Alison Bennett  Australia                                     www.alisonbennett.com.au

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) 1987~1989 College of Fine Arts, Sydney, NSW.

Graduate Diploma (Cultural Heritage Management) 1991 University of Canberra, ACT.

Graduate Diploma (Information Management) 1993~1995 RMIT, Vic.

Masters of Fine Arts (research) 2005~2009 Monash University, Vic.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

She has had many solo exhibitions, the most recent ones being:

Cavity, Horsham Regional Art Gallery Vic, 8 Jan~10 Mar 2009. This project was supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria. (Centre for Contemporary Photography & Warnnambool Art Gallery in 2010)

To Occupy: panoramic interiors of concrete fortifications, ANU School of Art Photospace

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

She has had many group exhibitions the most recent being:

Surveying the field, Counihan Gallery July - August 2009 Reviewed by Robert Nelson in The Age 22 July 2009 p.14  “SNAP”: samesame scene photographers, Gasworks Arts Park as part of the Midsumma Festival, Jan~Feb 2009.

landscape site lines ~ 5 ways: a didactic exhibition of landscape by five artists showcasing source material,

COLLECTIONS:

National Museum of Australia (commission), Historic Houses Trust of NSW (commission), City of Greater

Geelong, Private collections

 

GRANTS & AWARDS:

Arts Development grant, Arts Victoria for Caving In project 2008

Artists-in-Schools project, Arts Victoria 2008

Julie Millowick Acquisitive Photographic Prize 2007 runner up

 

In this new body of work Alison Bennett takes her ongoing investigation into the experience of interiority into the realm of identity and social connection. Using a variety of 'virtual reality' visual strategies, Bennett creates fictional composite portraits that blend together her friends and family. At first glance, they appear to be straightforward photographic portraits, the images are slightly disturbing and unsettling. The resulting images explore notions of collective consciousness and individual identity with warmth and intelligence.

See also http://www.facebook.com/l/dcf93;www.alisonbennett.com.au

And http://www.facebook.com/l/dcf93;wp.me/pzFXx-aA for examples of work in progress from this series