Exhibition 6^th to 24^th August 2008

Copyright  © 2004 Pollock Gallery

Rachel Rovay

“On The Move – The Place To Be”

A selection of the catalogue follows:

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Supermarket Carpark Acrylic on canvas 90.5 x 125 cm
Commuter Acrylic on canvas 95 x 145 cm
Early Morning Acrylic on canvas 91 x 125 cm
Palm Tree Acrylic on canvas 95 x 145 cm
Arrows Acrylic on canvas 100 x 120 cm
Between the Road and the Urban Forest Acrylic on canvas 95 x 145 cm
Erected Plaque Acrylic on canvas 95 x 145 cm
Footpath Acrylic on canvas 95 x 145 cm
Parking Zone Acrylic on canvas 72.5 x 47.5 cm
Pedestrian II Acrylic on canvas 47.5 x 72.5 cm
Traffic Lights Acrylic on canvas 95 x 145 cm
Treeline Acrylic on canvas 47.5 x 72.5 cm
After the Rain Acrylic on canvas 47.5 x 72.5 cm $xxx
May 08 Acrylic on canvas 91 x 125 cm
Figure Ascending a Staircase Acrylic on canvas 73 x 48 cm

RACHEL ROVAY

Curriculum Vitae

Education :

1980 Graduate Diploma of Education. State College of Victoria (University of

Melbourne – Hawthorn Campus)

1977 Design and Fine Art Caulfield Institute of Technology (Monash University)

1975 Awarded Art Scholarship - Victorian Education Department.

Solo Exhibitions

2008 “On The Move – The Place To Be”. Pollock Gallery. Richmond Vic.

2006 "Line Of Way". Kenthurst Galleries. Kenthurst NSW.

2005 "Sense of Place II". (Invitational) Gross Gallery. Jewish Museum of Australia.

Presented by Australian Conservation Foundation. VIC. Video Installation by John Hipwell.

2004 “Works On Paper”. Kenthurst Galleries. Kenthurst NSW.

2003 “Sense of Place”. Kenthurst Galleries. Kenthurst NSW.

1997 "Retrospective View/Sense of Place". Jewish Museum of Australia.

Access Gallery. Melbourne Vic. Opened by Inge King.

Catalogue essay by Professor Peter Beilharz, School of Sociology & Anthropology,

La Trobe University.

1992 Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery. Melbourne Vic.

1991 "Cards on the Table". Holdsworth Galleries. Sydney NSW.

1989 "Tales and Tarot". Holdsworth Galleries. Sydney NSW

1988 "Once Upon a Time". Realities Gallery. Melbourne Vic.

1985 Open Studio. November. Melbourne Vic

1985 Profile Gallery. Melbourne Vic.

1979 Clive Parry Galleries. Melbourne Vic.

Selected Group Exhibitions :

2008 “The 2llr Artists” 10^th Anniversary’ Exhibition Supporting Ovarian Cancer

Research. Red Gallery. Fitzroy North Vic.

Opened by Dr Andrew Stephens, OCRF NAB Research Fellow

2008 Fundraiser AC. Supplied.

2007 ‘Small Works ‘ Xmas Exhibition. Pollock Gallery. Melbourne Vic

9” x 5” Invitational Art Prize & Exhibition. Savage Club. Melbourne Vic

“Who’s New?”” Group Show. Pollock Gallery. Melbourne Vic.

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2006 “Mosman Art Prize". Mosman Art Gallery. Sydney NSW

"Landed". Gasworks. Albert Park. Melbourne Vic

"Transition". Span Galleries. Melbourne Vic.

The 2llr Artists, in support of the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

2005 Group Exhibition. Kenthurst Galleries. Kenthurst NSW

2004 The Redlands Westpac Invitational Art Prize. Mosman Art Gallery. NSW

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The London Jewish Museum Of Art Invitational Exhibition. Tram Studios.

Camden Town. UK

ANL Maritime Art Prize. Mission to Seamen. Melbourne Vic

“Hidden Faces Of The Archibald”. Crown Towers. Melbourne Vic.

2003 Invitational Summer Exhibition. Span Galleries. Melbourne Vic

“Victorian Salon Des Refuses”. The Barn Gallery. , Monsalvat. Vic.

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

2002 Portia Geach Memorial Award Exhibition. S.H. Ervin Gallery. Sydney NSW

“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”. Span Galleries Melbourne Vic

The 2llr Artists in support of the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation..

The 2llr Artists. Maryborough Regional Art Gallery. Maryborough Vic.

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.

The 2IIr Artists. Span Galleries. Melbourne Vic.

“We Are Australian”. Victorian Arts Centre. Travelling exhibition to 2002

- Sydney, Queensland, Adelaide, Canberra & Tasmania.

1999 “We are Australian”. George Adams Gallery. Victorian Arts Centre.

1996 Logan Art Award. Logan Art Gallery. Queensland.

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

Holdsworth Galleries. Sydney NSW

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. Melbourne.

1992 Print & Drawing Show . Swan Hill Regional Gallery. Vic.

"Homage to Spain:" Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery.

Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award for Painting. Diamond Valley. Vic.

Castlemaine State Festival Drawing Prize. Vic.

1991 Inez Hutchison Award for Painting. (Highly Commended)

Print & Drawing Show. Swan Hill Regional Gallery. Vic.

Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award for Drawing. Vic.

10th Spring Festival of Drawing. Momington Peninsula Arts Centre. Vic.

1990 ACAF2. Melbourne Exhibition Buildings. (Holdsworth Galleries)

Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award for Painting. Vic. (Highly Commended)

Print and Drawing Show. Swan Hill Regional Gallery. Vic.

1989 Realities Gallery. Melbourne Vic.

1987 "Heidelberg and Heritage". Linden Gallery. Victoria.

Spring Festival of Drawing. Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre. Vic.

Realities Gallery. Melbourne Vic.

Acquisitive Award for Painting. Sandringham City Council. Melbourne Vic.

Print and Drawing Show. Swan Hill Regional Gallery. Vic.

1986 Inez Hutchison Award for Painting. Victloria.

Visual Arts Festival. Linden Gallery. St Kilda Vic.

Inaugural Port Melbourne Art Exhibition. Melbourne Vic.

Mahlab Law Week Art Prize. Sydney NSW.

Woman's Art Register Exhibition & Auction. Caulfield Art Centre, Caulfield Vic.

1985 Waltons Exhibition of Archibald Prize Entrants. Sydney NSW

1984 Inez Hutchison Award for Painting. Vic. (Highly Commended)

Faber Castell Prize for Drawing (Sydney)

1983 Spring Festival of Drawing. Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre. Vic.

1982 Inez Hutchison Award for Painting, Vic.

1980 Inez Hutchison Award for Painting

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: 4.

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

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

State Library of Victoria.

Macquarie University Sydney. NSW.

Australia Conservation Foundation.

The Jewish Museum of Australia.

Footscray City College. Melbourne..

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. Sept 22 2006

By Sandra Khazam,

* 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". Sep 20, 2002 * We Are Australian. Catalogue 1999 * The 2llr Artists. Catalogue 1999

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· Sharon Good - Arts and Entertainment, The Emerald and Sandridge Times,

· Elwyn Lynn - The Weekend Australian Magazine, January 19-20 1985

* Alan McCulloch - The Herald, June 28 1979