LILLIAN TOWNSEND
Biography:
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, 1934.1974-1976: Studied at C.I.T. (now Monash University, Caulfield Campus)
Diploma of Art & Design (Fine Art).Solo Exhibitions:
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 2003
Smyrnios Gallery Australia, Melbourne 2001
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 2000
Smyrnios Gallery Australia, Melbourne 1999
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 1997
Chapel Gallery, Melbourne 1996
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 1995
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 1992
Terra Australis Gallery, Melbourne 1991
The Womens Gallery , Melbourne 1989
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1986
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 1983
Stuart Gerstman Gallery Melbourne 1978Selected Group Exhibitions:
“Transition”-The 2 pi r Artists Exhibition-Span Galleries, Melbourne 2006
“In The Garden” Exhibition-Seniors New Age Expo 2005, Crown Showroom, Melb. 2005
“Dialogue”- The 2 pi r Group Exhibition - Red Gallery, Melbourne 2005
“Dialogue” - The 2 pi r Group Exhibition - Monash Centre, Prato, Italy 2003
“Persistence of Memory”- The 2 pi r Group Exhibition, Span Galleries Melbourne 2002
The 2 pi r Group Exhibition, Central Goldfield Gallery, Maryborough 2002
Swan Hill National Print & Drawing Acquisitive Awards - Swan Hill Reg. Gallery 2000
The 2 pi r Group Exhibition - Span Galleries, Melbourne 1999
“We Are Australian” -travelling exhibition sponsored by Dept. Of Immigration & Multicultral Affairs 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
The (Last) Christmas Show At 375-The Womens Gallery 1995
Spring Festival of Drawing Survey Exhibition: 1973-95 Mornington
Peninsula Reg. Gallery 1996
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award-Grafton Regional Gallery, N.S.W.1994, 1996
The Save Albert Park 9 X 5 Invitation Exhibition-Robert Lindsay Gallery 1995
Outside/Inside, 5 Women Artists, curated by Murray Walker -Charles Nodrum Gallery 1992
Terra Australis Gallery Artists Summer Exhibition 1991
Space Launch, Made in Fitzroy, Fitzroy City Art Space 1991
International Women’s Day Exhibition - The Women’s Gallery 1990, 1993
Dominique Segan Castlemaine State Festival Drawing Prize 1990, 1992
Works on Paper - Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery 1989
St.Kilda Acquisitive Exhibition “Linden” 1988
The Alice Prize 1986
Womens Art Forum - Roar Studios, Melbourne 1985
A.P.M. Acquisitive Art Award (shared award ) 1985
Australian Print Council - Mini Prints Travelling Exhibition (all States) 1984
M.P.A.C. Prints Exhibition 1984
Madge Freeman Memorial Prize - Bendigo Art Gallery (Recommended) 1983
L.J. Harvey Memorial Prize for Drawing - Queensland Art Gallery 1983
M.P.A.C. Festival of Drawing 1981, 1983, 1985(acquired), 1989
The Blake Prize for Religious Art 1982
Womens Images - Prahran Gallery, Victoria College 1982
Gold Coast Art Prize 1981, 1984
Pioneer Art Award - Swan Hill Regional Gallery 1978, 1982, 1983
Womens Art - Niagara Lane Galleries 1980
Stuart Gerstman Gallery 1979Collections:
Latrobe University, Melbourne
Artbank Australia
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
A.P.M. Collection
Eltham College, Victoria
Visual Arts Board, Australia Council (now in public collections)Bibliography:
Art with Alan McCulloch - Melbourne Herald - November 2, 1978
Elizabeth Cross - Melbourne Galleries - The National Times - March 1983
150 Victorian Women Artists - By Women 150
Art & Australia-Exhibition Commentary, Vol. 25 No. 1, 1987 page 157
Joanna Ransome, The Melbourne Review - The Melbourne Times - June 28, 1989
Artists and Galleries of Australia - Max Germaine, Craftsman House 1990
Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia - Max Germaine, Craftsman House 1991
The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art - Alan McCulloch/ Susan McCulloch, Allen & Unwin 1994
Gareth Sansom- Catalogue Introduction-Lillian Townsend Drawings December 3-21 1997 Greenaway Art Gallery Adelaide
Images 3 - Contemporary Australian Painting - Nevill Drury, Craftsman House 1998
Jeff Makin- Choice Views, Herald Sun Melbourne, March 22 1999, page 89
John Neylon - The Adelaide Review, January, 2001.
Australian Women’s Art Register - Star Artist of the Month, January/February 2001 - www.womensartregister.org/star-townsend.htm
Womens’s Art Register Bulletin 32, Spring 2001 - Lillian Townsend Artist of the Month - Maxienne Tritton Young.
John Neylon - Visual Arts - The Adelaide Review - June 2003
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