Geoff Farquhar-Still __________________ Curriculum Vitae 2011
Biography
1973 _______ Born in Sydney Australia
Education
1999 -02 _____ BA (Visual) Sculpture, NITA, ANU
1997 -98 _____ Landscape Architecture, Sheffield University
1993 -96 _____ BA Landscape Design and Plant Science Sheffield University
1985 -91 _____ Kelly College, Tavistock, Devon, England
Employment
2010 - _______Chairman of the Board ANCA, ACT
2009 ________ Deputy Chairman, ANCA, ACT
2007 -09 _____ Lecturer, Silicone Mold Making, Visual Arts Access, NITA, ANU
2007 ________ Lecturer, Sculpture Dept, NITA, ANU
2005 -08 _____ Installation Assistant NGA,
2003 -11 _____ Lecturer, Steel Structures, Visual Arts Access, NITA, ANU
2003 -05 _____ Technical Officer, Core Studies, NITA, ANU
2003 -07 _____ Installation Assistant, CSA Gallery, NITA, ANU
Studio Assistance
2009 ________ Fabrication, In the Presence of Blue, Kirstie Rae
____________ Hot glass assistant, Elizabeth Kelly, Studio Tangerine
2006 ________ Fabrication and installation, Fractal Weave by David Jensz
____________ Fabrication, Veterans Memorial, Matthew Harding
Solo Exhibition’s
2009 ________ “Terminus” CCAS Main Space, Gorman House, ACT
2008 ________ “Red Hot Conformist” Megalo Gallery, Canberra, ACT
____________ “My Private Arsenal” ANCA Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2007 ________ “My Private Arsenal”, Gallery Diretribe, Melbourne, VIC
Group Exhibitions
2011 "Imitation of Light" Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
Willoughby Sculpture Prize, Sydney, NSW
"Atonement", Bega Regional Art Gallery, NSW
"Pin", ANCA Gallery, ACT
"Semi Automatic", The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
"Solar", ANCA Gallery, ACT
2010 Goulburn Art Prize, GRAG, NSW
"Something in the Air" Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
“Reflex 2”, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
____________ “PowerHouse” Canberra International Glassworks, ACT
2009 ________ “Reverberation”, Willoughby Incinerator, NSW
____________ “Reflex”, Mechanical poetry, curator, M16, ACT
____________ "Dog of a show" Megalo, ACT.
____________ "Art-I-Tech", CSA Gallery, ACT.
2008 ________ "Prosaic to Sublime" ANCA Gallery, ACT.
____________ “Sequence”, M16 Gallery, ACT
____________ “Sculpture 08”, Maunsell Wickes@ Barry Stern Galleries, NSW
____________ Space Form and Light, Art and Architecture, ANCA Gallery, ACT
____________ “Ausglass conference”, M16, Canberra, ACT
2007 ________ “Sculpture 07”, Maunsell Wickes@ Barry Stern Galleries, NSW
2006 ________ “Global Peace Unit” Domain V, Temporary Public Art Project
____________ “Jingoisms”, with Jay Kochel, The Front, ACT.
____________ “Canberra” Maunsell Wickes @ Barry Stern Galleries, NSW
____________ “Process” ANCA Tenants show, ACT
____________ “Visage” CCAS Members Show, ACT
____________ Sculpture by the Lake, Jindabyne, NSW
____________ Majura Winery opening in conjunction with CCAS, ACT
____________ “Compressor”, with Jay Kochel, The Front, ACT.
2005 ________ “Joy Flight, Forced Landing II” Domain IV, ACT
____________ “The Front” Inaugural Exhibition, ACT
____________ Cape Byron Lighthouse Sculpture Show, Byron Bay, NSW
____________ Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show, Ballina, NSW
2004 ________ Invisible Support, Foyer Gallery, NITA, ANU
_____________ Playground, Foyer Gallery, NITA, ANU
2003 ________ Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show, Ballina, NSW
____________ “Living Space”, 24:7, artsACT project, ACT
2002 ________ Freshly Squeezed, Graduating Exhibition, NITA, ANU
____________ Factor of Ten, CSA Gallery, NITA, ANU
2001 ________ Shared Inspiration, Strathnairn Gallery, ACT
1998 ________ Graduate Exhibition, Sheffield University, England
Grants
2010 ________ New work grant, ACT Arts Fund.
2008 ________ New work grant, ACT Arts Fund.
2006 ________ New work grant, ACT Arts Fund.
Awards
2009 ________ Canberra Critic Circle Award for Exhibition and Curation.
2009 ________ Willoughby Council Burley Griffin Site Specific Award, NSW.
2005 ________ Encouragement Award, Sculpture by the Lake, Jindabyne.
2003 ________ Highly Commended at Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show.
2002 ________ The EASS ANU School of Art Alumni Association Award
Residencies
2009 ________ Megalo Print residency, ACT
2003 ________ Graduate in residence, Sculpture Department, ANU, ACT
Commissions
2011 Canberra bus interchange amenities graphics project
Artists in Schools project through artsACT
"Junk Platform" Theatre set for CYT
2010 Katzolium, Private Collection
2009 ________ Four significant public artworks for ACT Community Parks
____________ “The Tank Project” Theatre set for CYT with Imogen Keen
2008 ________ Aesop Sculptural Ceiling with March Studio Architects, Adelaide SA, Fabricated, Melbourne, VIC.
2008 ________ Collaboration With French Graphic Designer Anne-Laure Cavineaux
2007 ________ “Pen Plan China” Cardboard House with March Studio Architects, Forrest Chase, Perth CBD, WA
2006 ________ “Flight Case VI & VII” Qantas Airways Limited
2005 ________ “Joy Flight, Forced Landing II” Domain IV, Temporary Public Art Project, ACT
2005 ________ “Flight Case II”, Private Collector, ACT
2003 ________ “Living Space”, with A. Dufty, Domain II, Temporary Art Project, ACT, currently maintained by
____________ artsACT and Urban Services
1998 ________ Sculptural Landscape for Dr and Mrs Wilson, Devon, England
Collections
Australian War Memorial
John Travolta
Margaret Jackson, Qantas Chairman
John Anderson, Ex Deputy Prime Minister, Ex Min. for Transport
Harris Hobbs Landscape Architects
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