CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr David Ralph
Email contact: [email protected]
websites: https://gallery9.com.au/artists/david-ralph
www.david-ralph.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 2020
PhD Fine Art Award, Painting, Curtin University, Perth.
2019-2015
PhD candidacy Fine Art, Painting
Curtin University, Perth, supported by an Australian (APA)Post-graduate Award, PhD research scholarship and a Curtin Research Scholarship
2001
MA Fine Art, Painting, Digital Print Media,
University of the Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, supported by a Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
1999
Master of Fine Art (Research), Painting
University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts.
Awarded High Distinction with Victorian College of the Arts, ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship
1986
Bachelor of Fine Art Painting, University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS2010 - 2017
Tutor |University of Melbourne, VCA | Victorian College of the Arts. Teaching and producing methods and materials course plan for the first year level Painting course, in the Breadth Program.
2016
Guest tutor | Villa Arson, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
2010 - 2011
Lecturer |University of Melbourne, VCA | First year Art History - Critical and Theoretical Studies.
2009
External assessor | University of Melbourne, VCA. Postgraduate Research.
2005 - 2013
Tutor | La Trobe College of Art and Design, Melbourne. | Teaching and producing methods and materials course plans for first year, to advanced Painting, drawing and Life Drawing students.
2005 - 2012
Tutor | Victoria University, TAFE | Tertiary and Further Education, Teaching methods and materials classes for first year, to advanced Painting, Drawing and Life Drawing students.
2009-2011
Tutor | RMIT University, TAFE| Tertiary and Further Education, teaching methods and materials classes for the first year Painting and Drawing courses.
AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
2020
KdFS, Kultursstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Dresden, Germany. Working grant - Denkzeit (Thinking time) The Wunderkammer on Georg-Schwarz-Strasse - socially distant public space in the time of Covid19.
2015
APA - Australian Post-graduate Award, PhD research scholarship. CRS - Curtin University Research, Scholarship
2013
Australia Council, Visual Arts Board - Skills and Arts Development Grant Residency - LIA Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
2009
Commonwealth Government, Australia Council, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, New Work Grant
2003
London Arts, Visual Artists Fund Grant, London England.
2002
Commonwealth Government, Australia Council. Visual Arts and Crafts Board, New Work Grant
2000
Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts
Scholarship
1999
Conrad Jupiter’s Contemporary Art Prize.
EXHIBITED WORK
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Ferment, Gallery 9, Sydney.
2021 Recent work, Gallery 9, Sydney.
2019 Anthropomorphic Space, Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth.
2018 Amplifying silence, Gallery 9, Sydney,
Second Skin, Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin
2017 Absent Presence, Gallery 9, Sydney
2014 Commune, Gallery 9, Sydney
2013 Dissolve, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne
2010 Threshold, Block Projects, Melbourne, Salvage, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney.
2009 Extensions, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne.
Survey- recent work 03-09, 17th Floor Artspace, Victoria University, Melbourne
2008 In Captivity, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne
2007 City Limits, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Victoria
2006 Mobile Home, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Escapeland, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Night Vision, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Virtually Real, Attendi Gallery, London
2000 Interior Telescope, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Transitional Space, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibition
2023 Finalists Exhibition, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2021 Re-gathering, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla Victoria.
Finalists Exhibition, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2019 Analogue Art in a Digital world, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Finalists Exhibition, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2017 BETH, The Grass is Greener Gallery, Leipzig, Germany;
2016 Plateau Visionen, Australian Embassy, Berlin – Finalists
Telaesthesia, Hill Smith Gallery, Adeliade.
Hyper hyper, Michael Reid Berlin, Berlin,
Plateau Visionen, Galerei ff15, Leipzig.
Finalists Exhibition, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2014 Out of This World, Salve Gallery, Gohliser Schlösschen, Leipzig, Germany
Time Travel, Leipzig International Art project (LIA), Leipzig, Germany
ASTEROID Leipzig International Art project (LIA), Leipzig, Germany
2013 Space for Change, Leipzig International Art project (LIA), Leipzig, Germany
Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2011 Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
The Albany Art Prize, Albany Art Gallery, Western Australia
2010 Finalists Exhibition, Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Victoria
RBS Artists Award, Renzo Piano RBS Tower, Sydney.
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
2009 Frieze Projects, Open Call, Arte Contempo, Lisbon, Portugal, Frieze Art Fair, London
The Shilo Project, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria.
The Gulag, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Finalists Exhibition, MacArthur Cook Contemporary Art Prize, Hobart Tasmania.
2007 Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2006 Celeste Contemporary Art Prize, The Well, Old Truman Brewery, London
Finalists Exhibition, Conrad Jupiter’s Contemporary Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Finalists Exhibition, Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Gallery, Northern Territory
2005 This Urban World, National Touring Exhibition, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Arte Fiera Bologna, Italy, James Colman Gallery, London.
Finalists Exhibition, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2004 East End Academy, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Finalists Exhibition, The Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
2003 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York. USA
Amplifying Silence / Magnifying Stillness, curated by Roy Exley, Fondation D’Art Contemporain -
Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Paris, France
Art Frankfurt, Germany, James Colman Gallery, London.
The Commonwealth Exhibition for HM Queen Elizabeth, London House, London
Collections
RACV, Melbourne
BHP Billiton, Australia
Fondation D’Art Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Paris
British Airways Collection, UK
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
Artbank, Australia
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
Port Philip City Council, City of Yarra Council
David Ralph
March 2024.
Dr David Ralph
Email contact: [email protected]
websites: https://gallery9.com.au/artists/david-ralph
www.david-ralph.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 2020
PhD Fine Art Award, Painting, Curtin University, Perth.
2019-2015
PhD candidacy Fine Art, Painting
Curtin University, Perth, supported by an Australian (APA)Post-graduate Award, PhD research scholarship and a Curtin Research Scholarship
2001
MA Fine Art, Painting, Digital Print Media,
University of the Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, supported by a Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
1999
Master of Fine Art (Research), Painting
University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts.
Awarded High Distinction with Victorian College of the Arts, ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship
1986
Bachelor of Fine Art Painting, University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS2010 - 2017
Tutor |University of Melbourne, VCA | Victorian College of the Arts. Teaching and producing methods and materials course plan for the first year level Painting course, in the Breadth Program.
2016
Guest tutor | Villa Arson, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
2010 - 2011
Lecturer |University of Melbourne, VCA | First year Art History - Critical and Theoretical Studies.
2009
External assessor | University of Melbourne, VCA. Postgraduate Research.
2005 - 2013
Tutor | La Trobe College of Art and Design, Melbourne. | Teaching and producing methods and materials course plans for first year, to advanced Painting, drawing and Life Drawing students.
2005 - 2012
Tutor | Victoria University, TAFE | Tertiary and Further Education, Teaching methods and materials classes for first year, to advanced Painting, Drawing and Life Drawing students.
2009-2011
Tutor | RMIT University, TAFE| Tertiary and Further Education, teaching methods and materials classes for the first year Painting and Drawing courses.
AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
2020
KdFS, Kultursstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Dresden, Germany. Working grant - Denkzeit (Thinking time) The Wunderkammer on Georg-Schwarz-Strasse - socially distant public space in the time of Covid19.
2015
APA - Australian Post-graduate Award, PhD research scholarship. CRS - Curtin University Research, Scholarship
2013
Australia Council, Visual Arts Board - Skills and Arts Development Grant Residency - LIA Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
2009
Commonwealth Government, Australia Council, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, New Work Grant
2003
London Arts, Visual Artists Fund Grant, London England.
2002
Commonwealth Government, Australia Council. Visual Arts and Crafts Board, New Work Grant
2000
Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts
Scholarship
1999
Conrad Jupiter’s Contemporary Art Prize.
EXHIBITED WORK
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Ferment, Gallery 9, Sydney.
2021 Recent work, Gallery 9, Sydney.
2019 Anthropomorphic Space, Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth.
2018 Amplifying silence, Gallery 9, Sydney,
Second Skin, Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin
2017 Absent Presence, Gallery 9, Sydney
2014 Commune, Gallery 9, Sydney
2013 Dissolve, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne
2010 Threshold, Block Projects, Melbourne, Salvage, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney.
2009 Extensions, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne.
Survey- recent work 03-09, 17th Floor Artspace, Victoria University, Melbourne
2008 In Captivity, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne
2007 City Limits, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Victoria
2006 Mobile Home, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Escapeland, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Night Vision, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Virtually Real, Attendi Gallery, London
2000 Interior Telescope, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Transitional Space, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibition
2023 Finalists Exhibition, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2021 Re-gathering, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla Victoria.
Finalists Exhibition, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2019 Analogue Art in a Digital world, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Finalists Exhibition, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2017 BETH, The Grass is Greener Gallery, Leipzig, Germany;
2016 Plateau Visionen, Australian Embassy, Berlin – Finalists
Telaesthesia, Hill Smith Gallery, Adeliade.
Hyper hyper, Michael Reid Berlin, Berlin,
Plateau Visionen, Galerei ff15, Leipzig.
Finalists Exhibition, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2014 Out of This World, Salve Gallery, Gohliser Schlösschen, Leipzig, Germany
Time Travel, Leipzig International Art project (LIA), Leipzig, Germany
ASTEROID Leipzig International Art project (LIA), Leipzig, Germany
2013 Space for Change, Leipzig International Art project (LIA), Leipzig, Germany
Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2011 Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
The Albany Art Prize, Albany Art Gallery, Western Australia
2010 Finalists Exhibition, Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Victoria
RBS Artists Award, Renzo Piano RBS Tower, Sydney.
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
2009 Frieze Projects, Open Call, Arte Contempo, Lisbon, Portugal, Frieze Art Fair, London
The Shilo Project, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria.
The Gulag, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Finalists Exhibition, MacArthur Cook Contemporary Art Prize, Hobart Tasmania.
2007 Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2006 Celeste Contemporary Art Prize, The Well, Old Truman Brewery, London
Finalists Exhibition, Conrad Jupiter’s Contemporary Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Finalists Exhibition, Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Gallery, Northern Territory
2005 This Urban World, National Touring Exhibition, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Arte Fiera Bologna, Italy, James Colman Gallery, London.
Finalists Exhibition, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Finalists Exhibition, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2004 East End Academy, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Finalists Exhibition, The Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
2003 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York. USA
Amplifying Silence / Magnifying Stillness, curated by Roy Exley, Fondation D’Art Contemporain -
Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Paris, France
Art Frankfurt, Germany, James Colman Gallery, London.
The Commonwealth Exhibition for HM Queen Elizabeth, London House, London
Collections
RACV, Melbourne
BHP Billiton, Australia
Fondation D’Art Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Paris
British Airways Collection, UK
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
Artbank, Australia
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
Port Philip City Council, City of Yarra Council
David Ralph
March 2024.
