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
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