VIVIENNE FERGUSON

 

 

Born 5 July 1962, Sydney

Studies

 

1984 - 88         National Art School, East Sydney Technical College.

Art Certificate and Higher Art Certificate

Solo Exhibitions

 

1989                Works on Paper King Street Gallery, Newtown

1991                Recent Work  King Street on Burton, East Sydney

1993                Paintings  King Street on Burton, East Sydney

1994                Paintings Legge Gallery

1995                Paintings Legge Gallery

1996                Paintings and Collages Legge Gallery

1997                Paintings Legge Gallery

1998                New Paintings Legge Gallery

1999                Paintings Legge Gallery

2000                                Paintings Legge Gallery

2001                                Paintings Legge Gallery

White, Light, Bright Gallery 2021, Auckland, New Zealand

            2002                Paintings Legge Gallery

            2003                Paintings Legge Gallery

            2004                Paintings Legge Gallery

            2005                Paintings Legge Gallery

            2006                Paintings Legge Gallery

 

Group Exhibitions

 

1987                Nithsdale Gallery, Sydney

Abstracts King Street Gallery, Newtown

1988                National Art School, Cell Block Theatre, East Sydney

Abstract – Works on Paper King Street Gallery, Newtown

1989                Capita Fine Arts Grant Cell Block Theatre, East Sydney Technical College

1990                Common Sense King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney; University of South Australia Art Museum

1991                Over East Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia

1992               Walking The Street King Street Gallery, Newtown

Thisness Legge Gallery, Redfern

Fishers Ghost Art Prize Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales

1993                Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales

Tempest Legge Gallery

1994                Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Fishers Ghost Art Prize Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales

Artists Don't Believe In Sanity Clause Legge Gallery

1995                Drawings Part B Legge Gallery

The Dobell Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales

Fishers Ghost Art Prize Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales

Legge Gallery Summer Show Legge Gallery

1996                Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

4 Sydney Artists Ether Ohnetitel Gallery, Melbourne

View Legge Gallery

Arty Appetites Mary Street Studios

Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Mellow Down Easy Legge Gallery

 

 

 

1997                SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize SCEGGS, Sydney

                        Sanguine Valediction Legge Gallery

1998                                Evans, Ferguson, Harris, Salmon  Legge Gallery

Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Christmas Show Legge Gallery

1999                Evolution Legge Gallery

Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery

Group Show Legge Gallery

10th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

            2000                National Works on Paper Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, Victoria

                                    Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Mosman Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney

                                    Ten Years Legge Gallery

                                    Redlands Westpac Art Prize Sydney

                                    11th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

2001                Wynne Prize  Art Gallery of New South Wales

Mosman Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery

Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Legge Gallery Painters Use Atelier Artists’ Acrylic Legge Gallery

Stockroom Selection Gallery 2021, Auckland, New Zealand

2002                Mosman Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery

                        Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

                        Group Show Legge Gallery

                        Summer Show Legge Gallery

2003                Collage Legge Gallery

                        The Year in Art S.H. Ervin Gallery

                        Summer Show Legge Gallery

2004                Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2005                Works on Paper Legge Gallery

                        Muswellbrook Open Art Prize Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

                        Summer Show Legge Gallery

2006                Who cares? Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney

                        Salon des Refuses SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

                        Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Awards

 

1989                Capita Fine Arts Grant Finalist

 


 

Selected bibliography

 

Delaruelle, Jacques: Common Sense catalogue, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20/10/90

Germaine, Max:         Dictionary Of Women Artists Of Australia

Houston, Melinda     In on the Ground Floor, Domain, The Age 31/7/02

Kidd, Courtenay:       Critic’s Picks, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15/9/00

Low, Lenny Ann:        Exhibitions, The Sydney Morning Herald 9-10/11/02

Lynn, Elwyn:               The Australian, 10/7/93

McDonald, John:       Body Of Work, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21/9/96

McDonald, John:       From palette to roulette wheel, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6/9/97

SCEGGS Art Prize      catalogue 1997

Smee, Sebastian:      The Galleries, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17/2/99

Sydney Review, June 1991

Vogue Living Australia, May-June, 2005