ABOUT THE ARTIST….
VR Morrison’s highly realistic and lavish paintings draw inspiration from classical painting traditions and allegorical subject matter which is mediated through the artist’s interest in popular culture, history and high fashion. This ultimately lends her paintings a fresh, contemporary edge and an often palpable, air of tension.
Since 2005 the artist has lived in the beautiful city of Montpellier in the South of France with her husband and cherished pets. Morrison enjoys life with French pastries, laughter, fashion magazines and collecting stray animals.
AWARDS & PRIZES
2011 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW, Sydney, finalist
2010 Redlands Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane, finalist
2010 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW, Sydney, finalist
2007 Fisher’s Ghost Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, finalist
2007 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW, Sydney, highly commended
2006 Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, finalist
2006 Redlands Art Award, Redlands Gallery, Brisbane, finalist
2005 Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist
2005 Metro Art Award, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, People’s Choice Award, winner
2003 Conrad Jupiter’s Art Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
2003 Nudgee Art Prize, Nudgee Arts Festival, Brisbane, second prize winner
2003 NEIS Grant Recipient, State Government of Queensland
2002 Nudgee Art Prize, Nudgee Arts Festival, Brisbane, winner
2001 Conrad Jupiter’s Art Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
2000 Rapid Graphics/ Brisbane Institute of TAFE, Brisbane, Award for Achievement in Art
COLLECTIONS
BHP Billiton Collection, Melbourne
Private collections in Australia and overseas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Enchanter Moi, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Rouge, Melbourne Art Fair, Sullivan Strumpf Fine Art, Royal Exhibition Centre, Melbourne
2007 Blood and Bourgeoisie, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 Paintings from France, Schubert Contemporary, Gold Coast
2005 Liberte, Egalite, Gastronomie, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2004 Front Row, Hardy Brothers Jewellers, Brisbane
2003 Les Femmes, Freestyle Tout, Brisbane
2002 Only Dogs go to Heaven, BITS Gallery, Brisbane
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 SSFA12, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2011 SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 G20 World Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea
2010 SSFA10, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 Time Travel: Re-imaging the Past, Tweed River Gallery, Murwillumbah
2009 Horror –Come Darkness, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
2009 SSFA09, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2008 The Year of the Bird, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Sydney
2008 Neo Goth: Back in Black, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2007 SSFA07, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
2007 Come Hither: Interpretations of the Boudoir, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga
2007 Twenty/20: Twenty Years of the Churchie Emerging Artists Award, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2006 Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
2006 Art Sydney 06, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney
2006 Winter 06, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 SSFA06, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2005 Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, opening exhibition, Sydney
2003 Churchie National Emerging Art Award, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2002 Straight Out Of Brisbane Festival (Exhibitor of “Homestays” Project), Brisbane
2002 SOFA +Art, Art History Society Of University of Queensland, Brisbane
2002 Looking for Ones Roots, Multicultural Arts Centre, Brisbane
2002 Zeitgeist, Stephens Gallery, Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gibson, Prue. The Rapture of Death, Boccalatte, Sydney, 2010
Arnaut, Manuel. ‘A Morte Fica- Fhes Tao Bem’ Vogue Portugal, July 2009
Sorenson, Rosemary. ‘ How Death Becomes You’, The Australian, 12 March 2009
Neo Goth: Back in Black, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2008
Gibson, Prue. ‘Arts Focus: Figuratively Speaking’, Vogue Australia, August 2008
Gibson, Prue. ‘Deathly art: VR Morrison, Nell & Therese Howard’, Art Monthly, Issue 210, June 2008
Taylor, A. ‘Tortured Inspiration’, The Sun Herald, October 2007
Kubler, Alison. ‘Blood and the Bourgeoisie’ catalogue essay, October 2007
Ingram, Terry. ‘BHP Billiton mines art’ Australian Financial Review 17 November 2005
‘Exhibition Review’, The Art Life, November 2005, www.artlifeblogspot.com
Anderson, Peter. ‘Decadent Morsels’ catalogue essay, November 2005
Johnston, Tracy. ‘Glamour is Back’, Style Magazine, February 2003
MacIntyre, Alasdair. ‘A Cinematic Sensibility’, VR Morrison 2003, www.vrmorrison.com
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