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30 Years | 30 Artists | 30 Works 24 November to 19 December 2015 B R E N D A M AY

Access Art Gallery Mullens Street, Balmain, 1988 - 1993

G A L L E R Y

Access Contemporary Art Gallery Boronia Street, Redfern, 1993 - 2001

Brenda May Gallery 2 Danks Street, Waterloo, 2001 - present

Dedication: Whether as Access or Brenda May, the Gallery’s reason for being has never altered from the day it was conceived; it has always been a platform to support artists. Over the last thirty years, it has been my great honour to have worked and played, eaten and drunk, laughed and sometimes even cried with the greatest bunch of creative people, who have come together under the Access/Brenda May Gallery umbrella. They may hail from anywhere in the world but they are quintessentially Australian and they all have one thing in common…they are artists who are passionate about what they do and who, I believe, have a meaningful contribution to make to the history of Australian Art.

Brenda May outside of Access Contemporary Art Gallery in the mid-1990s

In conjunction is my gratitude and respect, for the many, many people who are dedicated to the furthering of Australian art and have worked for us, bought from us and inevitably become friends, whilst supporting the Gallery and artists along the way— frankly we could not have reached this milestone without you! Brenda May, July 2015

2 Danks Street ribbon cutting ceremony, October 2001. Left to Right, Gallery SP Sydney Director, Stella Downer, Conny Dietzschold, Brenda May, Christopher Hodges

Brenda May with Lottie in the mid-1990s

30th Anniversary photograph of the Represented Artists and Gallery team: Left to Right from back row - Peter Tilley, Megan Fizell, Nicole Welch; Robert Boynes, James Guppy, Melinda Le Guay, Leslie Oliver, Jim Croke, Olivia Welch; Al Munro, Carol Murphy, Brenda May, Lezlie Tilley, Tanmaya Bingham, Sybil Curtis, Waratah Lahy; Mylyn Nguyen, Gemma, Todd Fuller

B R E N D A M AY

G A L L E R Y

2 Danks Street, Waterloo: 2001- present Represented Artists Tanmaya Bingham Robert Boynes Jim Croke Sybil Curtis Todd Fuller James Guppy Waratah Lahy Melinda Le Guay Al Munro Carol Murphy Mylyn Nguyen Catherine Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell Leslie Oliver Lezlie Tilley Peter Tilley Nicole Welch

Exhibition Installation One and Only Todd Fuller + Abby Smith 19 June to 7 July 2012

Brenda May Gallery proudly represents sixteen accomplished artists, whilst also supporting established talent and creating opportunities for emerging artists. In addition, the Gallery fosters young curators and provides platforms for engaging curatorial projects. The Gallery is devoted to promoting artists in Australia and more recently New Zealand, whose works are challenging, compelling and immersive. Expanding further into the Asia-Pacific region, the Gallery has recently exhibited at Art Stage Singapore and at Sydney Contemporary, after two decades of involvement with the Melbourne Art Fair. Black Box Projects was launched in 2014 and is one of the first spaces dedicated to exhibiting moving image artworks in a commercial gallery in Australia, substantiating the Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to varied contemporary art practices.

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Brenda May has over thirty years experience in the presentation, promotion and management of contemporary Australian art, opening Access Gallery in Sydney in 1985. Brenda May Gallery was established in 2001, coinciding with a move to 2 Danks Street, an arts and design complex conceived for arts patron Leo Christie by May+Swan Architects Pty Ltd.

for greater flexibility in exhibition planning. The Quarterly concept developed after we unearthed The Bulletins from the 1990s in the archives, just one example of how in an effort to move forward, we looked to the past.

2 Danks Street façade 2014

Looking forward whilst looking back The research for this publication commenced in the middle of 2014; we began carrying boxes downstairs to the table where we would rifle through yellowed papers, trying to piece together the early history of the Gallery. It wasn’t until we began the arduous task of listing every exhibition held in the last 30 years that the full scope of Brenda’s career became clear. A rough estimate puts over 500 artists having exhibited at the Gallery, whether it was in group exhibitions (of which there have been over 115) or solo shows, which make up a staggering 85% of the total. This is not counting the 16 art fairs attended by the Gallery, both here in Australia and abroad. Every so often, Brenda jokes that she has run out of ideas and after spending time in the archives, I now take her seriously – she has done just about everything! Working as the Gallery Manager for the past five years, I have witnessed the entire structure of the art market change. Naturally, this has caused us to reassess some of our practices in an effort to do the best job possible for our artists. We recently changed from printing an annual calendar booklet to our new Quarterly format to allow

At the centre of it all are the artists that Brenda both supports and admires. This exhibition has been a wonderful opportunity to showcase the remarkable work that has passed through the Gallery doors over the last 30 years. Brenda May Gallery has become a space known for fostering emerging talent, both artistic and curatorial. I know personally, without her encouragement and backing to curate an exhibition of work made out of sugar, I would not have had the resolve to pursue postgraduate studies. It takes a very special Gallery Director to give a slot in the calendar to an exhibition comprised of ephemeral work and I would not be where I am today without her. I know I can speak on behalf of all of our artists when I say, Brenda, thank you for all that you do. Megan Fizell, Galley Manager 2010 - present

Exhibition installation, Mouthfeel curated by Megan Fizell, Black Box Projects, 9 June to 4 July 2015. Projected film by Nina Ross

Anna Lawrenson and Brenda May with Douglas Cham’s ceramic sculpture, ‘Banana-kids: Bossy’ in the exhibition Watch This Space..., 2 to 20 December 2008

Working at Brenda May Gallery was a defining experience. It is one that has influenced me in all subsequent pursuits to the extent that, on a recent visit to the gallery, I quipped that I still felt like I was part of the team. In this quip was the distillation of Brenda’s philosophical approach to the artists that she represents, the staff that she employs and the clients that she serves. It reflects her deep commitment to valuing the work of living artists, fostering the careers of arts workers and contributing to the broader industry of which the gallery is a part.

I was manager at the gallery from 2005 - 2010 and it was my first foray into the commercial art world having come from a primarily academic background. While commercial galleries are not always acknowledged for the educative role that they play within the arts sector, this is certainly one of the important functions that they serve and one that Brenda was always careful to cultivate. They are not sites of formal education but rather, through the informal exchanges that take place between artists, staff and importantly the public, a greater understanding of the value of art in contemporary society is established. Indeed one of the strongest memories that I have of Brenda is the constant refrain that her job is about garnering respect for living artists. What a privilege it was to spend five years of my life devoted to this task.

Exhibition installation, Warning Colours, Sybil Curtis, 23 August to 17 September 2005. Artwork by Jim Croke pictured on the racks.

This devotion to artists permeated all aspects of managing the gallery and it was the greatest lesson that I learnt in my time there. As an art historian I was more familiar with academics talking in a detached manner about the various developments in a given artist’s oeuvre. Working in a commercial context, and having to justify to gallery patrons on a daily basis why these objects should be valued and what the artists hoped to achieve in their making, helped me to see my discipline in a more human context. Artworks cannot be divorced from artists. Artists who have devoted their lives to their practice, regardless of one’s individual taste, are deserving of great respect. They draw our attention to beauty in the everyday, they unsettle us, they force us to reflect and question our social and political views. As Brenda often said ‘they hold a mirror up to society’ and at a time in Australia where we are increasingly individualistic and insular, their role is of utmost importance. What I remember most about my time at the gallery is not individual objects or exhibitions—though of course there are many that stand out—but what I remember most is the people. I guess that is why I feel that I am part of the family. Anna Lawrenson, Galley Manager 2005 - 2010

Brenda May, Art Stage Singapore de-install, January 2013

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20th Anniversary photograph of the Represented Artists and Gallery team: Left to Right from back row - Angela Macdougall, Barbara Licha, Melinda Le Guay, Robert Boynes, Carol Murphy, Jim Croke, Hadyn Wilson, James Guppy, Lezlie Tilley, Sybil Curtis, Brenda May, Lottie, Carla Priivald, Peter Tilley

2 Danks Street under construction as it is transformed from a former Kodak laboratory into an arts precinct 2 Danks Street faรงade 2001

Boronia Street, Redfern: 1993 - 2001

The Access Days I remember the vast space, the polished concrete floor, the ceiling of natural and reflected light. I made my way down the hallway to the coffee machine from which lattés were regularly poured for gallery visitors, to make Brenda her habitual tall glass of morning coffee. Tail wagging, Lottie would soon tear around to the gallery from the back of the stockroom, a space with row upon row of sliding racks laden with carefully hung works from each of our artists. And seconds later, the clickety-clack of Brenda’s 10cm heels could soon be heard heading towards the office where the daily tasks of cataloguing, cajoling, counselling, caring for and curating that was Access Contemporary Art Gallery would soon commence. I worked at Access from 1998 - 2001. I was 25 at the time, thus these were my formative years. Brenda called me ‘Kiddo’. I feel privileged to have been given the opportunity; initially as a volunteer, then as Gallery Assistant, following on as Gallery Manager of 40 emerging and established artists whose work rotated on the gallery’s walls in solo shows every 18 months or so. It was a gift to be able to work with artists with whom I could directly converse, whose studios I could visit, to learn and gain understanding on subjects that mattered to each and every one of them. For me, this was the logical way to understand contemporary art; via discourse and observation. It also taught me that artists are a vulnerable bunch—Lezlie Tilley, an artist that is still in Brenda’s core stable of artists, once said to me that being an artist was like standing naked on a pedestal in the middle of the gallery floor. Sentiments are often hard to articulate for an artist, especially noted when writing our monthly exhibition statements, however Lezlie’s words resonated with me, and I understood her feeling of fragility with accuracy. I am grateful for those artists, their willingness to share their great expectations, their disappointments and ideologies. Being a manager of an art gallery is a rich human experience. I was given the chance at Access to learn every aspect of the business. From installation, to sales, to curating Sculpture 2000, conducting media interviews, giving floor talks to collectors, presenting prizes, doing the books for the Australian Commercial Galleries Association, to stringing and wrapping up works, to patting the dog and having good chuckles with the artists and the team over Turkish pide during a hang. 16 years later I have

my own Europe-based art consultancy, but I still count my time at Access and under the direction and mentorship of Brenda May as being the foundation from which I still work. In an industry full of colourful characters, over and under-inflated egos and the ability to sink overnight, Brenda taught me much of what I adhere to—integrity towards her artists, passion for what she believes in, tenacity, fairplay and scruples. I have come to learn that Brenda is one in a million in this industry. It’s a tough gig having a gallery, but she is dedicated with firm ideals from which she has never waivered. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Brenda is celebrating 30 years as a gallerist. And for this achievement, you are no less than amazing B. An intelligent, generous and diligent professional that the Australian industry surely counts among its finest. Sascha Gianella (née Tyson), Galley Manager 1998 - 2001

L to R: Linda Furphy, Liz Leckie Basset, Victoria Hynes, Glen Dunn, Sascha Tyson, Kate Dorrough, Barbara Licha, Andrew Taylor, Hadyn Wilson, Jo Bertini, Stephen Trethewey, Maureen Clack, Ingrid Haydon, Elizabeth Charles, Brenda May, Lezlie Tilley, Christina Cordero, Ben Hall, Peter Tilley, Leslie Oliver, Leo Robba, Robert Boynes, June 1998 Opposite page, left to right: Exhibition installation, Birthday/Christmas show. Exhibition installation, Sculpture by Glen Dunn with Jim Croke in the mezzanine, 15 September to 11 October 1998

Mullens Street, Balmain: 1988 - 1993

Opposite Page: 1. Jim Croke at his exhibition, New Works, 12 to 31 January 1993, Mullens Street, Balmain. 2. Nevill Drury (author), Brenda May, and Former Liberal MP Peter Collins (Minister of the Arts,1988 - 1995) at the launch of New Art Eight: Profiles in Contemporary Art, artwork by Dianne Beevers, March 1992, Mullens Street, Balmain. 3. Interior view of Access Art Gallery, Mullens Street, Balmain.

4. Lezlie Tilley with her work â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Greedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; from the exhibition The Seven Deadly Sins, the inaugural exhibition held at Boronia Street, Redfern, 12 to 31 October 1993.

ACCESS GALLERY

Smith Street, Balmain: 1985 - 1987

Often white-walled, filled with workers dressed head-to-toe in black and presenting abstract concepts with minimal information, commercial art galleries are not always perceived as the most inviting places. The name for Access Art Gallery was conceived with this in mind, aiming to create a gallery where artists, clients and the public felt welcome in the space, and where information on the artworks and the artists was both readily available and engaging.

Forest Lodge: 1987 - 1988 Temporary location

Brenda May at the Access Art Gallery temporary Forest Lodge location c.1987

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Interior views of Access Gallery. Smith Street, Balmain

SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 10 to 13 September 2015 The Gallery presented a small selection of new paintings by James Guppy from the series In Flagrante Delicto and photographs by Nicole Welch from Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury at the second edition of Sydney Contemporary.

Mylyn Nguyen in Installation Contemporary Mylyn Nguyen was selected by The Curators’ Department to create a site-specific artwork for Installation Contemporary, a curated component of Sydney Contemporary. Mylyn Nguyen, ‘The Moon’ 2015, watercolour + acrylic on paper, flocking, cork, wire, dimensions variable

ART STAGE SINGAPORE

22 to 25 January 2015 Across fifteen panels, Long Take – Slow Dissolve encapsulated the energy of the urban environment. Though Robert Boynes used layers of iconography that were site-specific, his work evoked the overall energy of the big city, imaging no particular place and therefore allowing it to reflect any modern metropolis. 14

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24 to 27 January 2013

Mylyn Nguyen’s installation, Bombus, was comprised of one thousand, lifesized bumblebees, intricately crafted out of hand-painted, cut and folded paper. Each bee was constructed so that the slightest breeze or even a breath would cause the colony to ‘hover’.

Waratah Lahy’s work fused the iconic and the ironic with pieces that were unequivocally Australian. Mylyn Nguyen’s miniature imaginative worlds captivated and intrigued. Will Coles challenged Singapore’s under-celebrated street art scene.

MELBOURNE ART FAIR The Gallery attended the Melbourne Art Fair nine times over its three different incarnations; the Australian Contemporary Art Fair in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998; Artfair 2000; and the Melbourne Art Fair in 2004, 2006 and 2008.

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SYDNEY ART ON PAPER FAIR The Gallery attended the Sydney Art on Paper Fair (formerly known as the International Works on Paper Fair) four times in 1997, 1999, with the Danks Street galleries in 2003, and as Brenda May Gallery in 2005. The fair, directed by Akky van Ogtrop, showcased all art forms made out of paper.

Access Contemporary Art Gallery booth at the International Works on Paper Fair, 21 to 25 July 1999. Artwork by Barbara Licha, Glen Dunn, Leo Robba, and James Guppy

THE EXHIBITION 30 YEARS | 30 ARTISTS | 30 WORKS anniversary exhibition This year marks the 30th year of Brenda May’s career as Gallery Director—from Access Contemporary Art Gallery in Balmain, Forest Lodge, and Redfern, to Brenda May Gallery here at Danks Street. In 2015 we looked through our archives to create a retrospective exhibition featuring one work to represent each year as a celebration of the many artists’ careers the Gallery has fostered. The thirty artists featured in this exhibition are a tiny sample indicative of the scope of the artists represented over the last thirty years: Alex Asch, Jo Bertini, Tanmaya Bingham, Graham Blondel, Robert Boynes, Jim Croke, Sybil Curtis, Kate Dorrough, Caroline Durré, Rachel Ellis, Todd Fuller, James Guppy, Brenda Humble, John Kelly, Waratah Lahy, Barbara Licha, Melinda Le Guay, Al Munro, Carol Murphy, Mylyn Nguyen, Catherine O’Donnell, Leslie Oliver, Leo Robba, Anne Ross, Marc Standing, Peter Tilley, Lezlie Tilley, Jim Thalassoudis, Nicole Welch, and Hadyn Wilson.

Exhibition installation, Major Artists, Major Works, 14 February to 3 March 2012, Brenda May Gallery. This exhibition featured an important work by fifteen artists. Artwork left to right: Sybil Curtis, Melinda Le Guay, Peter Tilley, Leslie Oliver, Jim Croke, Senden Blackwood, Tanmaya Bingham, Carol Murphy, Todd Fuller, Robert Boynes

TANMAYA BINGHAM ‘The Machine’ 2010 colour pencil and mixed media on board 220 x 119cm (b. Washington, D.C., United States) First exhibiting with Brenda May Gallery in The Flower Show, a botanically themed group exhibition of 2009, Tanmaya Bingham was subsequently invited to exhibit in a solo capacity the next year and developed the impressive portraits of her pivotal series Levels of Tolerance. This absorbing exhibition saw Bingham join the Gallery’s stable of represented artists, a relationship that has fostered four solo exhibitions and her inclusion in eleven Gallery group shows. This recent portfolio has featured luminescent bodies and creatures floating on matte black backgrounds with gold embellishments or vivid accents, as well as fine graphite illustrations, peculiar drawings incorporating collage, painted porcelain sculptures and immersive installations—all emanating a sense of whimsy, humour and eeriness. Bingham received her Bachelor of Arts at Antioch University in California in 2002 and her Masters of Visual Arts (Painting) at the Australian National University in Canberra in 2005.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection of Robert + Brenda May. Levels of Tolerance, Brenda May Gallery, 11 May to 6 June 2010. 17

ROBERT BOYNES ‘White Heart’ 2004 acrylic on canvas - triptych 120 x 280cm

PROVENANCE: In Real Time, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 19 May to 18 June 2006. Electricity, Brenda May Gallery, 20 September to 15 October 2005. True Fictions, Canberra Museum and Gallery, 9 April to 19 June 2005.

(b. 1942. Adelaide, SA, Australia) Robert Boynes was already a respected, mid-career artist when he had his first solo exhibition with Access Contemporary Art Gallery in 1996, Brenda May Gallery’s former incarnation. This association has resulted in a total of thirteen solo shows of Boynes’s paintings with the Gallery over the last twenty years. A testament to the success of his career, Boynes has work held in every major art collection across Australia, a number of international institutions, corporate bodies, and many Australian Regional Galleries. These impressive collections include, but are not limited to, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Tasmania Museum & Art Gallery, the Queensland Art Gallery, the Australian War Memorial, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, the Canberra Museum & Art Gallery, Wollongong City Gallery, the Australia Council and Artbank.

JIM CROKE ‘Looking at the River But Thinking of the Sea’ (detail) 2009 steel, 196 x 230 x 14cm

Exhibition installation, Jim Croke, New Work, 28 July to 23 August 2009

(b. 1952. Sydney, NSW, Australia) Jim Croke first exhibited with Access Contemporary Art Gallery in 1989 and has continued to exhibit with the Gallery in its various manifestations for over twenty-five years, in which time eighteen solo exhibitions have been conceptualised. Throughout these years, Croke’s works have also featured in over forty of the Gallery’s curated group shows and Art Fair stands. With more than thirty-five years of exhibiting experience, Croke has an admirable reputation and a revered presence in the Sydney sculpture scene. In both his sculptural work and drawings he considers himself a mark maker, often using objects or lines in multiple as to produce an illusionary sense of volume and activity. Croke’s works have been acquired by the University of Sydney Union Collection, the UTS Union Collection, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery and Artbank, among other Australian collections.

PROVENANCE: New Work, Brenda May Gallery, 28 July to 23 August 2009.

SYBIL CURTIS ‘Reflections Are Distorted’ 2010 oil on linen 100 x 100cm

(b. 1943. Canungra, QLD, Australia) Sybil Curtis has had twelve exhibitions with Brenda May Galley/ Access Contemporary Art Gallery since 1993. Receiving a Bachelor of Science from the University of Queensland in 1967, Curtis’s artistic career began in the 1980’s, influenced by her experience with scientific illustration and exposure to industrial sites. She finds beauty in these vast sculptural structures and translates them into subtle, brooding paintings enlivened by touches of strong colour or light. Curtis’s paintings are held in numerous collections, including those of the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Ipswich City Council Regional Art Gallery, Redcliffe City Council, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Queensland University of Technology and the University of Technology Sydney Collection.

PROVENANCE: Inside Outside, Brenda May Gallery, 15 February to 12 March 2011.

TODD FULLER ‘Summer’s End’ 2010 hand-drawn film 5:09mins, edition of 10

(b. 1988. Branxton, NSW, Australia) Todd Fuller has exhibited annually with the Gallery since his debut in 2011 at the age of 23. In 2013, Fuller was awarded both the William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship to the British School at Rome and in 2011 a residency to the Cité International des Arts in Paris. Fuller’s hand-drawn animations have attracted remarkable success, receiving an honourable mention at the 15th Asian Art Biennale (2012) and exposure internationally as part of CologneOFF and the ARES International Film & Media Festival, as well as video art screenings at the 16th Asian Art Biennale (2014) and Art Stage Singapore (2015). These works have seen Fuller enter a number of collections including Artbank, Newcastle Art Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, the Deakin University Art Gallery, and the Sydney Harbour Trust collection.

PROVENANCE: Drawing the Line, Adelaide Perry Gallery, 8 to 23 October 2015. Black Box Projects, Brenda May Gallery, 17 February to 14 March 2015. Chatswood Concourse Urban Screens Program 1, dLux MediaArts, 1 December 2013. Digital Art Outdoor Gallery, Queen Elizabeth II Square, Albury City Council, 3 February 2011. (Finalist) Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, 26 February to 27 March 2010.

JAMES GUPPY ‘Nailing Down the Surf’ 2003 acrylic on linen 45 x 91cm

PROVENANCE:

(b. 1954. London, United Kingdom) James Guppy exhibited a series of diptychs and interiors with Access Contemporary Art Gallery in 1991—a relationship that has led to sixteen solo exhibitions with Access Contemporary Art Gallery/Brenda May Gallery, as well as an extensive exhibitionary history nationally and internationally in the USA. Guppy’s powerful and enigmatic narrative-based paintings travelled to eleven different locations in a solo touring survey show (2009 - 11) and his most recent series of work, which was exhibited as a part of Sydney Contemporary this year, is travelling to Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre in 2016. Guppy’s works are in numerous collections including Queensland Art Gallery, Artbank, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery, Warwick & Stanthorpe Regional Art Galleries, and various university collections.

Seduction and Subversion: the art of James Guppy 1989-2009, touring exhibition; Tweed River Art Gallery, Ipswich Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Wollongong City Gallery, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Logan Art Gallery, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery, Albury Regional Art Gallery, 2009-2011. Private Collection, Sydney. Constructive Solutions & Other Littoral Strategies, Brenda May Gallery, 11 February to 8 March 2003.

WARATAH LAHY ‘Beer Blokes’ 2002 oil on beer can on board 20 x 9 x 1cm each variable

PROVENANCE: The Country Show, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, 2013. Look, Visual Arts Graduate Season, ANU School of Art, 2007. Small, Brenda May Gallery, 11 April to 6 May 2006. The Great Dividing Range, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 2006. Crowd, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, 2003. Blokes, Dogs and Utes, West Space, Melbourne, 2002. Collection of the Artist.

(b. 1974. Sydney, NSW, Australia) In 2007 Canberra-based artist Waratah Lahy completed her Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Arts) at the Australian National University and exhibited for the first time with Brenda May Gallery in the exhibition Small, which has subsequently led to six solo exhibitions. Obtaining the ANU University medal for her first class Honours Bachelor of Arts degree, Lahy has since undergone residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, awarded by the Australia Council for the Arts (2012), the Megalo Print Studio (2011) and Schloss Haldenstein in Haldenstein, Switzerland (2005). Lahy also participated in an exchange to the Faculty of Fine Arts at Chiang Mai University in Thailand in 1997 and in 2015 was granted Arts ACT project funding. Lahy has been acquired by a number of collections including Artbank, the Parliament House Art Collection in Canberra, the Gold Coast Regional Gallery in QLD, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery in NSW, Schloss Haldenstein in Switzerland, and the Arthur Boyd Bundanon Trust. 23

MELINDA LE GUAY ‘Marking Time - 20.01.05’ 2005 hand drawn lines, ink on paper - polyptych 19 x 61cm

(b. 1949. Sydney, NSW, Australia) After participating in a group show in 2004, Brenda May Gallery first exhibited Melinda Le Guay in a solo capacity in 2005 with Marking Time, an exhibition of impeccably uniform hand drawn lines frequently broken, with each break representing a moment where Le Guay’s concentration was interrupted. With an oeuvre that employs repetitious techniques and varied materials, Le Guay has developed seven diverse solo exhibitions with the Gallery, all displaying a laborious attention to detail and a delicate sensibility. Le Guay has been collected by Artbank, the Crafts Council of Australia in Sydney and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

PROVENANCE: Marking Time, Brenda May Gallery, 8 March to 2 April 2005. 24

AL MUNRO ‘Blue Sparkle Mineral Crystal’ 2010 screen print and glitter flocking on Stonehenge paper - unique 110 x 70cm

(b. 1964. Canberra, ACT, Australia) Al Munro has created six solo exhibitions for Brenda May Gallery since her introduction in a 2005 group show. In 2015 Munro curated …a piece of string… with the Gallery, an exhibition that used textiles as a point of departure. Receiving her Doctor of Philosophy [Visual Arts] from the Australian National University in 2013, Munro has since undergone the CAPO residency to Chiang Mai University in Thailand (2013), received Arts ACT project funding for another residency in Chiang Mai in which she took part in a major exhibition of Thai and Australian artists at Chiang Mai University Gallery (2014-2015), and has travelled to Japan to research traditional Japanese patterning and scientific visualisations on an Australia Council for the Arts residency (2015). Munro is in the collections of Artbank, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Australia (folio), the National Library of Australia (folio), and Megalo Print Workshop.

PROVENANCE: Crystallography, Brenda May Gallery, 10 May to 4 June 2011. Crystallography, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, 7 October to 6 November 2010.

CAROL MURPHY ‘Woman with Raised Leg’ 2008 ceramic, timber base - three parts 24.5 x 32 x 12cm

(b. 1957. Donald, VIC, Australia) Well known for her figurative sculptural practice and vessels, Carol Murphy has had fifteen solo shows with Access Contemporary Art Gallery/Brenda May Gallery with work included in twenty of the Gallery’s group exhibitions. Murphy first exhibited with Access Contemporary Art Gallery in 1994 with a solo show titled Lost Objects. In 1995 Murphy was awarded a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and in 2000 was acquired by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Murphy is also in the collections of Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery in NSW, Manly Art Gallery & Museum in NSW, Queensland University of Technology Art Collection, Artbank and Baker & McKenzie Solicitors in Sydney.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Sydney. Sculptural Forms III, Brenda May Gallery, 27 May to 21 June 2008. 26

MYLYN NGUYEN ‘Beeline’ 2014 watercolour + ink on paper, fibre, plastic film + acrylic on timber plinths dimensions variable

(b. 1982. Adelaide, SA, Australia) Over seven years, Mylyn Nguyen has developed six exhibitions for Brenda May Gallery that have whimsically explored childhood curiosities. The group exhibition Form Without Function – Sculpture 2007 launched Nguyen into the Gallery in 2007 and since then she has created work for a further twenty group shows with the Gallery. Nguyen received a Master of Visual Arts in 2006 from Sydney College of the Arts, with her sculpture in the university exhibition Utility receiving an award. This marked a pivotal point in the development and direction of her work. Notably since then, Nguyen has exhibited internationally twice with Brenda May Gallery at Art Stage Singapore, taking a solo installation titled ‘Bombus’ composed of 1,000 handcrafted bees in 2014. In 2015, she was selected for inclusion in Installation Contemporary, a curated component of Sydney Contemporary where she made a site-specific installation.

PROVENANCE: Sculpture 2014, Brenda May Gallery, 29 January to 22 February 2014. Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, 16 to 19 January 2014.

CATHERINE O’DONNELL ‘Nationwide’ 2010 charcoal on paper 130 x 145cm

PROVENANCE: Living Liverpool, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, 6 February to 11 April 2010. (Finalist) Tidal: City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery, 2010.

(b. 1961. Quirindi, NSW, Australia) In late 2015, Catherine O’Donnell joined Brenda May Gallery as a represented artist following a particularly prolific two-year period, which included graduating with a Masters of Fine Arts from the National Art School, a residency at the British School at Rome, an Artist in Residence program and solo exhibition at Penrith Regional Art Gallery, a residency at Parramatta Artist Studios, exhibiting in multiple group shows in Australia and Italy, and receiving a Highly Commended at the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award. This coming year is already set to continue this impressive period of activity, with O’Donnell being one of only six artists selected for the second edition of the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, which will be on view 30 July to 11 December 2016, coinciding with her inaugural exhibition at Brenda May Gallery in October 2016. O’Donnell has work in the collections of Penrith Regional Gallery, Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Artbank, Murray Art Museum Albury, Pataka Museum in Porirua in New Zealand, and Blacktown City Council. 28

LESLIE OLIVER ‘Untitled’ c.1998 copper plated mixed metals, timber 79.5 x 51 x 14cm

(b. 1954. Leeton, NSW, Australia) First exhibiting at Access Contemporary Art Gallery in 1990, Leslie Oliver has had fifteen solo exhibitions with the Gallery. Having obtained both a Bachelor of Arts from Alexander Mackie College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales, and a Bachelor of Arts in Film & Television Directing from the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Oliver’s interests have always been twofold. He is a founder of Sydney Film School where he has been Head of Teaching and Head of Production, while maintaining a prolific sculptural practice. Oliver’s artworks are held in the collections of Bathurst Regional Art Gallery in NSW, UNSW Art & Design (formerly the College of Fine Art) in Sydney, Artbank, the Hong Kong International Airport and the Qantas First Class Lounge (in collaboration with Sokquon Tran) at Sydney’s International Airport.

PROVENANCE: Exhibited at Access Contemporary Art Gallery.

LEZLIE TILLEY ‘Day by Day’ 2003 mixed media on cedar on board 122 x 162cm

PROVENANCE: Time Pieces, Brenda May Gallery, 8 April to 3 May 2003.

(b. 1949. Sydney, NSW, Australia) Since her first show with the Gallery in 1991, Lezlie Tilley has produced work for eighteen solo exhibitions at Access Contemporary Art Gallery/Brenda May Gallery. From 2000 - 2001, Tilley’s collaborative exhibition with Peter Tilley, Parallels & Crossovers: An Artistic Relationship, curated by Anthony Bond, toured six locations in New South Wales. Tilley’s work is held in the collections of Artbank, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, Maitland City Art Gallery, Newcastle Art Gallery and Lake Macquarie City Gallery. Tilley has received numerous awards, prizes and scholarships for her work since 1967, most recently winning the Inspired.2015 Hunter Valley Grammar School Art Prize in 2015 and the Gosford Art Prize in 2012.

PETER TILLEY ‘Long Shadow’ 2015 cast iron, painted steel 43.5 x 76.5 x 14.5cm

(b. 1946. Williamston, VIC, Australia) Holding nineteen solo exhibitions with Access Contemporary Art Gallery/ Brenda May Gallery, starting in 1989, Peter Tilley’s relationship with the Gallery is enduring. 2014 marked Tilley’s tenth year as an exhibitor in Sculpture by the Sea, establishing him as part of the decade club. His pensive figures have become an iconic feature of this annual event. 2014 also saw the start of Peter Tilley and Andy Devine’s joint exhibition titled Black Harvest, which will travel to Moree Plains Gallery, Cessnock Region Art Gallery, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre and Manly Art Gallery and Museum until mid 2016. Tilley is represented in a multitude of collections including those of Arts ACT, Artbank, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Art Gallery, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Maitland City Art Gallery, and Muswellbrook Regional Gallery among others.

NICOLE WELCH ‘Apparitions #1’ 2013 pigment ink, face-mounted 61 x 130cm (also available 95 x 200cm) edition of 6 (two sizes)

(Projected image - Mount Arapiles and the Mitre Rock 1863, Nicholas Chevalier, Courtesy of National Gallery of Australia Collection)

(b. 1974. Bathurst, NSW, Australia) Nicole Welch has been invited to show numerous exhibitions in a solo capacity, including exhibitions at Brenda May Gallery (2015, 2014, 2013), Murray Art Museum Albury (2015), Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (2016, 2012, 2007), the University of Wollongong (2008) and the Canberra School of Art (1998). She recently exhibited with Brenda May Gallery at the 2015 edition of Sydney Contemporary. Welch’s 2014 exhibition, Apparitions, progressed her conceptual and technical ideas exponentially, seeing works enter the collections of Artbank, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and a major corporate collection, as well as a being named a finalist in the Kennedy Prize. Welch’s works are also in the collections of Macquarie Group, Canberra School of Art, Harris Farm Market’s Collection and the National Library of Australia, among others.

PROVENANCE: BRAG 200x200, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 27 March to 14 June 2015. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2014. Apparitions, Brenda May Gallery, 25 March to 17 April 2015. 32

ALEX ASCH

Represented by Beaver Galleries

JO BERTINI

Represented by Olsen Irwin ‘New Moon over the Claypan’ 2015 oil on canvas 125 x 125cm

‘Block Island’ 2014 recycled painted timber, lead, glass, printed paper 135 x 22 x 22cm

PROVENANCE: Under construction, Beaver Galleries, 8 May to 16 June 2015.

GRAHAM BLONDEL ‘Empress (at court) + Jester’ 1986 acrylic + collage on canvas - diptych 152 x 101.5cm each

PROVENANCE: Private Collection of Robert + Brenda May. Exhibited at Access Gallery.

KATE DORROUGH

Represented by Arthouse Gallery ‘Marking the terrain’ 2015 acrylic on linen 98 x 107cm

PROVENANCE: 43rd Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, 1 March to 19 April 2015. Gesture, Blue Mountains Grammar School Gallery, 5 September to 28 November 2014.

CAROLINE DURRÉ ‘Not-garden (red and green)’ 2007 oil on linen 152 x 152cm

PROVENANCE: The poetics of geometry, Latrobe Regional Gallery, 3 July to 29 August 2010. Post-Op, Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, 2008.

RACHEL ELLIS

Represented by King Street Gallery on William ‘Round from the Hub, Bathurst’ 2014 oil on linen on board 66.5 x 61cm

PROVENANCE: NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, 17 June to 31 July 2015. 35

BRENDA HUMBLE ‘The Open Window IV’ 1988 oil on canvas 126 x 126cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Sydney. Exhibited at Access Art Gallery.

JOHN KELLY ‘Dobell’s Cow (Backward Point)’ 1989 oil on wood 20 x 30cm

PROVENANCE: Art + Humour, Brenda May Gallery, 5 April to 30 April 2005. Private Collection of Robert + Brenda May.

BARBARA LICHA ‘Secret’ 1991 oil on canvas 129 x 155cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection of Robert + Brenda May. Verticals, Horizontals and Around, Access Art Gallery, 18 June to 7 July 1991.

LEO ROBBA

Represented by King Street Gallery on William ‘Magnetic North, Kakadu’ 2015 oil on canvas 38 x 233cm 37

ANNE ROSS ‘His Master’s Voice’ 2002 patinated cast bronze, hand blown glass 39 x 20 x 20cm

PROVENANCE: Collectors: an excerpt from the private collection of Jeff Hinch, Brenda May Gallery, 17 June to 12 July 2014. Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, 30 July to 3 August 2008. Private Collection of Jeff Hinch.

MARC STANDING

Represented by King Street Gallery on William ‘Backyard Bliss’ 2007 oil on canvas 80 x 80cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection of Robert + Brenda May. New Painting, Brenda May Gallery, 1 to 26 May 2007.

JIM THALASSOUDIS Represented by Nanda\Hobbs Contemporary

‘Hiding in plain sight’ 2015 oil on linen 76 x 76cm

HADYN WILSON

Represented by Frances Keevil Gallery ‘He Watches a Nature Program over Breakfast’ 1999 oil on board, calico covered polystyrene 150 x 120cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection of Robert + Brenda May. A Votive Thing, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, 17 August to 12 September 1999.

EXHIBITION ARCHIVE Key: * Black Box Projects ° Brenda May Annex 2015 Group Exhibition, 30 Years | 30 Artists | 30 Works. Peter Tilley, Second Self. Waratah Lahy, Not far from the truth. Nina Ross, Language and the body* Group Exhibition, Love. Lament. Loss* Group Exhibition, Untitled Show. Mylyn Nguyen, Once Upon a Time. Group Exhibition, Sydney Contemporary. James Guppy, In Flagrante Delicto. Nicole Welch, Eastern Interiors. Irianna Kanellopoulou, Wanderland. Al Munro (curator), ...a piece of string... Geoff Weary (curator), Screen Surface* Lezlie Tilley, camouflage. Robert Boynes, In Plain Sight. Claire Anna Watson, Heterochiral Sequence* Megan Fizell (curator), Mouthfeel* Akky van Ogtrop (curator), Multiples. Ashleigh Garwood, Of Other Spaces. Janet Tavener, Memento. Head On Photo Festival, Multimedia Prize Finalists* Todd Fuller, Little Star* Group Exhibition, Paper Works III. Screen Space (curator), Resolving Ruins* Kevin McKay, Glory Days: South Sydney Studies. Emily McIntosh, Synthesis. Akky van Ogtrop (curator), Small Publishers. Nicholas Tory, Make* Todd Fuller, Summer’s End* Janet Parker-Smith, Questionable Intentions. Daniel Connell, Obsolete* Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2015: Sculpture Park. Robert Boynes, Art Stage Singapore.

2014 Group Exhibition, Christmas Show. Sybil Curtis, Structures in the Landscape. Group Exhibition, Elephant in the Room. Al Munro, Systems of the Infinite. Tanmaya Bingham, English Tea Party...gone wrong. Daniel Connell, Night Light* Rochelle Summerfield, Subject to Flooding° Greer Taylor, out of rain. Flatline, A dance for Paul Klee* Carol Murphy, La Baigneuse. Todd Fuller, Studies in Motion. Mylyn Nguyen, So bear folded me a paper boat, packed my lunch, pointed west and told me to go and learn something. Jacek Wankowski, Carapace. Therese Kenyon, Akky van Ogtrop (curator), The water came rushing in…°

Nicole Welch, Lament* Anne Penman Sweet, Through Uncertain Lands. Waratah Lahy, Overlooked. Akky van Ogtrop (curator), A Piece of Cake Club° Fallen Fruit, Fruit Machine* Group Exhibition, Collectors: An excerpt from the private collection of Jeff Hinch. Group Exhibition, Collectors: An excerpt from the private collection of Gordon Elliott. Akky van Ogtrop (curator), Mystery of the Mezzotint° Leslie Oliver, Walking Sticks - Crooks, Staves and Scepters. Helen Mueller, ships in the night. James Horan, Irish Horse° Head On Photo Festival, Multimedia Prize Finalists* Group Exhibition, Landscape. Melinda Le Guay, Material Matters. Olivia Welch (curator), In Tandem. Nicole Welch, Apparitions. Peter Tilley, Figure in the landscape. Akky van Ogtrop (curator), CON*TRA*PUN*TAL° Sarah Vandepeer (curator), Scanlines Remix, presented by dLux Media Arts* Group Exhibition, Group. Linda van Niekerk, 10 Years On. Dianne Gall, Disconnected. Stefan Popescu (curator), Film Cunst, presented by Sydney Underground Film Festival* Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2014. Mylyn Nguyen, Art Stage Singapore.

2013 Group Exhibition, Christmas Show. Lezlie Tilley, Simple Beauty. Robert Boynes, Concrete Music. Akky van Ogtrop (curator), The OnGOING GaGa SaGa. Will Coles, Death Wish. Alun Rhys Jones, The Last Days of Dionysus (Part 1)° Megan Fizell (curator), Sugar, Sugar. Group Exhibition, Art + Science. Ingrid Haydon, The Studio and Other Spaces° Doble & Strong, Flesh & Blood. Leonie Robison, Missing° Todd Fuller, There’s no place like Rome. Irianna Kanellopoulou, Wild Things Roam. Joel Bliss, Hard Metal. Tanmaya Bingham, Pigs and their friends. Marguerite Derricourt, Travelling Light. Al Munro, Patterns from an invisible world. Arun Sharma, (de)composition: lovers. Olivia Welch (co-curator), Mighty Small. Amanda Stuart, Lines of Desire. Janet Parker-Smith, Little Wonders. Janet Tavener, Strange Fruit°

Helena Leslie, again. Benjamin Storch, Slowly Turning. Catherine Cloran, To float in a strange sky° Nicole Welch, Illumination. James Guppy, MUDWORKS. Waratah Lahy, Hidden. Group Exhibition, Paper Works II. Manfred Krautschneider, Suburban Reflections° Dianne Longley, Keeper of Imagined Landscapes and Sweet Monsters. Fiona Fenech, Utterances of the Everyday. Senden Blackwood, kaiu. Helen Mueller, Forest requiem. >[sdc]<, x.o° Judy Watson, Experimental Beds, presented by grahame galleries + editions. Kelly-Ann Lees, Infitialis tractus. Josh Raymond, #atwar. Group Exhibition, Art Stage Singapore. Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2013.

2012 Samantha Robinson, Object, Odject. Melinda Le Guay, Blood Lines. Todd Fuller, Somewhere in Between. Mylyn Nguyen, An owl flew into my office and told me to look for Bear. Peter Tilley, On the Nature of Things. Jim Croke, Scaled Down. Megan Fizell (curator), Art + Food: Beyond the Still Life. Sybil Curtis, Cylinders, Cones and Spheres. Michael Edwards, Household Objects. Akky van Ogtrop (curator), Going Gaga with Dada. Patsy Payne, Wraith. Joint Exhibition, Emily McIntosh + Corrigan Fairbairn. Group Exhibition, Chiaroscuro. Todd Fuller + Abby Smith, One and Only. Robert Boynes, Language of the Street. Jacek Wankowski, Metamorphosis. Carol Murphy, imago. Group Exhibition, New Photographers. Leslie Oliver, Love Stories. Group Exhibition, Introducing III.... Group Exhibition, In the Mirror. James Guppy, Anima Rising. Will Coles, Nihilist archaeology. Group Exhibition, Major Artists, Major Works. Lezlie Tilley, Pages from an a-less novel. Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2012.

2011 Tanmaya Bingham, Countermanding Saturation. Waratah Lahy, Not What it Seems. Senden Blackwood, ishi.

Marc Standing, Waking Me Forever. Group Exhibition, Body Language. Peter Tilley, A Passage Through Time. Janet Parker-Smith, Still Alive & Still Well. Todd Fuller, Tense. Gordon Elliott (curator), Lust. Lyndal Hargrave, Constructs of Love and Logic. Fiona Fenech, A Marvelous Transformation. Melinda Le Guay, Conflict. Al Munro, Crystallography. Group Exhibition, Art + Humour Me. Joel Bliss, Return of The Bigots. Carol Murphy, The importance of being Ernest...no, Enid. Sybil Curtis, Inside Outside. Morgan Shimeld, Converge. Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2011.

2010 James Guppy, New Work. Irianna Kanellopoulou, The Green Show. Mylyn Nguyen, Into the woods, past the giant, down the well, over the golden hay. Jim Croke, Sculpture. Lezlie Tilley, Patchwork Arranged According to the Laws of Chance. Patsy Payne, Freefall. Hadyn Wilson, Souvenirs from the Natural World. Emily McIntosh, Of Memory. Will Coles, New Work. Robert Boynes, Short Stories. Angela Macdougall, Plight of the Individual. Liz Stops, Carbon Credits 2. Group Exhibition, Green. Tanmaya Bingham, Levels of Tolerance. Andrew Best, New Sculpture. Peter Tilley, Something Other Than Itself. Waratah Lahy, Look. Group Exhibition, Paper Works. Leslie Oliver, New Works. Michael Edwards, New Paintings. Jacek Wankowski, New Sculpture. James Whitington, New Works. Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2010.

2009 Group Exhibition, Represented Artists. Daniela Turrin, score-cut-crease-fold. Jonathan Leahey, Soft. Helen Mueller, navigating the unknown. Carol Murphy, Interspace. Group Exhibition, The Flower Show. Marc Standing, Terra Australis Incognita (the unknown land of the south). Melinda Le Guay, Take Care. Sybil Curtis, Interface. Jim Croke, New Work. Carla Priivald, New Painting. Group Exhibition, Ceramic Revisions.

Patsy Payne, Chimera. Hadyn Wilson, Stories from the Archive. Mylyn Nguyen, The amazing magicool journey of bear and me and the friends we met along the way. Joel Bliss, World After. Lezlie Tilley, Precursor. Group Exhibition, Introducing II… Will Coles, New Sculpture. Leslie Oliver, Narrative, Objects and Surfaces. Peter Tilley, Midway Along the Path of Life. Al Munro, Bird Show. Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2009: Animal Farm.

2008 Group Exhibition, Watch This Space… Angela Macdougall, New Sculpture. Liz Deckers, New Work. Waratah Lahy, Nightlife. Andrew Best, New Sculpture. Rodney Simmons, New Works on Paper & Painting. James Guppy, Fay. Anne Ross, The Other Side of Midnight. Morgan Shimeld, Tracing Constructs. Group Exhibition, Melbourne Art Fair. Robert Boynes, Afterimage. Group Exhibition, Memento Mori. Marc Standing, Teraphim. Carol Murphy, Sculptural Froms III. Lezlie Tilley, Summer Sounds. Group Exhibition, Introducing… Jim Croke, New Work. Group Exhibition, Narrative. Group Exhibition, Still Life. Melinda Le Guay, In Touch. Sybil Curtis, A Touch of Water. Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2008: In the Elements.

2007 Group Exhibition, Birthday Show. Rachel Story, Into the Light. Jimmy Rix, Amulet. Hadyn Wilson, Last Australian Botany & New Fictions. Peter Tilley, Place and Circumstance. Angela Macdougall, Spontaneity. Julie Byrnes, A Smile in the Mind. Helen Mueller, Travelling North. Leslie Oliver, Gesture Here Gesture Now. Andrew Best, New Sculpture. Carla Priivald, Paintings + Graphics. Group Exhibition, I’m as Mad as Hell… Catriona Stanton, Estranged Tables. Barbara Licha, Fractals. Marc Standing, New Painting. Al Munro, Future Farming. Group Exhibition, Art + Humour Too. Patsy Payne, Mountain Building. Liz Stops, Carbon Credits. James Guppy, The Weather Reports. Group, Sculpture 2007: Form Without Function.

2006 Rodney Simmons, New Painting. Carol Murphy, Sculptural Forms. Melissa Hirsch, De Natured. Jim Croke, Sculpture and Drawing. Lezlie Tilley, Back to the Drawing Board. Bronwen Bassett, Natura Naturata. Robert Boynes, New Painting. Sybil Curtis, On the Waterfront. Group Exhibition, Melbourne Art Fair. John Cottrell, Signs of Life. Melinda Le Guay, Silent Order. Peter Tilley, Journey Past and Present. Anne Ross, Past Lives Lost Loves. Deborah Beck, The Cars that Ate Paris. Hadyn Wilson, The Tabula Cebetes, A Story. Morgan Shimeld, Architectural Evolution. Angela Macdougall, New Sculpture. Group Exhibition, Small. Julie Byrnes, Stuff Happens. Leslie Oliver, The Punctured Plane. Samantha Robinson, 380: Works in Porcelain. Barbara Licha, Chaos and Order. Group, Sculpture 2006: Applied Arts - Form + Function

2005 Group Exhibition, Brenda May - Twenty Years. Group Exhibition, Works on Paper. Carol Murphy, Left Handed Girl with a Blunt Saw. Carla Priivald, Wall. Helen Mueller, cursive. Robert Boynes, Electricity. Sybil Curtis, Warning Colours. Group Exhibition, Sydney Art on Paper Fair. James Guppy, Sunrise Boulevard. Jim Croke, Sculpture/Drawing. Rodney Simmons, New Paintings. Group Exhibition, Couples/Collaborators + Other Partnerships. Group Exhibition, Colour in Abstraction. Lezlie Tilley, Point of View. Group Exhibition, Art + Humour. Liz Stops, Inside/Outside. Melinda Le Guay, Marking Time. Group Exhibition, New 7. Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2005: Kinetic Art.

2004 Leslie Oliver + Sokquon Tran, Another Way Home. Carol Murphy, 50’s Shell. Sallie Moffatt, In Situ. Hadyn Wilson, Small Lessions in a Non-Linear World. Group Exhibition, Melbourne Art Fair. Barbara Licha, Brush, Wire and Fantasy. Sue Gill, Wilderness. Peter Tilley, Cast Adrift. Jim Croke, Back to the Wall. Angela Macdougall, Gone to Seed.

Sybil Curtis, Shadows Under the Stairs. Robert Boynes, Speculations. Carla Priivald, Painting/Drawing. Helen Mueller, Water. Group Exhibition, Three Colours - White. Lezlie Tilley, A Narrative of Infinite Possibilities. James Guppy, The Hidden. Group, Sculpture 2004: Paper, Rock, Scissors.

2003 Sue Gill, Under the Sea. Carol Murphy, Reclining Figures. Barbara Licha, Between Lines. Peter Tilley, Sculptue. Ben Hall, Ground Spaces. Group Exhibition, Three Colours - Blue. Jim Croke, Sculpture. Group Exhibition, Sydney Art on Paper Fair. Leslie Oliver + Sokquon Tran, In Collaboration. Lezlie Tilley, Time Pieces. Robert Boynes, The Colour of Darkness. James Guppy, Constructive Solutions & Other Littoral Strategies. Group Exhibition, Sculpture 2003: Dangerous Toys.

2002 Group Exhibition, Birthday Exhibition. Helle Jorgensen. Ken Villa, Players and Pushers, Pushers and Players. Rachel Ellis, Painting and Drawing. Hadyn Wilson, The Plough and the song. Carol Murphy, Primitif. Group Exhibition, Staff Show. Group Exhibition, Self Portrait Exhibition. Barbara Licha, Desire. Group Exhibition, Three Colours - Red. Group Exhibition, New Objects/New Things (Pt 2). Group Exhibition, New Objects/New Things (Pt 1). Jim Croke, Shelf Life.

2001 Group Exhibition, Represented Artists 2001. Lezlie Tilley & Peter Tilley, Parallels and Crossovers. Group Exhibition, Peer Pressure. Leo Robba, A Place I Used to Always Know. Campbell Robertson-Swann (curator), Sculpture 2001.

2000 Group Exhibition, 15th Birthday Survey Show. Leslie Oliver + Sokquon Tran, A Quest for Now. Keely Fielding, Moreauvia. Sue Gill, Paintings. Glenys Jackson, Form is Emptiness Emptiness is Form. Group Exhibition, Artfair 2000. Pilar Rojas, En Jarras. Robert Boynes, Woolloomooloo Bay Series. Liz Stops, A Kind of Order. Barbara Licha, Sour Sweet Bitter. Lynn Baird, Convergences. Carol Murphy, Variations of the Drunken Gentleman.

Stephen Garrett, Simulacrum. Glen Dunn, Oceanus Porcellarum. Liz Leckie-Bassett, This Garden. Alex Asch, Housed. Ben Hall, Western Measures. Anne Pincus, Distillations. Jim Croke, Sculptures and Drawing. James Guppy, Marine Etiquette. Sybil Curtis, Dangerous Colours. Joanna Burgler, Corrugations. Rachel Ellis, Paintings & Drawings. Lyndall Adams, not so blind reverence. Sascha Tyson (curator), Sculpture 2000.

1999 Group Exhibition, 14th Birthday/Survey Exhibition. Jules Sher, Horizons & Aerials. Jacqui Stockdale, Paintings. Tanya Chaly, Shadows and Seasons. Lezlie Tilley, Diary of a Landscape. Yvonne Boag, Journeys and Endings. Peter Tilley, Lie of the Land. Maureen Clack, Practicalities. Hadyn Wilson, A Votive Thing. Group Exhibition, International Works on Paper Fair. Christina Cordero, Poems and Anti-Poems. Anne Ross, dust. Graham Blondel, Le Luxe. Stephen Trethewey, Sculpture. Leslie Oliver,100 Abstract Moments, Midst Larger Things. Jim Thalassoudis, Paintings. Kate Dorrough, Suburban Scene. Keely Fielding, Heads Up. Angela Macdougall, Ripe. Leo Robba, Fire Paintings. John Gardner, Purification. Linda Furphy, Silence and Solitude. Ben Hall, Ochre Country. Sybil Curtis, To Light the Way. Group Exhibition, New Sculpture 1999.

1998 Group Exhibition,13th Annual Birthday Exhibition. Joanna Burgler, Marine Surfaces. Joy Henderson, Snapshot. Sue Gill, Paintings. Glenys Jackson, White Cloud Comes & Goes. Group Exhibition, Australian Contemporary Art Fair. Jim Croke, Sculpture. Glen Dunn, Sculpture. James Guppy, Fluid. Anne Pincus, ask the dust. Carol Murphy, Introspective. Jo Bertini, North Harbour Series (from a kayak). Liz Bassett, City. Barbara Licha, Quo vadis. Lynn Baird, Paintings. Elizabeth Charles, Vignettes. Philip Davey, En Plein Air. Curtis Hore.

Robert Boynes, The Great Divide. Alex Asch, Boxed. Maureen Clack, Secrets of a Medieval Feminist. Lezlie Tilley, Patchwork. Tanya Chaly, Silent Passage. Jules Sher, Journey Through a Landscape. Graham Blondel (curator), Remnants of the Real. Stephen Struczewski, 1946-1996: Retrospective

1997 Group Exhibition, 12th Annual Birthday Exhibition. Kate Dorrough, Side Show. John Gardner, Mythology. Caroline DurrĂŠ, Night Scenes & Allegories. Peter Tilley, Nature Morte. Anne Ross, Sculpture. Jim Thalassoudis, Paintings. Rachel Ellis, Everyday. Leslie Oliver, Membrane. Keely Fielding, Wild Game. Stephen Trethewey, Viscera. Group Exhibition, International Works on Paper Fair. Christina Cordero. Leo Robba. Graham Blondel, Post Paris. John Vella, Object Poverty. Linda Furphy, View from Here. Angela Macdougall, Aspects. Carol Murphy, The Silent Tempest. Hadyn Wilson, The Ancestor Series. Sybil Curtis, Stone & Steel. Leon Roubos. Jim Croke, Sculpture. Sue Gill, Paintings. Barbara Licha, Impulses.

1996 Group Exhibition, 11th Birthday exhibition. Joanna Burgler, Behind Closed Doors. Stephen Struczewski. Glenys Jackson, Between Image And No-image. Lezlie Tilley, Cross-over. Group Exhibition, Australian Contemporary Art Fair. Jo Bertini, Lacuna. Liz Bassett, House and Home. James Guppy, Blemish. Alex Asch, Aquifer. Robert Boynes, Urban Simulation. Elizabeth Charles. John Gardner, Goddesses. Tanya Chaly, Encounters. Joy Henderson, Extremities. Philip Davey, Tablelands. Vincent Martino, Sculpture. Ben Hall, Landlines. Leslie Oliver, Posturing. Kate Dorrough, Bronte Bathers. Peter Tilley, Containers & Contents. Jules McCue, Arrangements, Earthed and Floating. Jim Thalassoudis, Paintings & Studies.

Maureen Clack, A Woman’s Place is in the Home Interpretations of a Myth. Steven Royster, Beginnings. Rachel Ellis, Drawings.

1995 Group Exhibition, 10th Birthday/Christmas Exhibition. Leon Roubos. Graham Lang, Songs of the Soutpiel. Jules Sher, Shadows & Reflections. Caroline Durré, Iconologies of Antarctica. Sue Gill, Paintings. Carol Murphy, ceramique et bricollage. Madeleine Tuckfield-Carrano, Folded Light. Anne Ross, Sculpture. Barbara Licha, Emotions. Keely Fielding, Accents. Hadyn Wilson, The Tarra Wall Project. Kate Briscoe, Paintings, Works on Paper. Graham Blondel, Karma. Jim Croke. Angela Macdougall, Sculpture. Christina Cordero, In A Labyrinth of Dreams. Wendy Howard. Deborah Beck, Sideshow. Lezlie Tilley, 329 Texture (Structure). Linda Furphy, The Everyday. Sybil Curtis, Construct - Reconstruct. Alexander Asch. Joanna Burgler, Past Glories. Ken Gilroy.

1994 Group Exhibition, 9th Birthday/Christmas exhibition. John Gardner. Ingrid Haydon, Paintings, Works on Paper. Jules McCue, Pretty Still. Jennifer Marshall. James Guppy, The Old Flesh and Flatline Flora. John Vella, New Works. Group Exhibition, Australian Contemporary Art Fair. John Cullinane, New Works. Elizabeth Charles, Rites of Passage. Group Exhibition, Images II. Philip Davey. Stephen Struczewski, Window of Appearances. Leslie Oliver, Still. Liz Bassett. John Paul, Requiem. Maureen Clack, Bedtime Stories. Tony Colangelo. Brenda Humble, Wrought Iron & Things. John Kelly. Stephen Trethewey, Interplay. Jim Thalassoudis, Paintings. Anne Ross, Sculpture. Vivienne Dadour, Renewal. Hadyn Wilson, The Weather Glass. Barbara Licha, Shape, Lines & Colour. Peter Tilley, Works of Order.

Ben Hall, Space and the Wall. Annabel Nowlan, New Works. Kate Briscoe, New Works. Julia Davis, Parenthesis. Keely Fielding, Table Manners. Jim Croke, New Works. Sue Gill, Sculptural Metaphor. Carol Murphy, Lost Objects.

1993 Group Exhibition, 8th Birthday Exhibition. Jules Sher, Western Australian Landscapes III. Caroline Durré, Recent Work. Angela Macdougall, Nexus. Lezlie Tilley, The Seven Deadly Sins. Graham Blondel, Borderlands. Joanna Burgler, Vestiges. Sybil Curtis, Going up or Going Down. Graham Lang, The Umbilical Spirit. Anne Pincus, Shadow Stories. James Guppy, Explaining Mortality to Christopher Robin. Deborah Beck, Song Paintings. Leslie Oliver, A Silent Frontier. Group Exhibition, New Art Eight. Jim Croke, New Works.

1992 Group, 7th Birthday/$500 Survey Exhibition. Ben Hall, Coloured Lines. Barbara Licha, Reflections. Sue Gill, Spiritual Recovery. Group Exhibition, Australian Contemporary Art Fair. Brenda Humble, Paintings, Works on Paper. Lauren Karp, Paintings, Works on Paper. Vivienne Dadour, Facets & Moments. Lezlie Tilley, Objective Subjects. Alexander Asch, Assemblage. Kate Briscoe, Paintings, Works on Paper. Gai Mather, Paintings, Works on Paper. Gus Cohen, Intimate Impressions. Joanna Burgler, 20th Century Relics. Angela Macdougall, Sculpture. Christina Cordero, Recurrences. Annabel Nowlan, Paintings, Works on Paper. Mary Jane Griggs, Mantelpiece. Stephen Struczewski, The Interior. Gaye Porter, Summer at North Curl Curl. Peter Tilley, Subjective Objects. Ingrid Haydon, Paintings, Works on Paper. Ken Gilroy, Worner’s Ridge. Dianne Beevers, Images from a Floating World. Peter Bok, Paintings. Deborah Beck, Ceilings. Harry Sherwin, Paintings, Works on Paper.

1991 Group Exhibition, 6th Birthday/$600 Exhibition. Jules Sher, Western Australian Landscapes II. Leslie Oliver, The Pivotal Surface. James Guppy, Diptych Paintings.

Greg Hansell, Up the Garden Path. John Gardiner, Discovering the Archetype. Elio Pereira, Portugal Antigo. Graham Blondel, Allusions to a Southern Idyll. Jim Woodbury, Ones and Twos. Norma Gibson, Places and Pieces. Patrick Cusack, Avenge the Dog. Stephen Trethewey, The Steel Room. Ben Hall, The Wheat Belt. Barbara Licha, Verticals, Horizontals and Around. Vivienne Dadour, Paintings, Works on Paper. Sue Gill, Discovery. Jan Spencer, Colouring in Campoussy. Judi Elliott, Corregations in Glass. Jim Croke, Drawings, Sculpture. Lezlie Tilley, Image & Text. Ken Gilroy, Diamond Fields Road. Frederick Frizelle, Paintings, Works on Paper. Gus Cohen, Portland Park I. Annabel Nowlan, Brave New Works. Lauren Karp, Paintings, Works on Paper. Annette Chapman, Paintings, Works on Paper. Joanna Burgler, Remants of Decay.

1990 Group Exhibition, 5th Birthday/$500 Exhibition. Stephen Struczewski, Cascades. Gaye Porter, The Dressing Room. Ingrid Haydon, Central Australia. Susan Howard, Paintings, Works on Paper. Roberta Elliott, Sydney and all that Jazz. Jim Woodbury, Paintings, Works on Paper. Donna Littlejohn, Faces of a Landscape. Paul Battams, The World is Flat. Peter Tilley, Iconic Assemblages. Barbara Licha, Our Feelings, Talks and Dreams. Denise Hutch, Trees and Territories. Sue Gill, Recovery. Judy Lane, Paintings. Jules Sher, Paintings, Works on Paper. Greg Hansell, From Balmain to Bourke & Beyond. Group Exhibition, Australian Contemporary Art Fair. Barry Trengove, Figures in the Landscape. Gai Mather, Paintings, Works on Paper. Hilary Burrows, Back into the Night. Ben Hall, Ground Plans. Ken Gilroy, Metamorphic Landscapes. Gabriella Filippini, Forms in Contrast. Jan Spencer, Refractions & Reflections. Leslie Oliver, Careful Toys. Brenda Humble, Paintings, constructions & assemblages. Robert Slingsby, Textural Tango. Christina Cordero, Transfigurations. Deborah Young, Dreams of Transformation. Mary-Jane Griggs, Dress-Ups. Annabel Nowlan, Paintings, Works on Paper.

1989 Ingrid Haydon, Paintings, Works on Paper.

Kay McMenomy, Inland-Outback. Gus Cohen, Variations on a Theme. Frederick Frizelle, Paintings, Works on Paper. Harry Sherwin, Paintings, Works on Paper. Joy Henderson, Bronze Sculpture. Anne Latter, Peninsula Perspective II. Jules Sher, Western Australian Landscapes. Barbara Licha, Life is full of Contrasts. Vivienne Dadour, Epistles. Jim Croke, Works on Paper. Denise Hutch, B is for…. Ben Hall, Ground Colour. Stephen Struczewski, Highlands. Peter Tilley, Assemblages and Constructions. Jane Bennett, Paintings, Works on Paper. Hilary Burrows, Painting After Dark. Athina Pazolli, Paintings. Stephen Trethewey, Leaps and Bounds. Jan Spencer, Amplified Contrasts. Judy Lane, Pastel on Paper. Elizabeth Ruth McGurgan, Celebratory Art. Roberta Elliott, Dock on the Bay. Ken Gilroy, Land Lovers. Susan Howard, Coloured Places. Brenda Humble, Eye See. Group Exhibition, Sights of Summer. Annabel Nowlan, You can take the girl out of the country…

Group Exhibition, Group Show No. 1. Group, No, It’s not another Bicentennial Project. Ken Gilroy.

1987 Group Exhibition, Not Another Christmas Show! Kay McMenomy, Absolute Waterfrontages. Anne Latter, Down to Earth. Group Exhibition, Group show. Gus Cohen, Pictures from Queensland. Christina Cordero, Images & Icons. Group Exhibition, Group Show No: 6. Group Exhibition, Group Show No: 5. Sallie Portnoy, Mad Platters. Gai Mather, Images Martin Collocott, Aqueous. Group Exhibition, Group show. Ingrid Haydon, The City. Group Exhibition, Moods of Autumn. Ken Gilroy, Red Moon, Blue Sun. Group Exhibition, End of Summer. Warwick Stocks, The Blackboy Series.

Access Contemporary Art Gallery in Redfern

1985-1986 From 1985-1986, numberous group exhibitions were held at Access Gallery in Smith Street, Blamain.

1988 Group Exhibition, Christmas Show. Norma Gibson, The Kimberleys. Satish Sharma, Coruscation. Gus Cohen, Paintings, Drawings and Constructions. Christina Cordero, Private Spaces. Anne Latter, Peninsula Perspective. Arthur Boyd, One night only exhibition of ‘Pulpit Rock’ for Greenpeace. Stephen Copland, Environment. Jo Riley, Coastal. Gai Mather, Paintings, Works on Paper. Ben Hall, Ground Lines. Group Exhibition, Group Show No. 4. Judi Elliott, Ceremonial Vessels. Ingrid Haydon, Brooklyn. Richard Hook, Outer Harbour. Group Exhibition, Group Show No. 3. Joy Henderson, Transformations in Bronze. Frederick Frizelle, Paintings. Leon Pericles, Paintings and Prints. Group Exhibition, Group Show No. 2. Stephen Trethewey, Simple Gestures. Stephen Struczewski, Waterways. Jan Spencer, Coloured Reflections. Hilary Burrows, Cityscape. Warwick Stocks, Environment, History & Other Concerns. Annabel Nowlan, A Brush with the Bush. Ken Gilroy, Peter and the Wolf. Brenda Humble, Heads and Things. Martin Collocott, Aqueous III.

Brenda May outside of the Redfern location in 2001

Above left: James Guppy, Mylyn Nguyen, Brenda May, and Nicole Welch at Sydney Contemporary, September 2015

Access Contemporary Art Gallery, artist group photo, June 1998

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