Rachel Rovay

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Betyween the Road & the Urban Forest

Acrylic on canvas

95 x 145 cm

 

 

 

Roundabout Zone

Acrylic on canvas on board

45.7 x 35.6 cm

 

 

 

Parking Zone

Acrylic on canvas on board

72.5 x 47.8 cm

 

 

 

Intersection

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Betyween Juresalum & Melbourne

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Betyween Road & Forest

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Bike Lane

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Construction

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Cyclist II

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Horned Bull

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Its Time to Fly

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Parked

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Pedestrian

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Scooter

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Shopping Basket

Acrylic on canvas on board

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Side by Side

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Zebra Crossing

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Rachel Rovay   CV

 

 

 

Education :                 Caulfield Institute of Technology (Monash University, Caulfield Campus)

Diploma of Design and Fine Art 1977, (Awarded Art Scholarship - Victorian Education Department. 1975).

State College of Victoria (University of Melbourne, Hawthorn Campus).           Graduate Diploma of Education 1980

 

Solo Exhibitions :

    2006     Kenthurst Galleries (NSW) "Line Of Way"

 

2005      Gross Gallery - Jewish Museum of Australia, "Sense of Place II"

(Invitational) Presented by Australian Conservation Foundation VIC, Video Installation                      by John Hipwell.

 

2004         Kenthurst Galleries (NSW) Works On Paper

 

2003    Kenthurst Galleries (NSW) "Sense Of Place"

 

     1997   Jewish Museum of Australia; Access Gallery

                "Retrospective View/Sense of Place" opened by Inge King,                                                                            catalogue essay by Professor Peter Beilharz, school of sociology & Anthropology,  La Trobe University.

 

       1992     Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery

 

  1991    Holdsworth Galleries; "Cards on the Table" (Sydney)

 

 1989      Holdsworth Galleries; "Tales and Tarot" (Sydney)

 

1988      Realities Gallery; "Once Upon a Time"

 

1985       Open Studio, November

 

1985       Profile Gallery

 

1979             Clive Parry Galleries

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions :

 

2006          Mosman Art Prize", Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

    "Landed", Gasworks, Albert Park, Melbourne

"Transition", The 2llr Artists, Span Galleries, Melbourne in  support of the Ovarian Cancer    Research Foundation

 

     2005          Kenthurst Galleries Group Exhibition (NSW)

"Dialogue" The 2llr Artists, Red Gallery, Melbourne Kenthurst Galleries @ Mary Place Gallery, Sydney

 

2004        The Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW    (invitational).                   

The London Jewish Museum Of Art exhibition, Tram Studios,

Camden Town. UK (invitational)                                                                                      ANL Maritime Art Prize

Hidden Faces Of The Archibald, Crown Towers, Melbourne, Vic.

 

     2003          Span Galleries, (Vic) Summer Exhibition (invitational).

"Victorian Salon des Refuses" The Barn Gallery, Monsalvat.

The 2llr Artists, "Dialogue", Monash Prato Centre, Tuscany, Italy.

 

2002          Portia Geach Memorial Award exhibition, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney                                                                                       We Are Australian, Immigration Museum, Supported by the living in Harmony initiative of the Commonwealth Department of Immigration & Multicultural, Indigenous Affairs.

The Persistence of Memory, The 2llr Artists, Span Galleries, Melbourne, in support of the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.                                                                               The 2llr Artists, Maryborough Regional Art Gallery, Victoria.

 

2001          We Are Australian, invitation to support the Australian delegation - United Nations Conference in Durban South Africa:

(3rd World Conference against racism & related intolerance)

 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales.

 

 1999 – 2002  We Are Australian, Victorian Arts Centre, travelling exhibition

 including Sydney, Queensland, Adelaide, Canberra & Tasmania                                    The 2IIr Artists, Span Galleries

 

1999                    We Are Australian, Victorian Arts Centre, George Adams Gallery

 

1996          Logan Art Gallery; Logan Art Award (Queensland)

 

1995                    The Sulman Prize; The Art Gallery of New South Wales

                 Holdsworth Galleries, (Sydney)

 

     1994          ACAF4; Melbourne Exhibition Buildings (Holdsworth Galleries)

 

1993                    The Jewish Festival of The Arts; Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre

                 Bezalel Arts Multi Media Exhibition; Caulfield Arts Complex

 

1992          Swan Hill Regional Gallery; Print & Drawing Show

Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery; "Homage to Spain:"                                                Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award for Painting.                                                   Castlemaine State Festival Drawing Prize

 

1991          Inez Hutchison Award for Painting (Highly Commended)                                             Swan Hill Regional Gallery; Print & Drawing Show                                                     Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award for Drawing

Momington Peninsula Arts Centre; 10th Spring Festival of Drawing

 

     1990          ACAF2; Melbourne Exhibition Buildings (Holdsworth Galleries)

Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award for Painting; (Highly Commended)                                                                              Swan Hill Regional Gallery; Print and Drawing Show

 

     1989          Realities Gallery

 

     1987          Linden Gallery; "Heidelberg and Heritage"

Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre; Spring Festival of Drawing                                Realities Gallery

Sandringham City Council; Acquisitive Award for Painting                                            Swan Hill Regional Gallery; Print and Drawing Show

 

     1986          Inez Hutchison Award for Painting

Linden Gallery; St Kilda Visual Arts Festival                                                           Inaugural Port Melbourne Art Exhibition                                                                   Mahlab Law Week Art Prize (Sydney)

Caulfield Art Centre; Woman's Art Register Exhibition & Auction                                 

 

1985                    Waltons Exhibition of Archibald Prize Entrants (Sydney)

 

1984        Inez Hutchison Award for Painting (Highly Commended)                           Faber Castell Prize for Drawing (Sydney)

 

1983                 Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre; Spring Festival of Drawing

 

1982                 Inez Hutchison Award for Painting

 

1980                Inez Hutchison Award for Painting

 

 

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

USA, UK, New Zealand, Israel, Romania and Australia.

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

State Library of Victoria, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Conservation Foundation The Jewish Museum of Australia, Footscray City College.

 

AWARDS:

Awarded commendation for "Between Jerusalem and Melbourne" from       Ben Uri Gallery. London Jewish Museum of Art. 10th March 2007.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

*           The Australian Jewish News, Rosh Hashanah Supplement, Sandra Khazam, Sept 22 2006

*           The Australian Jewish News, JMA Launch, April 8 2005

*           The Australian Jewish News, Pick of the Week, March 25 2005

*           Jeff Makin, Herald Sun, Critics Choice, March 21 2005

*           Jeff Makin, Herald Sun, "The ANL Maritime Art Prize", November 15 2004

*           Penny Brown, The Australian, "Portrait Of The Artist As Winner".    September 20, 2002                             

*            We Are Australian. Catalogue 1999                                                                                                            The 2llr Artists. Catalogue 1999

*           Generation Journal. - Volume 8, No.2 December 1999                                                                                         *           Generation Journal. - January 1998

*           Artists and Galleries of Australia. CD - Rom Max Germain 1996

*           Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists, (Second Edition) Published by D.W.    Thorpe 1995                     

*          An Exhibition of ContemDorarv Art Bv Jewish Artists in Australia, Catalogue, 1993                                        

 *          Christopher Heathcote, - The Age, December 161992

*           A Dictionarv of Women Artists of Australia, Max Germain 1991                                                                           *           Artists and Galleries of Australia, Max Germain 1990                                                                                            *           ACFA 2, Catalogue, 1990

*           Megan Cronly - Origins and Organs, Follow Me (Gentlemen) Magazine, Nov/Jan 1988                                    

*          Port Melbourne Festival, - The Emerald Hill and Sandridae Times, February 20 1986

*           150 Victorian Women Artists, Funded by the Visual Arts Board of Australia Council, 1985

*           Ronald Millar - The Herald, April 4 1985, June 8 1987, December 14 1988, June 14 1989

*           Sharon Good - Arts and Entertainment, The Emerald and Sandridae Times, April 4 1985                               

*           Elwyn Lynn - The Weekend Australian Maaazine, January 19-20 1985

*           Alan McCulloch - The Herald, June 28 1979