Ken Unsworth b. 1931

Also known as Kenneth Lowell Unsworth
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sculptor, installation and performance artist,Unsworth was born in 1931 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. Despite growing up as a self-described typical Melbourne kid who loved football, trams and a beer, Unsworth has become one of Australia's most significant contemporary artists.
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exhibited at
Distracted
Date
2002
Place
Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sculpture by the Sea
Date
2001
Place
Bondi coastal walk, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition
Date
2001
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/Prev01.cfm
exhibited at
Chronos und Kairos
Date
1999
Place
Museum Fridericanium, Kassel, Germany
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Survey - Ken Unsworth
Date
1998
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Ken Unsworth: a survey of projects 1975-1998
Date
1998
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Sponsored by ABN-AMRO Rothschild. A major survey of sculpture and installations, all work courtesy of the artist.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
ANGSW annual report; Ken Unsworth. Melbourne: Bookman Schwartz and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998

Exhibition Catalogue:
Ken Unsworth. Melbourne: Bookman Schwartz and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998
ISBN 0 9587206 3 0; ISBN 0 9587206 2 2 (pbk)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Sculpture, Installation
exhibited at
Body Art
Date
1997
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
So you shall reap
Date
1997
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contempora 5
Date
1997
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
So you shall reap: Ken Unsworth
Date
1997
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

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

Exhibition Catalogue:
So you shall reap / Ken Unsworth. Melbourne: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 1997
1 folded sheet, [9] p : ill ; 20 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Sculpture, Installation
Spirit + Place
Date
1996 - 1997
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
4th Biennale of Instanbul
Date
1995
Place
Istanbul, Turkey
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Fly by Night
Date
1995
Place
Ruine der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Through a Glass Darkly
Date
1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Off and On, On and Off - 25 Years of Performance Art
Date
1994
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Inner Space, 5th Australian Sculpture Triennial
Date
1993
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Stranger in Paradise, Contemporary Australian Art to Korea
Date
1992
Place
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Classical Modernism: The George Bell Circle
Date
1992
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Construction in Progress
Date
1991
Place
Lodz, Poland
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Self and Environment
Date
1991
Place
Galerie Lunami, Tokyo, Japan
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
Magiciens de la Terre
Date
May 1989
Place
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Song for Henning
Date
1989
Place
Royal Danis Academy of Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
Description

SOLO. Installation

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Bicentennial Perspecta
Date
1988
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

ALSO TOURED: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Edge to Edge, Contemporary Australian Art to Japan
Date
1988
Place
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
13th Biennale of Paris
Date
1985
Place
Grande Halle, Porte de la Villette, Paris, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
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