GALLIANO FARDIN BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 1948 Born Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1970-72 Member of Galleria Piranesi, Mogliano Veneto 1972 Arrived in Australia 1984-86 BA Fine Art (with Distinction), Curtin University of Technology 1986 Studied Fine Art at the School of Museum of Fine Art in Boston, USA 1987-89 Built a Studio and House in Waroona, Western Australia 1990-91 Travelled with family and taught Art with wife Nancy at Tjukurla, Aboriginal Primary School near Alice Springs and Warburton 1992-94 Living and working, Tjukurla Aboriginal Community near Alice Springs. Involved in starting 'anTEP' course for Aboriginal Student Teachers. 1993-4 Graduate certificate 'Aboriginal Studies' University of South Australia 1994-95 Worked as Language Production Supervisor at RAWA Community School, Punmu, Western Desert, WA 1996-97 Part-time lecturer to Aboriginal Students, TAFE, Midland 1998 Part-time lecturer, Painting, Edith Cowan University, WA 1999 Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Bunbury, WA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1978 Drawings, Churchill Gallery, Perth 1988 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1990 The Boundary Lake Paintings , Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1992 Horizon Line , Paintings, Assemblages and Drawings,Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1994 L'Incontro e il Racconto , Centro Artistico Culturale G.B, Piranesi,Citta di Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1995 Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1997 Acqua e Terra , Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth 1999 A Matter of Time, New Paintings , Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1984-86 Student Exhibitions in Perth and Boston 1988 First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1989 Perspecta , Art Gallery of New South Wales 1989 Mandorla Art Prize, New Norcia Art Gallery, New Norcia 1989 Shades of Meaning , Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1990 Mandorla Art Prize, New Norcia Art Gallery 1991 Mandorla Art Prize, New Norcia Art Gallery 1991 A Sideways Glance , Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1994 South West Review , Bunbury Art Gallery, (Best overall Award) 1995 A Rose is a Rose is a Rose , Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1995 Landscape as Metaphor , Claremont School of Art 1996 Out of Australia , PICA, Perth 1997 Peeled , Mandurah Arts Centre, WA 1997 Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury, WA 1997 Mine Own Executioner , Mundaring Arts Centre, WA 1998 Material Perfection , Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA 1998 Being , Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA 1998 The Curtin Collection: 30th Anniversary Exhibition, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, WA 1998 Sculpture By The Sea , Albany, WA 1999 Art99, The Western Australian Art Fair, Fremantle WA, Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth 1999 Distant Horizons , John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, WA 1999 Resilience , Bunbury Regional Galleries AWARDS / PROJECTS 1994 South West Review , Bunbury Art Gallery - Winner 1997 Public Art Commission, design in glass, Wind Lobby Entry, new Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, WA 1998 Art project, Purnululu School, Via Kununurra, WA COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of Western AustraliA Curtin University of Technology The Christensen Fund Ian and Sue Bernadt Collection Artbank Edith Cowan University Royal Perth Hospital Wesfarmers Parliament House Canberra Kerry Stokes Collection King Edward Memorial Hospital