Alexander Zubryn
Education
PhD Doctorate – School of Art (RMIT University 2015 -2023)
Masters of Fine Arts Painting (VCA, University of Melbourne 97-98)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne 83 – 85)
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Portraits in a Waiting Room, 484 Presents, North Carlton – Melbourne
2023 In-Store, 484 Presents, North Carlton – Melbourne
2023 Re-visioning Locality, RMIT University Site 8 Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Shop Talk, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne
2013 Alex Zubryn: The Urban Experience – People, Nature and Place, Deakin University Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Roman Sites, Italian Cultural Institute, Melbourne
2011 Hard Rubbish, Chapman and Bailey, Melbourne
2008 From the Stand, MCG, Melbourne
2006 Natural States, Chapman and Bailey, Melbourne
2004 Other Cities, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria
2004 Second Nature, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney
2003 Things of an Urban Nature, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney
2002 Things of an Urban Nature, Mass Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1998 People places memory, Span Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1991 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1989 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2016 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize 2016, Melbourne
2014 John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2006 Rome Academici, University of Hobart
2005 Rome Academici, The British School in Rome, Rome, Italy
2005 Rome Academici, Monash University Faculty Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney
2002 The Paris Art Fair, Paris, France
2002 The Home Front, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
2001 Gallery 482, Brisbane
2001 Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Art Prize, The Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2000 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, The Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
1999 Deacons Graham And James Art Prize, The Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne
1999 Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Art Prize, The Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1998 ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award (highly commended) ANZ, Collins St, Melbourne
Conrad Jupiter Art Prize, The Gold Coast Gallery, Queensland
1997 Deloitte Australia Day Exhibition, Bourke St, Melbourne
1990 Swan Hill Print & Drawing Show, Swan Hill Gallery of Contemporary Art, Victoria
1988 Seven New Artists, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
A New Generation 1983 – 1988, The Phillip Morris Art Grant Purchases, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
200 Gertrude Street Survey Exhibition, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Awards
2016 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize – Peoples Choice Award
1999 Australia Council – Rome Studio Residency
1986 Victorian College of the Arts Traveling Grant
Collections
National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of Victoria, State Bank of Victoria, Artbank, Transfield, Foundation Colas-France, Lander and Rogers, MCG, Private Collections
Residencies
1992 Artist in Residence – St Columbus Girls School, Victorian Ministry of the Arts
1987 Gertrude Street Residency, Artists’ Studios, Melbourne, Victoria
Travels
1986 – 2008 Seven separate study trips were undertaken to Europe, USA, Russia.
Reviews
2011 The Age, Art about town
2006 The Age, Robert Nelson
2003 Eyeline (Autumn), Melbourne X, Martin Portus, The Canberra Times – Sasha Grishin
2002 The Age, Artists go through the emotions, Robert Nelson
2000 The Herald Sun, Catherine Lambert