Siv Grava

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Siv Grava
Born1954 (age 6970)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationArtist
Awards Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (1992)

Siv Grava (born 1954), who lives in Elliston, South Australia, is an Australian artist.

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Grava won the 1992 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for Self Portrait. [1]

In 2004 Grava was awarded the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation Peace Award for an Artist in Residence for Hearsay Art Project with John Turpie, an art installation at the Baxter Detention Centre, working with asylum seekers. [2]

Collections

Her works are held in the collections of the Australian Catholic University (Andamooka triptych), [3] and the Tweed Regional Gallery (Self Portrait). [4]

Exhibitions

Grava's work has been exhibited at the Flinders University Museum of Art (Tough(er) Love: Art From Eyre Peninsula, group). [5]

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References

  1. "Tweed Art Gallery: Items - Painting, Self Portrait". aumuseums.com. Australian Museums and Galleries. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. "Past Recipients". Graham F. Smith Peace Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  3. "Andamooka triptych; Siv Grava, Australian, Born 1954; 2007/2008; 1.4-1.4.MEL". ehive.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. "Tweed Art Gallery: Items - Painting, Self Portrait". aumuseums.com. Australian Museums and Galleries. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. John Neylon (2015). Tough(er) Love: Art From Eyre Peninsula - Resource Kit (PDF). Country Arts SA. Retrieved 31 March 2022.