Alice Byrne
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Alice Byrne lives and works in Melbourne, Australia

Education

2006 - 'Postgraduate Diploma of Visual Arts', Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2002 - 'Certificate IV, Assessment and Workplace Training', Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
1999 - 'Bachelor of Fine Arts', National Art School, Sydney
1995 - 'Bachelor of Arts', Sydney University

Solo Exhibitions

2007 - ‘Nests’, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2005 - 'Recent Works from the Cite des Arts', Span Galleries, Melbourne
2004 - 'Paintings and Works on Paper', Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2002 - 'New Works', Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2000 - 'Alice Byrne', Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2000 - 'Landscapes', La Pommerie, St. Setiers, France

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 - 'Winter Collection' - James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2008 - 'Autumn Collection' - James Makin Gallery, Melboure
2007 - 'Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship - Past Winners', Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2007 - 'There is No Place Like Home', NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2006 - ‘Athenaeum Art Prize Exhibition’, Athenaeum Club, Melbourne
2006 - 'Winter Collection', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2006 - 'The Melbourne Art Fair', with Port Jackson Fress Australia, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2006 - 'Sydney Art Fair', with James Makin Gallery, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
2005 - 'Australian Flavour, United Galleries at Petaluma Vineyard, South Australia
2005 - 'Flavour', Australian High Commission and United Galleries at Art Loft, Singapore
2005 - 'Works on Paper Exhibition', Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
2004 - 'Cromwell's Art Prize short listed artworks', Cromwell's Auction House, Sydney
2004 - 'Horses, Houses and Homes', Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2004 - 'Metro 5 Art Award Finalists Exhibition', Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2001 - 'Open Day', the private collection of Pat Corrigan A.M., Art Gallery of New South Wales Society, Sydney
2001 - 'Bus-iness', Shoe Box Gallery, Sydney
2000 - 'Rear Window', Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2000 - 'Artists of the Cite des Arts', Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1999 - 'Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship', Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
1999 - 'The Women's Festival Art Exhibition', the Domain, Sydney
1999 - '4 Artists Group Show', Global Gallery, Sydney
1998 - 'Bull Dust', First Gallery, Sydney
1998 - 'La Pommerie Field Studies', St Setiers, France

Bibliography

2007 - Marguerite Brown, 'Forward', Nests exhibition catalogue, 1 March 2007.
2006 - Marguerite Brown, ‘Alice Byrne', James Makin Gallery Winter Collection exhibition catalogue No.4, July 2006.
2005 - Jeffrey Makin, 'Quarter Master', Herald Sun, 28 November 2005.
2005 - Shonagh Walker, ‘Madison Entertain - What Now’, Madison Magazine, March 2005.
2004 - Elizabeth Fortescue, 'Alice Byrne and Craig Waddell', The Daily Telegraph, 6 November 2004.
2004 - William Petley, 'Whiteley win woos Alice', The Sun-Herald, 31 October 2004.
2004 - Jeffrey Makin, 'Images of Raw Power', Herald Sun, 9 February 2004.
2003 - Andrew Webster, 'Anxious Wait for Artists', Moreland Leader, 8 December 2003.
2002 - Alexa Moses, 'Spotlight - Visual Arts', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 April 2002.
2002 - Julia Leigh and Alice Byrne, 'Alice in Paris', AGNSW Society Look Magazine, March edition, 2002
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2001 - Brenda Colahan, 'A Star is Born - Australia's New Artistic Movement', Lexus Living Magazine, summer 2001.
2000 - Alejandra Sczcepaniak, 'Au revoir Bondi', Look Magazine, February edition 2000.
2000 - 'La Pommerie entre abstractionef figuratif', Ussel Paper, 28 September 2000.
2000 - Harriet O'Malley, 'Alice Byrne', l'Australie en France, numero.9, Sept-Oct-Nov 2000
1999 - Sally Loane, Interview with Alice Byrne, 2BL, 10 September 1999.
1999 - Ben Holgate, 'Whiteley Gift Aids Artists French Impressions,' Sydney Morning Herald, 11-12 September 1999.
1998 - Sebastian Smee, 'Year draws to an end', Sydney Morning Herald, 8 September 1998
1998 - Stage Artistique, 'Des Australiens planchent sure le theme de l'arbe a <<la Pommerie>>', Ussel paper August 1998.

Residencies

2004 - St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
2000 - la Pommerie, St Setiers, France
1998 - la Pommerie, St. Setiers, France

Awards

2006 - Athenaeum Art Prize (Finalist)
2004 - Metro 5 Art Award (Finalist)
1999 - Inaugural Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship

Collections

Forbes Chambers, Sydney
Origin Capital, Sydney
Pat Corrigan Collection, Australia
St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne