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Sally Dunne
Visual Artist
Artist Biography
Sally Dunne is a Goulburn based emerging artist who works primarily in drawing, painting and animation. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Painting and Drawing from the then College of Fine Arts at University of New South Wales in 2010. Dunne is employed as Education Officer at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, a position she has held since 2013.
Dunne has exhibited extensively in group shows in the Goulburn region and has had two solo exhibitions, ‘There’s Nothing to See Here’ at M16 Artspace under the Regional Initiative in 2020 and ‘Chasing Cloud 9’ at 99 Chairs, Goulburn in 2016. She holds a considerable commission portfolio and has created five murals in the Goulburn region since 2020. She was first prize winner at Goulburn Annual Art Award in 2019 in the acrylics section and finalist in Fisher’s Ghost Contemporary Art prize at Campbelltown Art Centre 2020 and John Copes Portrait Prize at Bowral Art Gallery 2020. She is currently working on a series of portraits celebrating the inspiring yet hidden lives of women in her home town of Goulburn.
Artist Statement
Through the forms of painting, drawing and animation I seek to give the mundane new emphasis, compelling my audience to consider the value of the ordinary in their own lives. I choose subjects from everyday life; people, animals, objects and everyday moments. I have an emotional connection with and a lived experience with my subjects. My work is nostalgic, influencing audience to consider moments from their own past and questioning the prejudice of their own memory. Largely autobiographical, I seek to transform my story into a shared narrative through the conversation my art has with audiences who bring an array of experiences, personalities and opinions.
Artist CV
EDUCATION
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting/Drawing, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 November, Regional HSC Visual Arts Major Works Exhibition, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
2008 November, Annual Graduate Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
2010 June, Taralga Art Show
2013 June, Taralga Art Show
2014 June, Taralga Art Show
October, The Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize
2015 October, The Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize
2016 June, Taralga Art Show
October, The Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize
2017 April, The Jug Show, Helen Stephens Gallery, Collector
June, Taralga Art Show
October, The Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize
2018 June, Taralga Art Show
October, The Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize
November, What’s in the Kitchen?, Helen Stephens Gallery, Collector
2019 April, Birds and their Habitats, Helen Stephens Gallery, Collector
June, Taralga Art Show
October, The Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 August-November, Chasing Cloud 9, 98 Chairs, Goulburn
2020 March-April, There's Nothing to See Here, M16 Artspace, Griffith, Canberra
2024 February-May, Some women of Goulburn, The Goulburn Club, Goulburn
AWARDS
2014 June, People’s Choice Award, Taralga Art Show
2015 March 2015 1st & 2nd Prizes, Goulburn Show
2016 October, 2nd Prize in Section ‘other’, The Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize
2019 October, Winner in section ‘Acrylics’, The Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize
2020 September, Finalist, John Cope's Portrait Prize, Bowral Art Gallery
November, Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, Contemporary Section, Campbelltown Art Centre
EMPLOYMENT
2011 October- October 2013, arts program coordinator, Goodstart Early Learning
2013 November- present, Education Officer, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
2014 September, two week Mentorship, National Centre of Creative Learning at the Museum of Contemporary Art
2020 March- June, acting Programs Producer- Children & Families, National Gallery of Australia
Photography by Peter Oliver Imagery.