Judith Wright (born 1945) in Meanjin (Brisbane) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans installation, video, sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking and assemblage. [1] [2] [3]
Her work explores universal human experiences of loss, impermanence and vulnerability. [4] [1] Wright’s figurative sculptural installations use theatrical props and lighting to investigate these themes, and reflect her experience as a dancer in The Australian Ballet. [4]
Wright graduated from the Queensland University of Technology in 2002 with a Master in Fine Art. [4]
Wright has a background in dance, and was a dancer for The Australian Ballet [5] before beginning her visual arts practice in the 1970s. [6] She worked as a lecturer at both the Queensland University of Technology and the Queensland College of Art at Griffith University. She was a Queensland Art Gallery Board Member from 1999-2002. [4]
Wright received an Arts Queensland fellowship in 1993, as well as a Queensland Government Professional Development grant in 1998. [4]
Wright has exhibited solo exhibitions in public institutions in Australia including the QUT Art Museum, Brisbane; Artspace, Mackay; Performance Space, Sydney; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; and the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. [6]
Group exhibitions have included Lurid Beauty: Australian Surrealism and its Echoes at the National Gallery of Victoria ; All our relations, 18th Biennale of Sydney; and Contemporary Australia: Women , The Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. [6]
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Wright's work is held in state and national collections, including:
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