Ms. Jayne Dyer
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What happens when language and the visual arts conflate?
Jayne Dyer discusses the scope and meaning of the book as object and subject, and the relationship of visual arts with linguistics.
In an age of increasingly paperless information, Dyer salvages what may otherwise be pulped and constructs work that considers meaning through the loose proposition of the library. She raises questions about our relationship with books as repositories of accumulated facts, hypotheses or fictions.
In her ambitious exhibitions Dyer constructs columns from stacks of books with spines painted black, books spill from doorways or suspend in space. Paper and architecture become one, forms simultaneously dissolve and reappear as structures are built and dismantled.
The works operate as a ‘linguistic’ production - in a state of flux, pointing towards an understanding of a narrative, but are as much about secrecy and hidden information as they are about open-endedness and a search for meaning.
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Qualifications
| 1994 |
Master of Art painting / research, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) |
| 1989 |
Bachelor of Fine Art Hons, RMIT |
| 1987 |
Bachelor of Fine Art, RMIT |
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Appointments
| 1998 |
Art Advisor, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing |
| 1997-cont |
Head of Public Programs, National Art School, Sydney, F/T position |
| 1995-96 |
Painting/Drawing Lecturer, NAS & University of Western Sydney, P/T position |
| 1988-94 |
Painting/Drawing Lecturer, Monash University, F/T tenured position |
| 1987-93 |
Painting/Drawing Lecturer, RMIT, P/T position |
| 1984-86 |
Artist/ Art Education Officer, National Gallery of Victoria & Museum of Victoria, P/T position |
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Awards
| 2008 |
Australia Council for the Arts, new work grant ($20,000) |
| 2007/8 |
Asialink/Australia Council Residency, Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan (Oct-Dec 2008) |
| 2006 |
Artist-in-Residence, Lingnan University, Hong Kong (March-May 2007) |
| 2005 |
Commonwealth of Australia public service medal (PSM) outstanding service, arts & education |
| 2005 |
FONAS ASX Travel Grant |
| 2005 |
FONAS Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris |
| 2005 |
World Year of Physics Art Prize (3rd prize) Macquarie University, NSW |
| 2000 |
National Art School Travelling Scholarship, Sydney (project Hong Kong) |
| 1997 |
AGNSW Residency, Moya Dyring Studio, Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris (for 1999) |
| 1996 |
Solo and group exhibition grants (Beijing) Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| 1996 |
Materials grant, Art Spectrum, Vic |
| 1995/6 |
Asialink VACB/Australia Council Residency, Beijing |
| 1993 |
Research grant, Monash University |
| 1991/2 |
Residency, Verdaccio Studio, Italy, Monash University |
| 1990 |
Commonwealth Scholarship, University of Tasmani |
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Projects & Commissions
| 2007/6 |
Commissioned installations for Sydney Writers Festival at Sydney Theatre, stage design,
Sydney Writers Festival Launch, The Royal Mint, HHT & Parramatta Riverside Theatre |
| 2003/4 |
Head of Public Programs, National Art School, Sydney, F/T position |
| 1995-96 |
Sitework: Hong Kong, documentation street project in China |
| 1995 |
Sitework: Critical Distance, documentation artwork in public locations in Australia |
| 1994 |
Crossovers Site(s) projects and symposium, University of Tasmania |
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Collections
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The Australian Embassy, Beijing; Artbank; Monash University; RMIT; Macquarie Bank; Maroondah Art Gallery, Vic; Lingnan University, Hong Kong; corporate and private collections in Australia, Hong Kong, China and England
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Represented
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Uber Gallery Melbourne, Australia; King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, Australia
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2008 |
The Reading Room Uber Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2008 |
White Work King St Gallery on William, Sydney |
| 2007 |
WORDSFORPICTURES Lingnan University, Hong Kong |
| 2007 |
Spare Room Elizabeth Bay House Museum, Sydney (3 person) |
| 2006 |
Stutter Uber Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2006 |
One Reading Sydney Writers Festival Launch, The Royal Mint, Historic Houses Trust, Sydney |
| 2006 |
The Reading Room Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney Theatre stage |
| 2005 |
Shadowlands Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2005 |
greyspace Yoshi Kono Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2003 |
greyspace Gallery SP, Sydney |
| 2002 |
Site-lines John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2002 |
Site Gallery SP Sydney |
| 2002 |
Mapping the Sky Gallery SP, Sydney |
| 2000 |
Mapping the Sky John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 1999 |
Site: Post Paris Span Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1998 |
Critical Influence Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW |
| 1997 |
Site George Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1995 |
Site Central Academy of Fine Arts Chien Lie Hall, Beijing, China |
| 1995 |
Site Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre Regional Gallery, Vic |
| 1994 |
Heat Meridian Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1994 |
Heat Faculty of Art and Design Gallery, RMIT |
| 1992 |
Site Gore St Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1991 |
Botanical Gallery, Melbourne |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2008 |
China / Australia Song Zhuang Museum, Beijing
Luminous Dark Bleitreu Gallery, Berlin (July)
China Art Projects Launch, Two Lines Space, Beijing
Residency artists Taipei Artist Village Gallery, Taiwan (Nov)
Compositions King St Gallery on William, Sydney
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| 2007/8 |
Process - Journey touring Red Gate Gallery at the Watchtower and Australian Embassy, Beijing; Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, Sino HK Art Project Space, Hong Kong, regional Australia. Funded Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Beijing & Australia / China Council
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| 2007 |
Translucent Text Red Gate Gallery, Beijing (4 person)
Ten Years of Images Too Art Gallery, Hong Kong Art Centre
Artefact City Museum at Old Treasury, Melbourne
Artist Books 5th Annual Sydney Book Fair, represented by Cross Art Projects
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| 2006 |
Praise of Shadows King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney (3 person)
Art Interchange Museum of Contemporary Art, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea & NAS, Sydney
Linden Postcard Show 2006 Linden, St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
Twenty / 20 Vision Parliament House, Sydney
Pataphysical Pending Machine AGNSW
Pataphysical Pending Machine Liverpool Regional Museum
The Delmar Codex Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair 2006 represented by Uber Gallery
Shanghai / Australia Jingan Cultural Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China
The Blake Prize NAS Gallery, Sydney, touring NSW 2007
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| 2005 |
Altitude Shepparton Regional Gallery, Vic
Annual Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Small Offerings Cross Art Projects, Sydney
Australian Paper Fair Sydney represented by Uber Gallery
Art Sydney 05 represented by Uber Gallery
World Year in Physics Art Prize Macquarie University Gallery
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| 2004 |
Drawing Dust Maroondah Regional Gallery, Melbourne
Altitude Launch Dante Gallery, Melbourne
Altitude Billboard project, Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Melbourne
Group Exhibition John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition Gallery SP, Sydney
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| 2003 |
Drawing Dust Span Galleries, Melbourne & Red Gate Gallery, Beijing. Funded Arts Victoria
Altitude John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
Blake Prize for religious art Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney, touring Grafton Regional Gallery; ACU National, Sydney & Melbourne; Stanthorpe Regional Gallery 2004
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| 2002 |
2002 - The Year in Art National Trust SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Dialogue with the Watchtower Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Dialogue with the Watchtower Melbourne Art Fair, represented by Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
Hobart Art Prize 2002
Open Studio Ultimo Project, Sydney
Open Studios Art & About: the city as a canvas City of Sydney & NAS initiative
Stable Exhibition Gallery SP, Sydney
Group Exhibition John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
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