Kristin Headlam Biography

Born Launceston, 1953

Lives and works in Melbourne

 

STUDIES

1972-76          Bachelor of Arts, Departments of Fine Arts & English,

University of Melbourne

1980-81          Painting, Victorian College of the Arts

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1984                 Nielson Hayes Library, Bangkok, Thailand

1988                 Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston

1989                 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

1991                 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

1992                 Julie Green Gallery, Sydney

1994                 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

1996                 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

1998           Tony Palmer at Mary Place Gallery, Sydney

1999                 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

2000                 Tony Palmer, Sydney

Public Park, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

2001            As the Twig is Bent, (retrospective exhibition)

Launceston Church Grammar School, Launceston

Private Garden, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

2003                 News, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

2005            Heiser Gallery, Brisbane

2005           Recent Works, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

2006           Paper to Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery

2006                 Recent Watercolours, Mansfield, Victoria

2007                 Recent Works, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane

The Gesture, Chapman Gallery, Canberra

2008                 About the House, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

2009                 The Art of Politics, Cowwarr Art Space, Gippsland

Inside Out, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1982           Tricycle Theatre Arts Complex, London

1988           Spirit of the Times, Bicentennial Touring Exhibition, Melbourne

1989           Scotchman’s Hill Invitation Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery

1990                 Scotchman’s Hill Invitation Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery

1991                 The Medium Pastel, David Jones Gallery, Sydney

1992                 Kristin Headlam & Noel McKenna, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart

1993                 Approaches to the Sublime, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

1995          City of Hobart Invitation Art Prize

                  Blundstone Contemporary Art Prize, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery

1996          Brushing the Dark: Recent Art and Tasmania, CAST; toured nationally

                  Doug Moran Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Victoria & touring

1997          Deacons, Graham and James Art Award, Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne

1998          Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, Charles Nodrum Gallery Stand

1999          Visyboard Art Prize, Barossa Vallery

                  We are Australian, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne & traveling to 2002

                  Conrad Jupiters Acquisitive Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery

                  Artful Cello, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, & traveling to 2000

2000          Exquisite Corps, Bendigo Art Gallery

                  Doug Moran Portrait Prize, traveling exhibition

                  An Affair to Remember, Artsauce Gallery, Singapore

                  Geelong Contermporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery

Kozminsky Galleries, Melbourne                                                        

Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Charles Nodrum Gallery Stand

2001           Male Nude – A Private View, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

                 Savage Art Prize, Savage Club, Melbourne

                 Portraits 2001, Tweed River Regional Gallery & touring Australia 2001-02

                 Selected Paintings, Kozminsky Galleries, Melbourne

                 Australian & International Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery

                 Contemporary Art, Christie’s Australia, Melbourne & Sydney

2002         The Human Portrayed, Charles Nodrum Gallery

                 The Painted Fold: The Garment in Art, Charles Nodrum Gallery

                 Savill Contemporary, Savill Galleries, Melburne

                 Contemporary Art, Christie’s Australia, Melbourne & Sydney

                 Just Married, Monash Gallery of Art

                 Melbourne Artfair 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2003         X Melbourne, COFA Gallery, Sydney (Gary Willis curator)

                 The Arthur Guy Acquisitive Award, Bendigo Art Gallery (finalist)

2003-2004 , Hunter.1, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery

                  Modern Australian Painting, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

2010                 National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize, The University of Queensland

2008          Optimism, Queensland Art Gallery

 

 

AWARDS

1991 Conrad Jupiters Acquisitive Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery

2000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Winner

 

 

COMMISSIONS

1994                 Crown Melbourne Hotel: designs for tapestries executed by the

Victorian Tapestry Workshop

2001 Painting Commission, Perth Mint, Perth, WA

Portrait Commission, Queens College, University of Melbourne

2005 Portrait Commission, Trinity College, University of Melbourne

2007 Portrait Commission, Tasmanian Parliament, Tasmania

2008                 Dawn Service, Australian War Memorial

2009                 Portrait Commission, Centenary Institute, NSW

 

 

COLLECTIONS

British Museum

National Gallery of Australia Art Gallery of New South Wales

National Gallery of Victoria Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery

ArtBank Hamilton Regional Art Gallery

Gold Coast City Art Gallery Western Mining Corporation

Tamworth Regional Gallery National Australia Bank

Deakin University BHP

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Tamar Collection

State Library of Victoria Derwent Collection

Queen’s College, University of Melbourne The Ian Potter Museum of Art

Moreland City Council, Melbourne                  Tweed Heads Regional Art Gallery, NSW

Queens College, University of Melbourne La Trobe University Collection

University of Tasmania Perth Mint, WA

Private & Corporate Collections Trinity Grammar College, Melbourne

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Barilo von Reisberg, Eugene. Catalogue Essay, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 1999;

Cawthorne, Zelda (ed). The Artful Cello, MICMC, 1999.

Cree, Laura Murray, Australian Painting Now, Craftsman House, 2000

Deeth, Jane. Kristin Headlam: As the Twig is Bent, exh catalogue, Launceston, 2001

Drury, Neville. Images 2, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994;

Drury, Neville. Images 3, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1999;

Falkiner, Suzanne. “Brushing the Dark”, Art Monthly, no 90, June 1996, pp. 22-24

Hammond, Victoria. Catalogue Essay, Brushing the Dark (op cit);

Hammond, V et al, The Derwent Collection, TMAG, 1995, p. 34

Hart, Kevin. Catalogue Essay, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 1996;

Kent, Rachel. Catalogue Essay, Deacons Graham & James Award, 1997;

Marsh, Anne. “Public Park: A Gendered Performance”, Art & Australia, June 1999;

Marsh, Anne, News, exhibition catalogue essay, Charles Nodrum Gallery, 2003

McCulloch, A & S. Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 1994; pp. 330-31

Smith, Smith & Heathcote, Australian Painting 1788-2000, Oxford University Press, 2000, p. 585

 

ARTICLES & REVIEWS

Albert, Jane. “Artist Paints Herself into $100,000 Victory”, The Australian, 23.08.2000

Backhouse, Megan. “Out of the Shadows”, Today, The Age, 20.09.2000; p. 7

Brennan, Betsy, Vogue Living, Aug-Sept 2001

Cawthorne, Zelda. “Here Comes the Bride in Oils”, Herald Sun, 2 March 1999, p 48;

Cawthorne, Zelda. “Naked Men, for a Change”, Herald Sun, 28.01.2001

Cawthorne, Zelda. “Exhibition Review”, Herald Sun, Nov. 2001

Fortescue, Elizabeth. “In bed with Kristin”, Herald Sun, 23.08.2000; p. 56

Fyfe, Melissa,. “Waking Up a Winner”, The Age, 23.08.2000;

Hammond, V. “Contemporary Artists Gain International Appeal”, Masterpiece Australia, W, 1999

Hart, Kevin. “Kristin Headlam”, Agenda, 39/40, Nov 1994, p. 44;

Hedger, Michael. “Endless Exploration”, The Herald Weekender, 21.02.2004, p. 14

Hurell, Brownyn. “Prize Painting A Pet Project”, Herald Sun, 23.08.2000; p. 12

Jay, Sian E. “What Are These Australians up to?”, The Straits Times (Singapore), 16.02.2000

Jones, Jacqui. “Exhibition has much to offer”, Newcastle & Hunter Herald, 11.02.2004; p. 7

Keene, Neil. “Galleries combine in Art Tour”, Newcastle & Hunter Herald, 13.02.2004; p.5

Lawson, Valerie. “Tails of a Prize-Winning Portrait”, Sydney Morning Herald, 28.08.00; pp 1, 5;

Lynn, Elwyn. “Sublimity to Ridicule”, The Australia Weekend Review, 13-14.11.1993; p. 13

MacDonald, John. Sydney Morning Herald, 1996;

Makin, Jeff. “Brave Artist Tackles Footy Heroes”, Herald Sun, 4 Aug 2003; pp. 91-92

Mollison, James. “On Collecting”, Art & Australia, vol 34, no 1; 1997;

Murray Cree, Laura. “Gardens”, Art & Australia, vol 35, no. 4, 1998;

Porter, Liz. “How Brendan Fevola went from devil to Botticelli angel”, The Age, 31/07/03

Schoenbaum, Sam. “Male Nude – A Private View” (exhibition review), Artlink, March 2001

Spunner, Suzanne. “The Thrall of the dress: Blame it on Dior”, Art Monthly, April 99, p. 16-17.

Stone, Deborah. “Rondo with an airy middle section”, The Age, 14 May 1999.

Watson, Bronwyn. “Galleries”, Sydney Morning Herald, 30.10.1992