Annette Bezor

Graduating from the South Australia School of Art, Adelaide in 1977, artist Annette Bezor has established herself firmly as one of Australia’s foremost female contemporary artists. With over 30 solo exhibitions spanning three decades, Annette has exhibited nationwide as well as internationally in Europe, Hong Kong and the USA. Her work has been presented at a number of international art fairs, including Korea International Art Fair (KIAF, 2011), ARCO (2004, 1996) and Art Taipei (2004).

Annette’s practice has focussed on an exploration of the ‘female condition’, her work has specifically addressed female sexuality, the politics of gender, the use of symbols and the symbolic power of the image. Annette’s oeuvre has also been as much about the artworks themselves, as a commentary on the condition of contemporary painting.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016
'Precious Luck, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2015     
'Face Value' Hill Smith Gallery
‘Silent Violent Lifetimes in disguise’, Australian Galleries. Melbourne

2014        
Inscrutable, Australian Galleries, Sydney

2013      
Survey show 1997 - 2013, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW

2012      
Beautiful Ugly, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
At first sight, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2011       
Lookers, Harrison Galleries, Sydney

2010     
It’s complicated….  Greenaway Gallery. Adelaide

2009    
Speaking silences.  Nellie Castan Gallery. Melbourne
Silent Violent.  Harrison galleries. Sydney

2008    
Annette Bezor.  Harrison Galleries. Sydney

2007     
Annette Bezor.  Turner Galleries. Perth
Urban Turbans, Greenaway Art Gallery. Adelaide
Annette Bezor. Florence Lynch Gallery, New York

2006    
Mirror Face. Nellie Castan Gallery. Melbourne

2005     
Flogging the rocking horse. Greenaway Art Gallery. Adelaide

2004    
Witness.  Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
If Looks could Kill. Brian Moore gallery. Sydney

2003     
Annette Bezor. Florence Lynch Gallery. New York

2002     
Cloning as ultimate appropriation. Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Blush Institute of Modern Art. Brisbane

2001     
Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne  

1999      
SurFace Tension Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne   

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015
CACSA Contemporary, SALA Festival, Adelaide

2014      
Sugar Coat. Level One Gallery. Hilton Hotel. Adelaide.

2011       
Wattle.  The Cat Street Gallery. Hong Kong

2010     
Signal 8. The Cat Street Gallery. Hong Kong
Doug Moran Portrait Prize. NSW and travelling

2009    
Sulman Prize Exhibition Art gallery of NSW, Sydney

2008    
Sulman Prize Exhibition Art gallery of NSW, Sydney

2006    
Uneasy Samstag Gallery, Adelaide

2005     
Snapshot Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Archibald Prize,  Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
True portraits Adelaide Central Gallery

2004    
ARCO 2004 (International Art Fair), Greenaway Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Annette Bezor. Carolina Antich. Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
Taipei Art Fair Greenaway gallery, Adelaide

2002     
Sulman Prize Exhibition Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
Erotica Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne

2001     
Orbit SA Museum Gallery, Adelaide

 

Awards and Grants

2010     
ArtsSA Fellowship

2006    
New Work/International Presentation Grant. Arts SA

2003     
International Assistance Grant, Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council

2002     
New Work Grant. Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council

 

Collections

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Michell Endowment, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Artbank, Sydney

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Broken Hill Regional Gallery, New South Wales

I.C.I. Collection

Wollongong Art Gallery, New South Wales

Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand

John Sands Collection

Sam & Minnie Smorgon Collection

Victor & Lottie Smorgan Collection

Tasmanian University Gallery

Rockhampton City Gallery

Yarra Collection, Victoria

BHP Billiton