Richard Bell b. 1953

  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Self-described 'propagandist', Richard Bell, was the 2003 winner of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
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exhibited at
Edge of Elsewhere
Date
2012
Place
Gallery 4a Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Description

Final installation of three-year project by Campbelltown Arts Centre and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, opened January 14th 2012 as part of Sydney Festival’s program.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Collaboration, Communities
Website
http://www.4a.com.au/edge-of-elsewhere-2/
exhibited at
21st Century: Art in the First Decade
Date
2010 - 2011
Place
Gallery of Modern Art - Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

This exhibition examines current directions in art practice and also the conditions for art and exhibition making in the 21st century.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/past/2010/21st_Century
exhibited at
Revolutions: Forms That Turn, 2008 Biennale of Sydney
Date
2008
Place
Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.bos2008.com/app/biennale
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
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
Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial
Date
2007 - 2008
Place
National Gallery Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

touring Australia and to Washington DC, USA

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/NIAT07/
exhibited at
Recent Acquisitions
Date
2006
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.mca.com.au
exhibited at
Positivity
Date
2006
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.ima.org.au/pages/exhibitions.php?archive=true&year=2006
exhibited at
Thick and Fast
Date
2005
Place
Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, QLD
Description

ProppaNOW exhibition

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/
exhibited at
Settling old scores: Richard Bell
Date
2005
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

A defiant performance piece taking the form of a three round symbolic wrestling/boxing match, Bell’s challenge to the cultural gatekeepers will exclude no one. No one will be safe from criticism, not even chardonnay sipping socialists. Funded by the Australia Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts. Supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Artspace Artistic Program 2004: http://www.artspace.org.au/index.html
http://www.artspace.org.au/2005/06/bell.html

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Performance
exhibited at
Blak Insights
Date
2004
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.qag.qld.gov.au/
exhibited at
Archibald Prize
Date
2004
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/archives_2004/aws_finalists
exhibited at
Telstra National Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Date
2003
Place
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Text Ya
Date
1995
Place
Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Raise the Flag
Date
1994
Place
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibition travelled to Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; South London Gallery and City Gallery, Leicester, England; and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Western Australia.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.boomalli.org.au/
Australian Perspecta
Date
1993
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Boundary Rider - 9th Biennale of Sydney
Date
1992 - 1993
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
exhibited at
Pretty Serious
Date
1992
Place
Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, Townsville, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/recreation/gallery/perctucker/index
exhibited at
Aboriginal crisis live
Date
1992
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Creating paintings with multiple significance, Richard responds to the issues of discrimination, oppression and frustrations felt by Aboriginal artists.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive; http://www.brisinst.org.au/resources/brisbane_institute_bell_theorem.html (01/04/04); http://www.rainbowserpent.com.au/Artists.asp?ArtistID=Richard+Bell (27/04/03)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Black and White Things
Date
1991
Place
Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.moreeplainsgallery.org.au/
exhibited at
Flash Pictures by Aboriginal Artists
Date
1991
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Balance
Date
1990
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.qag.qld.gov.au

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