John Dahlsen contemporary Australian
environmental artist

Biography


John Dahlsen studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and at the Melbourne College of Advanced Education.

Nationally regarded in Australia, as an award winning artist, he won the prestigious Wynne prize at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2000 and was selected as a finalist in 2003 and again in 2004. In 2006 he was a finalist in the Sulman Award at the Art Gallery of NSW. He has won several grants from various funding bodies, as well as winning other significant aquisitive and non aquisitive art prizes.

He has lectured at many Australian universities, and has been an invited speaker at architectural and environmental symposiums both in Australia and Internationally.

For 20 years he has been holding regular solo exhibitions of his work, both in capital cities, more recently in Melbourne at Australian Art Resources and in regional areas of Australia, including the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, the Coffs Harbour City Art Gallery, Grafton Regional Art Gallery and Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, as well as internationally, where he exhibited at the Australian Embassy in Washington D.C.

In late 2003 he exhibited at the Florence Biennale of Contemporary art, and won a prestigious award for mixed media/new media. His more recent solo international exhibitions were in New York in Feb 2004 and in Milan in May.

John is also involved in many group exhibitions from year to year both within Australia and internationally, with a current exhibition in which he is featured at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, planned to continue until the year 2006. He was also in the 2004 group show "Art From Detritius" held in New York and at Gensler in San Francisco in July.

2005 also saw his work in "Recent Acquisitions" at the Whipple Art Gallery in Minnesotta USA.

John was selected to be a cultural ambassador for Australia, by an international jury, to represent Australia at the Athens Olympics of Visual Arts 'Artiade' Exhibition 2004, held during August / September.



In October 2004, as a part of Sculpture By The Sea in Sydney, John's most recent commission by Absolut of Sweden was unveiled.

"Absolut Dahlsen" signals the first time an Australian artist has been commissioned by this company, he joins the ranks of such renowned artists as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Francesco Clemente and Damien Hirst, who have also been commissioned to make an artwork by Absolut.

He curated as well as exhibited in the exhibition "Recycled Revisited", at the Samuel Dorsky Museum in New York State from the 1st July - 18th September 2005. In September 2005, he was the artist in residence, courtesy of Jefferson City in Missouri USA, where he made a public artwork for the city.

In December 2006 John was 2nd prizewinner in Australias richest Art prize, "The Signature Of Sydney Prize".
December 2007 saw John feature in an exhibition titled "Ecological Integrity: On the Brink" at the Ulster County Community College's Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery in New York.

In March 2008 John was an invited guest of the North Stonington Education Foundation, to work with students and to deliver a lecture at Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration Mystic Connecticut USA.

In September 2008 he will be exhibiting at the Jenolan Caves Trust NSW, in the "Treasures of Seeds" Exhibition. Supporting the Global Crop Diversity Trust.

Then in November he will be in Hong Kong in the charity exhibition: "John Dahlsen Environmental Art". At the World Trade Centre.

John is represented by major public and private collections across Australia, he is also in many International collections in Europe, USA and Japan.

He and his art has been written about in all the major newspapers and many magazines in the form of critiques and as articles and pictorials. Radio, television and the internet, frequently interview him about exhibitions and his work as a contemporary environmental artist.


Major Mediums:
Painting,
Sculpture, Assemblage, Installation Art, Public Art,
Digital Printing, Found Object Art, Drawing, Photography, Printmaking
.

Education:
1983 Melbourne College of Advanced Education Victoria Australia.
1977, 78, 79 Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne Victoria Australia.

Teaching/Lecturing:
2008 Visiting Lecturer North Stonington Elementary and High Schools Connecticut USA
2006 Visiting lecturer, Ethos Foundation Courageous Conversations Forum Binna Burra QLD
2005 State University of New York New Paltz, visiting lecturer
2005 William Woods University Fulton Missouri, visiting lecturer
2004 Southern Cross University, Lismore Australia, visiting lecturer
2003 James Cook University, Townsville Australia, Visiting Lecturer
2003 School For International Training Australia, Visiting Lecturer
2002 School For International Training Australia, Visiting Lecturer
2001 School For International Training Australia, Visiting Lecturer
2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Sydney Australia, Visiting Lecturer
2000 School For International Training Australia, Visiting Lecturer
1999 Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. USA. Environmental Symposium
1991 School of Architecture, The University of Western Australia
1990 School of Visual Arts, Curtin University of Technology Western Australia
1990 School of Architecture, University of WA, Visiting Fine Arts Lecturer
1989 Part-time Art Teacher, Gosnells High School, Perth Western Australia
1988 Painting/Drawing in various secondary schools, Perth Western Australia
1983-4 Painting /Drawing in various secondary schools, Melbourne Vic, Australia
1983 Mature Age, Life Drawing Classes, Melbourne College of Advanced
         Education. Australia

Awards and Achievements:
2006 Finalist: Sulman Prize for Genre Painting AG NSW Australia.
2006 "The Signature Of Sydney Prize" - Australias richest art prize. 2nd prize winner. December 2006
2006 Finalist: Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award.
2006 Finalist Greenpeace Art 4 Action 2006 - 'Changing Nature' The Gallery at Darling Park Sydney
2006 Export Market Development Grant. Australian Government 'Austrade'
2006 Semi Finalist: Signature of Sydney Art Prize
2006 Mosman Art Prize Finalist.
2005 Awarded Senate Proclamation, Jefferson City, State of Missouri, USA.
2005 Regional Artist Award: East Coast Sculpture Show - Thursday Plantation, NSW.
2005 Export Market Development Grant. Australian Government 'Austrade'
2004 Awarded the role as Cultural Embassador for Australia at the Athens "Olympics Of Visual Arts" Artiade Exhibition.
2004 Export Market Development Grant. Australian Government 'Austrade'
2004 Finalist: Wynne Prize for Sculpture & Landscape AG NSW Australia
2003 Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art - Award for mixed media/new media.
2003 Finalist: Wynne Prize for Sculpture & Landscape AG NSW Australia
2003 Earth Champion Nominee: Athena Foundation
2001 Highly Commended: East Coast Sculpture Show Thursday Plantation, NSW.
2000 Winner of the Wynne Prize for Sculpture & Landscape AG NSW Australia
2000 Appointed "Official Artist of the New Millennium" for the Environmental organizations 'Clean Up Australia' & "Clean up the World"
2000 N.S.W. Ministry for the Arts grant Australia
1998 Highly Commended: East Coast Sculpture Show Thursday Plantation, NSW.
1991 Artrage Festival Subsidy Funding
1991 Pat Corrigan artist grant
1991 Winner of the Geraldton-Greenough Aquisitive Art Award
1990 WA Department for the Arts Grant
1976 Cann River Open Art Prize, Gippsland, Victoria Australia

Solo Exhibitions:
2008 - John Dahlsen Environmental Art. Hong Kong - World Trade Centre Nov/Dec 2008
2008 - Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration Mystic Connecticut USA March 2008
2008 - Oneness Convention Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast QLD Jan 2008
2008 - Open Studio exhibition Jan/Feb 2008 Byron Bay NSW
2007 - Oneness University - Chennai - Andrah Pradesh, India
2007 - "Linnaeus Exhibition" Solo Show Broken Head. Curated by the Lismore Regional Art Gallery. Jan - March
2007 - Studio Exhibition Byron Bay Australia
2006 - Parliament House Sydney "Recycled Materials As Art" 5-30 June
2006 - "Linnaeus Exhibition" Solo Show Broken Head. Curated by the Lismore Regional Art Gallery. October - Dec
2005 - Artspace Mackay: "Detritus" - works by John Dahlsen 2nd Sept - 16th Oct
2005 - "From Floor to Wall " installations and assemblages by John Dahlsen: Tweed River Regional Art Gallery Murwillumbah NSW Australia.
2004 "New Work - John Dahlsen" D'Ars Contemporary Art Space Milano Italy
2004 "John Dahlsen in Byron Bay" Byron Fine Art Gallery NSW Australia.
2004 "New Assemblages and Prints" John Gordon Gallery Coffs Harbour NSW
2004 "Renewed" Gallery 49 New York USA
2003 "Found Plastics" Umbrella Studios Townsville QLD Australia.
2003 “Renewed” Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
2003 “Rubbish/ Art” Coffs Harbour City Gallery, NSW Australia.
2003 “Recycled” Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW Australia.
2003 “Art/Rubbish” Lake Russell Gallery Coffs Harbour NSW Australia.
2002 "Survey" Fox Galleries Brisbane QLD Australia.
2001 "Full Circle" Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD Australia.
2001 John Dahlsen, Fox Galleries, Brisbane QLD Australia.
2000 "Totem", Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW Australia.
2000 John Dahlsen, Fox Galleries, Brisbane QLD Australia.
1999 Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. USA
1999 Contemporary Landscapes, Fox Galleries, Brisbane QLD Australia.
1996 The Avatar Series, Orlando Resort Florida, USA
1995 Works on Paper and Canvas - 'The Orient' Byron Bay NSW Australia.
1995 Painting & Drawing Soho Galleries, Sydney NSW Australia.
1994 Works on Paper, 'Byronian' Byron Bay, NSW Australia.
1993 John Dahlsen - Paintings, Cape Gallery - Big Space, Byron Bay, NSW Australia.
1992 Recent works on paper from Amsterdam, Artplace, Perth, Western Australia.
1991 John Dahlsen - Painting + Drawing, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
         University of Western Australia.
1990 John Dahlsen Paintings, Old Papa's, Fremantle, Western Australia.
1989 John Dahlsen Recent Paintings, Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia.
1989 Recent Works and Works in Progress, Studio, Fremantle, Western Australia.
1989 John Dahlsen Recent Works, Old Papa's, Fremantle, Western Australia.
1989 Recent Works on Paper - John Dahlsen, A Shed, Fremantle, Western Australia.
1998 John Dahlsen Paintings, Delaney Galleries, Perth, Western Australia.
1986 Colour and Transparency, Prism Gallery Fremantle, Western Australia.
1981 John Dahlsen, Johnathan Sweet Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
1980 Studio Works, Artist's London Studio, England

Group Exhibitions:
2008 - "Treasures of Seeds" Supporting the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Jenolan Caves Trust NSW 13th -20th Sept 2008
2008 - Canvas Art International. The Netherlands 2008
2008 - Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art: - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 - Cape Gallery Byron Bay 2008
2008 - Pacific Bay Resort: Coffs Harbour NSW
2008 - Greenstone Gallery. Summer Exhibition. Emerald Beach NSW
2007 - Ulster County Community College New York. November 2007
2007 - Canvas Art International. The Netherlands 2007
2007 - Prometheus Art Award Gold Coast QLD May 2007
2007 - Cape Gallery Byron Bay 2007
2007 - Greenstone Gallery. Spring Exhibition. Emerald Beach 7 Sept. NSW
2007 - Greenstone Gallery Emerald Beach NSW "Form And Flow" 6/4/07 - 22/4/07
2007 - Summer Art Exhibition - Royal Pines Resort Corporate Art Gold Coast QLD 30 Jan- 11 Feb
2007 - Powerhouse Museum Sydney : "Ecologic" : Creating a Sustainable Future
2007 - Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art: - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2007 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Port Macquarie Hastings Regional AG. Dec/Jan 06/07
2007 - Tamworth City Gallery 10 Feb - 25 March 2007
2007 - University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery 5 April - 19 May 2007
2007 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award - Ken Done Gallery 30 May - 30 June 2007
2007 - Redcliffe Art Gallery 23 July - 24 August 2007
2007 - Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery 21 Sept - 30 Oct 2007
2007 - Redland Art Gallery 9 Dec 2007 - 20 Jan 2008
2006 - Sulman Prize for Genre Painting Art Gallery of NSW Australia April- May
2006 "The Signature Of Sydney Prize" Sofit
el Wentworth Sydney. December 2006
2006 - Mosman Art Prize. Sydney Australia. 29th July - 3rd September
2006 - Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Grafton Regional AG. 25 Oct - 3 Dec
2006 - ARC Gallery Chicago "Gates Exhibition" - November 4-19
2006 - Firehouse Fort Mason Center, San Francisco "Gates Exhibition" - Dec 1 & 2.
2006 - Art For Action - "Changing Nature" Greenpeace Exhibition.The Gallery Darling Park Sydney 13 Nov - 1 Dec
2006 - "Signature of Sydney Semi finalists" Art Prize Domayne Alexandria Showroom - Oct 7 - 22
2006 - Canvas Art International. The Netherlands 2006
2006 - Cape Gallery Byron Bay 2006
2006 - "Linnaeus Inaugural Exhibition" Broken Head. Curated by the Lismore Regional Art Gallery. July
2006 - "Local Art" Byron Bay Writers Festival. Curated by the Lismore Regional Art Gallery. August
2006 - Lismore Regional Art Gallery "Chrysalis - The Emergence of Northern Rivers Artists" 18 August - 31 Sept
2006 - Lismore Regional Art Gallery "Oceans 11" - 2 March - 22 April
2006 - Powerhouse Museum Sydney : "Ecologic" : Creating a Sustainable Future
2006 - Lismore Regional Art Gallery "Collections Northern Rivers" 28 April-31 May
2006 - Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art: - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006 - East Coast Sculpture Show - Thursday Plantation Ballina Sept 05 -Jan 06
2005 - Artspace Mackay: "Detritus" - works by John Dahlsen 2nd September - 16th October 2005
2005 "From Floor to Wall " installations and assemblages by John Dahlsen Tweed River Regional Art Gallery
2005 "Recycled Revisited" July - Sept. Samuel Dorsky Museum N.Y. USA
2005 "Art Inside the Park" - September Jefferson City Missouri USA
2005 Paddington Art Award finalists exhibition Marlene Antico Gallery Sydney Dec 05
2005 " Small & Precious" - C.A.S.E. Mullumbimby NSW 6th Sept - 3rd Oct
2005 - Prometheus Art Award Gold Coast QLD May 2007
2005 East Coast Sculpture Show - Thursday Plantation Ballina Sept 05 -Jan 06
2005 artsCape: the Nature of Sculpture: Byron Bay NSW Australia
2005 Recent Acquisitions: Whipple Art Gallery Minnesotta USA
2005 Southern Cross University Next Gallery Lismore NSW “Mans Best Friend”
2005 Powerhouse Museum Sydney NSW: "Ecologic" : Creating a Sustainable Future
2005 Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art: - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2005 Byron Fine Art Gallery: Jan -Feb '05" Summer Show" Byron Bay Australia.
2005 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize - Gold Coast City Art Gallery Nov '04 - Jan'05
2004 Representing Australia:Athens Olympics 'Artiade' Exhibition 2004 Greece
2004 Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney October/November Australia
2004 Holiday Group Show: Gallery@49 New York USA
2004 Piece Gallery summer Show Mullumbimby NSW Australia
2004 Wagga Wagga Art Gallery: Country Energy Art Award 10/9 - 20/10 NSW .
2004 The Alice Prize: 6 - 28 Nov. Araluen Centre Alice Springs NT Australia.
2004 MLC: Aquisitive Art Exhibition Melbourne August VIC Australia
2004 San Francisco Gensler, art exhibition ‘Sustainability’ July USA
2004 "Art From Detritius" Synagogue For The Arts, Tribeca, New York USA
2004 Wynne Prize for Sculpture & Landscape AG NSW Australia
2004 Casuarina Sculpture Walk Invitation Exhibition NSW Australia
2004 University of SA Art Museum "6ft + Clean Surf & Art" SA Australia
2004 “All That Glitters” Contemporary visions of the Gold Coast. Gold Coast City AG
2004 "Collage and The Found Object" Piece Gallery Mullumbimby NSW Australia
2004 "Bricolage" May '04 Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD Australia
2004 Professional Artists Network: Easter Art Exhibition, Byron Bay NSW Australia
2004 “Ecologic” Powerhouse Museum Sydney NSW Australia.
2004 Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2004 Byron Fine Art Gallery summer show NSW Australia
2004 "Recycling as Art" Global Arts Link Ipswich QLD Australia
2004 Xavier College Invitation Art Exhibition Melbourne VIC Australia
2004 "Flood Sign" Lismore Regional Art Gallery NSW Australia
2003 Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art Italy - representing Australia.
2003 Art Gallery of NSW: Archibald, Wynne, Sulman Prize Exhibition NSW Australia.
2003 “Ecologic” Powerhouse Museum Sydney NSW Australia.
2003 Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2003 Dahlsen/de-Couvreur 2003 Fox Galleries Brisbane QLD Australia
2003 Currumbin Sculpture Festival 5th.- 6th. Oct.QLD Australia
2003 John Gordon Gallery 'The Ocean" Coffs Harbour NSW Australia
2003 “Flood Sign” Lismore Regional Gallery NSW Australia
2003 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery VIC Australia.
2003 Manly Art Gallery and Museum NSW Australia.
2003 Coffs Harbour City Art Gallery NSW Australia.
2003 Global Arts Link Ipswich QLD Australia.
2003 Xavier College Invitation Art Exhibition Melbourne VIC Australia
2003 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville QLD Australia.
2003 Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery QLD Australia.
2003 Noosa Regional Gallery QLD Australia.
2003 “6ft + Clean: Surf + Art” Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD Australia.
2002 Powerhouse museum Sydney NSW Australia.
2002 Alice Prize Alice Springs NT Australia.
2002 6ft+ Clean Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD Australia.
2002 Evolution Art Award Brisbane QLD Australia.
2002 Xavier College Invitation Art Exhibition Melbourne VIC Australia
2002 Lake Russell Gallery NSW Australia.
2002 Byron Fine Art Gallery NSW Australia.
2002 Thornquest Gallery, Southport QLD Australia
2001 Schubert Galleries, Gold Coast QLD Australia
2001 "Eco-Logic" Powerhouse Museum Sydney NSW Australia.
2001 Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show Ballina NSW Australia.
2000 Art Gallery of NSW - Wynne Prize Exhibition NSW Australia.
2000 National Arts Club New York.
2000 Melbourne Art Fair 2000 Melbourne VIC Australia.
2000 Sculpture by the Sea- Bondi 2000 Sydney NSW Australia.
2000 East Coast Sculpture Show Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW Australia.
2000 Autumn exhibition, Arthouse gallery, Sydney NSW Australia.
1999 Fox Galleries, Brisbane, QLD Australia.
1999 Kenthurst Galleries, Sydney, NSW Australia.
1998 Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show, Ballina, NSW Australia.
1997 Frame Slaves Gallery, Sydney, Australia NSW Australia.
1996 Frame Slaves Gallery, Sydney, Australia NSW Australia.
1994 Frankfurt Art Fair - Germany, represented by 'Ronen Kunst Imports'
1993 Frankfurt Art Fair - Germany, represented by 'Ronen Kunst Imports'
1993 Stokholm Artfair - Sweden, represented by 'Ronen Kunst Art Imports'
1992 London Art Expo: Britain, represented by 'Ronen Kunst Art Imports'
1992 Printessentials Exhibition at the Geraldton Regional Gallery, Western Australia.
1991 Albany Art prize Exhibition Western Australia.
1991 Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery - University of Western Australia.
        "Acquisions 1990-91.Western Australia.
1991 Artbank Exhibition, Artbank Gallery, Hyatt Regency, Perth Western Australia.
1991 Illberry Barblett Collection Exhibition, Perth Western Australia.
1991 Gore Street Gallery Summer Show, Melbourne VIC Australia.
1991 'Sense of Presence', Gallery at the Carillon, Perth Western Australia.
1991 Treissilian Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Perth Western Australia.
1991 Katanning Art Prize Exhibition, Katanning, Western Australia
1991SECWA/ Fremantle City Council 1991 Art Prize Exhibition Western Australia.
1991 Designer/Makers & Printessentials Exhibition, Fremantle Western Australia.
1991 Guest Artist Exhibition, Parliament House, Perth Western Australia.
1991 'Artspace' Fremantle Arts Foundation, Opening Show, Perth Western Australia.
1990 Summer Exhibition, Delaney Galleries, Perth Western Australia.
1990 Gallery Artists, Gore Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC Australia.
1990 Royal Perth Hospital Art Exhibition, Perth Western Australia.
1989 Opening Group Show, A Shed, Fremantle Western Australia.
1989 Salek Minc Art Show Perth Western Australia.
1989 'Past & Present' Artists of 33 Pakenham St, Spiral Gallery, Fremantle WA.
1989 High Street Gallery Mixed Exhibition, Fremantle Western Australia.
1988 Christmas Show, Delaney Galleries, Perth Western Australia.
1987-88 Summer Exhibition, Moores Building, Fremantle Western Australia.
1986 Future Perspectives, Editions Gallery, Fremantle Western Australia.
1986 Artists as Visionaries, Prism Gallery, Fremantle Western Australia.
1986 Opening Group Show, Black Swan Gallery, Fremantle Western Australia.
1982 Art in Fitzroy, Brunswick St, Melbourne VIC Australia.
1980 Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, VCA. VIC Australia.
1979 Victorian College of the Arts Graduates 1979, VCA Gallery, Melbourne. VIC Australia.

Represented:
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia.
Victorian College of the Arts Collection.
Artbank, Sydney Australia.
Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
University of Western Australia
Curtin University, Western Australia.
Myer/Bailleiu collection.
Kerry Stokes collection.
de Rothschild Collection.
Thomas & Esther Van Vliet collection.
Wesfarmers Collection.
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery Collection
Pochter Collection
Soil Test Australia
Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum
Pat Corrigan Collection
Spectrum Satellite Communications
Burswood Casino collection Perth Western Australia.
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Brisbane City Council
John Cornell & Delvene DelaneyCollection
DBI Architects QLD
Xavier College Collection Melbourne
Townsville Convention Centre
Paul Hogan and Linda koswalski Collection
Novatel Hotels Australia
Red Balloon Collection
Sheraton Hotels Australia
George Negus Collection
Whipple Gallery Minnesota
Jefferson City Collection Missouri USA
Mark Bouris Collection
Dr Alice Wexler Collection New York
Oneness University - Chennai - Andrah Pradesh, India
Absolut Collection Sweden
Various private collections in Australia, Britain, India, Germany, The Netherlands,
Switzerland, USA and Japan

Artist in Residence:
2005 Jefferson City Missouri USA
1999 Couran Cove Resort, Qld Australia
1986 Prism Gallery, Fremantle Western Australia

Selected Bibliography:
Art Calendar Magazine - New York July/August 2008 (Cover and Feature article)
Asian Geographic - No 53 Issue 3 2008
Amelias Magazine - UK June 2008
National Association of the Visual Arts - Quarterly, June 2008
Dumbo Feather - Pass it on "The Art of Collecting" Issue 14 Summer Edition 2008
Mystic River Press - Jean Fiore Mystic Connecticut USA 31 Feb 2008
The Westerly Sun - Rhode Island USA 15 March 2008
The Day Newspaper - New London Connecticut USA 16 March 2008
The Northern Star 5/12/07 Artspeak with Steven Alderton
Ulster County Press Olivia Twine - Art Meets Reality 20/12/07
Southern Ulster Pioneer Source: Ulster Publishing (NY) (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Woodstock Times, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
New Paltz Times, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Saugerties Times, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Kingston Times, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Highland Mid-Hudson Post, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Southern Ulster Pioneer Source: Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
The Courier Mail - "For Arts Sake" Matt Condon - 7/9/2007
Beautifiul Accommodation NSW - 2008/09 edition Simon St John
The Lohasian - Art Resurrects 19/9/07
The Australian  - “Art and Soul”  September 1 2007
Image magazine Australia "Eco Warrior" - June 07
Sunshine Coast Daily -June 2 2007
Virgin Blue "Voyeur Magazine" August 07
The Courier Mail "The Art House Landlord" 30 May 07
Byron Shire News  - May 17th 2007
The Art Of Healing Magazine - Vol; 2 Issue 19 June - August 2007
Lifestyle Magazine July - August '07
"The Big Green " Handyman. July - August '07
The Byron Shire Echo - March 27th 2007
Gold Coast Bulletin - Feb 2nd 2007
Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 13 2006
Northern Star - Dec 15 2006
Byron Shire News  - Dec 21 2006
Byron Shire Echo - Dec 19 2006
Australian Readers Digest- November  Edition 2006
National Geographic - November  Edition 2006
The Missourian News - November 21, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald  - Oct 19 2006
Byron  News  - Oct 19 2006
Byron Shire Echo - May 2nd 2006
Artlink magazine  - Volume 25, number 4 2005
Aura Magazine - Oct/Nov 05
Jefferson City News Tribune - July 31st 2005
The Byron News - August 25th 2005
Pulse - New Paltz NY Sept 15 - 21 2005
Palo Alto weekly - Rebecca Wallace Oct 14th 2005
The Daily Mercury - Mackay Friday Sept 2nd 2005
The Daily Mercury - Mackay Saturday Sept 3rd 2005
The Catscill Guide NY - August Issue 2005
Byron Shire Echo - May 24th 2005
Byron Shire Echo - April 5th 2005
The Byron News - 14th April 2005
Byron Shire Echo - April 12th 2005
Black + White - Issue 77 Summer 2005
The Byron News - 23rd June 2005
Dallas Morning News - Sunday 24th April
Daily News - 26th March 2005
Tweed Mail - 24th /3 /05
Daily News - 16 March 2005
Byron Shire Echo - 15 March 2005
Daily News - 14 March 2005
Queensland Homes - Autumn 2005
Daily News - Thurs Feb 10 2005
Daily News - Wed Feb 9 2005
Gold Coast Bulletin - 5/2/05
The Weekly - 6/2/05
Daily News - Thursday March 3rd 2005
Uki News - March 2005
Daily News - Wednesday March 2nd 2005
Byron Shire Echo - Tues Feb 8th. 2005
Interiors - Feb/March 2005
POL Oxygen Issue 12 2005
Ad News 11th Feb 2005
The Sun UK - Wed 22nd Jan 2005
B&T 5th Nov 2004
GQ - Thailand Dec 2004
ABSOLUT REFLECTIONS No 4 Dec 2004
The Independent. Marshall, Minnesotta USA. Dec. 2004
BY Carl Nelson MARSHALL
Architecture+ - Volume 1 No 7 04/05
Vogue Australia - January 2005
Byron News - December 2 2004
Northern Star - November 27 2004
Sydney City 3 Nov 2004
State Of The Arts November 2004
Globe and Mail Nov 2004
GQ - 11 Nov 2004
Daily Telegraph 29th Oct 2004
Sunday Telegraph 7th Nov 2004
Nine to Five 8th Nov 2004
Gold Coast Bulletin - Tues Nov 23 2004
Where Magazine - November 2004
Byron Shire Echo - Nov 23 2004
Vogue - Oct 2004
Yen - Oct/Nov 2004
Food Week - 12/11/04
Byron Shire Echo - Sept 28 2004
Sun Herald - October 31 2004
Sunday Telegraph - October 31 2004
Byron News - Sept 30 2004
Byron Shire Echo - Sept 21 2004
Coast Living Magazine - Spring 2004
Artworkers Alliance Queensland Newsletter – Spring 2004
Byron Shire Echo - Sept 14 2004
Byron News - Sept 9 2004
Sydney Morning Herald - 23 Aug 2004 - Victoria Kyriakopoulos in Athens
The Age - Mon August 23 2004
Art & Antiques - John T Spike ‘Closer Look’ Summer Edition 2004
The Courier Mail - Tanya Box 25 June 2004
Ecolife Australia - Featured Artist June 2004
Byron Shire Echo - June 8 2004
Northern Star -Sat. June 5 2004
Northern Star -Fri June 4 2004
The Advocate -Wed 17 March 2004
The Advocate -Jeni Faulkner Thursday 18 March 2004
The Echo - 16/03/04
Byron News - March 18 2004
Coast Living - Autumn 2004
The New York Sun - Wed Feb 4 2004
Art News USA - Feb/March 2004
The Clinton Chronicle New York - Feb 2004
House and Garden Magazine - January 2004
Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art Catalogue.2003
The Townsville Bulletin - 5/09 2003 Review
The Townsville Bulletin - 16/08 2003 Weekender feature
Plancton Magazine - 1/ 07 2003 - London Feature Article
The Byron Shire Echo -22/07/2003
The Courier Mail -1/05/03
City News - 1/05/03
Byron Shire Echo -6/05/03/03
The Age -29-30/3/03 weekender feature
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 22/3/03
The Australian -20/3/03
Byron News -20/3/03
The Byron Shire Echo -18/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 18/3/03
The Age -15/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 13/3/03
Byron Shire Echo -11/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 6/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 7/3/03
Herald / Sun - 1/3/03
Courier Mail -13/12/02 Heidi Maier
Gold Coast Bulletin -29/30 June 2002
Weekend Australian - October 19th.- 20th. 2002 (Michael Reid)
Brisbane News -October 9th.- 15th. 2002
Courier Mail - October 9th. 2002
Byron Shire Echo - October 1st. 2002
Vogue Living - Jan 2002
Weekend Star - Hannah Ross, Oct. 13th. 2001
Gold Coast Weekender -March 10-11 2001
Courier Mail - March 1, 2001
Gold Coast Bulletin - March 6, 2001
Antiques & Art in QLD. - March - July 2001
Celebrating Arts Philanthropy -N.A.V.A. 10 Yrs of the Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
Vogue Living - Oct/Nov 2000
O.T.I. International -Autumn 2000
Daily Telegraph - August 14, 2000
Courier Mail - June 1, 2000
Courier Mail - June 10, 2000
Brisbane News - June 7-13, 2000
Sun Herald - 5 March, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend Magazine, 4March 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - Critics Pick, Sebastian Smee, 4 March 2000
Daily Telegraph - Ian Gerard, 2 March 2000
Byron Shire Echo - 21 March 2000
Byron News - 22 March 2000
Gold Coast Bulletin -18 March 2000
Northern Star - Hannh Ross, 18 March 2000,
Sydney Morning Herald - Spectrum Arts, Sebastian Smee, 25 March 2000
The Weekend Australian - Giles Auty Arts Review, 25-26 March 2000
Australian Financial Review - Julie Macken, 18-19 March 2000
Byron Shire Echo - Michael McDonald, 14 March 2000
Weekend Australian - Susan McCulloch-Uehlin, 18 - 19 March 2000
Daily Telegraph - Mary Machen, 18 March 2000
Sun Herald - 19 March 2000
The Byron News - Gary Chigwidden, 6 January 2000
Byron Shire Echo - Kate Green 23 November 1999
Scene Brisbane - Marlay Brinsley, 26 May 1999
Courier Mail - Peter Anderson, 29 May 1999
Australian Home Beautiful - January 1999
Interiors Magazine - Feb-March, 1998
Art and Australia - Vol, 29, No. 4, Winter 1992 - Ted Snell
West Australian - 9 November 1991
The Australian - Ted Snell, 29 October 1991
West Australian - David Bromfield, 26 October 1991
The Australian - Entertainment and the Arts, 25 October 1991
Artists & Galleries of Australia - Max Germaine, 1991
West Australian - David Bromfield, 29 June 1991
Fremantle Herald - Philip McNamara, 16 August 1990
West Australian - Mike van Niekerk, 7 November 1989
West Australian - David Bromfield, 15 June 1989
Times of the West - Skip Watkins, 'Cast an Eye Over This', 30/10 1986
Daily News - Pam Nixon, 'The Painting on the Wall',Sept 1986
West Australian - David Bromfield, 6 January 1986

Radio TV Film:
2008 - Channel 9 Gold Coast 30th June 2008
2008 - Bay FM Interview with Deb Turner 20th May 2008
2007 - Channel 10 TV: Dahlsen Art featured in the “Big Brother” house, April - August 07
2007 - ABC North Coast Radio – 3 May 2007
2007 - Bay FM – March 27 2007
2006 - ABC TV Sunday Arts Show 30 July 2006
2006 - Bay FM - December 2006
2005 - ABC Radio Gold Coast 30th August 2005
2005 - ABC Tro[pical North Mackay 2nd Sept 2005
2005 - Bay FM - 23rd June 2005
2004 - Asia News Focus TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - Channel 9 TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - Channel 10 TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - Channel 7 TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - CV TV TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - Chinese Channel CCTV Nov - Dec 2004
2004 - Prime Television – Friday 24th September 2004
2004 - Greece National Television 12th/13th August 2004
2004 - ABC Radio Darwin and the Northern Territory- Interview 8/6/04
2004 - ABC Radio North Coast NSW Justine Frazer Interview 7/6/04
2004 - Channel 7 Prime news 1st April 2004
2004 - ABC Radio Fiona Wylie 17/03/04
2004 - ABC Radio Paul Kylie 16/03/04
2004 - ABC Radio Victoria Sunday 8/2/04 Peter Carke Interview Live from New York
2003 - Italian Sky Channel. Interview. Leonardo Arts Programme Dec 21, 22, 23.
2003 - Florence Biennial of Contemporary art. DVD featured interview.
2003 - Channel 9 win news NQ 22/8/2003
2003 - FBI Community Radio Sydney Nov 2003
2003 - ABC radio Townsville NQ - interview 13/8/2003
2003 - John Dahlsen “Renewed” DVD Production
2003 - Channel 9 NBN 7/3/03
2003 - ABC radio Graeme Robinson live to air 7/3/03
2003 - 3AW radio Denis Walters 23/2/03
2003 - RRR Radio Arts Show 11/3/03
2003 - ABC Radio Victoria Jayne Dullard 16/03/03
2003 - ABC Radio National Sunday Arts Program Julie Copeland
2003 - The Hellenic Radio - News In Greek 21/01/03
2002 - ABC - Online Regional Arts Features - From October 18th. 2002
2002 - Channel 7 "The Great Outdoors" 21 May
2002 - Bay FM 28th. March
2001 - ABC 2BL 28 Nov
2001 - Channel 9 Gold Coast 20 sept.
2001 - ABC National TV Coast to Coast 22 July
2001 - ABC TV Stateline 13 July
2001 - Channel 9 Extra 2 March
2000 - ABC TV State Line, Late Line, Art Review, July
2000 - Triple J Morning Show, Matt Eaton, 2 March
2000 - ABC 2BL, 29 February
2000 - ABC 2BL, Tracey Chester, 18 February
2000 - A Current Affair, Channel 9, 10 March
2000 - ABC TV 10.30 Slot, 3 March
2000 - Channel 7 News, 29 February
2000 - Channel 7 News, 18 March
2000 - Channel 9 News, 18 March
1999 - ABC RADIO, 6 Dec 2NR
1999 - ABC TV, 21 May
1999 - Channel 9 TV, 23 Apr, Brisbane
1986 - Radio GNR, 19 Oct, Ruth Morgan

Public lectures and appearances:
2008 - Public Lecture as guest of the North Stoningtpn Education Foundation: Mystic Connecticut 17 March 2008
2008 - FEVHA 48 Hrs of Visual arts Guest speaker: Schools Programme.
2006 - Ethos Foundation "Courageous Conversation" Science and Art Catalyst Presenter Aug 31 Binna Burra QLD
2005 - Samuel Dorsky Museum Guest Artist/Curator lecture
2005 - Tweed Regionasl Art Gallery public programmes lectures
2005 - FEVHA 48 Hrs of Visual arts Guest speaker
2004 - FEVHA 48 Hrs of Visual arts Guest speaker
2003 - Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery Invitation Panel Discussion on Found Object Art
2001 - Gold Coast City Art Gallery- Official opening lecture- "Energies "
2001 - Piece Gallery Northern NSW -Official gallery opening lecture
2000 - Manly Art Gallery - Official opening lecture- "Reclaimed Exhibition"
2000 - Architecture 2000 R.A.I.A. Sydney -"Artistically interpreting science"
1999 - Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA "Art and the Environment"
1990-2007 - Lectured and appeared at various secondary and tertiary
         institutions as well as giving artist talks in Australian Regional Galleries as an invited artist.

Commissions:
2000 - Powerhouse Museum Sydney
2000 - Belongil Totems Commission Northern NSW
2002/03 - Story Bridge Public Art Project Brisbane
2004 -" Absolut Dahlsen" commission for Sculpture By The Sea. Sydney

 

 

 

 

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