DOUG SPOWART Art Photography Practice 1979 to Present
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DOUG SPOWART Art photography practice 1979 to present CURRICULUM VITAE MARCH 2011 DOUG SPOWART ~ CURRICULUM VITAE Postal Address P.O. Box 1455, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, AUSTRALIA Phones (07) 4639 4951 [H] (07) 4694 1515 [W] Email [email protected] Web www.home.aone.net.au/greatdivide Born - Victoria, 1953 Resident of Brisbane from 1969~1994 Resident of Toowoomba since February 1995 Involved in the Photographic Industry for 39 years Co-Founder (with Victoria Cooper) Centre for Regional Art Practice 2007 Co-Founder and Director of Imagery Gallery from 1980 ~ 1995 ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QualificatioNS 2009 CERTIFICATE VI IN TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT TAA40104 — Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE 2004 Doctor OF PHILOSOPHY [current study] — upgraded from a Master of Creative Arts in 2005, James Cook University, Townsville 2003 GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF ARTS [Visual Art] — Monash University, Churchill, Gippsland 2002 DIPLOMA OF VISUAL ARTS [Applied Photography] — Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE 2001 HONORARY FELLOWSHIP — Australian Institute of Professional Photography 2000 CERTIFICATE VI IN ASSESSMENT AND WORKPLACE TRAINING BSZ40198 — Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE MASTER OF PhotographY (RE QualificatioN) — Australian Institute of Professional Photography 1982 ~ 2004 VALUER OF “photographs AND photographica” — Appointed by the Australian Government Department of Arts & Tourism 1999 CERTIFICATE VI IN WORKPLACE TRAINING (Cat 2) — Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE 1997 Certified PROFESSIONAL Photographer — Australian Institute of Professional Photography MASTER OF PhotographY (RE QualificatioN) — Australian Institute of Professional Photography 1995 FELLOWSHIP — Australian Institute of Professional Photography Associate DIPLOMA OF ARTS - APPLIED PhotographY — Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE MASTER OF PhotographY (RE QualificatioN) — Australian Institute of Professional Photography 1992 MASTER OF PhotographY ~ Australian Institute of Professional Photography Associate MEMBERSHIP — The Photographic Society of Queensland 1989 LICENtiate MEMBERSHIP — LUIGGI CACCIOLA (DOUG Spowart) — The Australian Photographic Society 1983 Associate — Australian Institute of Professional Photography 1982 AP-R Medal FOR Service to PhotographY — The Australian Photographic Society 1973 Certificate COURSE IN PhotographY — Queensland College of Art Curatorship OF MAJOR EXHIBITIONS + INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR EVENTS 2008 VIVID EXHIBITION : PINHOLE - AUSTRALIA Assistant and advisor to the curator, David Paterson. An exhibition featuring work by the countries exponents of alter- native imaging techniques including pinhole, zoneplate and camera obscura. Presiding Officer's Gallery Parliament House, Canberra (August 8 ~ September 19). 2006 THE VIEWER AND THE VIEWED - QUEENSLAND SELF-IMAGING PROJECT Co-curator with Ian Poole of an exhibition of self-portraits by 41 Queensland photographers. Designers and publish- ing of a limited edition catalogue of the exhibition. Queensland Centre for Photography (April 29 ~ May 22). 2001 FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA CENTENARY : FED IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHIC LIBRARY Project manager for the development of a 'state of the art' online image library as a collaboration between Toowoomba and the Golden West Regional Tourism Association and the Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE. 2000 VANISHING QUEENSLAND ~ LOCAL PROJECT : TOOWOOMBA Web page project for the National Trust of Queensland with SQIT students and John Elliott. SEEING DOUBLE A re-photography project with students from the Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE and John Elliott ~ Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. 1998 HELIOTROPISM 13 Australian photographers for Gallery 482, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. 1997 THE feature FILM "DELUGE" Doug Spowart played the role of Thomas Mathewson photographing the Brisbane flood of 1893. Excerpts included Demonstration of camera and darkroom techniques of the time. A film by Martin Overson ~ Photography by Brian Benson ACS and was released in Brisbane in 1999. 1994 DAWN TO DUSK Co-Curator of an exhibition utilizing digital imaging technologies by 38 photographers documenting Toowoomba. The exhibition was displayed at the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, April 1994. 1992 PatterNS IN TIME A mid-career survey exhibition of the photographic art of Ruby Spowart. Part funded exhibition by the Queensland Government through the Minister for the Arts. Imagery Gallery, Brisbane. THE IMAGE CAPTURED An exhibition featuring the images of 42 Australian photographers. Curated for the Brisbane Warana Festival and the sponsor Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd. CelebratiNG 150 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL AUSTRALIAN PhotographY Assisted Sandy Barrie with the re-enactment of the first day of operation ofAustralia's first professional studio by George Goodman ~ December 12, 1842. 1991 State OF THE ART~QUEENSLAND PhotographY An exhibition of the works of 32 contemporary Queensland photographers. Curated for the Brisbane Warana Festival and the sponsor Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd. SESQUI-CENTENNIAL OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN Photograph Assisted Sandy Barrie with the commemoration of the first photograph taken inAustralia in Macquarie Place, Sydney on May 13, 1841. Followed by an exhibition of Daguerreotypes, Australia Post First Day Covers and ephemera from the event at Imagery Gallery, Brisbane. 1990 ART DOCK ~ AUSTRALIAN ART EXHIBITION Curatorship of the photography component of an exhibition of contemporary Australian Art held in Noumea. 1990 THE DOCUMENTS OF TEN YEARS Curator of an installation of exhibition ephemera celebrating 10 years of exhibitions at Imagery Gallery. SICHUAN & WORLD FRIENDLY CITIES Photo EXHIBITION Co-curatorship of a selection of 54 photographs representing Australian life for showing in venues around China. Curated for the Queensland Government’s Premiers Department. 1988 THE KODAK ARALUEn ‘TOURIST IMAGES’ PhotographY Award Co-curatorship and management of an exhibition of Australian photography for this acquisitive award at the Araluen Art Gallery, Alice Springs. SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS * Denotes the exhibition or project was curated or co-curated by Doug Spowart 1988 — PRESENT THE ARTISTS' BOOK / Photobook PROJECT ~ To date 50 books have been published 2000 — PRESENT ROOM & CARCAMERA CAMERA OBSCURA PROJECT ~ Ongoing works in progress in collaboration with Victoria Cooper 2003 PUTTING ONE'S SELF IN THE TOURIST PICTURE* — Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery 2000 — 2003 ME & MY SHADOW * — Limited Edition book and boxed image set 2000 — 2003 EXTRACTING THE DIGIT — The Digigraphs and Compugrams Project 1999 FANTASTIC PLASTIC — Upstairs Room Gallery, Toowoomba 1996 — 2000 Photopic VISION PROJECT — Color film images with toy plastic cameras 1998 LOGAN CITY 20TH ANNIVERSARY Photographic EXHIBITION Commission ~ Portraiture Project, Logan Regional Art Gallery 1996 NEW SIGHTS ~ SAME SITES Commission ~ Re-Imaging Project, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery 1993 — 98 WHERE ECHOES COME FROM — Self directed project relating to retro-technology, in specific, pinhole/zone plate image-making 1994 AFRICA IN BLACK AND WHITE — Artist Book, (in production) 1993 IPPY DROPS IN AND RIPS COMMISSION — Based on a concept video by Kate Versace and exhibited at the Ipswich Regional Art Gallery — Exhibited (in part) at the Araluen Art Gallery, Alice Springs — exhibited at the Tram Shed Art Centre gallery, December 1994 OF LOVE IN THE DUST AND FLIES ~ LIMITED EDITION Photograph ALBUM 1989 — 94 10"X8" CONtact PRINT PROJECT — Self directed project relating to ultimate quality image-making 1992 THE MARRIAGE OF JOCK ‘n' ROBYN* — Limited Edition bound, slip cased Photograph Album 1991 MORE - MADE IN CHINA ~ LIMITED EDITION BOXED SET OF Photographs. 1990 Pictures FROM THE ROAD* — Limited Edition Boxed set of Photographs — Exhibited in “The Vision Splendid” show at AMP Foyer Gallery, Brisbane 1990 JapaNESE TRUTH* ~ Limited Edition Boxed Set of Photographs 1989 THE FIRST & LAST EXPO PHOTO SHOW* — Imagery Gallery, Brisbane 1988 ICONS & REVERED AUSTRALIANA* — Imagery Gallery, Brisbane — Rockhampton Library Gallery 52 WEEKS ~ LIMITED EDITION BOXED SET OF Photographs 1986 TOURISTS ~ FACTS ACTS RITUALS AND RELICS* — Araluen Art Gallery, Alice Springs — Imagery Gallery, Brisbane 1979 IMAGERY* — Palma Rosa Gallery, Brisbane 1977 QUINTESSENCE* — Exhibition print set 1976 OF TIME AND space* — Exhibition print set WORK REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS Alice Springs City Council Araluen Arts Collection, Alice Springs (pseud. L. Cacciola) Australian Institute Professional Photography Collection Australian National University, School of Art Collection Australian Photographic Society Permanent Collection Bibliotheca Librorum APUD Artificem, Sydney Bundanon Trust Collection Brisbane City Council Carleton College Artists' Book Collection, USA Commonwealth Photography Award Collection, London Daryl Hewson Photographic Collection FUJI ACMP Australian Photographers Collections 1, 3 & 5 Ipswich Regional Art Gallery Goerthe Institute Travelling Exhibition, Germany Graham Nash Collection, USA Griffith (University) Artworks Collection Heritage Photography Collection, Toowoomba McGregor Prize for Photography Awards Collection Mackay Artspace Regional Gallery Mildura Arts Centre Monash Gallery Photography Collection Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery National Gallery of Australia (Research Library) National Gallery of Victoria (pseud. L. Cacciola) National Library of Australia — Rare Books Outback Regional Gallery Collection, Winton Prospect Gallery Collection, South Australia Queensland Art Gallery Queensland