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Tanja Riese
Artist Statement I am interested in working on paper and have explored this using printmaking, drawing and collage. Inspiration for my work is found in the patterns and forms that occur in the natural world as well as those created by human activity. My recent work investigates connection to environment, drawing from tiny objects found on walks. Biography Tanja studied Visual Art at Sydney College of the Arts before completing a Graduate Diploma at Canberra School of Art. During extended travels through Europe in the mid and late 1980's she took courses in Experimental Drawing at the Central St. Martins Art School in London and was a guest student at the Fachochschule in Köln.
Since the early 90’s Tanja has lived and worked on the far south coast of NSW. She is a founding member of the artist run co-operative Spiral Gallery in Bega and has exhibited work regularly since 1985 at galleries in NSW, the ACT and Victoria.
Her work is represented in public and private collections including The Australian National Gallery, Canberra College of Advanced Education and Queen Victoria Museum in Tasmania. Education 2008 Photopolymer etching with Seraphina Martin
1998 Non Toxic Printing with Keith Howard, ANU, ACT
1990 Experimental Drawing, Central St. Martins, London
1988 - 1989 Graduate Diploma in Art, Canberra Institute of the Arts
1986 Guest student, Fachhochschule Köln, Germany
1984 - 1987 Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions: 2010 Journey of Arrival, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW
2000 Prints, Amphibia, Tathra NSW
Selected group exhibitions:
2011 Footprints, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT
January Exhibition, Ivy Hill Gallery, Wapengo NSW
2010 Green, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Artists of the Far South Coast, Q Gallery, Queenbeyan
Loupe, Megalo Print Studio Gallery, ACT
2009 Wild Forests, Gallery Bodala, Bodalla NSW
2008 Landscript, Kingstudio, Milton, NSW
Valley to the Sea - The Concept of Shared Land, Orange Regional Gallery
Sunprints, Megalo Print Studio Gallery, ACT
25 x 25, Bega Valley Regional Gallery
Fragments, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
In OFF On, Bega Valley Regional Gallery
2007 Valley to the Sea - The Concept of Shared Land, Cowra Regional Art Gallery
Valley to the Sea - The Concept of Shared Land, The Mechanics Institute, Moruya
Collage 2, Ivy Hill Gallery, Wapengo NSW
Pot of Gold, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
2006 Valley to the Sea - The Concept of Shared Land, Bega Valley Regional Gallery
Collage, Ivy Hill Gallery, Wapengo NSW
Para-ti, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
2005 Home Cooking, Raglan Gallery, Cooma NSW
Luminessence, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
The Art Print, The Forest Gallery, Benandarah NSW
In and out of the Garden, Ivy Hill Gallery, Tanja NSW
2004 Vagination, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
Serving Suggestions, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
2003 Feast, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
2002 Aragunnu, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
Five Years On, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
2001 Rain, Hail, Shrine, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
Flight, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
Internal, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
2000 Take 7, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega NSW
In the Spirit, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
1999 Banshee, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
On Solid Ground, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
1998 Quintessence, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
Reflections of Spirit, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
1997 Spiral Gallery Grand Opening, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
Women's Art Exhibition, Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
1996 Gulp, Anca Gallery, Canberra
A Show of Blue, The Goose is Out, Bega NSW
1995 eX-Static, Old Bega Hospital, Bega NSW
Aspects, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega NSW
Bega Valley Art Awards, Bega Valley Regional Gallery
1994 Wild Women, Old Bega Hospital, Bega NSW
1993 International Women’s Day Exhibition, Old Bega Hospital, Bega
1992 Women’s Show, Old Bega Hospital, Bega NSW
1990 Here Comes Everyone, Young Unknowns Gallery, London
1989 100 X 100 Portfolio, exhibited various galleries around Australia
Nexus, Gorman House, Canberra
Figure and Face, Jan Jones Contemporary Art, Bowral NSW
Figure 8, Print Council of Australia Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Bodyprints, Dorettes Bistro, Canberra
1987 Australian Lithographers, Intaglio Printmaker, Melbourne
Two X Twelve; Visionary Phantasies, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
9 Printmakers, The Wharf Theatre, Sydney
Awards & Grants
2008 Far South Coast Living Artist Projects scholarship recipient
1995 Bega Valley Art Awards; Best Drawing & Best Local Entry
Collections
National Gallery of Australia
Canberra College of Advanced Education
Canberra Institute of the Arts
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas.
Print Council of Australia
Commissions
Lithograph for the100 X 100 Portfolio
Bibliography
Jacqueline Williams ‘Nourishing Natural Skills’, Canberra Times, Times2 Feb 19 2010
Jane Sandilands ‘Close to Home’, South Coast Style, Autumn 2010
Mandy Martin “Tanja Riese: Journey of Arrival” Imprint,Vol 44, #4 2009
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