Dianne Gall

Dianne Gall was born in Adelaide in 1964. In 1985 she completed a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) at the South Australian School of Art. In 1987 she undertook a Graduate Diploma in Library Studies at the South Australian institute of Technology, and in 1996 achieved a Graduate Diploma in Management at the University of Adelaide.

Dianne Gall's still-life paintings focus on found and owned objects, which, taken from their familiar surroundings are imbued with a new importance via scale and composition. Objects are chosen that represent the visual backdrop to domestic Australia, including Diana Pottery Ware along with dresses, shoes and dress-makers' mannequins. Sometimes other objects appear in the picture, a small bird may gaze upon an object or look out to the viewer, or indeed act as a sentinel to the action.

Occasionally, favourite objects get to share the composition, like Astro girl, which could be an expression of alter-ego. Gall's paintings preserve on canvas the very energy of life and happiness, emitting an overall sense of light and airiness.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Cowwarr Artspace, Cowwarr, Victoria
2006
Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2005
Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Gadfly Gallery, Perth
2003
Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
2002
Soho Galleries, Sydney
2001
Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
1999
Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
1997
BMG Art, Adelaide
1995
BMG Art, Adelaide
1993
BMG Art, Adelaide
1990
Tynte Gallery, Adelaide
1988
Club Foote, Adelaide

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
"Exquisite Palette", St Luke Artist Colourmen, Victoria
"Spring Art", Loreto College, Adelaide
"Life is Amazing" for Wilderness School, SA Museum
"Open Studio - SALA Festival 2007, Cube Studios, Adelaide
"Snap Freeze, Still Life Now", TarraWarra Museum of Art, Yarra Valley, Victoria
"Summer Exhibition", Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2006
"New Works, Gallery Artists", Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Loreto Spring Art Fair, Loreto College, Adelaide
"Melbourne Art Fair", Beaver Galleries, Royal Exhibition Building, Victoria
Group Action 2, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
Summer Part 2, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
2005
Group Action, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2004
20th Anniversary Spring Art Exhibition, Loreto College, Adelaide
Fourteen, SALA Festival Exhibition, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
Small Realities, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
Still, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
2003
Annual Spring Art Exhibition, Loreto College, Adelaide
Eleven, SALA Festival Exhibition, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
14 Paintings, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
Adelaide Contemporary, Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
2002
Luminous, helengory galerie, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair (Cube Contemporary Art), Melbourne
PURE, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
Annual Spring Art Exhibition, Loreto College, Adelaide
Fine Art Exhibition, Scotch College, Adelaide
The Painted Fold - The Garment in Art, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
2001
Focus Artist, Annual Spring Art Exhibition, Loreto College, Adelaide
SALA Week Group Show, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
7 UP, Studio 91B Gallery, Adelaide
Harvest Market Exhibition, Yalumba Winery (in conjunction with Hill Smith Fine Art), Barossa Valley
2000
Fine Art Exhibition, Scotch College, Adelaide
Studio 91B Gallery, Adelaide
Rural & Urbane, Three Adelaide Painters, Riddoch Regional Gallery, Mt Gambier
Annual Spring Art Exhibition Loreto College, Adelaide
Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1998
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
1997
Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1996
BMGART at Flash Cafe, Adelaide
Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1995
St Peters College Art Exhibition, Adelaide
1992
9x12, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
1991
All Boxed Up, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide
Emergency, Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide
1990
SAW, members of South Australian Workshop exhibition, North Adelaide School of Art Gallery, Adelaide
Tynte Gallery, Adelaide
9x12, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide

COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
SimsLockwood, Sydney
Stillwell Management Consultants, South Australia
Private collections throughout Australia and overseas.