Davida Allen

Davida Frances Allen (born 20 October 1951 in Charleville, Queensland)[1] is an Australian painter, film maker and writer.

Career

Allen studied under Betty Churcher at the Stuartholme School, Brisbane (1965–69) and later under Roy Churcher (Betty Churcher's husband) at Brisbane Central Technical College (1970–72). She won the Archibald Prize in 1986 for her portrait of her father-in-law Dr John Shera (My father-in-law watering his garden).[2] Allen has written and illustrated two books,[3][4] and has created a 50-minute film, Feeling Sexy (1999), on the struggles of an artist attempting to reconcile the conflicting demands of bohemia and suburbia. At the 1999 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, she was nominated for the award for "Best Direction" for that film and she won the "Best Original Screenplay" award.[5] The film was also invited to the Venice Film Festival.

She frequently confronts the themes of family and sexuality; regarding the latter she has said: "if we are truly feminist in the fullest sense of the word, we shouldn't have felt we had to lock it away or be really careful about it. We should be chauvinist in our womanhood."[6] Allen is represented in most major public collections in Australia.

Exhibitions

Australian exhibitions
  • College Gallery (Brisbane College of Advanced Education) in 1984.[7]
  • Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, in 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1986.
  • Australian Galleries, Sydney, in 1993, 1996, 2001
  • Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, in 1999, 2001,[8] 2003,[9] 2005, 2008,[10] 2010,[11] 2012,[12] 2014,[13] 2016.[14]
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, South Brisbane in 1987.[15]
  • Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane in 2018.[16]

Australian group exhibitions
  • Blue chip X : the collectors' exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne in 2008.[17]
  • Ray Hughes Gallery at Pinacotheca, Pinacotheca Art Gallery (Richmond, Vic.) in 1981.[18]
  • Nine Queensland artists, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville in 1981.[19]

International group exhibitions
  • D'un autre continent: l'Australie le rêve er le réel, curated by Suzanne Page/Leon Paroissien, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; shown internationally in Vienna, Texas and Venice (1983)[20]
  • An international survey of recent painting and sculpture, curated by Kynaston McShine, Museum of Modern Art, New York City (1984)[21]
  • Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn, curated by Silvia Eiblmayr, Valie Export, Monika Prischl-Maier, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Museum of the 20th Century), Vienna (1985)[22]
  • Davida Allen, curated by Anne Kirker, National Art Gallery of New Zealand; touring to four other New Zealand museums: Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui; Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga, Auckland; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth; Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North (1986)[23]
  • Painters and sculptors, curated by Michael Sourgnes, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; travelling to Museum of Contemporary Art, Saitama, Japan (1987)[24]
  • ROSC, an International Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland (1988)

Awards and nominations

See also

References
  1. "Davida Allen". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  2. "Archibald Prize finalists 1986 :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. What Is a Portrait – Images of Vicki Myers, ISBN 978-1-875505-02-9
  4. The Autobiography of Vicki Myers – Close to the Bone, ISBN 978-0-7318-0207-4
  5. "Awards for Davida Allen". Internet Movie Database. 1999. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  6. Davida Allen at Art Galleries Schubert Archived 20 June 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Appositions : 14 November – 7 December 1984, College Gallery, Brisbane CAE. Brisbane College of Advanced Education. 1984. ISBN 9780868566108.
  8. Galleries, Philip Bacon (2001). Out of Queensland : exhibition current 16 June – 14 July 2001. Brisbane : Philip Bacon Galleries.
  9. Allen, Davida; Galleries, Philip Bacon (2003). Davida Allen : diary of a bushwalker. Brisbane : Philip Bacon Galleries.
  10. Allen, Davida; Galleries, Philip Bacon (2008). Davida Allen : the light within. Fortitude Valley, Qld. : Philip Bacon Galleries.
  11. Allen, Davida (2010). Davida Allen : new life. Fortitude Valley, Qld. : Philip Bacon Galleries.
  12. Allen, Davida; Galleries, Philip Bacon (2012). Davida Allen : Tasmanian lovers. Brisbane, Qld. Philip Bacon Galleries.
  13. Allen, Davida; Salmon, Gerard; institution.), Philip Bacon Galleries (2014). Davida Allen : new paintings. Fortitude Valley, [Queensland] Philip Bacon Galleries.
  14. Digital, Cru. "Philip Bacon Galleries :: Artists & Stockroom". www.philipbacongalleries.com.au. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  15. Allen, Davida; Nye, Atherton; Hughes, Annette (1987). Davida Allen : survey exhibition 24th October – 5th December, Museum of Contemporary Art, South Brisbane, Queensland. South Brisbane: Museum of Contemporary Art. ISBN 1862670021 – via Trove.
  16. Davida Allen: in the moment. Brisbane: Griffith University Art Museum. 2018. ISBN 9781925455601.
  17. Cruthers, John; Galleries, Niagara (2008). Blue chip X : the collectors' exhibition : 4 March - 5 April 2008, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne. Richmond, Vic. : Niagara Publishing. ISBN 978-1920857509.
  18. Ray Hughes Gallery (Brisbane, Qld.); Pinacotheca Art Gallery (Richmond, Vic.) (1981). Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, 4th - 18th April, 1981 at Pinacotheca.
  19. Nine Queensland artists. Townsville, : Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. 1981.
  20. Association française d'action artistique; Pagé, Suzanne; Animation-recherche-confrontation (Museum); France. Ministère des relations extérieures (1983), D'un autre continent : l'Australie la reve et le reel, Association Francaise d'action Artistique, ISBN 978-2-86545-022-0
  21. "An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  22. Eiblmayr, Silvia; Export, Valie; Prischl-Maier, Monika; Museum Moderner Kunst (Austria); Verein Frauen '84 (Austria) (1985), Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn : aktuelle Kunst von Frauen : Texte und Dokumentation, Löcker Verlag, ISBN 978-3-85409-070-0
  23. Allen, Davida; National Art Gallery (N.Z.) (1986), Davida Allen, National Art Gallery, retrieved 11 March 2018
  24. Hogan, Janet (1987), Painters & sculptors : diversity in contemporary Australian art, Queensland Art Gallery, ISBN 978-0-7242-2648-1
  25. "Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize 2010 | News". Tattersall's Club Brisbane. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  26. "Archibald Prize finalists 1986 :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
Awards
Preceded by
Guy Warren		 Archibald Prize
1986
for Dr. John Arthur McKelvey Shera		 Succeeded by
William Robinson
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