BIOGRAPHY
Irene Wellm resides and works in Melbourne where in
2001 she completed a Master of Fine Art from the Victorian
College of the Arts. She has her numerous solo and group
shows throughout Melbourne, Sydney, Western Australia
and most recently in the U.K. Wellm has been short-listed
for the ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award, was an Australian
finalist for the UBS Art Award, London, and a winner of the
Darebin La Trobe Emerging Artist Acquisitive Art Prize.
Most recently Wellm has been selected as a finalist for the
Duke Art Prize, Gold Coast Gallery 2010 and in 2009 for the
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, the Darebin LaTrobe Art Prize, and
the Flanagan Art Prize. And, she has been included in the book
"Contemporary Art Studio", published in Beijing.
Collections include ArtBank, the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the City
of Darebin Art Collection, La Trobe University, Stockwelll Downs
and private collections in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the U.S.
(photo:Tim Gresham)
Curriculum Vitae
Based in Melbourne, Australia.
Education | |
| 2000 - 1 | Master of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1999 | Graduate Diploma of Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 | 'Her Fragrant Frown', Catherine Asquith Gallery, Collingwood, Vic. Australia |
| 2009 | 'Something Like Us', Catherine Asquith Gallery, Collingwood,Vic. |
| 2008 | 'Dämmerung', Red Gallery, Fitzroy,Vic. |
| 2006 | 'We of the Silent Dreaming', Nellie Castan Gallery, South Yarra, Vic. |
| 2005 | 'Fragmented Fantasies', Michael Carr Art Dealer. Woollahra, N.S.W. |
| 2004 | 'Bedtime Stories', Nellie Castan Gallery, South Yarra, Vic. |
| 2001 | 'Threshold', Gallery 101, Melbourne, Vic. |
Group Exhibitions
| 2011 | 'Korea & Australia 50 Years', Foundation Cultural Centre & Bom Gallery, Seoul, South Korea |
| 'Aura: The Haunted Family Image', L17 Art Space, Melbourne Vic. | |
| 2010 | 'Stan & Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize', The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, QLD. |
| 'St. George Art Award', Hurstville City Museum & Gallery, N.S.W. | |
| 'Net Work – The TLF Exhibition', Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic. | |
| 'Belle Arti Art Award', Brisbane, QLD. | |
| 2009 | 'Sunshine Coast Art Prize', Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD. |
| 'Darebin LaTrobe Art Prize', Bundoora Homestead, Bundoora, Vic. | |
| 'Flanagan Art Prize', St. Michaels College, Ballarat, Vic. | |
| 2008 | 'Art in Mind', Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK |
| 2007 | 'Darebin La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize', Bundoora, Vic. |
| 'Mixed Bag', Johnston Gallery, Mosman Park, W.A. | |
| 2006 | 'Melbourne Reign', Michael Carr Art Dealer, Woollahra, N.S.W. |
| 2005 | 'Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition', V.C.A. Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. |
| 2004 | 'Floranova', Nellie Castan Gallery, South Yarra, Vic. |
| 'Compendium', Icon Museum of Art, Deakin University, Burwood, Vic. | |
| 2003-04 | 'Glacier', touring exhibition, Benalla Regional Art Gallery, Victoria; Newcastle Region Art Gallery N.S.W.; QUT Art Museum, QLD.; Bond University Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. |
| 2003 | 'Redlands Westpac Prize', Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, N.S.W. |
| 'Compendium', Platform, Spencer Street Underpass, Melbourne, Vic. | |
| 2002 | 'Towards Colour', curated by Robert Lindsay, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Vic. |
| 2001 | 'Glacier', Storey Hall, R.M.I.T. Gallery, Royal Melbourne Institute of Techology University, Melbourne, Vic. |
| 'ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award 2001', ANZ Cathedral Hall, Melbourne, Vic. | |
| 'Darebin LaTrobe Aquisitive Art Prize', Bundoora Homestead, Bundoora, Vic. | |
'UBS Art Award 2000, A Tribute to the Painting of Tomorrow', touring Basel, Zurich, Geneva, Monaco, & Munich (shortlisted) | |
| 2000 | 'UBS Art Award 2000, A Tribute to the Painting of Tomorrow', Whitechapel Gallery, London,U.K. |
| 'Smorgon Group Contemporary Art Prize', Williamstown, Vic. |
Bibliography
| 2011 | Lee, H. Together in Harmony: Australia & Korea, ex.cat. |
| 2010 | Crawford, A. "What Now - Irene Wellm", Australian Art Collector, Issue 54 Oct - Dec 2010 |
| Copley, M. "The gold in the shadow", exhibition catalogue essay, Her Fragrant Frown | |
| 2009 | Van Gils, A. (Ed.) "Irene Wellm – Artist", http://stevegray.com.au/blog/irene-wellm-artist/, September |
"State of the Art - what makes Melbourne the capital of cultural cool", cover story Etihad Inflight Magazine, February 2009 | |
| 2008 | Yang Wei (Ed. in chief) "Contemporary Art Studio Book" published by Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, April 2008. |
| 2007 | "Fringe works delight" The Advertiser, Bendigo, Vic., Monday April 16 |
| Channel 9 WinnTV news, April 8, 2007 | |
| Interview, ABC Breakfast show, Bendigo,Vic., April 2007 | |
| 2006 | Crawford, A. "Hell’s Kitchen" exhibition catalogue essay, Melbourne Reign |
| Spunner, S. "A Cry in the Dark" exhibition catalogue essay, We of the Silent Dreaming | |
| 2004 | Nelson, R. "Fears at Bedtime" The Age, 16 April |
| Backhouse, M. "Peace and Disquiet" The Age, 27 March, Review | |
| 2002 | Taylor, R. "Narratives of Nature" Asian Art News, Jan/Feb 2002 |
| "Investing in Art, Artist Profile Irene Wellm", The Age, 22 April, Money Manager | |
| 2001 | "Darebin La Trobe Art Prize", Art Streams Vol. 6, No. 5 |
| Williams, L. "Reflection and Reconstruction: New Directions in Australian Painting" exhibition catalogue essay "Glacier" | |
| Taylor, R. Interview, Gotham City Gossip, 3RRR FM, 10th October | |
| 2000 | "A Tribute to the Painting of Tomorrow - UBS Art Award 2000", exhibition catalogue |
Awards
| 2001 | Emerging Artist Award, Darebin La Trobe Aquisitive Art Prize 2001, Bundoora, Vic. |
| 2000 | Selected Australian Representative, UBS Art Award 2000, Whitechapel Gallery, London U.K. |
Collections
Artbank
LaTrobe University Art Museum
City of Darebin Art Collection
Ballarat Regional Gallery
Stockwell Downs Collection
Private collections in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S.
Travel/Residencies
2012/13 Six-month residency at the Leipzig International Art Program, Germany
2010 Leipzig/Munich, Germany
2008 U.K., France
2002 Salt Lake City, U.S.A
2000 U.K., Spain, France
1992 Dunedin, New Zealand
1988 Osaka, Japan
1986 Europe, United Kingdom