Daphne Mayo b. 1 January 1895

Also known as Lilian Daphne Mayo
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Stronger than the stone she carved, this widely collected female artist's promotion of the arts rivalled her international sculpting career, by setting up several bequests and the first Art Reference Library in Queensland.
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exhibited at
Daphne Mayo: Let There Be Sculpture
Date
4 November 2011 - 15 January 2012
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Description

The exhibition, guest-curated by Dr Judith McKay, comprises over 50 works from public and private collections around Australia. The works range from portrait busts to architectural monuments; official commissions to creative, modernist experiments; and include ceramics, paintings and drawings, as well as sculptures. It is the first retrospective of this artist’s work to be exhibited by a state gallery.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/past/2011/daphne_mayo_let_there_be_sculpture
exhibited at
The Work of Art: Australian women writers and artists
Date
14 August 1995 - 11 February 1996
Place
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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
Trust the Women,
Date
24 February 1995 - 2 April 1995
Place
S. H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia (NSW), Sydney, NSW
Description

Touring exhibition (selected works from Sydney show). S. H. Ervin show Opened by Annita Keating, 23 February 1995. Broken Hill City Art Gallery show opened by Councillor Fran McKinnon, 29 June 1995.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Through Women's Eyes
Date
30 July 1994 - 30 June 1995
Place
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Retrospective exhibition
Date
1981
Place
University Art Museum, Brisbane
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Daphne Mayo, sculptor
Date
1981
Place
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Description

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

Exhibition Catalogue:
Daphne Mayo, sculptor. [St Lucia, QLD]: [University of Queensland], [1981]
39p : Ill; port; 22 × 24cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Sculpture
exhibited at
Sculpture by Australian women
Date
10 October 1975 - 2 November 1975
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of sculpture by Australian women artists from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, curated by Frances McCarthy and Joanna Coleman, to complement the touring exhibition, Australian women artists: one hundred years: 1840-1940

Type
Exhibition
Tags
International Women's Year
exhibited at
Three Sculptors Exhibition
Date
1946
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
c.1940 - c.1958
Place
Society of Artists, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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