Adrian Mauriks, Curriculum Vitae

Education

1976-78 Graduate Diploma of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1972-75 Diploma of Arts, Sculpture, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

Professional Appointments

1997 Occupied the guest studio for five months at Stichting Kunst and Complex, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1995-96     Lecturer, Head of Department of Sculpture, School of Arts, University of Ballarat
1991-93 Lecturer in Sculpture, Ballarat University College
1991-92 Lecturer in Sculpture, School of Architecture, University of Melbourne
1990-91 Lecturer in Sculpture, Phillip Institute of Technology
1987-89 Lecturer in Sculpture, Ballarat College of Advanced Education
1985 Artist in Residence, Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education, Wagga Wagga
1983-84 Lecturer in Sculpture, Visual Arts Program, Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Toowoomba
1978-82 Lecturer, Head of Department, School of Visual Arts, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education

Individual Exhibitions

2007 Installations, Images in the Mirror Icon Museum of Art at Deakin University Melbourne
2006 Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
2003 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1998 Andres Gallery, Singapore
1997 Stichting Kunst and Complex, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996 Opus II Series, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1995 Robin Gibson Galleries, Sydney
1994 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1992 Department of Architecture, Melbourne University
1989 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1988 Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
1986 R.M.I.H.E. Gallery, Wagga Wagga
Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
1985 D.D.I.A.E. Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 The Inaugural Annual Lorne Sculpture Exhibition 2007, 26 Oct to 11 Nov 2007
2006 The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2006, Werribee Park, Melbourne, Vic
2005 Contempora 2, Docklands Festival of Sculpture at New Quay, Melbourne
2004 Shanghai Art Fair 2004, Shanghai, China
2003 Mc Clelland Survey and Award, Mc Clelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin Victoria
2002 Oblique Shadows, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 6 August - 15 September 2002
2002 Australian Art Resources, Melbourne
The Volvo Gallery, Sydney
2002 Oblique Shadows, VCA Gallery Melbourne, 10 April - 27 April 2002
2000 Oblique Shadows, Sculpture Square, Singapore, 15 Oct - 31 Jan 2001
1999 Volume and Form, Singapore 1999 International Sculpture Exhibition by Invitation
1999 1999 Tattersals Club Landscape Art Prize, by Invitation
1998 9x5 by Twenty Five, The George Adams Gallery, Melbourne. (Formerly The Westpac Gallery)
1997 The Rembrandt Connection, The Tower Room, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
1997 Sculpture 9, Robin Gibson Galleries, Sydney
1996 5th Australian Contempory Art Fair 1996, Melbourne Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Sculpture Now 96, Castlemaine, Victoria
Sculpture 3, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne
1995 Sculpture 7, Robin Gibson Galleries, Sydney
1994 Sculpture 6, Robin Gibson Galleries, Sydney
1993 Sculpture on View, Bendigo Art Gallery
Just Sculpture, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery (Curator and Participant)
Sculpture, Elwyn Dennis and Adrian Mauriks, Ararat Gallery
The Second Landing, Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria
1992 Department of Architecture, Melbourne University
1990 3rd Biennial Fletcher Jones Memorial Award Exhibition at Warrnambool Art Gallery
1988 10th Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
1985 9th Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Shell Australia, Acquisitive Sculpture Prize
Heidelberg School of Painters, Sculpture Competition (Maquette)
1984 Short listed for commission for the Queensland Art Gallery by the Queensland Cultural Trust
Apposition, Brisbane CAE College Gallery, Kelvin Grove
Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria
Sculpture Now
1983 Brisbane Community Art Centre
The Gold Coast City Art Prize
1982 The Victorian College of the Arts Gallery - From the Country
Contemporary Artists of Gippsland, La Trobe Valley Arts Centre
1981 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide University
First Australian Sculpture Triennial, La Trobe University
Gippsland Sculptors at the Switchback Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education
1980 Melbourne University Galleries
Exhibition from Artists Against Uranium
Co-organiser of the 15 Sculptors Travelling Exhibition
Works exhibited at:
National Gallery of Victoria
The Benalla Art Gallery
Warrnambool Art Gallery
Hamilton City Gallery
McClelland Gallery
Wollongong Art Gallery
Mildura Art Gallery
1979 The Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition at VCA Gallery (Honourable Mention)
Caulfield Purchase Prize Exhibition, (by invitation) Port Melbourne Galleries
1978 Powell Street Art Gallery, Melbourne (Invitation)
7th Mildura Triennial
La Trobe University, Melbourne
Exhibition of Work at the Trades Hall Gallery
1977 The Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition, University Art Gallery
1976 20th Art Gallery Exhibition, Hobart (Invitation)
1975 6th Mildura Triennial, Caulfield Arts Centre
1974 Hawthorn City Gallery, BHP House, Melbourne

Selected Awards

2007 Winner of the Regional Artists Award at The Inaugural Annual Lorne Sculpture Exhibition 2007
1998 Arts Victoria International Cultural Exchange Program Grant
1990 Winner of the Boma Rider Hunt, National Sculpture Competition
1979 Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition (Honourable Mention)
1975 Victorian College of the Arts, Sculpture Prize

Collections

Compilation, Deakin University, Burwood Campus
Garden of Eden, Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale Campus
LaTrobe Valley Arts Centre Collection
D.D.I.A.E. Contemporary Art collection
Art Bank
RMIHE Contemporary Art Collection
Expo. Collection Brisbane
University of Tasmania Collection
AMP Society Collection of Contemporary Art, Sydney
University of Wollongong Collection of Sculpture
City of Yarra Public Art Collection
Boma Rider Hunt Collection of Contemporary Art, Sydney
World Trade Centre Collection, Sydney
The Victorian College of The Arts Collection
Sportscraft Collection, Melbourne
Commonwealth Bank Collection, Sydney
Singapore Tourism Board Collection
Singapore Art Museum National Heritage Board Collection

Commissions

2005 Source, commissioned by the City of Darebin for Bundoora Park, Melbourne
2004 Ensemble, commissioned by The City of Wodonga, for Woodland Grove Park Wodonga, Victoria
2002 Silence Docklands New Quay Precinct. Commissioned by MAB Corp Melbourne
1995 Opus 15, City of Yarra, (Richmond), Coorner of Punt Road and Bridge Road, Richmond, Melbourne
1995 Opus 10 for the Commonwealth Bank Sydney, in the World Trade Centre, George Street, Sydney
1993-94 Aspiration, Repeat Commission for production of 10 small pieces for Boma Rider Hunt
1991-92 Aspiration, commission for production of 10 small pieces for Boma Rider Hunt
1991 The Oldest Man, commission for the University of Wollongong performance centre, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
1988 Bird Totem, AMP commission for the Qantas and National Bank Buildings Plaza Cnr George and Jamieson Streets Sydney, (installed November 1988)
1971 Interrupted Continuation, commission for the lawn section, Springvale Cemetery, Melbourne

Selected Publications

The Sculpture of Adrian Mauriks. ISBN No: 0 646 21686 4
Sculpture II, Opus pieces 1995-1996. ISBN No: 0 646 281615 (No 2)
Publication and Distribution of Video entitled The Sculpture of Adrian Mauriks available for rent or purchase through Programs for art on film, New York
Sydney's Sculpture, Art in our Environment. ISBN 0582 868 20 3
The Second Landing, Published by The Erasmus Foundation, Netherlands - Australian Cultural Society Inc. Melbourne. ISBN 0 646 13593 7, (1994)
The World Expo 88 Collection, Brisbane Australia. ISBN 0731627636
Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists. ISBN 1 875589 821
Sculpture Now 96 catalogue
Just Sculpture catalogue, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1993
Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial catalogue 1988. ISBN 0 9589947 1 4
Irving Sculpture Gallery, Wing Stand and Rainbow Rack, 1986
9th Mildura Sculpture Triennial catalogue, 1985. ISBN: 0815-1199
Second Australian Sculpture Triennial 1985 catalogue
Australian Sculpture Now Graeme Sturgeon. ISBN 0 7241 0107 1
Appositions, Brisbane College of Advanced Education, 1984. ISBN 0 86856 610 1
From the Country, VCA Gallery Melbourne, 1982
15 Sculptors catalogue, 1980
Seventh Sculpture Triennial, Mildura, 1978. ISBN 0 9598621 5 3
Exhibition of Work, Trades Hall Gallery, 1978
Victoria College of the Arts, 1977 Graduate Exhibition catalogue Melbourne University Art Gallery.
Sixth Mildura Sculpture Exhibition 1975 catalogue

Selected References

Public Sculpture - Who Needs It by Ashley Crawford, Australian Art Review, Issue 15, Nov07-Feb08
Australian Sculptors by Ken Scarlett
Art and Australia, Vol 19 No 2, Summer 1981
Australian Art Review, ed. Leon Pariseon
Australian Sculpture Now, Catalogue, Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria
Australian Artists, Max Germaine, 1985
Arts National, Vol 3 No 3, January/February 1986
Arts and Australia, Vol 26 No 2, Page 238
Sculpture at Expo, by Stephen Rainbird
Crafts Arts International, Issue 13, page 115, September/November ed, 1988
Art Link, Vol 9 No 2, Winter 1989
Sydney's Sculpture, Art in our Environment. ISBN 0582 868 20 3
The Presence and Power of Totem, Weekend Australian, 30 July 1988, Elwyn Lynn
Variations on a Theme of Felt and Fat, The Australian, Tuesday 18 February 1986, Elwyn Lynn
A Search for the Human Side, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 1986, John McDonald
Phenomenon of the Untrained Artist, The Age, 16 August 1989, Gary Catalano
A Sculptor Under Wraps, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 1988, Bronwyn Watson
The Shape of Art to come, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 February 1986, John McDonald
Touched by Casts of Thousands, The Weekend Review, Australian, 31 July 1994
The Age, 9 February, 1994, Christopher Heathcote
A Search for Arts Human Side, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 1986, John McDonald