MARIE LOUISE HOBBS BIOGRAPHY Born 1933, Renmark, South Australia. Moved to Perth 1956. Married with five children. STUDIES 1954 Diploma Of Social Science, University of Adelaide 1973 Southampton School of Art, part time studies 1974 Claremont School of Art, part time studies 1981 Byam Shaw School of Art, London,1981 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1974 The Old Fire Station Gallery, Perth 1976 The Old Fire Station Gallery, Perth 1978 Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia 1979 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia 1980 Review Exhibition. Fremantle Art Gallery 1983 Gallery 52, Festival Exhibition 1985 Gallery 52 1986 Fremantle Arts Centre, Festival of Perth Exhibition 1987 Gallery 52 1988 Delaney Galleries Artist in Focus 3. Art Gallery of Western Australia 1989 Fremantle Arts Centre 1991 Delaney Galleries 1995 Forgotten, Remembered, Imagined. Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. The University of Western Australia. 2000 Drawing the Threads. Paintings 1997 - 2000. Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1981 Pegasus Art Award invitation Exhibition (1982,83). Art Gallery of Western Australia 1982 Landscape Images Fremantle Arts Centre Critics Choice. Festival of Perth Exhibition, Art Gallery of Western Australia 1983 The Western Australian Institute of Technology Collection Exhibition. The Art Gallery of Western Australia 1984 Destination China Show, Nexus Galleries, Fremantle and Guandong Academy of Fine Arts China 1985 Town of Albany Invitation Art Prize Mandorla Invitation Art Prize. New Norcia Art Gallery, New Norcia 1985 Western Australian and United Kingdom Works on Paper. Fremantle Art Gallery 1985 Self Portrait Drawings by twenty-four Western Australian Artists 1986 The Maritime Gateway. Newport-Fremantle Exchange Exhibition. Fremantle Arts Centre 1986 Fremantle Arts Centre Poster Design. 1987 Prominent West Australians. Editions Gallery, Melbourne 1987 Bunbury City Art Gallery Invitation Art Exhibition 1987 Spring Peace Festival. Art Gallery of Western Australia 1988 Living Together (banners). Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia 1988 The Artists Rottnest Alexander Library, Perth 1988 The Rural and Industries Bank Collection. Art Gallery of Western Australia 1989 Vincent Art Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia 1989 The Robert Holmes a Court Invitation Exhibition, Albany 1989 Nine By Five. University of Western Australia 1990 A Room with a View. Fremantle Arts Centre 1990 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Invitation Exhibition. 1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne. Represented by Delaney Galleries 1990 Medical Association for the Prevention of War Exhibition. His Majestys Theatre. 1990 Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation Exhibition. Royal Perth Hospital 1991 Artists' Artists. Fremantle Art Gallery 1991 The Western Australians Painters Exhibition. Tokyo 1992 Artists Choice. Greenhill Galleries SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Continued) 1993 Ten Women Artists Exhibition. Greenhill Galleries 1993 The Advantage of Isolation. Artplace, Festival of Perth 1993 The Advantage of Isolation. The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney 1993 From an Open Drawer. Delaney Galleries 1993 Gomboc Gallery, Invitation Exhibition 1993 Central Park, Official Opening Art Exhibition 1993 Darlington Festival. Invitation Exhibition 1994 Highlights: Forty Years of the Royal Perth Hospital Collection. Royal Perth Hospital 1998 Swingtime East Coast and West Coast. Works from the 1960s - 70s in the University of Western Australia Art Collection. Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. The University of Western Australia. 1999 City of Joondalup Invitation Art Prize, Joondalup, WA 1999 City of Perth Art Prize 2000 Out There - In the Landscape.Cullity Gallery, University of Western Australia PRIZES/ GRANTS 1982 Pegasus Art Award. (sponsored by Mobil Oil) 1983 Western Australian Art Week Painting Prize, Fremantle Art Gallery. 1984 Western Australian Art Week Painting Prize, Fremantle Art Gallery. 1985 Albany Art Prize, Watercolour Section. 1987 Overseas Travel Grant, Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council. 1988 Albany Art Prize: Bicentennial Art Prize Matilda Bay Restaurant Art Prize 1989 Royal Agriculture Show Prize. (Sponsored Deloitte Haskin) 1993 Creative Development Grant, Western Australian Department of the Arts COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of Western Australia; Artbank; Albany Art Gallery; Burswood Hotel Collection Christ Church Grammar School; City of Fremantle Collection; City of Wanneroo Collection; Curtin University Edith Cowan University; Fremantle City Council; Glengarry Hospital; Hyatt Hotel Collection; IBJ Bank; Illbery Barblett Collection International Business Machines; Kerry Stokes Collection; Mallesons Stephen Jacques Collection; Matilda Bay Restaurant National Gallery of Australia; National Gallery of Victoria; New Norcia Art Gallery; Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Robert Holmes a Court Collection; Royal Perth Hospital; Rural and Industries Bank; Salec Minc Collection; St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls Scotch College; State Government Insurance Office; State Library of Western Australia; University of Western Australia; Wesfarmers Collection Wesley College; Western Australia College of Advanced Education; Woodside Petroleum SELECTED REFERENCES Murray Mason (Ed). Contemporary Western Australian Painters and Printmakers, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1979 Marie Hobbs Review Exhibition, catalogue. Fremantle Art Gallery, 1980 Newport Fremantle Exchange, catalogue. Fremantle Arts Centre and Newport Art Museum 1987 Living Together, (banners in St George's Terrace, catalogue. Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia Artist in Focus 3: Marie Hobbs, catalogue. Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1988 Hawthorn W. Marie Hobbs. In Ed. JMS O'Brien: Some Contemporary Western Australian Painters and Sculptors. Nedlands; Apollo Press, 1982; Volume 1:35-36 Forgotten, Remembered, Imagined, catalogue. Sandra Murray. Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. The University of Western Australia