TONY WOODS; born hobart, 1940
ARTIST, SUPER 8 FILMMAKER, VIDEO/MDV & SOUND ARTIST
F.A.D, hobart. studies under j. carrington smith,dorothy stoner, george davis
ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS
- hobart, sponsored by english speaking union, 1962
- tasmanian private galleries 1963-1980
- australian galleries melbourne 1963,67,69,70,71,73,75
- k.bonython galleries adelaide, 1966,69,71.
- k.bonython galleries, sydney, 1968,70
- john gild gallery, perth, W.A.1971
- hogarth gallery, sydney,, 1974,76,80.
- s. gerstman gallery, melbourne, 1978
- tolarno print gallery, melbourne,1981
- axiom gallery, melbourne, 1981
- rhumbarellas gallery, melbourne, 1987,89
- 'tony woods at ACCA' 28 year retrospective, 1990
- ealaine gallerie, melbourne, 1991
- dianne tanzer gallery, melbourne, 1995
- A.R.T. gallery eden, melbourne 2000
- creative urge, melbourne, 2000
- honey eaters gallery, melbourne, 2002
- 5opt. studio/ gallery, hong kong 2002
- bolitho gallery, canberra,twice,quentin gallery, perth
- /both in the 80's/90's/?
- fox gallery queensland 2005
TWO PERSON/ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
- with margaret roxburgh, hobart, 1964
- with david warren, hobart, 1965
- with bea maddock, Q. V. museum/art gallery, launceston, tasmania, 1968
- with john williams, sydney, 1976
- with brett whiteley, festival of Perth, 1971
- with john bartlett, geelong, victoria 2003
MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- tasmanian water colour society; tasmanian group of painters;
- tasmanian C.A.S., 1960-1968
- helena rubinstein scholarship exhibition, adelaide, SA ,1966
- "the australian painters 1960-1996" ,H. Mertz collection adelaide festival, 1966/7
- georges invitation art prize melbourne, 1967
- bonzai show, yellow house, sydney, 1970 bonzai show, australian galleries melbourne, 1971
- first leasing art prize, national gallery of victoria, 1971
- john kaldor 'art project 2 harold szeemann in australia; mini documenta' bonython gallery, sydney & national gallery, victoria 1971
- art purchase exhibition tasmanian museum and art gallery, hobart, 1975-the australian image- work of living australian artists, arts victoria, 1975.
- tasmanians in exile- b. maddock, t. bridley-bucknell, k. lincoln,t.woods, hobart, 1981
- "defective models australian portraiture 19th & 20th centuries" , monash
ART BY 4
- T. johns, J. bartlett, P. rodgers & T. woods , July '04, collingwood, Victoria
- T. Woods ,VJ & SOUND MANIPULATION in ENVIRON event November 04, see www.environline.net
- university galleries, melbourne, --" art with text", monash university galleries, 1990,
- abstraction/ reaction, dianne tanzer gallery, 1995/6
- ' art by 4 ' D.A.A.G. house, johns, bartlett, proebsting, woods, darrabin , melb, 2000
- "project 2/2000" biennale of sydney... sydney university, 2000
MAJOR COLLECTIONS
NATIONAL GALLERY, CANBERRA/ QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM, LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA./ TASMANIAN MUSEUM&ART GALLERY, HOBART,/MERTZ COLLECTION, USA NOW DISPERSED BY AUCTION, AUSTRALIA).D. ADEANE COLLECTION LONDON./AUSTRALIAN RESERVE BANK./AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY,CANBERRA./FLINDERS UNIVERSITY, S. AUSTRALIA./TASMANIAN UNIVERSITY, TASMANIA./CHELSEA HOTEL, NEW YORK, USA./ ARTBANK, AUSTRALIA
FILM/VIDEO SCREENINGS
started super 8 filmmaking, 1992, joined melbourne super 8 film group, later became comm. member/ public officer/ closed group 2001, and formed' moving image coalition', super 8 /video, 4 screenings per year, at cinema Nova, carlton, victoriaˇK.experimenta, melbourne (super 8),1994, melbourne international film festival, melb. 1995/1997, best documentary prize, melbourne fringe festival, 1996
featured video presentation "INNOVATOR" techno events HI FI BAR Melbourne, first Kenny Larken (Detroit) & second Stacey Pullen (Detroit) 1999
FOR INFORMATION RE MY SOUND ART CHECK OUT http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s983315.htm
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- jean campbell, australian water colour painters 1880/1980, rigby s.a. 1993
- penny creswell, profile/ tony woods, tasmanian architect, 1967
- gary catalano,' tony woods and the remembered image',
- art and australia 1981, vol 18. no 3
- paul william white, island magazine, tasmania,
- alan mc culloch & susan mc culloch, encyclopaedia of australian art 1984,
- sue backhouse,' tasmanian artists of the 20th century', 1988
- donald richardson,' art in australia' date ?
- vikki riley, photophile no 53, sydney issue 1998,
- cantrills filmnotes nos 75 ,76, 1994
- david king, METRO magazine, 2004
AWARDS
- HARKNESS FELLOWSHIP, 21 months painting, new york, 1968/69
- POWER FUND, fellowship, france 1970