's List No. 109, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney

2001    

3rd Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea Firenze, Fortezza da Basso, Florence

2001    

Fantasy & Imagination: Collector's List No. 90, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney

2001    

Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2000–2004

Tools as Art VI: Instruments of Change, The Hechinger Collection, National Building Museum Washington DC

2000  

Rivier'Art, Galerie d'Art, Nice

1999  

Tools as Art V: Fantasy at Work, The Hechinger Collection, National Building Museum, Washington DC

1998 

Idioms in Mixed Mediums - National Sculpture Forum, The High Court of Australia, Canberra

1997  

18th International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum

1997  

Works on Paper, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney

1997 

Salon International du Livre et de la Presse à Genève, Palais des Expositions, Geneva

1996–2003

Artists of the Gallery, Solander Gallery, Canberra

1996

17th International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum

1995

3rd International Triennial of Woodcut & Wood Engraving, State Gallery, Banská Bystrica

1995

16th International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum

1994

Foreign Showcase, Montserrat Gallery, New York

1993 

14th International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum

1993 

12th Premio Internazionale Biella per l'incisione, Palazzo Ferrero della Marmora, Biella

1993 

Global Graphics 'Het Nieuwe Zien' - 1. Internationale Graphiek Biennale, Maastricht

1992

13th International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum

1992

Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes, Art Gallery of NSW (Sulman), Sydney

1991

1st International Biennial of Graphic Art, Györ

1991

12th International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum

1991

19th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana

1991

InterArt Gallery Exhibition, InterArt Galerie Reich, Cologne

1991

3rd International Triennial of Art 'Against War' – Majdanek, Majdanek State Museum, Lublin

1991 

K61 Group Exhibition, Galerie K61, Amsterdam

1990

11th Premio Internazionale Biella per l'incisione, Biella (also Milan, Genoa)

1989 

Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes, Art Gallery of NSW (Wynne - sculpture), Sydney

1989 

Prints with a Point, Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol

1989 

9th Norwegian International Print Triennale, Fredrikstad

1988 

Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney (and touring Australia 1989)

1988

6th Seoul International Print Biennale, Press Center, Seoul

1988

5th International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait-Drawing and Graphics, Tuzla

1988

1st Biennale Internationale de l'Estampe, Perpignan

1987

‘Art of Today II’ International Exhibition, Budapest Gallery

1987

10. Premio Internazionale Biella per l incisione, Biella

1987

17th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana

1985

2nd International Biennial Print Exhibit: 1985 ROC, Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei

1985

1st International Triennial Art Exhibition 'Against War' – Majdanek, Majdanek State Museum, Lublin

1985

16th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana

1984 

Intergrafik 84 (International Triennale engagierter Grafik), Berlin (DDR)

1984 

9th Premio Internazionale Biella per l'incisione, Biella

1983

(1st) International Print Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei

1983

4th Seoul International Print Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Seoul

1983

15th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana

1982 

CAS Group Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Society of South Australia, Adelaide

1982 

The Blake Prize, Sydney

1982 

From the Inside Out, NSW Women & Arts Festival, Craft Council of Australia, Sydney

1982

8 Women Artists - NSW Women and Arts Festival, Glebe Town Hall, Sydney

1982 

X Biennal Ibizagrafic, Museu D'Art Contemporani D'Eivissa, Mallorca, Barcelona, Madrid, Ibiza

1981

3rd Seoul International Print Biennale, National Museum of Modern Arts, Seoul

1981

14th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana

1980

6. Internationale Grafik Biennale, Frechen Kunstverein, Frechen

1980

Print Survey Sydney, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney

1979

Westmead Print Prize, Westmead Hospital, Sydney

1978

Christmas Exhibition, Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney

1978

MPAC Prints Exhibition & Purchase Prize, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

1978

Blake Prize for Religious Art, Sydney

1978

Monster Playground Carnival, Adelaide Festival Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society of South Australia

1977

Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes, Art Gallery of NSW (Sulman), Sydney

1973

Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes, Art Gallery of NSW (Wynne), Sydney

1959

Painters and Sculptors of Promise, The Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide

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Bibliography – selection

HarbourSculpture 2017, pp. 46–47 (catalogue)
Susan Kendzulak, ‘Cornerstone: Susan Dorothea White', Artvoices, Winter 2014, cover & pp. 26–29
Luzia S. Rehmann, Wut im Bauch, 2014, Munich: Random House, Abb.  & p. 461.
Luciana Gravotta: 'History of Sin', Scientific American Mind, vol. 24, Nov. 2013, pp. 43–44
Selma Smith (ed): 'Susan Dorothea White', The Printworld Directory, 14th ed, 2013, West Chester: Printworld, pp. 1260–1 (editions since 1994)
‘Susan Dorothea White', 2A Art & Architecture, Spring 2006, Dubai: Est2A Co., pp.78–9
The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 2006, Melbourne: Aus Art Editions, p.1020
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Art Awards

2017

First Prize Inside, Harbour Sculpture 2017, Sydney

1997

Highly Commended, Portia Geach Portrait Memorial Award, Sydney

1982

Commended, Portia Geach Portrait Memorial Award, Sydney

1978

Print Purchase Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

1975

John Gero Painting Prize, Macquarie University

1960

Commonwealth Scholarship, South Australian School of Art

1959

Sands & McDougal Prize for Drawing, South Australian School of Art

1959

Rowney Prize for Fine Art, South Australian School of Art

1958–1982

Prizes and awards in local and national competitions

Book:  Draw Like da Vinci, Masterclass Series

Written and illustrated by Susan Dorothea White with over 100 of her drawings; published by Cassell Illustrated, London, 2006.  Also published in French: Dessiner à la manière de Léonard de Vinci (Paris: Eyrolles, 2007); Danish: Lær at tegne som Da Vinci (Stockholm: Bonnier, 2006); Hungarian: Rajzoljunk úgy, mint Leonardo da Vinci (Budapest: Kossuth, 2006).

Teaching

2012

Lectures & Drawing Workshop: Anatomy Through Art, Embryology Conference, Bath UK

2005–2009

Lectures: Anatomy Art, Perspectives in Medical Science, University of New South Wales

2000–2007

Workshops: Drawing from Anatomical Specimens - Step into Leonardo's Shoes, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales

2002

Drawing workshop & presentation: Drawing on Rodin, in conjunction with exhibition Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession, National Gallery of Australia

1987–1989

Drawing & painting classes, Strathfield-Burwood Evening College

1984–1985

Drawing classes, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre

1982–1984 

Drawing classes, Neighbourhood Centre, Glebe Town Hall