Australian Artist News

"As the Crow Flies' - ink on paper was selected as a finalist in the 2009 Outback Art Prize at the the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery

Anna Glynn Australian digital video art animation, music clip 'Magnificent' of an inspirational Stepen Taberner song by the Spooky Mens Chorale. A 2009 prize winning animation where mastodon meets music, bath time is fun and air traffic control is done the old fashioned way.

Anna Glynn Australian art animation 'Kangaroo Nights' - based on one of my earlier oil paintings of Kangaroo Valley which incorporate original artwork, sound and writing.

In 2008 my work was included on Poetica ABC Australia Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Commission)

In Shanghai I met Chinese artist Wu GuoWei for the first time and we had a strange and immediate affinity through the similarity of our artwork. In 2008, the Australia China Council gave me an opportunity to spend extended time working with her in Liaoning Province, China exploring this compelling phenomenon. Through this artistic connection followed a personal relationship - a dialogue between individuals extending our understanding of each other and our cultures.

Adobe has generously sponsored my multi media work by providing creative software.

We were awarded a Nillumbik Council / Parks Victoria, Laughing Waters Artist in Residence in 2008 to continue our collaboration in Australia. This was a very creative time spent in an Australian bush environment. Our thanks go to Nillumbik Council and Parks Victoria for making this possible.

Our collaborative work was selected for the 'From Mao to Now Exhibition' 2008 at the Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia.

Earlier in 2009 my series of drawings 'Sea Tales' were included in an exhibition at Gallery HM, Sydney. I chose works inspired by the historical collection of the Lady Denman Maritime Museum and used archival images and text as the starting point for the works. These included graphic drawings.

At the Shanghai International Art Fair 2007, I was one of three artists selected at the fair by the prestigious car company Roewe to create an artwork especially on one of their cars. I invited Chinese artist and friend Wu GuoWei to assist in the creation of this special artwork - a dream in pink with fluttering birds and dragonflies on a sleek black car.

I represented Australia in an international art exhibition titled 'Being' at the Zhu Qizhan Art Museum in Shanghai, November 2007. Zhu Qizhan Art Museum is one of the major public museums in Shanghai and serves as a platform for both traditional and contemporary art. The exhibition theme ‘Being’ looked at the importance of nature, animals and the environment. I also presented a multi media work with narration based on my Strange Memories film for the opening ceremony of the exhibition working with a local performer Shao Bai who narrated in Mandarin.

Exhibition representing Australia at the Shanghai International Art Fair 2007

Exhibition representing Australia at the Guangzhou International Art Fair 2007

I was also a 'star' artist on the Australian Women's Art Register. The Women's Art Register is a collection of national significance used by artists, curators, teachers, students, researchers, designers and the general public.

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Recent Exhibitions Events
2011 Parallel Dreams Exhibition, Peking University, Beijing China
2011 Yarra River Stories sound piece broadcast on ABC Radio National 360 Documentaries
2011 ‘The Traveller’ digital video artwork selected finalist International Video Art exhibition Germany
2011 ‘The Traveller’ & ‘Seven Dreams’ digital video artwork Albury Regional Gallery outdoor digital gallery.
2010 Parallel Dreams Exhibition, Shoalhaven City Art Centre International Collaboration with Chinese artist Wu GuoWei
2010 Winner Animated Film ‘The Traveller’ International Film Festival, Ireland
2010 Awarded French Government artist in residence Antibes/France
2010 Awarded Laughing Waters artist in residence Melbourne / development unique site-specific performance in the Australian landscape
2010 Selected for Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia
2009 Winner with digital video artwork Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Historic Houses Trust Australia
2009 Video artwork at LCAP Casula Powerhouse Art Gallery Australia
2009 Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Australia
2009 Exhibition at Double Dragon Alliance Cultural Centre, Shanghai China
2009 ‘Magnificent’ digital video artwork selected Spooky Men’s Chorale DVD, Australia
2008 “Mao To Now Exhibition” Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Homebush, Australia
2008 Gallery Zhao, Shanghai, China
2007  Zhu Qizhan Art Museum Shanghai, China
2007  Shanghai Art Fair, China
2007  Guangzhou International Art Fair, China
2007  Korean International Art Fair, Seoul, represented by HM Gallery
2007  Contemporary Australian Art Exhibition, Australia Week, Toronto, Canada
2007   Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong, Australia
2007   Australian Art Fest ,Toronto Canada

Strange Memories Project
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC) www.merrigong.com.au
Strange Memories was selected for the Merrigong Theatre Development Program at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong Australia. In 2006 and 2007 we completed the first stage which was script development: exploring the theatrical ideas within the script with Director Anne-Louise Rentell.

The Australian Trade Commission
My work has been included in ‘Contemporary Australian Art,’ a book produced by Austrade. For more information go to Austrade's web site.

I have also been included in ‘AusGallery NSW’, a CD of selected Australian artists for promotion to 58 countries.

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2012 will see a major exhibition of my Shoalhaven Stories works at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, Australia in August, September and then onto Beijing, China for a solo exhibition in October. Both exhibitions will include multimedia: digital, video, painting, drawing, writing, music, sound, moving image, animation and film making.

The Parallel Dreams Exhibition was held at Peking University, Centennial Hall in Beijing, China in 2011. It was very successful and has led to an invitation for me to work on future projects with Peking University. The exhibition was included by the Australian Embassy in Beijing in 2011 as part of the Imagine Australia - the Year of Australian Culture in China. The aim of Imagine Australia was to enhance friendly relations, promote exchange and further mutual understanding between Australia and China. The events showcased some of Australia's finest gems in performing arts projects and visual arts exhibitions.

Below is a video of the Parallel Dreams exhibition at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre where I talk to Tracey Glenn the Manager.

I spent two fabulous months in 2011 as artist in residence at the 24HR Art – International Studio Residency Program at Huantie Art City, Beijing. This is a program through a new partnership between 24HR Art - Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art and Asialink giving international professional development opportunities to artists from regional and remote areas. I was supported in this residency by the NSW Government through Arts NSW. The residency exceeded my expectations with many new opportunities. It gave me the time to create new works and make lots of valuable personal ongoing artistic connections in China which I hope to be able to follow up on - so big thank you to all the people and organisations that made this time in Beijing possible.

My Yarra River Stories sound piece was played in 2011 on ABC Radio National 360 Documentaries. This half hour program with my writing, sound and music recordings was really well received with lots of great comments posted on the ABC website. This was produced by Gretchen Miller and the sound engineer was Russel Stapleton. Download or listen at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/360/stories/2011/3192459.htm You can hear the story, in words and music as well as follow the tale through my paintings in their image gallery.

My animation work was included in Flight and Flow, the slideshow the Pool and 360documentaries team created from the Birdland and Rivers Projects. This showed on the big screen at Federation Square in 2011.

My two digital video artworks 'The Traveller' and 'Seven Dreams' were chosen as the first works to launch at SCOPE: the Albury City curated Digital Art Outdoor Gallery in 2011. QEII Square was transformed into a digital outdoor gallery. Multimedia works from around the country were showcased alongside short films.

The ‘Parallel Dreams' exhibition showed at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre late in 2010. The artworks by myself and Wu GuoWei from China are based on our cross-cultural, international collaboration over the past four years. This exhibition on the themes of nature, childhood and the dream world includes a rich tapestry of materials, juxtaposing the two cultures. It shows: works from before we met, works created together and new works created as a response to our strange synchronicity. I have also created a new digital video artwork ‘Seven Dreams’ which includes original paintings, drawings, photographs, sound and animation.

..Two artists & two worlds merge in an international collaboration exploring a strange synchronicity…
paintings, collaborative drawings & digital video artwork…
Anna Glynn from Australia & Wu GuoWei from China
Shoalhaven City Arts Centre 2010

I was awarded an artist-in-residence by the City of Antibes - France in 2010 to spend three months creating new multimedia works. I was honoured to be the first Australian artist invited to be part of the program located in the historic Villa Fontaine.

I was awarded 2010 Laughing Waters Artist in Residence in Melbourne with theatre director Anne-Louise Rentell. We are developing a new Australian contemporary theatre work - 'Digging a Hole to China' - a unique site-specific performance in the Australian landscape.

Image on left is a still from Anna Glynn Australian video art work 'verse versus...' winner of the Meroogal Women's Art Prize 2009 My digital video artwork 'Verse Versus...' won the Meroogal Women's Art Prize 2009. The art work was created as a response to Edward Lear’s poem ‘The New Vestments’, a story in a children’s book in the collection of the Historic Houses Trust property at Nowra – Meroogal. It incorporates a mixture of techniques & media: drawing, painting photography, sound, animation and video/film. In essence a creation using a contemporary palette of artist’s tools.
Creative software supplied by Adobe.

Thankyou to the women who graciously assisted in this work: voices - Megan Birmingham, Perrie Croshaw, Michelle Darlington, Sandra Lee, Dr Claire Manning, Indiana & Nicci Riley, figure in video - Ruth Sykes, knitted dogs - Cheryl Scowen.

My painting 'The Brave Hunter' is the cover image for the latest edition of ‘A Concise History of Australia’ by Stuart Macintyre - Cambridge University Press.

I am pleased to have a work from my Bundanon / Shoalhaven Stories series chosen as the archetypal Australian image for this important publication.The previous edition cover featured a Sydney Nolan, Ned Kelly image so this follows in the tradition of interpreting Australian stories using our iconic landscapes.