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Wesley
Stacey's CV, collections, exhibitions and publications
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| Wesley
Stacey is represented by |
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| 1941
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Born
at Fairlight in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1957-59
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Silk
screen printers apprentice |
| 1960-62 |
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ABC
TV Graphics designers assistant.
Established photographic darkroom Studied drawing and design at
East Sydney Technical College |
| 1964-66 |
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Graphic
designer for BBC TV, London
Photographed landscape and architecture in England and Wales
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| 1968-69 |
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Staff
photographer in Sydney for Gareth Powell’s ‘Chance’
and ‘Pol’ magazines |
| 1970-76 |
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Freelance
photographer, specialising in architecture, travel, environment
and heritage
With David Moore, planned the Australian Centre for Photography
and served on the original committee.
Moved to live on the Far South Coast NSW
Travelled throughout Australia photographing for publication and
exhibition projects |
| 1977
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Photography
for New South Wales Government South Coast Advisory Committee
on Woodchipping in public forests |
| 1978-80 |
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Worked
with Guboo Ted Thomas and Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
recording Aboriginal heritage sites |
| 1981 |
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Awarded Australia Council Grant to continue photographing on the
South Coast
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| 1993
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Awarded
Australian Artists Creative Fellowship by the Federal Government |
| 1993
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Photographed
using panoramic format and colour - landscapes and skyscapes in
Australia plus cultural landscapes in Italy, Japan, Korea, Brittany
and England.
Continuing to live on the far south east coast of Australia |
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| COLLECTIONS |
National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Albury Regional Art Gallery
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies,
Canberra
Australian National Library, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 1964 |
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Photographic
Expression, University of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1965
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Australian
Vernacular Architecture, Royal Institute of British Architects,
London |
| 1973 |
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Towards
A Self Portrait, Brummels Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1975
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The
Edge, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and Coventry
Gallery, Sydney The Road, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney |
| 1990 |
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Signing
The Land, Canberra School of Art, Canberra |
| 1991 |
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Photography
1995-91, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| 1993 |
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-to
the bright plain, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1994 |
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Landscapes
for Peace: Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1995 |
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Landscapes
for Peace:Shinsegae Dongbang Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
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1996 |
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Landscapes
for Peace:Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
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| CO-AUTHORED
PUBLICATIONS |
Rude
Timber Buildings in Australia, with Philip Cox, Thames &
Hudson, 1969
Building Norfolk Island, with Philip Cox, Nelson, 1970
Kings Cross Sydney, with Rennie Ellis, Nelson, 1971
The Australian Homestead, with Phillip Cox, Landsdowne,
1972
Historic Towns of Australia, with Philip Cox, Landsdowne,
1973
The Artist Craftsman in Australia, with Fay Botrell,
Pollard, 1973
Country Towns, with John Ross, Macmillan, 1975
Timeless Gardens, with Eleanor Williams, Pioneer Design
Studio, 1977
Baronda, with Max Williams, Pot Still Press, 1978
Colonial Architecture in Australia, with Philip Cox,
Landsdowne, 1979
Mumbulla-Spiritual-Contact, with Guboo Ted Thomas, ANU,
1980
After The Tent Embassy, with Marcia Langton, Valadon,
1982 |
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| SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 1967 |
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The
Australian Nude, Gallery A, Sydney and Melbourne |
| 1972 |
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Kings
Cross, The Yellow House, Sydney and Gallery A, Melbourne
Friends, Brummels Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1974-9 |
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Recent
Australian Photography, Asian Tour |
| 1979 |
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The
Law Comes From The Mountain, Aboriginal travelling exhibition |
| 1980 |
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Australian
Photographic Industry Collection, Festival of Sydney |
| 1981 |
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Sydney
Focus I Melbourne Shift, Victorian College of the Arts
and
The Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide
Mumbulla-Spiritual-Contact, Australian National
Library, Canberra and Parliament House and The Australian Museum,
Sydney
Land Marks, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
Eureka!, Australian Artists, Serpentine Gallery,
London
New Colour Photography, Australian Centre for
Photography, Sydney
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| 1982 |
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Australian
Wilderness, University of NSW, Sydney
After The Tent Embassy, travelling exhibition
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| 1983 |
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Australian
Perspecta, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
From Another Continent - The Dream and the Real,
Paris, France
Recent Colour Photography, National Gallery of
Australia, Canberra
Decade of Australian Photography, Australian
Centre for Photography, Sydney
Old Continent - New Building, travelling Europe
and America |
| 1985 |
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CSR
Photography Project, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1987
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Photography
in the 1970’s, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| 1988 |
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Images
And Objects, Aeroporto di Roma, Italy
Shades Of Light,
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| 1993 |
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Critic’s
Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1995 |
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On
The Edge, Australian Photographers, San Diego Museum
of Art, USA |
| 1997 |
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Site
and Sensibility, Artbank selection, S.H. Ervine Gallery,
Sydney |
| 1997 |
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Practically
Art, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney |
| 1998 |
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Cars
and Cultures, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney |
| 1999 |
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What
is this thing called photography?, Art Gallery of NSW,
Sydney |
| 2000 |
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Selected
Panoramics, Australian Photographic Society Conference,
Canberra |
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