Jurek Wybraniec
Born 1958 Perth, Western AustraliaQUALIFICATIONS
1993 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Curtin University of Technology, WA.
1984 - 86 Claremont School of Art, Graduate Diploma in Fine Art.
1976 - 77 Fine Art at W.A.I.T. (now Curtin University).
EMPLOYMENT
1996-present Lecturing CSA, Western Australian School of Art, Design & Media.
CMC / TAFE, PERTH.
1995 Part time Tutor, Visual Culture Unit, Curtin University
Technician, Visual Culture Unit, Curtin University.
1992 1995 Part time Tutor - painting & drawing, Architecture
Fine Art Dept, University of Western Australia
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS and PROJECTS
2008 Fell Off, Goddard de Fiddes
2005 Art Lifts, National Gallery of Australia.
2004 Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney.
Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth.
2002 Project 1, Australian Centre for Concrete Art (AC4CA), Fremantle.
Project 5, Pop Goes Sublime, pink blue combo. Wall project for AC4CA,
Cockburn Rd, Coogee Beach. WA.
Pink & Yellow Green combo #1,DAS GÃSTEZIMMER, Wolhusen, Switzerland.
Open Studio, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA.
2001 lounge, with Daniel Gottin, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth.
WASADM project, with Daniel Gottin. Artist in Residence space WASADM, Perth.
2000 Clueless, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth.
1999 Pink & Yellow x 2, Project 11, Sydney, Australia.
Scetch 1 2, Hebel_121, Basel, Sitzerland.
BEYOND THE GRID (Touring show):
IASKA (International art space Kellerberrin),WA
Bunbury Art Gallery,
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Mclelland Gallery, Victoria.
1998 Target 98, and new paintings by Emma Langridge, Goddard de Fiddes, Perth
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS and PROJECTS CONTINUED
1996 Untitled (Target), Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth WA
Projects 1, 2, 3 & 4, Locker Plant, & Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA.
WAP, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Installation with Daniel Gottin, Perth, WA.
1995 Pert Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth WA.
1993 New Works, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Fremantle, WA.
Drawings, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (P.I.C.A.).
1990 Will to Art, Paintings and Drawings, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA
1988 Bath Series, Fremantle Art Gallery, WA.
1986 Paintings, Prints, Sculpture , Film & Television Institute, Fremantle, WA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS and PROJECTS
2008 With Daniel Gottin, John Nixon and Helen Smith, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery
2007 Summer, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery
2005 National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
ARCO Art Fair 2005. Madrid, Spain.
SNO group 2, Factory 11, Sydney.
2004 2004. National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne.
konkret, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth.
Vibration. Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University, Sydney.
RADICAL, Moores Building, Fremantle.
Amplified. MOP Projects, Sydney.
Melbourne Art Fair.
2003 Andrew Leslie, Trevor Richards, Jurek Wybraniec: The Depot Gallery, Sydney.
Daniel Argyle, Marco Fusinato, Anne-Marie May, Trevor Richards, Jurek Wybraniec,
Constanze Zitkos. Curated by John Nixon. Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth.
ARCO Art Fair 2003. Madrid, Spain.
2002 Meridian; Currents in Australian Art, MCA, Sydney.
In Abstract: form and essence in recent Western Australian Painting,
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth.
Material Colour, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth.
Transit Narratives, Villa Latizia, Treviso, Italy.
ARCO Art Fair 2002. Madrid, Spain (Australian focus).
2001 ARCO Art Fair 2001. Madrid, Spain.
Constructed Colour. Newspace, Sydney Penthouse & Pavement, Melbourne.
Constructed Colour 2. Artspace, Sydney.
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre.
do it. Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. University of WA.
Neogeo. John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth.
2000 Big Journey/Small Buildings. with Stephen Neille, John Curtin Gallery
100 years of Art and Design in WA. PICA, Perth
1999 ON PAINTING (On The Edge of Painting). Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, NSW.
Maquette Fossils. Mandurah Arts Centre, WA.
West Coast Abstraction. Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth.
Perth Melbourne. Stephen Mclaughlan Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
1998 "Material Perfection...". Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA.
Fremantle Print Award. Fremantle Arts Centre.
"Sculpture Survey - Millennium City". Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA.
#10, Old Customs House Exhibiton. Moores Building, Fremantle, WA.
1997 "A Further Possibility", Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth WA.
1996 "Abstraction Now", Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria.
"Aherns Installation Project", Aherns City Department Store, Perth WA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED
1995 "#7", Old Customs House Exhibition, Moores Building, Fremantle, WA.
Midland Centennial Art Acquisition Exhibition, Kalla Yeedip Arts, Midland, WA.
Bunbury Biennale.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Invitation Exhibition.
1994 "New Possibility", Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth WA.
"PICABOANS", Old Boans Building, East Perth,WA.
"In Spirit and Form", Bunbury Art Galleries, Bunbury, WA.
"#6", Customs House Exhibition, Moores Building, Fremantle, WA.
Mark Howlett Drawing Prize, Moores Building, Fremantle, WA.
"Pride of Place", Art Gallery of WA.
The Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Invitation Exhibition, Perth, WA.
1993 "115 58' East 31 56' South", Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
"Old Customs House Exhibition V", Old Customs House, Fremantle, WA.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Invitation Exhibition, Perth, WA.
"The Inquisitive Eye", Lawrence Wilson Gallery, UWA, Perth, WA.
"Studio FX", Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA.
"The Advantage of Isolation", Artplace, Claremont, WA. & Blaxland Gallery Sydney,
The Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition.
Bunbury Bennale.
1992 "Urban Insights", Claremont School of Art, WA.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Invitation Exhibition, Perth WA.
"Old Customs House Show #4" Fremantle, WA.
1991 "At-Tension to the Line", contemporary drawings by Australian artists,
Greenhill Gallery, Perth, WA.
"The Basel Connection", Project Room, Art Gallery WA.
1990 R&I Bank/MRF Royal Perth Hospital Art Prize Exhibition, WA.
Albany Art Prize, Albany, WA.
"3 International Artists", Paintings and drawings - Gallery Mesmer, Basel, Switzerland.
1989 Bunbury Art Galley Invitation Exhibition, WA.
Matilda Bay Restaurant Art Prize, WA.
Eighth Tresillian Art Award, WA.
1988 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Invitation Exhibition, Perth, WA.
Albany Art Prize, Albany, WA.
1987 Albany Art Prize, Albany, WA.
Sixth Tresilian Art Award, WA.
Fremantle Drawing Prize Exhibition.
2 x 4 Exhibition, Undercroft Gallery, University of WA
1986 Fifth Annual Tresillian Art Award Exhibition.
1985 Albany Art Prize, Albany.
RESIDENCIES
2002 Los Angeles. Australia Council Studio. USA.
1996 Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA.
1990 Artists Exchange with Christof Marian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
AWARDS and GRANTS
2004 New Work, Australia Council
2003 Distribution artswa. With Andrew Leslie & Trevor Richards for Depot Show, Sydney.
2001 Creative Fellowship. artswa
Los Angeles Australia Council Studio
1999 Artflight, artswa, Attend solo show, Hebel_121, Basel Switzerland.
Artflight, artswa , Attend solo shows, Project 11 & ON PAINTING, Sydney Australia.
New Work, Development Grant. artswa.
1998 Artflight, artswa , Attendance at Art and Architecture symposium, Chinati
Foundation, Marfa, Texas
1996 Creative Development Grant, artswa, residency at Chinati Foundation, Texas.
1992 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Invitation Exhibition, Art Prize.
1990 Artist Exchange, Basel.
Albany Art Prize.
RPH, Medical Research Foundation - Art Awards, Contemporary Section.
Matilda Bay Restaurant art Prize.
1989 Tresillian Art Award - first prize drawing category.
1988 Creative Development Grant - WA Dept. for the Arts, to work in the North West.
1986 Tresillian Art Award (commended in mixed media category)
1985 First Prize - Claremont School of Art, Printmaking.
REPRESENTATION
Art Gallery of Western Australia The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
The University of Western Australia Australia Capital Equity Collection
Royal Perth Hospital Collection Westfarmers Collection
Curtin University Collection Bunbury City Art Collection
Edith Cowan University Collection Perth Technical College
Western Mining Corporation Artbank
City of Fremantle Town of Albany Collection
Various Private Collections, Australia and overseas.
PUBLICATIONS
Andrew Leslie, Trevor Richards, Jurek Wybraniec. 2003
Catalogue for Depot Gallery exhibition
Target 45 secs, Jurek Wybraniec Editions. 2002
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004 2004 catalogue. National Gallery Victoria.
Blond, Simon. The West Australian, September 18
2003 Goddard, Julian. Monument, # 57, 2003. BACK TO THE WALL Page 92.
Goddard, Julian., and Stringer, John.
Andrew Leslie, Trevor Richards, Jurek Wybraniec:
Catalogue essay, The Depot Gallery, Sydney.
2002 Kent, Rachel., and O'Brien, Sophie.
Meridian, Focus on contemporary Australian art. Catalogue essays, MCA.
Barrett-Lennard, John and Baker, Janice., in abstract, form and essence in recent
Western Australian painting, Exhibition catalogue.
Berry, Rachel. Artlink, Volume 22 No 3, 2002.
Marcon, Marco. Catalogue essay, Target 45 secs.
2001 McGrath, Judith. Artlink, Volume 21 No 4, 2001.
2000 Snell, Ted. Australian Painting Now, Craftsman House Press
Bromfield, David. The West Australian, September 9
1999 Bromfield, David. The west Australian, December 11
Cook, Robert. The West Australian, December
Zophoniassen-Baierl, Ulrike. Basler Zeitung (Basel, Switzerland), April 24/25
Cook, Robert. The West Australian, March 17
Webb, Penny. The Age, February 19
Marcon, Marco. Beyond The Grid, Catalogue Essay.
1998 Bromfield, David.The West Australian, April 11
1998 Stringer, John. Material Perfection, Australian Capital Equity
1997 Raketic, Gordona, The West Australian, August 15
Bromfield, David. The West Australian, August 23
Rooney, Robert. The Australian, February 7
Flavell, Helen. The West Australian, January 17
1996 Kronenberg, Simeon, Abstraction Now, Catalogue essay, Geelong Art Gallery
Bromfield, David, The West Australian, January 6
1995 Woldendorp, R. & Stringer, J. Artists in Residence, Sandpiper Press Pty Ltd, Perth
Bromfield, David, The West Australian, March 11
Snell, Ted, Pert, Catalogue essay, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery.
1994 Mendelssohn, Joanna, The Bulletin, March 1
Moore, Margaret, Art Monthly Australia March
Timms, Peter, Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Catalogue. Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation.
1993 Annear, Judy, Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Catalogue, Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation.
Marcon, Marco, New Work, Catalogue essay, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery
January 8, Fremantle Herald.
January 16, The West Australian.
July 10 - 11, The Australian.
1992 November 21, The West Australian.
1990 November 28, Basler Zeitung (Basel, Switzerland).
September 1, The West Australian.
1988 July 23, The West Australian.
May 28, The West Australian.
1987 December 8, The West Australian.
December 7, The Western Mail.
March 7, The Western Mail.
May 28, The West Australian.