Imants Tillers b. 1950

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Widely regarded within Australia as one of the most important artists of his generation, Tillers has been represented in major international exhibitions including Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany (1982) and the 42nd Biennale of Venice (1986). In 2003 he was awarded the inaugural Beijing International Art Biennale Prize for Excellence.
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exhibited at
Field to Figuration: Australian Art 1960-1986
Date
1987
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Australian Art
Date
1987
Place
Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
State of the Art
Date
1987
Place
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Imants Tillers: paintings for Venice Australia at the 42nd Venice Biennale
Date
1987
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

An exhibition of 6 paintings by Australia’s representative at the 1986 Biennale, Imants Tillers. Organised and supported by the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council and AGSA.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGSA annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Imants Tillers, Venice Biennale 1986 Australia. Sydney : Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, 1986
ISBN 0908024924 (Visual Arts Board); ISBN 0730807932 (Art Gallery Board)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Venice, Painting
exhibited at
42nd Venice Biennale
Date
1986
Place
Corderie at the Arsenale, Venice, Itlay
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
6th Biennale of Sydney: Origins, Originality & Beyond
Date
1986
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Visual Tension
Date
1985
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

ALSO TOURED: Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Qld

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
An Australian Accent: Three Artists from Australia
Date
April 1984 - June 1984
Place
P.S.1, New York, USA
Description

ALSO TOURED: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Accents/Expressions
Date
1984
Place
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
John Kaldor art project 7: an Australian accent
Date
1984
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

A group exhibition featuring the work of 3 artists: Ken Unsworth, Mike Parr and Imants Tillers.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW archive index cards; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
An Australian accent : three artists, Mike Parr, Imants Tillers, Ken Unsworth. Sydney : John Kaldor, 1984.
ISBN 095913420

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Mixed media
exhibited at
White Aborigines
Date
October 1983
Place
Matt's Gallery, London, UK
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Recent Australian Painting: A Survey 1970 - 1983
Date
1983
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
VOX POP: Into the Eighties
Date
1983
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Project 40: Australian Artists at Venice and Kassel
Date
1983
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Eureka! Artists from Australia
Date
1982
Place
Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Description

ALSO: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Documenta 7
Date
1982
Place
Kassel, Germany
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Imants Tillers: one painting, one horizon
Date
1982
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
Australian Perspecta 1981: A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Australian Art
Date
1981
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Survey 13: Imants Tillers
Date
1980
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO. ALSO: Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Qld

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Survey 13: Imants Tillers
Date
1980
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Robert Lindsay’s series of survey exhibitions were exhibited in a specially adapted area close
to the Gallery Society Lounge. Each exhibition concentrated on one contemporary Australian artist and aimed to present a comprehensive survey of their work.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGV annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Myers, Peter, Imants Tillers : Survey No 13; Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1980.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Painting
exhibited at
Imants Tillers
Date
1980
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
52 Displacements (of Image, of Time, of Water, of Feeling: One Year's Work)
Date
1979
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
3rd Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue
Date
1979
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Have you ever been taken the same way?
Date
1978
Place
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media
exhibited at
Imants Tillers
Date
December 1977
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Stephanie Britton (ed.) A decade at the EAF: A history of the Experimental Art Foundation 1974-1984. Adelaide: The Experimental Art Foundation, 1984

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
Website
http://aeaf.org.au/
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