Hugh Ramage

Con Moto

Exhibition dates: Weds 16 July to Sat 2 August 2008
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Background

1958Born in New Zealand
1978Arrived in Australia
1982Co-founded Shepherd & Newman Exhibition Space
          in East Sydney, an occasional visual and performance
          arts venue
1987Established Cog - a non-profit artist run exhibition
          facility in Pitt Street, Sydney

Solo exhibitions

2007Compendium - Damien Minton Art Gallery, Sydney
2005Cutting - Paintings and Sculpture - studio exhibition,
          Redfern Sydney
2004New Paintings, Redfern Cycle - studio exhibition,
          Redfern, Sydney
2003Redfern Cycle - rex-livingston contemporary fine art,
          Sydney
2000Op Shop - Gallery 19, Sydney
1989Sense - D.C. Art, Sydney
1988Photographic Memory, Camera Lucida, Sydney
          Notes on Terra Nullius - Canberra Contemporary Art
          Space, A.C.T. Solo Exhibition
          Studio Show - Cog, Sydney
1987Australia Felix - Cog, Sydney
          Becoming - Globe, Sydney
1985Paintings & Drawings - Plan Z, Sydney

Selected group exhibitions

2008The Coloured Digger, Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern
2007Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe, Perth
2006Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
          Art on the Rocks, Sydney
          Mosman Art Prize
          Inaugural Gallipoli Art Award exhibition
2005Sculpture by the Sea - Sydney
          Sculpture Inside - Bondi Pavilion & Tamarama
          Surf Club
          Made in Redfern - St. Saviour’s Church, Redfern.
          Curated by Reg Lynch
          ‘Drinkin ‘n’ Thinkin’ - sculpture installation, Faculty of Architecture, Sydney University
          Art on Paper - Hazelhurst Art Award
          Sculpture Inside - Maunsell Wickes Gallery
          Mosman Art Prize
          Prometheus Art Prize
          ‘By Invitation Only’ - Sir Hermann Black Gallery,
          Sydney University
2004Blake Art Prize, Sydney and touring exhibition
          Mosman Art Prize
2003Blake Prize
          Mosman Art Prize
          Picturing Paradise - Mori Gallery. Sydney
2001Crackpots - Gleebooks, Sydney
          Willoughby Art Prize
1993Poster Art in Australia - National Gallery of Australia,
          A.C.T

Public collections

UTS Union collection, Sydney
Sydney University Union Collection
Artbank, Sydney
National Australia Gallery, Canberra
Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, (Powerhouse Museum) Sydney
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Dobell Foundation, Sydney
Works also held in private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, U.K. and U.S.A

Awards

2007Sculpture by the Sea - Western Australia - People’s
          Choice Award
2006Sculpture by the Sea - Director’s Prize
2005Hazelhurst Art Prize - People’s Choice
2004Kambala Art Prize
2003Willoughby Art Prize - 2D