BERNADETTE SMITH
Bernadette's practice has included painting, photography and film. Transgressing the boundaries of different media her artwork has challenged nature’s exile, globalisation and the postmodern spiritual void. In recent years she has developed a form of painterly abstraction using the power of the unmediated artist gesture and the materiality of impasto paint.
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Bernadette Smith
Academic background
1988 Master of Fine Art, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA.
1984 Graduate Diploma of Professional Art Studies, College of Fine Arts, University of N.S.W; Australia..
1980 Bachelor of Education in Art, University of Newcastle,
Collections
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, U.S.A.
Marriott Hotels, Australia.
ARCO Experimental Cinema Library, Madrid, Spain.
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France.
Photogalerie Kommunale Friedrichshain, Berlin.
Kodak Photography Collection, Sydney.
State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Archive, Australia.
Australian National Film Archive.
Recent exhibitions
2008 2 person show Meld Gallery, Crows Nest
2006 3 person show of new work at John Miller Gallery, Newcastle.
2005 “Different Strokes”, 2 person show Sauc Gallery, Sydney.
The Goya Collection Show, Goya Galleries, Melbourne.
2004 Preselected Cromwell’s Art Prize and auction.
“Triple Visions” 3 person show, Tighes Hill Gallery, Newcastle.
2003 Mosman Art Prize exhibition finalist, Sydney, Australia.
Gosford Art Prize, highly commended, Australia..
1999 Shell Discovery Exhibition, Singapore.
Australia Day group show, Australian High Commission, Singapore