Anne Zahalka

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Anne Zahalka
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Known forphotography
Website zahalkaworld.com.au

Anne Zahalka (born 1957) [1] is an Australian artist and photographer. Her work is held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Australia. In 2005, she was the recipient of the Leopold Godowsky Award at the Photographic Resource Centre in Boston. [2]

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Early life and education

Zahalka was born to a Jewish Austrian mother and Catholic Czech father. Her parents met and married in England during the Second World War. [3] Zahalka subsequently developed an interest in Australia's migrants and diverse cultures. [4]

She studied at Sydney College of the Arts (undergraduate and postgraduate), 1979. [5]

Career

Zahalka's artwork revolves around Australian culture, [6] focusing on themes such as gender roles, leisure activities [7] and the conventions of art. She has spoken in interviews of her family and how her upbringing has influenced her work. She reflects on the lack of migrants' written documents, images and texts about Australia. [2] Her best known image is The Sunbather #2. [8] Another major art commission, Welcome to Sydney, was completed in 2003 for Sydney Airport. [9]

Her residency in 1986–87 at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien  [ de ], Berlin, gave her an opportunity reconnect with her European origins. Emulating complex interior scenes based on Dutch and Flemish masters like Vermeer, it led to sets of work collectively title Resemblance (1987) and Resemblance II (1989). [10]

Exhibitions

Awards

Collections

Zahalka's work is held in the following permanent collections:

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  2. 1 2 3 "Twelve Australian photo artists / Blair French, Daniel Palmer". State Library of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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  4. ↑ Garden, Wendy (4 January 2016). "Who belongs on the Australian beach? A history of gendered and racial possession". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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  6. ↑ Galvin, Nick (6 February 2014). "Changing look of the Australian identity laid bare in Art Gallery of NSW exhibition". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Blake, Elissa (17 April 2015). "Game of snap: photographers face the lens". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Taffel, Jacqui (14 April 2007). "Click and myth approach". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Anne Zahalka – Profile". Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Christopher Allen (18 August 2023). "Images from a pre-digital past: famous photos re-created" . The Australian . Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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  12. ↑ "Anne Zahalka". Art Map.
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  14. ↑ "Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Portraits 1987–2007". National Portrait Gallery. 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Anne Zahalka". ARC ONE Gallery.
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  20. ↑ "Explore our collection". Monash Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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