Janet Dawson b. 1935

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Designer ,
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Painter, printmaker and designer working in the mid twentieth century. She studied at the National Gallery School in the 1950s and joined the stable of Gallery A, exhibiting first in 1961. She later curated "The Bauhaus: Aspects and Influence" in the same year at the gallery. She also designed a limited edition of tables for Laminex ca.1964.
Tags: Archibald Prize, furniture designer, printmaker, curator
exhibited at
Solo Exhibition
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1
Date
14 November 2020 - 4 July 2021
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Know My Name is an exhibition in two parts at the National Gallery of Australia. It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of work by women, presented in a thematic rather than chronological form. It reveals relationships between the present and the past, relationships between artists, and common concerns.

Tags
Women artists, Feminism, Modernism, Indigenous, Painting, Video art, Multimedia, Photo-based art-work, Sculpture, Embroidery
Website
https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/australian-women-artists-1900-now/
exhibited at
Lynne Boyd, Janet Dawson, Ishbel Morag Miller
Date
2011
Place
Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

Group exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Janet Dawson Survey
Date
1 December 2006 - 28 January 2007
Place
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW (then touring)
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The drawings of Janet Dawson
Date
1996
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

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

Exhibition Catalogue:
The drawings of Janet Dawson, Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1996; [12]p : col ill ; 30 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Drawing
exhibited at
1968
Date
29 July 1995 - 29 October 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

The 1968 exhibition was curated in 1995 by Michael Desmond and Christine Dixon and was drawn entirely from the National Gallery of Australia’s collection.
It celebrates the time of change, in the two years on either side of 1968 – a time of political and social unrest, when art and life combined to stretch barriers.
The exhibition integrated both popular and avant garde works from Australian artists, designers and news photographers with those from the USA and UK. The resulting exhibition showed the energy and strength of the young Australian artists of this generation.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Pop art, Vietnam, Photojournalism, Minimal art, Art and fashion, Comix, Oz Magazine, Street art
Website
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/130555780
exhibited at
A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers
Date
10 March 1995 - 28 May 1995
Place
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla , Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection
Date
9 March 1995 - June 1995
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Opened by Deborah Mills and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, 8 March 1995. Curator: Annette Larkin.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
With a Brush in Her Hand: Works from the Howard Hinton, Coventry and NERAM collections
Date
9 March 1995 - April 1995
Place
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Description

Opened 8 March 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Review
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 years of Australian Women's Art
Date
8 March 1995 - July 1995
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
The Women's View: Australian women artists in the Bendigo Art Gallery, 1888-1995
Date
8 March 1995 - 2 April 1995
Place
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic.
Description

Opening, including Joe Dolce and Linn van Kek, performance 'Difficult Women’, 8 March 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Women hold up half the sky
Date
March 1995 - April 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Opened by the Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence. Heritage book launched at the same time. The touring exhibition, Sydney by Design, formed one section of this exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian women artists
Date
6 October 1982 - 23 October 1982
Place
Myer Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Women and the Arts Festival
exhibited at
Project 39: Women's imprint
Date
1 October 1982 - 31 October 1982
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Women and the Arts Festival
exhibited at
Survey 9: Janet Dawson
Date
1979
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; http://www.nga.gov.au/landscapes/Daw.htm (19/05/03)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Painting
exhibited at
'The Field'
Date
1968
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mike Brown Appeal Fund Exhibition
Date
19 February 1967
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery
exhibited at
Herald outdoor art show 1953
Date
12 December 1953 - 20 December 1953
Place
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Description

Originally scheduled for 8-13 December 1953 but delayed by summer storms.

Type
Exhibition