Anna Platten
1957 Born Adelaide, South Australia
Education
1983
Post Graduate Award, South Australian College of Advanced Education, Adelaide
1976-1980
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts, South Australian College of Advanced Education, Adelaide
Awards
2004
Mid Career Fellowship, Arts SA, South Australian Government
1987
Chanter Bequest, South Australian College of Advanced Education, Adelaide
Solo Exhibitions
2012
The Devil is in the Detail, Art Gallery of South Australia
2005
Anna Platten: Paintings and Drawings 1994-2006, Eva Breuer, Art Dealer, Sydney
2004
Anna Platten: Paintings and Drawings 1994-2004, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide
1992
Paintings and Studies 1982 - 1992, University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide
Group Exhibitions
2017
Trace, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
4 Decades, 6 Artists, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2016
Fleurieu Art Prize, Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
2014
'Walking the Line', Group Drawing Exhibition, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2009
Figurative Painting 2009, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Colliding Worlds, Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
2008
Optimism, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art
2007
Portrait and Place, Identity, Document or Insight?, Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide Finalist: Kedumba Drawing Awards, Blue Mountains, NSW
True Portraits, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide
2004-6
Drawing today: surveying recent work by South Australian artists, Adelaide Central Gallery and Country Arts SA regional tour
2001
Finalist: Kedumba Drawing Exhibition, Blue Mountains, NSW
1999
Chemistry, Art in South Australia 1990-2000, Art Gallery of South Australia
1998-9
Finalist: Doug Moran Portrait Prize, national tour
1998
ACSA Staff Show, Adelaide Central Gallery
1996
Compost, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
1995
Rapture, Dubbo Regional Gallery, travelling to Adelaide Central Gallery
1993
Stage Two, Adelaide Festival Centre
1992
This Mortal Flesh, Adelaide Town Hall, 1992 Adelaide Festival
1991
The Nude Show Travelling Arts Program, Art Gallery of South Australia
1990
South Australian Contemporary Drawing, Anima Gallery, Adelaide
1988
The Image in Question - 4 Adelaide Artists, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
1987
New New, Lion Arts Centre, Adelaide
1987
Art Bank's Big Paintings, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1986
New New, Lion Arts Centre 1986 Adelaide Festival Fringe
Commissions
2001
Flinders University – portrait of Vice Chancellor Ian Chubb
2000
University of Adelaide – portrait of Vice Chancellor Mary O’Kane
1993
University of South Australia
1988
South Australian Government Portrait Commission, the Hon. Anne Levy, Parliament House, Adelaide
1987-88
Museum Views, one of 12 commissioned mural artists, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Tweed Heads Regional Gallery, NSW; Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW, Artbank, Sydney; Parliament House, South Australia,; University of South Australia.