Shirley Cameron-Roberts Biography

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Shirley Cameron-Roberts spent her early years on a wheat and sheep property on the Murray River at Boundary Bend in Victoria. She completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Melbourne University in 1967 and went on to a career in accounting and management. In 1982 she moved to Sydney. She now lives in the country near the Barrington Tops National Park. Though largely self taught as an artist, in the 1970’s she undertook courses in painting and drawing at the Victorian Artist’s Society, the Victorian Council for Adult Education and Prahran Technical College.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2006 Recent Paintings, Gallery 460 + Sculpture Park, Gosford
2005 A Fragile Land, John Miller Galleries, Newcastle
Part of the Landscape # 3, Breewood Galleries, Richmond
2004 Undercurrents, curated by Gavin Wilson, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland
(in conjunction with Therese Kenyon and Brian Roberts)
2003 Part of the Landscape # 2, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, Victoria
Part of the Landscape, Breewood Galleries, Richmond
2002 Landmarks, The Private Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland
2001 Reasonable Use, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
From the Forest to the Foreshore, The Private Gallery, Sydney
Formative Years, Butterflies Gallery, Pokolbin
2000 Connections, Breewood Galleries, Leura
1999 Forest Fragments, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
The Embrace, Selected Work from the Maitland City Art Collection,
Maitland Council Administration Centre, Maitland
1997 Players on the Board, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1995 Paintings and Drawings, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
Saying Goodbye to Yesterday, Kenthurst Gallery, Sydney
1994 Drawn From Life, Kenthurst Gallery, Sydney
1992 Images in Transition, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 The 10th Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Sydney, with John Miller Galleries
2004 The John Leslie Art Prize – Art Refers to Environment, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
The Artesian Art Prize, John Miller Galleries, Newcastle
2003 Selections from the Anne von Bertouch Collection, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
Inaugural Exhibition, Portrait Artists Australia, The Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
2002 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Victoria. Bridging the Divide, Maitland City Art Gallery
Feature Artist, St Madeleines Artfest, Kenthurst
2001 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
2000 Newcastle - Ube 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Ube, Japan;
Brave New World? A Statement, Maitland City Art Gallery
1999 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman City Art Gallery, Sydney;
Thoughts on the End of the Second Millennium, Maitland City Art Gallery
1998 The Elements, Inaugural Exhibition, Akky van Ogtrop Fine Art Gallery, Sydney;
Rites of the River, Festival and Art Trail, Maitland Central Business District
1997 Tyrrell's Triumph - Another Dimension, Maitland City Art Gallery
1996 Artistic Relationships Number 2, Maitland City Art Gallery;
Tomago House, a Celebration through Art, Tomago House then von Bertouch Galleries
1995 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1994 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Sydney Harbour Exhibition, Kenthurst Gallery, Kenthurst;
Newcastle Bight Environmental Art Award, von Bertouch Galleries;
Mosman Art Prize, Adjudicator’s Selection, Sydney
Two Artists of the Hunter, Butterflies Gallery, Pokolbin
1993 Selections, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
Aspects of Love, Kenthurst Gallery, Kenthurst
Survey of Women Artists of the Hunter Region, Maitland City Art Gallery
1992 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
Mosman Art Prize, Adjudicator’s Selection, Sydney
Nudes and other Animals, Duke of Wellington Gallery, Sydney;
Festival of Sydney Exhibition, Westpac, 39 Martin Place, Sydney;
Journey in Colour, Duke of Wellington Gallery, Sydney
1991 Duke of Wellington Gallery, Sydney
1990 Jazz, Eaglehawke Galleries, Sydney
Mosman Gallery, Sydney
1989 Mosman Gallery, Sydney
1987 Victoria and Albert, Mount Victoria.
1979 Exhibition with Bloo Souter, Toorak, Melbourne.

AWARDS
2004 The Banool Conservation Art Prize, Scone
Artesian Art Prize, John Miller Galleries, Newcastle, Second Prize
2002 Sydney Royal Arts Show, Figurative Painting
1997 Maitland Art Prize, Print and Drawing Prize, acquisitive
1996 Newcastle Regional Art Prize, Drawing
Singleton Art Prize, Open Contemporary Section
1994 Scone Art Prize, Open Section
Walkom Manning, Biennial Art Prize, Taree, Best Painting
Singleton Art Prize, Open Contemporary
Maitland Art Prize, Drawing Prize, acquisitive
1993 Northholme Art Prize, Drawing and Mixed Media

COLLECTIONS
Coalbridge Pty Ltd, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Maitland Regional Gallery, Ellemby Resources Pty Ltd
ABN Amro Merchant Bank, Private Collections in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, the UK and the U.S.A.

COMMISSIONS
Ellemby Resources Pty Ltd. Various commissions for private collections.

PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES
Catalogue, 10th Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Sydney, July 2005, p3
Jill Stowell, Review, Newcastle Herald Weekender, 15/10/05
Undercurrents, catalogue with essay by Gavin Wilson, Maitland Regional Gallery, April 2004
Jill Stowell, Art Review, Newcastle Herald, Weekender, Saturday 10 April, 2004
The Maitland Mercury, 7 April. 2004 p3
The Flow of Creation, Hunter Lifestyle, March/April 2004
Helen Kaptein, Glory of the Bend, Gallery News, Swan Hill Guardian, 8/9/03,
Spring at the Swan Hill Gallery, Swan Hill Guardian, 8 September, 2003
Catalogue, 2002 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, selective exhibition
Libby Dickerson, 2NUR FM, 1 August, 2001.
Jill Stowell, Art, Newcastle Herald, 4 August, 2001
Jill Stowell, Three Trees, Newcastle Herald, 17th July, 1999.
Rosemary Bunker, “An Artist’s Journey”, Artemis, Newcastle Gallery Society, 1998, Vol. 28/1.
Meryl Ryan, Review, “The Female Form in Favor”, Newcastle Herald, 26 October, 1996.
Jill Stowell, Review, The Newcastle Herald, 21 April, 1995;
ABC Television, Review, “Portia Geach Portrait Award”, 6th November, 1995.
Max Germaine, A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia, Craftsman Press.