Pat Brassington
| Pat Brassington | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1942 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Photography, Digital Media |
| Awards | Bowness Photography Prize,[1] |
Pat Brassington is a contemporary Australian artist working in the fields of photography, and digital arts.[2] Born in 1942, in the town of Hobart, Tasmania.
Education
Pat Brassington studied printmaking and photography at the Tasmanian School of Art in the early 1980s.[3] Named Australia’s key surrealist working in photo media,[4] Brassington's work has been exhibited in Australia and internationally in galleries and festivals. She has been featured extensively in national and international exhibitions, including the 2012 Adelaide Biennial Parallel Collisions;[5] Á Rebours, a major survey exhibition at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art ACCA (2012),[6] which toured to the ACP, Sydney (2013); a solo exhibition in Lönnstrom Art Museum, Finland, and the Helsinki Festival (2008); the Cambridge Road series at the IMA (2007); the 2004 Biennale of Sydney; and a major retrospective at the Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne (2002). Her work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the NGA, AGNSW, QAG, TMAG, NGV, AGWA and Artbank.[7]
Awards
2013 Winner, Bowness Photography Prize with the image Shadow Boxer, from her series Quill [7]
References
- ↑ http://www.mga.org.au/exhibition/view/exhibition/128
- ↑ http://www.daao.org.au/bio/pat-brassington/
- ↑ http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Pat%20Brassington.htm
- ↑ http://www.artcollector.net.au/PatBrassingtonTotemsandTaboos
- ↑ http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Exhibitions/Past_Exhibitions/2012/2012_Adelaide_Biennial.html
- ↑ https://www.accaonline.org.au/exhibition/pat-brassington-%C3%A1-rebours
- 1 2 http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/artists/brassington/index.php?obj_id=bio