Gordon Bennett b. 1955

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Acclaimed contemporary Indigenous artist, Gordon Bennett's work explores the role of language and systems of thought in forging identity. Much of his work is concerned with mapping alternative histories and ideas in post-colonial Australia.
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Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms that Turn
Date
2008
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.bos2008.com/app/biennale
exhibited at
Gordon Bennett Survey Exhibition
Date
2007
Place
Ian Potter Centre for Australian Art, NGV Australia, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO. Also touring to Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Western Australia (2008/2009)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/gordonbennett/
exhibited at
Prism: Contemporary Australian Art
Date
2006
Place
Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art
Date
2005
Place
Prague, Czech Republic
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Three Colours, Gordon Bennett and Peter Robinson
Date
2004 - 2005
Place
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Shanghai Biennale
Date
2000
Place
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
12th Biennale of Sydney
Date
2000
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
History and Memory in the Art of Gordon Bennett
Date
1999 - 2000
Place
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description

SOLO. Toured to: Ikon Gallery, UK; Arnolfini, UK; Henie Onstad, Kunstsenter, Norway.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Date
1999
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta 99: Living Here and Now: Art and Politics
Date
1999
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Art-Worlds in Dialogue
Date
1999
Place
Ludwig Museum, Germany
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Notes to Basquiat
Date
1998
Place
Grammercy International Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
in Place(Out of Time): Contemporary Art in Australia
Date
1997
Place
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mirror Mirror: The Narcissism of Coloniality
Date
1996
Place
Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
TransCulture
Date
1995
Place
Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Aratjara: Art of the First Australians
Date
1993
Place
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany
Description

ALSO toured to the Hayward Gallery, London, UK

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
9th Biennale of Sydney
Date
1992
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Psycho(d)rama
Date
1990
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Qld
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Paraculture
Date
1990
Place
Artists' Space, New York, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition

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  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Wesfarmers Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Vizard Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University Art Museum, Queensland University, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • Museum of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Wesfarmers Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Vizard Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University Art Museum, Queensland University, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • Museum of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)