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Stre l i tz ia 2017 oi l and wax on canvas 240 x 240 cm*

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S U Z A N N E A R C H E RT H E W H I S P E R I N G O F L E AV E S

Over the last three years I have been ‘looking back’ over my 50-year body of work, initially prompted by two exhibitions Suzanne Archer: The Alchemy of the Studio at Macquarie University Art Gallery in 2016 followed by Moving Forwards, Looking Back at Nicholas Thompson Gallery in 2016/17 and in preparation for a book about my work due for release in 2019.

I work thematically, and at the end of my recent subject of China I was ready to move on. This retrospective view of my own work ironically inspired me to revisit the landscape of Wedderburn NSW, the theme that I had focused on when I moved to the area in 1987 and which I had continued working on into the early 1990’s.

This landscape is made up of rugged bushland with scraggly gum trees with their gnarled and grid-forming branches and deep gorges with rock pools. We are visited by king parrots, rock wallabies and koalas. The sounds are of cicadas, bird calls and ‘the whispering of leaves’.

Suzanne Archer 2018

Impasse 2017 oi l and wax on canvas 183 x 153 cm

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Vinewood 2016 oi l on canvas 240 x 240 cm*

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Chappara l 2017 oi l on canvas 240 x 240 cm

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Back-Track 2017 acry l i c on paste l board 76.5 x 51 cm Summer 2017 acry l i c on paste l board 76.5 x 51 cm

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS2018 ‘The Journey Woman’ Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW2016 ‘Moving Forwards, Looking Back: A Survey’ Nicholas Thompson Gallery, VIC2016 ‘Suzanne Archer: The Alchemy of the Studio’ Macquarie University Gallery, NSW2015 ‘Beneath the Skin’ Nicholas Thompson Gallery, VIC2014 ‘The Glass Depository’ Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW2013 ‘Anthology of Absurdity’ Janet Clayton Gallery, NSW2013 ‘Conversations with the Devil Woman’ Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW2011 ‘Library of Disturbance’ Wilson Street Gallery, NSW2010 ‘Afterlife’ Maitland Regional Art Gallery & Tour, NSW2009 ‘Shelf-Life’ Wilson Street Gallery, NSW2008 ‘Mistress of the Dead’ Tin Sheds Gallery, NSW2007 ‘BreathLess’ Wallspace Gallery, NSW2005 ‘Horsepower’ Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW2004 ‘Horses for Courses’ War Memorial Art Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW2002 Stephanie Burns Fine Art, ACT2001 ‘Predators & Prey’ BBA Gallery, NSW2000 ‘Visitation-Celebration’ Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW1999/1998/1996/1992 Coventry Gallery, NSW1990/88/86/83 ‘Paintings (and sculptures)’ Rex Irwin, NSW1987 ‘Paintings’ Michael Milburn Gallery, QLD1983/80 ‘Paintings’ Powell Street Gallery, VIC1983 ‘Paintings’ Sydney Uni Staff Club, NSW1981/80 ‘Paintings’ David Reid Gallery, NSW1979/77/74 ‘Paintings (and sculptures)’ Watters Gallery, NSW1977/75 ‘Paintings (and sculptures)’ Abraxas Gallery, ACT1977 ‘Paintings’ (and sculptures)’ Raffin Gallery, Orange NSW1970 ‘Paintings’ Pinkney Gallery, London, England1969 ‘Paintings’ Clune Gallery, Sydney, NSW

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)2018 ‘We are all Connected to Campbelltown (One Way or Another)’ Campbelltown Arts Centre ‘AWI 95th Annual Exhibition’ Juniper Hall, Paddington, Sydney ‘RAW Wedderburn’ Delmar Gallery, Sydney ‘The Art of Friendship Gallery’ Lane Cove Gallery + Creative Studios2017 ‘Australasian Painters 2007-2017’ Artist Profile 10th Anniversary Orange Regional Gallery2015 ‘Drawn to form: the matter at hand’ Blacktown Art Centre2014 ‘Transforming’ Tianjin Meijiang International Art Gallery China2014 ‘Across the Water: China- Australia Modern Masters of Watercolour’ Shanghai Quanuha Watercolour Art Gallery & Shenzhen Museum of Fine Arts2013/10 ‘Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Adelaide Perry Gallery’, PLC Sydney2012 ‘From Paper’ Beijing Art Space, China2012/10/09 ‘Dobell Drawing Prize’ Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales2010 ‘Kedumba Drawing Award’, NSW2010 Blue Mountains Grammar School, NSW2006 ‘Sulman Prize’ Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2003-04 ‘International Contemporary Drawing Art’ Exhibition touring to Central Academy of Art Beijing Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts & Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts China.2003 ‘Love Letter to China’ (Drawings by 35 artists) Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW2000 ‘Common Ground’ Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW2000/02 ‘Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition’ Art Gallery of New South Wales1999 ‘Hung, Drawn & Quartered’ Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW1998 ‘6 from Wedderburn’ Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW

PRIZES & AWARDS (Selected)2010 Dobell Prize for Drawing2010 Kedumba Drawing Award2006 Willoughby Art Prize-Painting Section2006 James Kiwi Watercolour Prize1994 Wynne Prize AGNSW1993 Prime TV Painting Prize1989 The SMH Heritage Art Award1985 Faber-Castell Prize for Drawing

COLLECTIONS (Selected)Art Gallery of New South WalesNational Gallery of AustraliaNational Gallery of VictoriaCampbelltown Arts Centre (was Campbelltown CityBicentennial Art Gallery)Faber-Castell CollectionMacquarie University Collection New EnglandRegional Art Museum Wollongong University

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selected)2015 van Nunen, L&D. ‘Brushes with History, Masters of Watercolour’, Australian Watercolour Institute, Beagle Press2014 ‘Across the Water: China-Australia Modern Masters of Watercolour’ (cat), Shanghai Quanuha Watercolour Art Gallery & Shenzhen Museum of Fine Arts2010 Gibson, P. ‘Suzanne Archer’ in Artist Profile, issue 112006 ‘The Australian Watercolour Institute’, Phillip Mathews Book Publishers2005 ‘Horsepower’ (cat), Campbelltown Arts Centre2004 ‘Horses for Courses’ (cat), War Memorial Art Gallery, University of Sydney2003 ‘Common Ground- Four Wedderburn Painters’ in Art & Australia1998 ‘6 from Wedderburn’ (cat), Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre1998 Drury, N. ‘Images 3: Contemporary Australian Painting’, Craftsman House1993 ‘Within a Stone’s Throw’ (cat), CCBAG1990 McIntyre, A. ‘Australian Contemporary Collage & its Origins’, Craftsman House1988 McIntyre, A. ‘Australian Contemporary Drawing’, Boolarong Publications1981/83/85 ‘Australian Perspecta’ (cats), AGNSW1977 Rowe, R. ‘Modern Australian Sculpture’, Rigby1969 Horton, M. (ed) ‘Present Day Art in Australia’, Art & Australia & Ure Smith & Co

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(l) Spook 2017 acry l i c on paper 76.5 x 57 cm(c ) Wa ter fa l l 2017 acry l i c on paper 76.5 x 57 cm

(r ) Twin ing 2017 acry l i c on paper 76.5 x 57 cm(cover) Canopy 2016 oi l on canvas 240 x 360 cm*

*Photographed by Stephen Oxenburywww.nicholasthompsongallery.com.au