Ricky Maynard b. 1953

  • Artist (Photographer)
Tasmanian photographer whose large format black and white photographs of Aboriginal people and places reflect his commitment to a humanist approach to documentary photography, social change, and the accurate and dignified representation of Aboriginal people.
exhibited at
Ricky Maynard: portrait of a distant land
Date
20 May 2011 - 14 August 2011
Place
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Vic.
Description

This exhibition comprises 60 works by the Tasmanian photographer, Ricky Maynard. Through his practice, Maynard documents, records and rewrites the history of Indigenous Australia by creating an alternative collaborative record of Indigenous Australian people. He positions his work firmly within the tradition of the documentary photographer as social activist, and his subject are always strongly connected to his own life as an Aboriginal person. For Maynard documentary photography is about truth and honesty in the pursuit of social justice. His photography is witness to history, and an exploration of the connection between place, story, and feeling.

Website
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fromyear/2001/toyear/2012/exhib-date/2011-05-20/exhib/ricky-maynard-portrait-of-a-distant-land
exhibited at
Ricky Maynard: Portraits
Date
2009 -
Place
Stills Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
In response to place: recent photographs from Ricky Maynard
Date
2007
Place
City Gallery, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'Portrait of a distant Land' in World Photo Biennale Photoquai
Date
2007
Place
Australian Embassy, Paris, France
Description

Biennale curated by Musee du Quai Branly

Type
Exhibition
Culture Warriors
Date
2007 - 2008
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/NIAT07/
exhibited at
Portrait of a Distant Land
Date
2005
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

series presented on billboards in train stations and freeways. Coincided with MCA exhibition 'Interesting Times’.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now
Date
2004
Place
Cultural Olympiad of the Athens Olympics Games, Benaki Museum, Athens
Description

Also toured to National Museum of China, Beijing

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Places that name us: RAAKA award, Contemporary Indigenous Visual Arts # 3
Date
2003
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Exhibition travelled to other galleries in Victoria, Canberra, Sydney and Wagga Wagga

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Returning to Places that Name us
Date
2001
Place
Stills Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Reversing the negative
Date
2001
Place
Gasworks, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
15 Australian Photographers
Date
2000
Place
La Galerie Photo, Montpellier, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Re-Take: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photography
Date
1999
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Moonbirds and mariners: photographs by Ricky Maynard
Date
1999
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG archive printout; http://www.nga.gov.au/Retake/artists/00000008.htm (21/05/03)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Photography
exhibited at
Festival of the Dreaming Olympic Arts Festival
Date
1997
Place
Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Urban Diary
Date
1997
Place
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

Solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
World retrospective on documentary photography
Date
1995
Place
Contro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
Description
Type
Exhibition