Guardians of the Departed 2009

installation view
Uplands Gallery Melbourne

Guardians of the Departed 2008

installation view
Uplands Gallery Melbourne

Guardians of the Departed 2008

installation view
Uplands Gallery Melbourne

I 2009

oil on canvas
55.0 x 76.0 cm

II 2009

oil on canvas
91.0 x 55.0 cm

III 2009

oil on canvas
91.0 x 55.0 cm

IV 2009

oil on canvas
106.0 x 76.0 cm

V 2009

oil on canvas
106.0 x 76.0 cm

VI 2009

oil on canvas
76.0 x 106.0 cm

VII 2009

oil on canvas
66.0 x 91.0 cm

VIII 2009

oil on canvas
106.0 x 76.0 cm

Amanda Marburg - Roman Owl 2009

oil on linen
77.0 x 56.0 cm

The Other Side 2007

Installation view
Uplands Gallery, Melbourne (Prahran)

Books 2007

oil on canvas
55.0 x 44.0 cm

Bird 2007

oil on canvas
55.0 x 44.0 cm

Fish 2007

oil on canvas
55.0 x 44.0 cm

Skull 2007

oil on canvas
55.0 x 44.0 cm

Flowers 2007

oil on canvas
55.0 x 44.0 cm

Rabbit 2007

oil on canvas
55.0 x 44.0 cm

installation view 2007

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
(photo: Jeni Carter)

Biography

Born Melbourne, 1976

Education

1999

  • Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts

1996 

  • Associate Diploma of Visual Art (Painting), Western Metropolitan College of TAFE , Melbourne

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009

  • Guardians of the Departed, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2008

  • Amanda Marburg, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2007

  • The Other Side, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2005

  • Mad Love Is Strange, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
  • Giving the Devil His Due, Art & Australia and Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle

2004

  • Giving the Devil His Due, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne

2003

  • Misery & Gin, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2002

  • Paintings, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2001

  • The Bomb, TCB Art Inc., Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

  • Revolving Doors: an exhibition in memory of Blair Trethowan, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2007

  • Primavera 07 Exhibition by Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
  • Sculpture and the Figure, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2004

  • Still Life Still Lives, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2003

  • Depth of Field, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton and Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
  • Trees, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2001

  • Glacier, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, and regional tour
  • Jon Campbell's Rock the Boat, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
  • Roger Kemp Memorial Exhibition, VCA Gallery, Melbourne
  • Melbourne Five, Span Gallery, Melbourne
  • Charley, PS1, New York, USA
  • Unsigned Artists, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

2000

  • Setting Up, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
  • Fascination, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
  • A Brush with Death, La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne

Bibliography

2009

  • Radford, Lisa, 'Amanda Marburg', exhibition catalogue, Uplands Gallery, March 2009.

2007

  • Crawford, Ashley, 'Plasticine friends', Australian Art Collector, Issue 42 October–December 2007, p. 156–165.
  • Morrow, Christine, 'Primavera 07' and 'Amanda Marburg', Primavera exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007, pp. 6–11, 36–39.  

2005

  • Armstrong, Claire, 'Amanda Marburg', Art & Australia 42.4 (Win. 2005), p. 640.
  • Reid, Michael, 'The Art Oracle', Sydney Morning Herald, April 30, 2005, Good Weekend supplement.
  • Reid, Michael, 'Hunting for Art', Insight 1 (2005).

2003

  • Angeloro, Dominique, 'Amanda Marburg', Sydney Morning Herald, exhibitions listing, Nov. 14-20, 2003.

2000

  • Atkinson, Paul, 'A Brush with Death', catalogue essay, Melbourne: La Trobe St. Gallery, 2000.
  • Day, Charlotte, 'Making It Up', Wide Awake, exhibition catalogue, Next Wave, Melbourne, 2000.
  • Misic, Mark, 'The Bomb', catalogue essay, Melbourne: TCB Art Inc., 2001.

 

Awards and Prizes

2008

  • Australia Council Studio Residency, Rome

2005 

  • Art & Australia / ANZ Private Bank Emerging Artist Program

2001 

  • Five, Span Gallery, Melbourne

1999 

  • Roger Kemp Memorial Award , VCA, Melbourne