Honor Bradbeer
Born
- Melbourne, 1980
Education
- 2004-07 Undertaking an M.A. (Fine Art) by research at RMIT University 2003 B.A. Fine Art (Honors) RMIT. Completed with High Distinctions 2000-02 B.A. (Fine Art) RMIT. Completed with High Distinctions 2001 SangMyung University, Seoul, South Korea Intensive Oriental Painting course (RMIT Award Scholarship) 1999 L’Accademia Italiana, Florence. Short course in Drawing and Painting 1988-98 Mangala Studios, Carlton, Melbourne Chinese Ink Brush Painting and Calligraphy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2006 The Dust You Seldom See. Exhibition of new works, Hogan Gallery, Collingwood 2003 Draw Us Near. Exhibition of recent works, Moor Street Art Gallery, Fitzroy 2001 How The Light Gets In. Ink drawings, Moor Street Art Gallery, Fitzroy 1997 Seventeen Prints and Pastels. Kensington Gallery, Kensington
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2006 Omnium Gatherum. Dante’s Upstairs Gallery, Fitzroy 2003 Four Point Perspectives. Exhibition of Emerging Artists from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Australia. Cattle Depot Artist Commune, Kowloon, Hong Kong 2003 Robert Jacks Drawing Prize Exhibition. Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria 2003 Gaze and Graze. Drawing exhibition and studio visit, RMIT, Melbourne 2003 Smorgon Contemporary Art. Williamstown Summer Festival, Williamstown 2002 End of Year Salon Show. Moor Street Art Gallery, Fitzroy 2002 Surface. RMIT Graduate Exhibition, Span Galleries, Melbourne 2002 Anatomy of Drawing. Synergy Gallery, Northcote 2002 Gaze and Graze. Drawing exhibition and Studio visit, RMIT, Melbourne 2001 End of Year Salon Show. Moor Street Art Gallery, Fitzroy 2000 Wimbledon Exchange Exhibition. Wimbledon School of Art, Wimbledon, UK 2000 Art of Caring Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds. Travelled to state regional centres 1998 Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Australian Chinese Painting Association. St Ives Showground, N.S.W. 1998 Chinese Ink Brush Painting Exhibition. Mangala Studios, Carlton 1997 Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Australian Chinese Painting Association. St Ives Showground, N.S.W.
Awards
- 2003 Winner, Smorgon Contemporary Art Prize 2001 Exchange scholarship to SangMyung University, Seoul. 2000 First Prize, (Acquisitive) ‘Art of Caring’ sponsored by Carer’s Association of Victoria 1998 Quentin Blayney Memorial Prize for excellence in Fine Art, Princes Hill Secondary College
Publications
- 2004 Soul Cry, Call Song. Poetry by Paul Mayfield. Illustrations Honor Bradbeer. Published by the Creative Ministries Network, Victoria 2003 Four Point Perspectives. Catalogue published by Artist Commune, Hong Kong 2002 Surface. Exhibition catalogue published by RMIT drawing graduates
Employment
- Jan 2007 Drawing instructor, Summer Intensive drawing course for visiting Korean, and local students, Drawing department, RMIT Jan 2006 Drawing instructor, Summer Intensive drawing course for visiting Korean, and local students, Drawing department, RMIT 2005 2nd year Life Drawing Instructor, Drawing Department, RMIT Oct 2002 English-speaking representative for Keumsan gallery, (Seoul) at the Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair
Commissions
- 2000-03 Eighteen portrait commissions for private collections in Australia and the United States