Mary Tonkin | |
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Born | 1973 (age 50–51) |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Artist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Monash University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art |
Institutions | Monash University |
Mary Tonkin is an Australian artist,who in 2002 won the Dobell Prize,the highest prize for drawing in Australia. [1] She was awarded her prize for her work Rocky Outcrop,Werribee Gorge 2000.
Tonkin was born in Melbourne,Australia in 1973. [2] In 1992,she was accepted to study at the Faculty of Art and Design at Monash University. She went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) with honours and a Masters in Fine Arts.
From 1996-2004,she was a lecturer at Monash University. [3]
Major recent exhibitions of Tonkin's works include Near the top dam (2007),a retrospective exhibition Home 2000-2010 (2011-2) at the Burrinja Gallery in Upwey,Victoria,and at the Sydney Comtemporary in 2022,which included the major,21-panel work Ramble,Kalorama (2017-19),which was featured in Art Almanac in 2019.
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