Biography

Anna HOYLE

EDUCATION & PROJECTS

2009	Printmaking Summer Residency Program, RMIT.
2005-7	Master of Fine Art Monash University.
1999	Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) first class honours awarded, Victorian College of the Arts.
2001	Recipient of Mentor Programme contract, Victorian College of the Arts.
1998	Studio practice in painting and professional development, La Trobe Street Gallery.
1991	Bachelor of Education in Visual Arts, Printmaking Major, The University of Melbourne.

AWARDS RECEIVED

2010	Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, work acquired for collection, NSW.
2009	Winner, Darebin La Trobe University Art Award, work acquired for La Trobe University.
2007	Kedumba Drawing Award, work acquired for Kedumba Gallery, NSW.
2005	Works on Paper Award: Highly Commended, The City of Banyule, Melbourne.
2005	Dogs Bar Award Second Prize, The Postcard Show Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2004	Winner, The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic.
2003	The Hutchins Art Prize: Judges Selection Prize and People’s Choice Prize, Tas.
2003	Winner, Works on Paper Award First Prize and Acquisition, The City of Banyule, Melbourne.
2003	SBS at Federation Square Art Award Third Prize Awarded, Melbourne.
2003	Dogs Bar Award, Second Prize, The Postcard Show Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.

COLLECTIONS

The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Collection, NSW.

La Trobe University, Vic.

Artbank, NSW.

Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.

The City of Yarra, Permanent collection, Vic.

The City of Banyule, permanent collection, Vic.

The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic.

The University of Melbourne, Vic.

SBS at Federation Square, Melbourne.

Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne.

Private collections Australia, Switzerland, Malaysia, Japan.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011	Lucky Prince & Pretty Princess, Harrison Galleries Sydney.
2009	Power Moai Pastorale, Harrison Galleries Sydney
2008	Power Moai Buns ‘n’ Thighs, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne.
2007	Petrol Shredders, Power Thrusters and Garden-Vacs, Harrison Galleries Sydney
2006	Occident, Orient and Outdoor Entertaining, Mossgreen gallery, Melbourne.
2005	New Works on Paper, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney.
2004	D.I.Y Barbecue to Bonsai, works on paper, Space 39, Melbourne.
2002	Little Tsunami, ink scrolls on paper, Linden, Melbourne.
1998	An Armchair Like That Is My Undoing, relief prints at The Fire Station Print Workshop, Melbourne.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS and AWARD SHORTLISTS

2010-11	Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, NSW.
	The Hutchins Art Prize, Tas.
	Hazelhurst Works on paper Award, NSW.
2009	RMIT Project Space Summer Printmaking Residency Exhibition.
	‘Something I Said’ Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne.
	‘Trouble in Toyland’ The Counihan Gallery, Melbourne.
2008	The Swan Hill Print and Drawing Award finalist.
2007	The Dobell Prize for Drawing, finalist, AGNSW.
	ABN AMRO Art Award, finalist NSW
	Kedumba Drawing Award, finalist NSW
2005	The Blake Prize for Religious Art, work selected for touring exhibition.
	This and Other Worlds: Contemporary Australian Drawing, National Gallery of Victoria.
	The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery.
	‘Paperchase’ works on paper show at Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne.
	Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, N.S.W
	The Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Castlemaine.
	The Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tas.
	Fifteen Years of Collaborative Lithography, Lancaster Press, Melbourne.
2004	‘The Buddha of Suburbia: Religion, Art and Popular Culture’ Keynote speaker and exhibition of drawings: ‘Pebblemix a Path to Nirvana’ at the Eighth International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference, University of Sydney.
	Multiculturalism in the 21st Century: a touring exhibition of artist’s works commissioned for SBS Radio, The Immigration Museum, Melbourne.
	The Robert Jacks Drawing Award Exhibition, First Prize Awarded, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic.
	Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, N.S.W
	National Works on Paper Art Award Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic.
	The Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tas.
	Swan Hill Print and Drawing Award, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Vic.
2003	Works on Paper Award, The City of Banyule, Melbourne (first prize awarded and work acquired).
	National Works on Paper Art Award Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic, (work acquired)
	The Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. (Dogs Bar second prize awarded).
	SBS Art Award Exhibition at Federation Square, (third prize awarded for work commissioned in 2002)
	‘Wallpaper’ group exhibition at Platform, Melbourne.
	The Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tas.
	Works on paper Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW.
	The Robert Jacks Drawing Award Exhibition, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic.
2002	City of Hobart Art Prize, Works on Paper, Tasmanian Art Gallery, Tas.
2001	Works on paper Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW.
	Acquisitive Award Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne.
	The Hutchins Art Prize works on paper exhibition, Tas.
	The Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Regional Gallery, Vic.
2000	The Silk Cut Acquisitive Award Exhibition, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne.
	Emerging Artists Programme exhibition at Bulle Galleries, Melbourne.
1999	Honours year graduate exhibition at VCA Gallery, Melbourne.
1998	The Silk Cut Acquisitive Award Exhibition, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne.
1997	Installation project for ‘Construction in Process: The Bridge’, Melbourne.
1996	Domestic Panorama paintings and works on paper, 69 Smith st, Melbourne.
1995	‘Icons of Our Time’ Yume Ya Gallery, Melbourne.
1994	Finalist, Print Acquisitive Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic.
1991	Finalist, The Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, W.A.
1991-7	The City of Melbourne Art in Public Places was an active contributor to many group shows and experimental art projects within this public art initiative.

PUBLICATIONS and COMMENTARY

2009	Anna Hoyle, ‘Post Op: Caroline Durré’, exhibition review, Imprint, Autumn, vol 44, 2009, pp. 8-9.
2009	Helen Hewson ‘Chinoiserie in Suburbia’, World of Antiques & Art, Feb-Aug 2009, pp. 66-69.
2008	Kate Adams, ‘Anna Hoyle’, Artist Profile, vol 5, 2008, pp.68-70.
2007	Sebastien Smee “Pencil It In,” The Australian, Weekend Review, Sep 8&9, 2007
2007	‘Who Right Now’ by Leta Keens, Belle magazine, Feb-Mar, 2008.
2005	Kirsty Grant, This and Other Worlds, Contemporary Australian Drawing Exhibition Catalogue, p.15-16, published by The National Gallery of Victoria.
2005	Ric Spencer, Money for Arts Sake, West Australian Weekend Extra, 17/12/05.
2005	Pilar Arevalo, Cartoon Chaos, Russh Magazine, p.54-55.
2004	Michael Desmond, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, p.5, National Works on Paper Art Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic.
2004	Paper published in Conference Proceedings ‘The Buddha of Suburbia: Religion, Art and Popular Culture’, pp8-15, The Eighth International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference, University of Sydney.