Sylvia Convey
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Sylvia Convey | |
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Germany |
Nationality | Latvian Australian |
Sylvia Convey (born 1948) is a Latvian Australian self-taught artist known for her paintings, quilts and dolls.
Life
Sylvia Convey was born in a
Work
As an
A recurring thread in her work has been the blurring of boundaries between art forms. As a painter she rejected the primacy of canvas and used non-conventional surfaces. As a
Collections and exhibits
Convey's work has been acquired by several institutions including the National Gallery of Australia,[3] Iwalewa Haus at the University of Bayreuth and the Canberra Museum and Gallery.
Since 1972, she has exhibited in Australia, Germany, the United States, and France. Her work was part of the landmark exhibition Australian outsiders at the Halle St. Pierre in Paris in 2006. Convey's work was included in the 2010 exhibition 13 Australian Outsider Artists at Callan Park Gallery.[4] In 2015, a survey exhibition of Sylvia Convey and her husband's work titled Double Vision was held at the Orange Regional Gallery.[5]
References
- ^ "NGA: Works in the collection: Starry Night". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "History of immigration from Latvia". Museum Victoria Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "NGA: Artist: Sylvia Convey". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "THIRTEEN AUSTRALIAN OUTSIDER ARTISTS - CURATED BY PHILIP HAMMIAL". University of Sydney. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Gray, Brenda (30 May 2015). "AT THE GALLERY: inside outsider art at the Orange Regional Gallery". Central Western Daily. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- Australian Migrant ships 1946–1977, Peter Plowman (Chiswick)
- Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon Volume 21 (K.G. Saur Verlag) Munich 1999
- Outsider Art in Australia - Ulli Beier, Phillip Hammal (EDS) (Aspect) 1989
- Australian Naive Art - Sandra Warner (Craftsman House) 1997
- Australian Printmaking in the 1990s - Sasha Grishin (Craftsman House) 1997
- Australian Outsiders - Martine Lusardy (Halle St. Pierre) 2006