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ABOUT
Samara Adamson-Pinczewski is an artist who lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. She received a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) from Monash University in 1998, a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours) from RMIT University in 1999, a Graduate Diploma in Education (Visual Art) from the University of Melbourne in 2001, a Master of Fine Art (Research) from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2003, and a PhD from the School of Art, RMIT University in 2013.
Samara has held twelve solo shows since 2000, including eleven solo exhibitions in Melbourne and one solo exhibition in Sydney. She has also participated in seventy-three group exhibitions locally, nationally and internationally since 1998. In 2016, Samara undertook the Art Gallery of New South Wales' Moya Dyring Studio Residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. And in 2013, Samara was the recipient of the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency Program in New Berlin, New York, USA. Five exhibition catalogues detailing her recent paintings was published in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020 and 2021.
Samara's practice focuses on the relationship between geometric abstract art, architecture and urban space. Her paintings, constructions, sculptures, drawings and studio-based installations explore ambiguous spatial readings created through the use of reflective materials, fragmented abstract forms and oblique linear structures.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born Melbourne, Australia
EDUCATION
| 2013 |
Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University |
| 2003 |
Master of Fine Art (Research), Victorian College of the Arts |
| 2001 |
Graduate Diploma in Education (Visual Art), University of Melbourne |
| 1999 |
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours), RMIT University |
| 1998 |
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), Monash University |
GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
| 2016 |
Australia Council for the Arts, Development Grant |
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Art Gallery of New South Wales' Moya Dyring Studio Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
| 2013 |
The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, Residency Program, New Berlin, New York, USA |
| 2011 |
Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan |
2009
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Australian Postgraduate Award, Commonwealth Government of Australia |
| 2007 |
Victorian Artist Award, Going Public Art Award, Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 |
Australian Education Union Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Melbourne |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2021 |
Light Gestures, Town Hall Gallery Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue) |
| 2020 |
Sinuous Spheres, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue) |
2018
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Spatial Persuasions, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
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| 2016 |
Mixed Conditions, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue) |
| 2015 |
The Beautiful Corner, Gallery 9, Sydney (exhibition catalogue)
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| 2014 |
The Beautiful Corner, Langford120, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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2013
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Thresholds for Disorientation, Langford120, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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| 2008 |
Aspects III, Gross Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 |
Aspects II, Gadens Lawyers, Melbourne |
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Aspects I, Span Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2005 |
Iridescent Atmosphere, Span Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2003 |
New Order, Span Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
Fragments, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2021 |
Of Colour and Light Women Abstract Artists biennial (Victorian Artists - Australia), West End Art Space, Victoria |
| 2020 |
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, NSW |
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Abstraction 20, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Out of the stockroom and onto the walls, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Art Month Sydney, Collectors' Space - Finders, Lovers, Keepers, Shapiro, Sydney (curated by Rowena Talacko) |
| 2019 |
The Paul Guest Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria |
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Works on Paper Annual Summer Show, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Hazelhurst Works on Paper Art Award, Hazelhurst Sutherlandshire Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW |
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SPRING 1883, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne at The Establishment Hotel, Sydney |
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Collection based exhibition, Jewish Museum of Australia (curated by Sandy Saxton) |
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The Backroom, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (curated by Sadie Chandler and Richard Dunn) |
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Gallery Artists, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2018 |
Of Colour and Light, West End Art Space, Melbourne (curated by Anna Prifti) |
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Beyond the Field (Still), Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart (curated by Anne Mestitz)
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Tape, Arcade, Melbourne (curated by PJ Hickman [exhibition catalogue])
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The drawing is just not there, West Space, Melbourne (curated by Patrice Sharkey in collaboration with Christopher LG Hill)
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St Kevin's College Art Show, St Kevin's College, Melbourne
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Abstraction TwentyEighteen, Justin Art House Museum, Melbourne |
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Edge, Langford120, Melbourne (curated by Irene Barberis)
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| 2017 |
Abstraction 16, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue) |
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Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundara Regional Gallery, Queensland (exhibition catalogue) |
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Chromatopia, Tacit Gallery, Melbourne (curated by David Coles and Louise Blyton) |
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St Kevin's College Art Show, St Kevin's College, Melbourne |
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Contemporary Australian Drawing #7, Langford120, Melbourne |
| 2016 |
Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
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Justin Collection, Justin Arts House Museum, Melbourne |
| 2015 |
Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne |
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Banyule Works on Paper Award - In Space, Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, Melbourne |
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Abstraction 14, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Sweet Relief, Gallery 9, Sydney |
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Little Pictures and Sculptures, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Neo-0-10 Works on Paper Twentyfifteen, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne (curated by Stephen Wickham)
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Group Show, Gallery 9, Sydney
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| 2014 |
Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Abstraction 13, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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Made In Paint, The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, New York, USA (curated by Jim Walsh [exhibition catalogue]) |
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Tangible, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne (curated by Louise Blyton and Ian Wells)
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Fourteen: Trajectories, Langford120, Melbourne (curated by Irene Barberis and Wilma Tabacco)
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| 2013 |
Open Studios, The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, New York, USA |
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Abstraction 12, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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Draw Like You Talk - Make It Happen! Drawing Out International Symposium presented by RMIT University and the University of Arts London, RMIT University Design Hub Project Space
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| 2012 |
Redland Art Award 2012, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland (exhibition catalogue)
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Frames of Reference, Langford120, Melbourne (curated by Wilma Tabacco [exhibition catalogue])
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| 2011 |
Stan & Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize 2011, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast |
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My Australia, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei University of Fine Arts, Taiwan (curated by Shiau-Peng Chen and Meng Shu-You [exhibition catalogue]) |
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Agendo, St Heliers Street Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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Prometheus Visual Arts Award, All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast (exhibition catalogue)
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| 2010 |
The Secret Life of the City, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2009 |
City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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The Opposite of Forgetting: An exhibition of memory and identity, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne (curated by Leah Crossman [exhibition catalogue])
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Artworkers Alliance Art Leasing, Carter Newell Lawyers, Brisbane |
| 2008 |
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane |
| 2007 |
MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne |
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Prometheus Art Exhibition, All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast (exhibition catalogue)
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New Days, Toyota Community Spirit Emerging Artist Award, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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| 2006 |
Summer Exhibition, Span Galleries, Melbourne |
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Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney |
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R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church School, Brisban |
| 2005 |
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney |
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City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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Williamstown Festival − Tattersall's Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne |
| 2004 |
Summer Exhibition, Span Galleries, Melbourne |
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Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney |
| 2003 |
Summer Exhibition, Span Galleries, Melbourne |
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ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award, ANZ Bank Melbourne |
| 2002 |
Mirá Fine Art, Melbourne |
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Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne |
| 2001 |
Williamstown Festival − Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne |
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Mirá Fine Art, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
Bulle Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
Fin, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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Emerging Artist Program 1999, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne (exhibition catalogue)
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RMIT Fine Art at Yuan Ze University, Yuan Ze University Arts Centre, Taiwan |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2021 |
Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, Town Hall Gallery Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne |
| 2020 |
Kate Nodrum, Sinuous Spheres, Catalogue Essay, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Louise Martin-Chew, Getting into Shape, Art Collector, Issue 93 July-September 2020, pp. 131-137 |
| 2019 |
Ashley Crawford and Kirsty Grant, The Paul Guest Collection, Exhibition Publication, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, 2019 p.16, p.24, pp.34-35
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Artists of Boroondara Video, Boroondara Arts, The Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, In the Studio with Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, 2019 |
2018
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David Coles, Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour, Thames and Hudson, 2018, p. 205
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PJ Hickman, Tape, Exhibition Catalogue, Arcade, Melbourne |
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Kate Nodrum, Spatial Persuasions, Introductory Essay, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
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Jane O'Neil, Not to be missed, Art Collector, Issue 83 January March 2018, pp.52-53
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| 2017 |
Abstraction 16, Exhibition Catalogue, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Exhibition Catalogue, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland |
| 2016 |
Charles Nodrum, Mixed Conditions, Exhibition Catalogue, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
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Camilla Wagstaff, For the Diary, Art Collector, Issue 76 April - June 2016, p.205. |
| 2015 |
Dr. Andrew Frost, 2015 Undiscovered Artists, Art Collector, Issue 72 April - June 2015, pp. 96-99 |
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Dr. Andrew Frost, The Beautiful Corner, The Art Life, 6 February 2014 |
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The Beautiful Corner, Exhibition Catalogue, Gallery 9, Sydney |
| 2014 |
Dr. Kristen Sharp, The Beautiful Corner, Exhibition Catalogue, Langford120, Melbourne |
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Mark Golden, Golden Foundation, Made In Paint 2013, Exhibition Catalogue, The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery, Golden Artist Colors, New Berlin, New York, USA
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| 2013 |
Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, Thresholds for Disorientation, Exhibition Catalogue, Langford 120, Melbourne |
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Inga Walton, 'Melburnin', Trouble, Issue 100, April 2013
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| 2012 |
Dr. Wilma Tabacco, Frames of Reference, Exhibition Catalogue, Langford 120, Melbourne |
| 2011 |
Phillipa Lean, Stan & Maureen Duke Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast |
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Shiau-Peng Chen and Meng-Shu You, My Australia, Exhibition Catalogue, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art Taipei University of Fine Arts, Taiwan |
| 2009 |
Leah Crossman, The Opposite of Forgetting: an exhibition of memory and identity, Exhibition Catalogue, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne |
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City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize '09, Exhibition Catalogue, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
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| 2007 |
Ken Wong, New Days, Toyota Community Spirit Emerging Artist Award, Exhibition Catalogue, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Melbourne
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| 2006 |
Dr. Sheridan Palmer, Re-Union: Cities & Natural Sites, 2006 R & M McGivern Art Prize, Exhibition Catalogue, Maroondah Art Gallery |
| 2005 |
City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize '05, Exhibition Catalogue, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne |
COMMISSIONS
Curved Gravity 1, 2020, acrylic, iridescent acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Topcoat with UVLS on wood, Diameter 90cm, unfixed orientation, YSalon, Melbourne
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| Light Axis, 2016, one medium-scale painting, 102 x 66cm, acrylic and iridescent acrylic on canvas, Private Collection, Melbourne, Australia |
| Tilt, 2015-2016 and Torsion, 2015-2016, two large-scale paintings, 183 x 183cm each, acrylic and iridescent acrylic on canvas, Senior Trade Commissioner and Consul General Houston, Houston, Texas, USA |
COLLECTIONS
| Private collections in Australia, USA, Singapore |
| Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne |
| Justin Art House Museum, Melbourne |
| Paul Guest Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Senior Trade Commissioner and Consul General Houston, Houston, Texas, USA |
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