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© All images copyright Joanna Braithwaite
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COMPILER: Henry Guerin
PHOTOGRAPHER: Jenni Carter
COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney
Cover Image: Hen’s Party, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm (detail)
Tried and True
2 - 25 March 2023
Opening Reception
2:00 - 5:00PM
4 March 2023
Joanna BraithwaiteLIST OF WORKS
First Mate, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Winning Couple, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
He Said, She Said, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Peas in a Pod, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Ladies Choice, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Companion Piece, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Country Ties, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Labour of Love, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Scratch and Win, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Renaissance Man, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Double Date, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Influencers, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
WWelcome Home, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Bright Light, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
World’s your Oyster, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Hen’s Party, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Winning Couple, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
He Said, She Said, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Companion Piece, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Scratch and Win, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
Hen’s Party, 2023, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 91 cm
JOANNA BRAITHWAITE
Born Halifax, United Kingdom
1984 BFA, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, New Zealand
1999-2000 MFA at College of Fine Arts, Sydney Resides Sydney, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Tried and True, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2021 Out of the Blue, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2021 Heads and Tales, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2020 Hullabaloo, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2018 Birdland, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2017 Sticky Beak, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2017 Catch of the Day, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2016 Social Animal, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2015 Animal Self, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah South, NSW, Australia
2015 Horse and Pony Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2015 Crowd Pleaser, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014 Joanna Braithwaite, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sydney, Australia
2013 Finders Keepers, Darren Knight Gallery Sydney, Australia
2011 Pecking Order, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 Significant Others, The New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand and Seargent Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
2011 Hen’s Teeth, Milford Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2010 Walk My Way, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2010 Born To Be Wild, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2020 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2019 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2018 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2018 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2017 Ravenswood Womens Art Prize, Sydney, Australia
2016 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2016 Best in Show, Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2015 Collectors’ Space, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2014 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2013 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2013 Birds, Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, Sydney, Australia
2013 LOL, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
2012 Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Club, Sydney, Australia
2012 Voice of art 3: For the love of animals, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation,Sydney, Australia
2011 Sydney’s Contested Landscapes, Customs House Square, Sydney, Australia
2011 Australia Day Exhibition, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2010 Zoo air, Twenty Artists from the 2010 artist residence program at Taronga Zoo, The University Gallery, University of Newcastle, Australia
2010 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
AWARDS
2019 Winner of Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Sydney, Australia
1998 Art Excellence Award, Christchurch Community Trust, New Zealand
1998 Merit, Visa Art Award, New Zealand
1997 Merit, Visa Art Award, New Zealand
1991 Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award, New Zealand
1990 Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation Art Award, New Zealand
1987 Major Project Grant, QE II Arts Council, New Zealand
1985 New Artists Promotion Grant, QE II Arts Council, New Zealand
1983 Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1983 Sawtell Turner Painting Prize, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Sydney, Australia
Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
Germanos Collection, Sydney, Australia
James Wallace Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Macquarie University Art Collection, Sydney, Australia