Ms Jeannette Siebols

 

At the heart of man’s dreaming and imagination lie metaphors, myths, symbols and an empire of signs which illuminate understanding – they have the power to connote and are the building blocks by which to reflect and make sense of the world.

These are the source of Siebols’ paintings – translating those metaphors which lend themselves to abstract pictorial interpretation acting as vehicles for understanding one thing in terms of another.

Siebols’ work of the last two years has dealt with the theme of Plato’s Cave where the subject of the paintings is the shadow of forms passing on a cave wall. The cave is Plato’s allegory of human existence and the shadowy forms are the veiled essence of things. The studio is a cave where images come and go – creation, destruction and evolution.

Other recurring themes in her work are Tabula Rasa, Palimpsest, Lacuna, Illatum, Arcana and Soliloquy and these are both subject and the process of painting.

The Chinese talk of ‘writing a painting’ and Siebols’ use of the written mark stems from her study of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. Their appreciation of the abstract nature of the written mark has prompted her to use diverse scripts as a vehicle for expression. Drawing on an encyclopaedia of scripts Siebols inscribes texts until marks are accumulated in transparent layers. Her interest is in the dialogue of these layers where words hover on the brink of legibility with the disintegration and metamorphosis of text building up word fossils and an archaeology of signs. 

 

www.liverpoolstreetgallery.com.au

 

solo exhibitions

2009                Ek Stasis, Liverpool Street gallery, Sydney

2004               The Vital Brush II, Kudos gallery, Sydney

2002               The Vital Brush, King street gallery on Burton, Sydney

2000                New Work, King street gallery on Burton, Sydney

1998                Recent Work, King street gallery, Sydney

1995                Paintings ’95, Crawford gallery, Sydney

                         Works on Paper, Crawford gallery, Sydney

1993                Painting Exhibition, Crawford gallery, Sydney

1988                Sculpture Exhibition, Irving Sculpture gallery, Sydney

1986                Sculpture Exhibition, Irving Sculpture gallery, Sydney

 

selected group exhibitions

2014                

2013                Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art gallery

                         Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, The Croydon, PLC, Croydon

2012                Dobell Prize for Drawing,  Art gallery of NSW,  Sydney

2012, '11         Fisher’s Ghost Prize exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre

                         Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art gallery

2011                Fleurieu Landscape Art Prize, McLaren Vale, South Australia

2010                Blake Prize exhibition, National Art School gallery, Darlinghurst

                          and touring Blake exhibition

                         Text as Spiritual Imagery, McGlade gallery, Strathfield

                          Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition building, Melbourne

2009, ’00, ’02 Sulman Prize exhibition, Art gallery of NSW, Sydney

2009                 Crux, McGlade gallery, Strathfield

2009, ’08,’06   Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, The Croydon, PLC, Croydon

2009                 Summer exhibition, Liverpool Street gallery, East Sydney

2008                 Fisher’s Ghost Prize exhibition, Campbelltown Arts centre, NSW

                          Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art gallery of NSW, Sydney

2008, ’06         Blake Prize exhibition, National Art School gallery, Darlinghurst

2008, ’07         Wynne Prize exhibition, Salon de Refuses, S. H. Ervin gallery, Sydney

   ’06, ’05

2008, ’07         Show and Tell, ACU National gallery, Strathfield

2008, ’07         Stations of the Cross exhibition, Uniting Church, St Ives

2007                 Mosman Art Prize exhibition, Mosman Region gallery, Mosman

2006, ’05         Fisher’s Ghost Prize exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW

2005                 Muswellbrook 38^th Art Prize exhibition, Muswellbrook Art Centre

2004                 Masters of COFA, Ivan Dougherty gallery, Sydney

2004, ’03         Blake Prize exhibition, Sir Hermann Black gallery, University of Sydney

2004, '03, ’01  Fisher's Ghost Prize exhibition, Campbelltown City Art gallery, NSW

 '00 '99,'97                  

2004                 Without Reason, COFA Exhibition/Performance Space, UNSW

2003                 State of Art: Peace exhibition, Manly Art gallery and Touring exhibition

2003, '01          Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional gallery, Gymea

2001                 Blake Prize exhibition, S. H. Ervin gallery, Sydney and Touring Blake exhibition

2001, '00,         Mosman Art Prize exhibition, Mosman Region gallery, Mosman

  '99,'98,'97             

2000                 Fleurieu Biennale, McLaren Vale Prize, South Australia                                           

                           Australian Contemporary Art Fair exhibition, Melbourne

                          Women and the landscape, King street gallery, Sydney

                          First show of the year, King street gallery on Burton, Sydney

1998                 New Work, King street gallery, Sydney

                          Small Works, King street gallery on Burton, Sydney

1997                 Wynne Prize exhibition, Art gallery of NSW, Sydney

1994                 Australian Contemporary Art Fair exhibition, Melbourne

1987                Triangle Artists exhibition, Pine Plains, New York, USA

                          Off the Pedestal, Irving Sculpture gallery, Sydney

1985                 Ninth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, Victoria

1984                 Sculptor’s Choice, Irving Sculpture gallery, Sydney

1983                 Women Sculptors, Irving Sculpture gallery, Sydney

                          Eight Women Artists, Glebe Town Hall, Sydney

1982                 Outdoor & Table Sculpture, Irving Sculpture gallery, Sydney

                          Eighth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, Victoria

1981                 Six Sculptors, Manly Art gallery, Sydney

1980                Survey of Sculpture, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney

 

collections and commissions

                          Lexus of Newcastle

                          Artbank, Australia

                          D.D.I. Adworks/Filmworks, Sydney

                          ANA Hotel, Sydney

                          General & Cologne Reinsurance, Sydney

                          Private collections, Australia and overseas

                          Outback Arts Incorporate

 

 

bibliography

2012               ' Contemporary Australian Drawing, 20 years of the Dobell Prize for Drawing',  Kolenberg, Ryan

                          and Campbell

2009                ‘New Blood’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 48, Amanda Woodward             

2000                Australian Art Collector, Andrew Frost 

                          Siebols’ Palimpsests, Dr Joseph Pugliese

1993                 Weekend Australian, Elwyn Lynn,

1991                 A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia, Max Germaine

1989                 Australian Contemporary Design, ACP

1987                 SMH, Arts review, Bruce Adams

                          Weekend Australian, Arts review, Elwyn Lynn

1984                 Australian Business Collector’s Annual, Celia Winter Irving

                          Weekend Australian, Arts Review, Elwyn Lynn

                          SMH, Arts review, Susanna Short

                          Artists and Galleries of Australia, Max Germaine              

                          Art Network, Avenel Mitchell

1982                 Art Network, Clive Murray-White                   

                          Collectors Corner, Financial Feature, The Australian, Robin Bayes

                          SMH, Arts review, Susanna Short

                          Weekend Australian, Robin Bayes