JAMES AVERY
1978 BA (hons) 1st Class - Fine Art Sculpture - Staffordshire University, UK
1979 PGCE - Art Education - Leicester Polytechnic, UK
1993 MA Art & Design Education - University of Warwick, UK
ELEANOR AVERY
1994 BA (hons) 1st Class - Multi Media Textiles - Loughborough University School of Art & Design, UK
2000 MA Fine Art - Birmingham City University, UK
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 OUR DAY IN Museum of Brisbane ARTISTS@HOME studio exhibition during Covid-19
2016 HEROES galerie pompom, Sydney, Australia
2013 THE GOLD ROOM Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2012 THE GOLDEN HIND Boxcopy, Brisbane, Australia
2011 THE FOX AND HOUNDS Schwartz Gallery, London, UK
2010 EMPIRE Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2010 MALLEUS MALEFICARUM Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2009 FEEDER Studio Trisorio, Rome, Italy
2009 FONTANA AMSTRADA Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2008 SUPERNOVA Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007 FLIGHT DECK Sherman Galleries Artbox, Sydney, Australia
2007 OUR DAY OUT space mission Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
2007 OUR DAY OUT yourspace Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2005 OUR DAY OUT City Limits Spike Island, Bristol, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 COME TOGETHER Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, QLD, Australia
2021 REFLECTIONS DISTORTIONS Artisan, Brisbane, Australia
2020 15 ARTISTS exhibition by invitation, Redcliffe Art Gallery, QLD, Australia
2019 YEERONGPILLY GREEN launch exhibition, curated by Bruce Heiser, Brisbane, Australia
2018 BOXCOPY Annual, Boxcopy, Brisbane, Australia
2018 WOOLLAHRA SMALL SCULPTURE PRIZE Finalists exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2018 BOTANICA: Contemporary Art Outside, Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Australia
2017 AFTERIMAGE EDITIONS, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2017 PRESENTISM, Boxcopy, Brisbane, Australia
2017 OPEN STUDIOS / STUDI APERTI, The British School at Rome, Italy
2017 PRESENTISM, Boxcopy, Brisbane, Australia
2017 MORETON BAY ART AWARDS, Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2017 PUBLIC ASPIRATIONS: SMALL SCULPTURES/BIG IDEAS Onespace gallery Brisbane, Australia
2016 1000 2000s SOAP | CURTAIN CALL 2016 Blindside gallery Melbourne, Australia
2016 THIS PLACE OF OURS: works from the collection, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, QLD, Australia
2015 WOOLLAHRA SMALL SCULPTURE PRIZE Finalists exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2015 THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, New Zealand
2015 THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES M Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2015 THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne, New Zealand (and touring internationally)
2015 CON | STRUCT: Celebrating Queensland Sculpture, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, QLD, Australia
2014 LILY & MIM: A Department Store, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, an initiative of SMART gallery, Aberdeen
2014 MORETON BAY ART AWARDS, Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2012 GOLD COAST ART PRIZE 2012 Gold Coast City Gallery, Australia
2012 LIKE Casula Powerhouse Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 CONVERSATIONS FROM HERE 3+1 Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal
2011 SPACE STATION ZSA ZSA Battersea Pump House Gallery, London, UK
2011 The University of Queensland NATIONAL ARTISTS’ SELF PORTRAIT PRIZE, Brisbane
2010 IN [TWO] ART Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia. Touring nationally until 2014
2009 TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW… Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2009 THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR, MOP, Sydney, Australia
2008 SPAZI APERTI Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
2008 TUTTI FRUTTI The British School at Rome, Italy
ART FAIRS
2010 MELBOURNE ART FAIR - represented by Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2010 ARCO, Madrid, Spain - represented by Studio Trisorio, Rome and Naples, Italy
2010 ARTEFIERA, Bologna, Italy - represented by Studio Trisorio, Rome and Naples, Italy
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2020 Museum of Brisbane ARTISTS@HOME studio residency during Covid-19
2016 SIENA ART INSTITUTE Italy, studio residency
2014 MORETON BAY REGION ART AWARDS - WINNER, Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2013 AUSTRALIA COUNCIL New Work (Established) Grant
2011 THE POWER INSTITUTE studio residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2009 ARTS QUEENSLAND Career Development Grants to exhibit in Rome
2008 AUSTRALIA COUNCIL Visual Arts Board studio residency at the British School at Rome, Italy
2007 STUDIO RESIDENCY Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2005 STUDIO RESIDENCY Spike Island, Bristol, UK
2004 AUSTRALIA COUNCIL Visual Arts/Craft Strategy New Work Grant
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
2023 AURA Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia 'Chorus', major public arwork commissioned for Stockland by UAP
2022 BONBEACH RAILWAY STATION commissioned public artwork 'Bonbird' for Level Crossings, Victoria, Australia
2020 MoB MAKERS commissioned downloadable 3D 'make at home' model for the Museum of Brisbane, Australia
2018 RYDE GARDEN commissioned public artwork for two sculptures 'Ride', North Ryde, Sydney, Australia
2018 BOTANICA: Contemporary Art Outside, Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Australia
2017 ARIA Property Group commissioned sculptures 'Steam Machine' for Fish Lane/Hope Street, Brisbane
2014 BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL commissioned permanent sculpture 'Tree' for Cannon Hill, Brisbane, Australia
2013 LAING O'ROURKE commission 'Hart' for M+A Laneways development, Brisbane, Australia- permanent artwork
2010 THE DARLING hotel at THE STAR casino, Sydney - 'Lucky Dip' commissioned permanent artwork
2008 PORTSIDE WHARF, Hamilton, Brisbane, Australia - temporary public art commission
2008 QUEENSLAND TRANSPORT permanent public art commission, Cycle Centre, Brisbane, Australia
COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
2016 NOMAS FOUNDATION, Rome, Italy art collection
2014 MORETON BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL art collection
2013 The AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR to the HOLY SEE, Rome, Italy, loan of artwork for private residence (to 2016)
2012 HOTEL URBAN collection, Brisbane, Australia
2012 SEQUOIA TEES, T-shirt design commission, Amsterdam, Holland
2010 ARTBANK Australia collection
- - - Works in private collections internationally
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA COVERAGE
2022 COME TOGETHER exhibition catalogue, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, QLD, Australia
2020 15 ARTISTS exhibition catalogue, Redcliffe Art Gallery, QLD, Australia
2019 MOP PROJECTS 2001-2016 book ed. Daniel Mudie Cunningham ISBN: 978-0-9875268-9-2
2018 ABC RADIO NATIONAL The Arts show studio artists
2018 VAULT magazine article discussing our studio residencies in Rome, Italy (issue 24)
2017 PUBLIC ASPIRATIONS exhibition catalogue, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane essay by Louise Martin-Chew
2016 ART NOW magazine, Noblesse publications, South Korea
2015 UAP catalogue, Brisbane, Shanghai, New York uapcompany.com
2015 PICKLED MATTER 2 – New Faces of Contemporary Art, Nippon Standard (ISBN 978-1511708791)
2015 EYELINE magazine, Australia, Public Art in Queensland article by Louise Martin-Chew (issue 82)
2014 LILY & MIM: A Deparment Store exhibition catalogue, published by SMART gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
2014 THE PRESS & JOURNAL, Aberdeen, Scotland news article about Lily & Mim exhibition (1 Nov 2014)
2013 THE COURIER MAIL article by Sally Browne for M&A laneway public art commission (5 Dec 2013)
2012 AUSTRALIAN ART COLLECTOR If I could have… by Louise Martin-Chew (issue 62, ISSN 1440-8902)
2012 ARTIST PROFILE magazine, Urban Art Projects profile by Louise Martin-Chew (issue 18)
2012 THE GOLDEN HIND catalogue, Boxcopy, essay by Louise Rollman (ISBN 978-0-9872234-2-5)
2011 AUSTRALIAN ART COLLECTOR Cool Hunter by Alison Kubler, Australia (issue 55, Jan-Mar 2011)
2010 THE COURIER MAIL review by Alison Kubler of EMPIRE, Brisbane, Australia (4 Dec 2010)
2010 IN [TWO] ART exhibition catalogue, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2010 THE AGE newspaper review of MALLEUS MALEFICARUM by Robert Nelson (23 June)
2010 EXPOSURE DVD profile, published by MSSR, Brisbane, Australia
2009 INSIDE ART magazine, Italy, FEEDER exhibition, Studio Trisorio, Rome, Italy
2009 TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW... catalogue, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2009 ART & AUSTRALIA magazine, review of FONTANA AMSTRADA by Angela Goddard (winter 2009)
2008 THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME catalogue (ISBN 978-0-904152-52-4), Rome, Italy
2008 SPAZI APERTI exhibition catalogue, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
2008 COLUMN, essay by Anneke Jaspers, Artspace publication, Sydney (issue 1 ISSN 1835-3487)
2008 TIME OUT SYDNEY, review of SUPERNOVA by Emma White (issue 15 ISSN 1835-2367)
2007 EYELINE magazine, Australia, article by Robert Payne and images of Artspace show (issue 64)
2007 RUNWAY magazine, Sydney, cover, and review by Clare Lewis (issue 9 ISSN 1448-8000)
2006 OUR DAY OUT exhibition catalogue (ISBN 0-646-45707-1)