Fiona Foley b. 1964

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor and installation artist, Fiona Foley's work often discusses the hidden histories of Australia's colonial past and its interface with Aboriginal people.
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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
Ghost Citizens: witnessing the intervention
Date
17 May 2013 - 16 June 2013
Place
Counihan Gallery, City of Moreland, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Ghost Citizens follow us and infiltrate our daily lives. In a continent full of the ghosts and shadows of colonialism, the historical, social, and physical landscape is pitted. Each story is a ghost story loaded with shadows – a kind of ‘scar’ story. Djon Mundine OA

Type
Exhibition
Tags
The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/archive/99-2012-exhibitions-projects/167-ghost-citizens-witnessing-the-intervention
exhibited at
unDisclosed
Date
2012
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Indigenous, Triennial
Website
http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/unDisclosed/
exhibited at
Look, Look Again
Date
20 October 2011 - 15 December 2012
Place
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Exhibition showcasing highlights from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art (CCWA), which was gifted to the University of Western Australia in 2007. A companion publication titled 'Into the Light’ that documented the history and key works of the CCWA was released to coincide with the exhibition, which also featured a symposium – 'Are we there yet?’ – discussing women’s participation in art and art history and the future of feminism in the arts.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/exhibitions/past/look-look-again
exhibited at
Global Feminism
Date
2007
Place
Brooklyn Museum, New York City, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Sunshine State Smart State
Date
2007
Place
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iNavCatID=2354&iSubCatID=2486
exhibited at
No Shades of White
Date
2006
Place
Niagara Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Black Friday
Date
2006
Place
Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Strange Fruit
Date
2006
Place
October Gallery, London, England
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Red Ochre Me
Date
2003
Place
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbance, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
River of Corn
Date
2001
Place
Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Pir'ri-Mangrove
Date
2001
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Fiona Foley: Pir'ri - mangrove
Date
2001
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

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

Exhibition Catalogue:
Fiona Foley: Pir’ri – mangrove. Brisbane, QLD: Queensland Art Gallery, 2001
ISBN 1876509074

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media
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
Women's Views: Art, science and the environment
Date
6 March 1995 - 2 April 1995
Place
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

Opened by the Hon. Kerry Chikarovski, NSW Minister for the Status of Women, 6 March 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Exotica under the microscope
Date
1995
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Explored the characteristics of colonialism in Australia through installation.

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

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Installation
exhibited at
Lick my black art
Date
1993
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Artist’s CV in Genocchio, Benjamin, Solitaire. Annandale, NSW: Piper Press, 2001

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media

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