Heather Shain Ellyard b. 1939

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Heather Shain Ellyard was born in Boston and migrated to Australia in 1970. Since 1974 she has participated in 21 solo, and 45 group exhibitions in Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney.
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Heather Shain Ellyard was born in 1939 in Boston, USA, and migrated to Australia in 1970. She lived in Canberra and Adelaide before moving to Melbourne. Although a full-time professional artist she has also been an art reviewer, a writer and a part-time lecturer at art schools. She has participated in 45 group shows and has held 21 solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra. Her work is in many public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, the Jewish Museum of Australia, the Office of the Premier of South Australia, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Monash Medical Centre and the Commonwealth Parliament House Collection.

Heather Ellyard’s work deals with the balance between destruction and vitality. She combines image and text and is concerned as much with glimpses and overlays of commentary as with paint itself, working with both the sensory and the cerebral.

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2011
Last updated:
2011

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Other occupations
  • writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102)
  • art reviewer ABC radio (ANZSIC code: 5610)
  • writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102) (lecturer art schools in Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne (Part-time))
  • art reviewer ABC radio (ANZSIC code: 5610) (art reviewer ABC radio ABC radio)
Copyright agents
  • Heather Shain Ellyard
  • Heather Shain Ellyard
Related person groups
  • Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related works
  • Inventories and Commentaries (creator of)
  • Inventories and Commentaries (creator of)
Related collections
  • Office of the Premier of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Office of the Premier of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • Seasonal Fields and Residues (exhibited at)
  • Inventories and Commentaries (exhibited at)
  • Lucid Dreaming (exhibited at)
  • Commentaries in Another Language (exhibited at)
  • Seasonal Fields and Residues (exhibited at)
  • Inventories and Commentaries (exhibited at)
  • Lucid Dreaming (exhibited at)
  • Commentaries in Another Language (exhibited at)
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