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Dianne Fogwell

Dianne Fogwell was born and raised in Lismore Australia in 1958 with her Parents Albert William Fogwell and Mavis June Bottrell. She now currently resides and works in Canberra Australia. Fogwell attended University of Wollongong as well as ANU School of Art.^[1] In 1980 Fogwell started school at the Canberra School of Art as a student, from there she progressed to studio assistant in 1981-1982 and then she became a lecturer in printmaking and foundation studies. In 1958-1989 she was a lecturer and acting head of the Graphic Investigation workshop. From 1993-2004, Fogwell was the lecturer who was in charge of the Edition and Artists Book studio.^[2] She is now a successful artist who has made many accomplishments among her career. “Fogwell is one of the most respected printmakers and artists book practitioners in the country.”^[3]

Artist Themes and Processes

Fogwell’s process and practice focuses on the creations of printmaking, painting and artists books. Within Fogwell’s works she utilizes repertoire of familiar images and she uses pared back tones to illuminate parts of the landscape that most often time go unnoticed in our daily lives. Her works play with theme of imaginary, hallucinatory and appear to be dreamscapes that create stories that flow from one work to another like pages from a text of music. Fogwell’s artistic process enhances this poetic nature of her work as she allows the images to emerge on the paper, rather than from a preconceived image.”^[4] Fogwell’s works are heavily influenced by the surrounding landscape of her North Canberrastudio, where she draws from her daily observations of the Australian Flora and Fauna.^[5] In Fogwell’s most recent works she was inspired by the detrimental effects of the bushfires in Australia and the lock down that followed the outbreak of COVID 19. Her work has a lot to do with the natural world and environment and the way humans live in the world. “15 years ago, Linocut printing became Fogwell’s specialty. She explains that the process involves taking photographs of mediums, carving from the Lino and collating prints into a book. Her whole body gets involved in the static movement she has chosen to carve. Through fine tuning her pieces she always feels immensely connected to her works due to the discipline that comes with it.”^[6] “Fogwell seeks to understand not only the moment of destruction, but also before and after it. When creating her works she places herself in the position of the tree, of the bird that loses its habitat, of the insect-ridden earth, which is suffocating under a cloud that covers it like a blanket.”^[7]

Collections

Fogwell’s work is represented in national and international collections. This includes the National Gallery of Australia, China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, Shenzhen, and many regional galleries, public libraries, universities and corporate and private collections.^[8]

Many works created by Fogwell are held in the following collections both Nationally Public and Internationally Public.

National Public Collections:

·      Art Bank

·      Artspace Mackay, Queensland

·      Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory

·      Australian War Memorial, Australian Capital Territory

·      Australian Jazz Museum, Melbourne

·      Banyule City Council, Victoria

·      Burnie Art Gallery, Tasmania

·      Canberra Museum and Gallery Collection, Australian Capital Territory

·      Canson Australia Pty Ltd, Victoria

·      Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, Australian Capital Territory

·      Hutchins School Collection, Tasmania

·      La Trobe Regional Art Gallery, Victoria

·      Legislative Assembly Collection, Canberra

·      Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

·      Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria

·      National Library of Australia, Australian Capital Territory

·      National Gallery of Australia, Australian Capital Territory

·      National Sound and film Archive, Australian Capital Territory

·      New Parliament House Collection, Australian Capital Territory

·      Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania

·      Sturt University Collection, New South Wales

·      State Library of Victoria, Rare Books, Victoria

·      State Library of Queensland, James Hardy Collection

·      University of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

·      University of Southern Queensland, Queensland

·      Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery

·      Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria

International Public Collections:

·      Joan Flasch Collection, Chicago Institute of the Arts, Chicago USA

·      Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Greece

·      The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington DC

·      The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami USA

·      Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA

·      Han Book Academy, Seoul, South Korea

Awards and Accomplishments

Throughout Fogwell’s career as an Artist she has been the recipient of many awards. Recently she was announced as the Artist of the Year at the 31^st annual ACT Arts Award which was held at the Canberra Museum and Gallery in 2021.^[9]

“More recent awards that Fogwell has received include the 2021 Geelong Print Prize and the inaugural WAMA Art Prize Award of Excellence, the 2020 Libris Award, the inaugural 2019 Megalo International Print Prize, Visual Arts Award of The Canberra Critics Circle, the special prize winner 2019 Ulsan International Woodcut Print Biennale, the national 2017 Geelong Print Prize and 2017 Banyule Award for Works on Paper.”^[10]

Fogwell was also recently the Grand Prix Winner in Ukraine for her artist book “Emu”. In 2021 she was the invited judge for the Burnie Print Prize.

Along with Fogwell’s many Awards, she was both author and publisher of the book, A Printmaker’s Cookbook – Images in Relief in 2018. It was a comprehensive 192-page publication. ^[11] “Fogwell has made a huge contribution to the art community in Canberra through her art practice, teaching, curating and establishing press and print studios.”^[12]

Exhibitions

Fogwell has been exhibiting since 1981,^[13] and within her career as an artist she has had many solo exhibitions locally and interstate. She has also participated in group exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Solo Exhibitions

2021

·      ‘Something This Way Comes’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2022

·      ‘Transient’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra

2019

·      ‘Divided World’, Paper Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney

2017

·      ‘Refuge’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne

·      ‘Renascent’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra

·      ‘Anamnesis’, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC

2016

·      ‘Recrudescence’, Manyung Gallery, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2015

·      ‘Evanescence’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne

·      ‘Harmony’ , The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC

2014

·      ‘Inflorescence’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra  

2011

·      ‘Shelter’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra

·      ‘Sanctuary’, Glenferrie Road Gallery, Melbourne

2010

·      ‘The Walled Garden’, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne  

2008

·      ‘Serendipity’, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne

·      ‘Reflections’, Arthouse Gallery, Mackay, QLD

·      ‘Elements’, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW

·      ‘Habitat’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra

2007

·      ‘First International Artist Book Fair’, Book Theme Park, SungNam City, South Korea

2005

·      ‘Waiting for Words’, Whanki Museum, Seoul, South Korea

2002

·      ‘Artist Book of Dianne Fogwell’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra

2001

·      ‘Resonance’, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra

1994

·      ‘Affected Australian’, Criterion Fine Art Gallery, Braidwood, NSW

·      ‘Heaven on a String’, Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, VIC

1993

·      ‘A Celebration’, Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, VIC

1992

·      ‘Small Confessions’, Criterion Fine Art Gallery, Braidwood, NSW

·      ‘Homage to Reuben’, Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, VIC

1989

·      ‘Presents of Memory’, Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, VIC

1988

·      ‘Prints and Paintings’, Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne

·      ‘Prints and Paintings’, Giles Street Gallery, Canberra

1987

·      ‘Works on Paper’, Solander Gallery, Canberra

1984

·      ‘Paper Works and Furniture’, Contemporary Arts Space, Canberra

Selected Group and Invited Exhibitions 2000-2018

2018:

·      Invited artist: ‘9th International Printmaking Biennial’ of Douro 2018, Portugal.

·      Group Exhibition ‘Deep Cuts’, NERAM New England Regional Art Museum.

·      Invited Judge: ‘2018 New Zealand Print and Painting Award’, Hamilton, New Zealand.

2017:

·      Invited Artist: ‘3rd Global Print 2017’ Douro, Portugal.

·      Group Exhibition: ‘On Paper’ Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.

·      Invited Artist: residency, exhibition and workshop, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC.

2016:

·      Group Exhibition: ‘Scratching the Surface’ Port Jackson Press, VIC.

·      Group Exhibition: ‘Proof: The Best of Contemporary Printmaking’ Port Jackson Press, VIC.

·      Invited Artist: ‘Eventide’ Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC.

·      Invited Artist: ‘Literary Jokes, Games and Fantasy’, Regional Library, A.Gertsena Kirov City, Ukraine

·      Invited artist: for three workshops, Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, Hawkes Bay and Auckland.

·      Invited artist: for workshop, Skopelos Works on Paper, Skopelos, Greece

2015:

·      Invited Artist: ‘Open Books’, touring, Library and Archive Canada, LAZ, Sanshang Museum of Contemporary Art,

·      Hangzhou CN, Logan Regional Gallery, QLD, ADFA Library, University of NSW, ACT.

Invited Artist: Residency, exhibition and workshop, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC.

2007:

·      First International Artist book Fair, Book Theme Park, SungNam City, Korea.

2006:

·      ‘Cracow International Print Triennial’, Cracow Poland.

·      ‘Sister City exchange’, Nara, Japan – Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT.

2005:

·      ‘Showcase Exhibition’, UCOL ‘Space’, Wanganui, NZ.

·      ‘Artist Book Internationale’, Paris, France.

2004:

·      ‘6th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print’, Roopankar, Bhopal, India

·      ‘1st Seoul International Book Arts Fair’ Seoul, South Korea. Attended fair as guest of Korean Government and gave inaugural keynote speech.

·      ‘Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair’, Maryland, USA

·      ‘Frankfurt Book Fair’, Frankfurt, Germany

2003–05:

·      ‘Flying Carpet’, touring print exhibition travelling to M. Zilinskas Gallery in Kaunas,Vasingtono aikstes Gallery in Vilnius, Alytus City Museum, and Baroti Gallery in Klaipeda, Lithuania; Gallery of the Icelandic Printmaker’s Association in Reykjavik, Iceland; Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium; Galleria Graffio in Bologna, Italy; Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil; Cercle Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg in Luxemburg; Pazo da Cultura in Pontevedra, Spain; Labihus-Dachschreegi in Muchenbuchsee, Switzerland; and Gallerie Union-Vie du centre culturel de Drummonville in Drummonville, Canada. Group print portfolio of women printmakers highlighting the plight of refugees.

2001:

·      ‘100 cities’ Graz, Austria.

·      ‘The Continents’, Walbrych, Ksiaz Castle.

2000:

·      ‘Cracow International Print Triennial’, Cracow, Poland.

Recent Works

‘Something This Way Comes’ – Exhibited in Australian Galleries March 8^th – March 26^th, 2022

Within this series of Linocut works Fogwell focuses on the unknown of what is to come. “Implicit in the title is the belief that despite on the twin catastrophes of the major bush fires in Australia and COVID that have upended lives and imposed a new way of living on us all, something worthwhile has to come out of it.”^[14] Within this series of works Fogwell creates a piece called ‘Arcadia Lost’. This piece is a large-scale linocut work of eight panels completed and put together in Canberra during the time of the major bushfires in Australia. The effects of the fire were detrimental, it threatened lives and properties. It destroyed Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and other rural lands creating an ecological disaster. This work of art pays tribute to the damages that were caused. In capturing the aftermath of the disaster, she also recognized an ornamental and decorative aspects that is very present in this work.^[15]

‘Divided World’ – Exhibited in Sydney Contemporary 12 – 15 September 2019  

In 2019 Australian Galleries invited Fogwell to present a solo exhibition of her unique state linocuts. The series was called ‘Divided World’ and she presented a series of prints that explored the impact of fire on flora and fauna. These works became a collection of prints of hope. The birds that can be seen in earlier prints flying away in panic of the disaster are now seen exploring their new bare habitat.^[16]

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