Olegas Truchanas b. 22 September 1923

  • Artist (Photographer)
Olegas Truchanas was renowned for his slide presentations which brought ever-increasing attention to Tasmania's unique south-west landscape. Using a collection of colour slides accumulated from his trips in the area, he unveiled the beauty and distinctive value of this wilderness in a subtle and powerful manner. He believed that if people could see this exceptional landscape, they would be moved to protect it.
Tags: Environmentalist, Wilderness photographer, Cibachrome, 35 mm colour slide
exhibited at
Into the Wild: wilderness photography in Tasmania
Date
15 March 2013 - 15 February 2014
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas.
Description

The exhibition documented the development of wilderness photography in Tasmania and charted shifting attitudes to the natural world.

Tags
Group, Environmental
exhibited at
In the Balance: Art for a Changing World
Date
21 August 2010 - 31 October 2010
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

This exhibition surveyed the work of over 30 artists and collectives who were engaged with pressing environmental issues and debates. The majority of artists in the exhibition were Australian; their work was contextualised and expanded through the inclusion of international participants whose works resonated strongly with local concerns.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Environmental
exhibited at
Olegas Truchanas wilderness photography
Date
8 February 2003 - 17 August 2003
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk, Launceston, TAS
Description

An exhibition of 23 Cibachrome colour prints of south west Tasmania, 1967-71, acquired by the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in 1999.

Tags
Solo, Environmental
exhibited at
Typically? Australian
Date
15 May 1998 - 28 June 1998
Place
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Description

A cross disciplinary exhibition, curated by Humphrey McQueen, determining the role artists and designers played in the formation of underlying values which individuals, communities and nations adopt with subsequent ramifications for the economies and materials in which we live.

Tags
Group
exhibited at
Lake Pedder 1971
Date
18 November 1971 - 5 December 1971
Place
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

An exhibition of paintings by Max Angus, Harry Buckie, Patricia Giles, black and white photography by Frank Bolt, audio visual colour slide presentation by Olegas Truchanas and the film Lake Pedder 1971 by the Tasmanian Department of Film Production. A last look at Lake Pedder through the eyes of artists and photographers.

Tags
Group, Wilderness. film
exhibited at
Devonport Camera Club Jubilee Celebrations
Date
2 October 1951 - 4 October 1951
Description

An exhibition of photography and movie film by Tasmanian photographers, presented by the Devonport Jubilee Arts Committee.

Tags
Group, Photography, Film
exhibited at
Jubilee International Salon
Date
24 January 1951 - 31 January 1951
Place
Canberra, ACT
Description

An exhibition of 270 prints by Australian and overseas photographers conducted by the Canberra Photographic Society to celebrate the Jubilee of the Australian Commonwealth.

Tags
Group, Photography