Davida Allen

Davida Frances Allen
Born (1951-10-20) 20 October 1951 (age 73)
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Alma materBrisbane Central Technical College
Known forPainting, writing
AwardsArchibald Prize, 1986

Davida Frances Allen (born 20 October 1951) is an Australian painter, filmmaker and writer.

Early life and education

Davida Allen was born on 20 October 1951 in Charleville, Queensland.[1]

She studied under Betty Churcher at the Stuartholme School, Brisbane (1965–69) and later under Roy Churcher (Betty Churcher's husband) at Brisbane Central Technical College (1970–72).[2][3]

Career

Allen has written and illustrated two books,[4][5] and has created a 50-minute film, Feeling Sexy (1999), on the struggles of an artist attempting to reconcile the conflicting demands of bohemia and suburbia.[6] The film was invited to the Venice Film Festival.[3]

She frequently confronts the themes of family and sexuality; regarding the latter she has said: "if we are truly feminist in the fullest sense of the word, we shouldn't have felt we had to lock it away or be really careful about it. We should be chauvinist in our womanhood."[7]

Allen is represented in all major public collections in Australia, and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[8]

Awards and nominations

Exhibitions

Australian exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

  • Ray Hughes Gallery at Pinacotheca, Pinacotheca Art Gallery (Richmond, Victoria), 1981[15]
  • Nine Queensland artists, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, 1981[16]
  • Contemporary Art in Australia – A Review, inaugural exhibition of the Museum of Contemporary Art in South Brisbane, 1987[13]
  • Blue chip X : the collectors' exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2008[17]

Commercial galleries

  • Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, in 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1986
  • Australian Galleries, Sydney, in 1993, 1996, 2001
  • Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, in 1999, 2001,[18] 2003,[19] 2005, 2008,[20] 2010,[21] 2012,[22] 2014,[23] 2016.[24]

International group exhibitions

References

  1. ^ "Davida Allen". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Archibald Prize finalists 1986". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Allen, Davida, 1951-". Australian Art. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008.
  4. ^ What Is a Portrait – Images of Vicki Myers, ISBN 978-1-875505-02-9
  5. ^ The Autobiography of Vicki Myers – Close to the Bone, ISBN 978-0-7318-0207-4
  6. ^ Davida Allen's film Feeling Sexy
  7. ^ Davida Allen at Art Galleries Schubert Archived 20 June 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Davida Allen: In the Moment (3 May – 30 June 2018)". Griffith University. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1986 work: Dr John Arthur McKelvie Shera by Davida Allen". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize 2010". Brisbane: Tattersalls Club. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  11. ^ Appositions : 14 November – 7 December 1984, College Gallery, Brisbane CAE. Brisbane College of Advanced Education. 1984. ISBN 9780868566108.
  12. ^ Allen, Davida; Nye, Atherton; Hughes, Annette (1987). Davida Allen : survey exhibition 24th October – 5th December. Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane. ISBN 1862670021 – via Trove.
  13. ^ a b Grishin, Sasha (29 August 1987). "Another challenge from Queensland". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 957. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ Davida Allen: in the moment. Brisbane: Griffith University Art Museum. 2018. ISBN 9781925455601.
  15. ^ Ray Hughes Gallery (Brisbane, Qld.); Pinacotheca Art Gallery (Richmond, Vic.) (1981). Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, 4th–18th April, 1981 at Pinacotheca.
  16. ^ Nine Queensland artists. Townsville, : Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. 1981.
  17. ^ Cruthers, John; Niagara Galleries (2008). Blue chip X : the collectors' exhibition : 4 March – 5 April 2008, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne. Richmond, Victoria: Niagara Publishing. ISBN 978-1920857509.
  18. ^ Out of Queensland : exhibition current 16 June – 14 July 2001. Brisbane: Philip Bacon Galleries. 2001.
  19. ^ Allen, Davida (2003). Davida Allen : diary of a bushwalker. Brisbane: Philip Bacon Galleries.
  20. ^ Allen, Davida (2008). Davida Allen : the light within. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: Philip Bacon Galleries.
  21. ^ Allen, Davida (2010). Davida Allen : new life. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: Philip Bacon Galleries.
  22. ^ Allen, Davida (2012). Davida Allen : Tasmanian lovers. Brisbane: Philip Bacon Galleries.
  23. ^ Allen, Davida; Salmon, Gerard (2014). Davida Allen : new paintings. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: Philip Bacon Galleries.
  24. ^ Digital, Cru. "Philip Bacon Galleries – Artists & Stockroom". www.philipbacongalleries.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  25. ^ Pagé, Suzanne (1983). D'un autre continent : l'Australie la reve et le reel. Association française d'action artistique [fr], Department for animation, recherche, confrontation (ARC) at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. ISBN 978-2-86545-022-0.
  26. ^ "An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture (May 17 – August 19, 1984)". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  27. ^ Eiblmayr, Silvia; Export, Valie; Prischl-Maier, Monika; Museum Moderner Kunst (Austria); Verein Frauen '84 (Austria) (1985), Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn : aktuelle Kunst von Frauen : Texte und Dokumentation, Löcker Verlag, ISBN 978-3-85409-070-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Allen, Davida; National Art Gallery (N.Z.) (1986), Davida Allen, National Art Gallery, retrieved 11 March 2018
  29. ^ Hogan, Janet (1987), Painters & sculptors : diversity in contemporary Australian art, Queensland Art Gallery, ISBN 978-0-7242-2648-1
Awards
Preceded by Archibald Prize
1986
for Dr. John Arthur McKelvey Shera 		Succeeded by