Tim Burns 1960

Born Sydney, lives and works on Bruny Island

Education 1988-90

Master of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania

1984-86

Post Graduate Diploma, Victoria College of Arts, Melbourne

1979-81

Diploma of Art, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education, Sydney

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2014

Recent Work,Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS Recent Work, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne,VIC

2013

Recent Work, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne,VIC

2012

Recent Paintings,Bett Gallery,Hobart,TAS

2009

From the Garden,Bett Gallery,Hobart,TAS

2007

Walking the River, Bett Gallery Hobart at Silvershot, Melbourne, VIC

2007

Water Music, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston,TAS

2006

Recent Paintings, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney,NSW

2005

Darkly Silent, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS

2004

Recent Paintings, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2003

Bay of Fires, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS Cloudy Bay, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2001

Autumn, Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS

1999

Legge Gallery, Sydney,NSW

1998

Legge Gallery, Sydney,NSW Recent Paintings, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS

1997

La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1996

Recent Paintings, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1995

The Western Edge (with Sharyn Woods), Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS Contemporary Art Services Tasmania Touring Exhibition

1994

Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1993

Recent Paintings, Bett GalleryHobart, Hobart, TAS

1992

Recent Paintings, Bruny Island Paintings, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS

1990

Tony Oliver Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1989

Store 5, Melbourne, VIC

1988

Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1987

Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015

Stand Back, Moonah Art Centre, Moonah

2014

Tidal, Devonport Regional gallery, Devonport

2014

The Skullbone Experiment A Paradigm of Art and Nature, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston,TAS The Skullbone Experiment A Paradigm of Art and Nature, Galleries University of New South Wales and COFA, Sydney,NSW

2013

Poets and Painters: A Tribute to Dick Bett AM,Bett Gallery,Hobart,TAS

2011

25 years – An Unfolding Journey,Bett Gallery,Hobart,TAS Van Diemen’s Land, Celia Lendis Gallery, United Kingdom

2010

Black prize, National Art School, Sydney, - touring NSW

2010

Water and Reverie,Melbourne Art fair 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

2009

Quamby Collection, curated by John Holmes and Pat Brassington, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart,TAS Four Tasmanian Painters – Burns, Keeling, Wastell & Wolfhagen, Holmes à Court Gallery Perth,WA Walking on the Grass, curated by Leigh Hobba, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart,TAS

2008

2008 Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize, South Australia – Winner Glover Prize for Landscape Painting, Evandale, TAS – Finalist

2007

Glover Prize for Landscape Painting, Evandale, TAS – finalist

2006

Glover Prize for Landscape Painting, Evandale, TAS – finalist Padding Prize for Landscape Painting, Marlene Antico Fine Art, Sydney, NSW - finalist

2005

Glover Prize for Landscape Painting, Evandale, TAS – finalist

2004

Wynne Prize for Landscape Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

2003

Contemporary Tasmanian Landscape Painting, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Island Art Prize, 10 Days on the Island Arts Festival, Stanley, TAS – winner Love Letter to China: drawings by 35 Australian artists, curated by Peter Hill, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW and touring China Mining the Imagination, curated by Sean Kelly and Sharyn Woods, 10 Days on the Island Arts Festival, Queenstown Art Gallery, TAS Future Perfect, curated by Gerard and Dick Bett, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS

2002

Melbourne Art fair 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC Bett Gallery Hobart @ Depot Gallery, Danks Street, Sydney, NSW SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize, Mosman Gallery Sydney, NSW – finalist Hutchins School Works on Paper Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS – finalist Flurieu Prize for Australian Landscape Painting, McLaren Vale, SA – finalist

Wunderhammer, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart,

TAS and Townsville Regional Gallery, QLD The Shape of Air, curated by Heather B Swann, Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS Nocturne, curated by John Buckley, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC and Geelong Regional Gallery, Geelong, VIC

2001

Tasmania’s Finest, curated by Lynne Uptin, Art Folio Space, Raffles, Singapore Hutchins School Works on Paper Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS Melbourne Artfair 2001, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC John Leslie Art Prize – Art Refers to Environment, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC Finalist Tim Burns and Ian Parry, Judith Pugh Gallery, Mt Macedon, Vic Poets and Painters 2001 & 10 Days on the Island Arts Festival, Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS

2000

Melbourne Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC John Leslie Art Prize Art Refers to Environment, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC – finalist Wynne Prize for Landscape Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW – finalist

1999

Distance, curated by Catherine Wolfhagen, preview: Dick Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart, TAS Distance, curated by Catherine Wolfhagen, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW

1998

Drawing Prize, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC – finalist Alice Springs Art Award, Alice Springs, NT Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Galleries, Grafton, NSW

1997

McGaughey Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

1996

Brushing the Dark, Recent Art and Tasmania, curated by Victoria Hammond, Contemporary Art Service Tasmania, Touring Exhibition Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC and touring Poets and Painters, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS

1995

Blundstone Contemporary Art Prize, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS - Finalist touring to Waverley City Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC; Penrith Regional Gallery, Emu Plains, NSW Figure/Ground, curated by Raymond Arnold, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS Poets and Painters, Salamanca Writers Festival, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS The Drawing Exhibition, Legge Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1994

The Hobart City Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS - Finalist The 1994 Preview Exhibition, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW Finalist

1993

To the Surface – Contemporary Tasmanian Landscape Painting, Plimsoll, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS

1992

Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia - Finalist Critics Choice, Macquarie Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1991

The October Show, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS Ooze, Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne, and Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart, TAS

1990

Artists against Animal Experimentation, Deutscher Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

1989

Genius Loci: Spirit of Place, Contemporary Tasmanian Painting, Plimsoll, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Resistance, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, VIC

1986

Three Painters, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Geometric Abstraction, Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Gertrude Street, Melbourne

1981

Zeitgeist, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney

Awards and Grants 2008

Winner,Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize

2006

Artist in Residence, Rosamund McCullough Studio, Cite International des Arts, Paris Arts Tasmania, Hobart, TAS - Travel Grant

1994

Winner, City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmania

1994

Winner, Invitation Award, Trust Bank Art Prize, Tasmania

1994

Trust Bank Art Prize, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS - Winner City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart City Council, Hobart, TAS - Winner

1992

Australia Council, Visual Arts and Craft Board, Sydney, NSW - Project Grant

1991

Australia Council, Visual Arts & Craft Board, Sydney, NSW - Group Project Grant Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart, TAS - Project Grant

1990

Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, Hobart, TAS - Project Grant

1989

Commonwealth Government, Canberra, ACT - Post Graduate Scholarship

1983

Australia Council, Visual Arts and Craft Board, Cité International des Arts, Paris, France - Residency

1982

Art Gallery of New South Wales - Travelling Scholarship

Collections Artbank, Sydney, NSW Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS CSIRO Fisheries, Hobart, TAS The Derwent Collection, Hobart, TAS Devonport City Council, Devonport, TAS Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA The Esk Collection, Launceston, TAS Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton, NSW ICI Australia, Melbourne, VIC Macquarie Bank, Melbourne, VIC National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT National Gallery of NSW, Sydney National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC Quamby Collection, Adelaide, South Australia Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC The Tamar Collection, Launceston, TAS Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS University of Tasmania, Hobart and Launceston, TAS Private collections across Australasia, North America & Japan Bibliography Andersch, Joerg, (Exhibition Review), The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 9 August 2003 Armstrong, Fergus, Agenda Magazine, iss.4, vol.2, 1989 Bailey, Sue, Hobart City Art Prize, The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 29 December 1994 Burns an Inspired Judges Choice, Advocate, Burnie, TAS, 5 April 2003 Colless, Edward, Tension Magazine, no.16, vol.2, 1989 Hammond, Victoria, Landscape & Memory in Tasmania, Art & Australia, vol.34, no.2, 1986 Hansen,Davis, Water and Reverie,Art of England,2011 Hill, Peter, (Exhibition Review), Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, 14 March 2003 Hill, Peter, Is Painting Dead?, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, p.15, 11 July 2003 Hill, Peter, A Point to Painting, The Australian, 27 November 1998 Kelly, Sean, (Exhibition Review), The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 9 November 1996 Kelly, Sean, Delving Deeply into Landscape and Isolation, The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 23 May 1992 Klaosen, Diana, Tim Burns, Island Magazine, iss.86, pp.70–74, 2001 Lendis, Celia, Australian Art Collector, January 2007

Lewis, Tanzi, (Artist Profile), The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 13 May 1992 Loxley, Anne, Redlands Prize Judges Spoiled for Choice, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, p.18, 23 October 2002 Lynne, Elwyn, Moet & Chandon (Review), The Australian, Sydney, NSW, 24 February 1995 Macdonald, John, Brushing the Dark (Review), Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, 4 May 1996 McKenzie, Robyn, (Review), The Age, Melbourne, VIC, 3 July 1996 Parkes, Brian, Artist profile, Siglo: Journal of Literature and the Arts, Hobart, TAS, iss.4, 1995 Rankin-Reid, Jane, Island Art Prize, The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 7 April 2003 Rankin-Reid, Jane, (Exhibition Review), Sunday Tasmanian, Hobart, TAS, 10 August 2003 Rooney, Robert, Moet & Chandon (Review), The Australian, Sydney, NSW, 23 February 1996 Tate, Allan, The Great Unknowns’, Good Weekend Magazine, The Age, Melbourne, VIC 13 November 1987 Young, Kane, (Artist Profile), The Mercury, Hobart, TAS, 15 August 2003