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Rita Lazauskas
MA Visual Arts, Monash University 2001
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
So I see (postcard from Morocco), Gecko Studio Gallery, Fish Creek, Victoria
2016
A Moroccan Souk (in Milawa), Milawa Pop Up Gallery
2011
View from the Ramparts, Bird’s Gallery, Melbourne
2009
the true adventures of paperclipman, Art Space Wodonga
Daily Drawing Project, Shepparton Art Gallery
2007
Daily Drawing Project, Bega Regional Gallery
2002
Book of Days, Left Bank Artists Cooperative Ltd. Beechworth
Observational Drawing, Creators Gallery, Wodonga
Subject Witness Participant, Monash University Switchback Gallery
Subject Witness Participant, Albury Regional Art Gallery
1996
Cultural Imprint, National Anthropology Conference, CSUniversity Albury
Girl’s Games, Creators Gallery, Wodonga
1992
A Medieval Revue, Don’t Panic Artworks, Beechworth, Victoria
1991
Dreams and Illusions, Veritas Galleria, Eldorado, Victoria
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Collected ll, Wangaratta Art Gallery
2015
Arts Wodonga 2015 Hume Acquisitive Art Award, Wodonga Art Space
Collecting & Growing, Wangaratta Art Gallery
2012
Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Swan Hill Print & Drawing Prize, Swan Hill Regional Gallery
2011
Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Arts Wodonga 2011 Hume Acquisitive Art Award, Wodonga Art Space
2010
The Other Side: Australian Lithuanian Identity, GallerySmith
Arts Wodonga 2010 Hume Award, Wodonga Art Space
2009
Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Albury Art Prize, Albury Art Gallery NSW
Arts Wodonga 2009 Hume Award, Wodonga Arts Space
2008
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Jacarandah Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery
2007
Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Castlemaine
Hutchins Works on Paper Exhibition, Hobart
Collected, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery
2006
Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisative Awards, Swan Hill Art Gallery
2006 Libris Awards, Artspace Mackay
4th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2006, Lithuania
2005
Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of NSW
Olive Cotton Photographic Portrait Award, Tweed River Art Gallery
Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart
Arts Wodonga 2005 Award, Wodonga Arts Space
2004
Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, AGNSW
Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart
Blackfriars Drawing Acquisitive, Cootamundra
2003
Hazelhurst Award for Art on Paper, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2002
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery
2001
Federation, But who makes a nation?, MGFNSW touring exhibition
En Route, Glen Eira City Gallery
Portia Geach Exhibition, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1999
2000 MM, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery
1998
Impact, Monash University Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005
Lost…temporarily misplaced on the scenic route,
Collaborative Daily Drawing Project (Hanover/Lazauskas) ArtsSpace Wodonga
Like sand through the hourglass these are the days of our lives… Collaborative Daily Drawing Project (Evans/Hanover/Lazauskas) Wangarratta Exhibitions Gallery
2004
Resolution, Collaborative Daily Drawing Project, ArtsSpace Wodonga
Astigmata, Collaborative Photography project (Allsworth/Boag/Lazauskas)
Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
2001
Astigmata, Wilson Street Gallery, CSUniversity Albury
1998
Wood, water, stone, metal, fibre, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery
1998
En Route, Legs Eleven Group, Creators Gallery, Wodonga
Working Art, Riverina TAFE staff, Albury Regional Art Gallery
1997
A Baltic Journey, Bonegilla Festival, La Trobe University Beechworth
Legs Eleven, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery & Warrnambool Arts Centre
1996
Connection #S6: for External use only, Maudespace, Glebe, Sydney
1995
Personal Journeys, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery
1992
Legs Eleven, Albury Regional Arts Centre
1987
Re-Visions, Westpac Gallery Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
Re-Visions, Albury Regional Arts Centre
GRANTS
Museums Australia Bursary, 2002 National Conference
2001 Gordon DarlingTravel Grant
(New York Studio School Adelaide Drawing Marathon)
Pat Corrigan Artists Grant – 1991 (solo) & 1992 (group)
PRIZES
2011 Wodonga Hume Acquisitive Contemporary Art Award
2010 The Other Side Australian Lithuanian Identity Higly Commended
2009 Wodonga Hume Award Highly Commended
2004 Blackfriars Drawing Acquisitive
Tallangatta Arts Festival; 1985, 1987, 1990 (First), 1992, 1993 (First)
FINALIST: Dobell Drawing Prize, Albury Art Prize, Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Hutchins Works on Paper, Swan Hill Print & Drawing Awards, Olive Cotton Photographic Portrait Award, Citigroup Photographic Portrait Prize, Hazelhurst Award for Art on Paper, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Portia Geach Portrait Prize, Wodonga Hume Acquisitive Contemporary Art Award
COLLECTIONS
Monash University Faculty of Art & Design
Indigo Shire Council
Wangaratta Art Gallery
Tallangatta Community Centre
Blackfriars Trust
Albury Art Gallery
Hume Building Society
BIBLIOGRAPHY
‘The Albury Art Prize’ – Jacqui Durrant, Art Monthly #236 2010/11, p63
‘Tumult Captured on Paper’ – Christopher Allen,?The Australian 13/11/09
‘Rita Lazauskas: Daily Drawing Project’ – Julie Adams, Imprint Vol 44 #3 Spring 2009
Art Monthly – June 2005
Australian Photographic Portrait Prize – Lee Tran Lam, State of the Arts, April 2004
Monash Gallery of Art Newsletter – #12 Winter 2003, p7
‘Federation, But Who Makes a Nation?’ – MGFNSW catalogue 2001
Oxford Poetry Monthly – cover image
‘Taking space for a walk’ – Robert Nelson, The Age 19/4/2000
‘Me, myself, an eye’ – Bruce James, Sydney Morning Herald 31/10/98 p12
Impact: art for a world identity, Monash University Faculty of Art & Design 1998
Monash University Faculty of Art & Design ISBN 0732621402
In addition to Arts Practice:
Current: Director Amazigh Cultural Tours Morocco (since 2013)
2017 Contract Curator MAMA (Murray Art Museum Albury) – Anne Zahalka exhibition ‘Landscape Revisited’
2016 May-August Acting Director Wangaratta Art Gallery
2015 Art Installation Contractor – MAMA (Murray Art Museum Albury)
2009 – 2013 Rural City of Wangaratta, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Exhibitions Officer
2012 Riverina TAFE Arts & Media sessional teacher – drawing
2006 – 2008 Albury City Council – Exhibitions & Collections Curator
1999 – 2006 Albury City Council – Albury Regional Art Gallery, Curator/Public Programs
2001 Burke Museum Curator ‘Following the Fortune Hunters’ Visions Touring Exhibition
1998 Albury Gallery Project Coordinator ‘Trading Places’ public art project
1998 Riverina TAFE Arts & Media sessional teacher – drawing and painting
1998 Goulburn Ovens TAFE Arts & Media sessional teacher – drawing
1989 Wangaratta TAFE Painting tutor Beechworth Training Prison
CURATOR TOURING EXHIBITIONS
2008 STEP RIGHT UP: The Circus in Australian Art – AlburyCity – Visions Touring Exhibition
2006 Treasures of the Daniel Gift: AlburyCity Touring Exhibition
2005 Black Photography: AlburyCity Collection Touring Exhibition
2004 Face to Face: AlburyCity Photography Collection Touring Exhibition
2001 Following the Fortune Hunters: The Art & Culture of the Ovens Goldfields
Burke Memorial Museum Visions Touring Exhibition