Alison Alder

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Alison Alder
Born1958
Website alisonalder.com

Alison Alder (born 1958) is an artist working predominantly within screen-printing media, technology-based works and "constructed environments" [1] to explore social issues in Australia, including Indigenous Australian communities, [2] and other organisations. [2] She co-founded the Megalo International Silkscreen Collective with a collective of activists including Colin Little, the founder of earthworks Poster Collective, in 1980. [3]

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Career and practices

Born in 1958, [4] Alison Alder works within multiple disciplines for her works including screen-printing, animation and installations. [1] Her works have been exhibited throughout Australia, the United States and Asia since 1982. [5] Her work is in the possession of many public and private holdings throughout the world [5] including the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art who hold 13 works. [6]

She received a Diploma of Arts from the Australian National University: School of Art and Design in Canberra in 1980. After graduating from ANU she completed a Graduate Diploma of Arts at Monash University, Victoria in 2002; she graduated from Monash University: Monash Art Design & Architecture, with a Masters of Fine Art in 2007. [7] [8]

Alder is currently an associate professor at Australian National University in Canberra and the Head of Printmedia and Drawing. [2]

Alder's works centre around "empowering communities through the visualisation of common social aims." [2] Her works focus on research of these communities which include institutions like the Museum of Australian Democracy and Indigenous communities. [2] In a 1982 interview conducted by Anne Morris in Alder's book with Julia Church – True Bird Grit – Alder mentions that she created political posters because she is a printmaker, who could produce works that were inexpensive to make and circulate, which were more accessible than television to a wide population of people during that time. [3]

Works

Alder has been exhibiting works in group exhibitions since 1982 and has held 16 solo exhibitions. [9] Her works are held in collections throughout the world including the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, the National Gallery of Australia and the New York Public Library Print Collection. [5]

Solo exhibitions

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Director (Research Services Division). "Ms Alison Alder". researchers.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 Alder, Alison; Church, Julia (1982). True Bird Grit. Canberra: ACME INK. p. 14.
  4. ↑ Alder, Alison Redback Graphix Alder. "KCC women's auxiliary and Jobs for women". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 "Alison Alder - About the artist". www.alisonalder.com. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Cruthers Collection of Women's Art" (PDF). University of Western Australia. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ↑ School, Head of; enquiries.visualarts@anu.edu.au (12 June 2014). "Alison Alder". School of Art & Design.
  8. 1 2 "artroom5:south australia". www.artroom5.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Alison Alder - Resumé". www.alisonalder.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Says, Longwhitekid (18 August 2015). "Alison Alder at Future Feminist Archive in Wollongong". Contemporary Art and Feminism.
  11. ↑ Alder, Alison Redback Graphix Alder. "When they close a pit. KCC Women's auxillary". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Social Justice Report 2007 - Chapter 3: The Northern Territory 'Emergency Response' intervention | Australian Human Rights Commission". humanrights.gov.au.
  13. ↑ "The Alice Prize - a national contemporary art prize". The Alice Prize. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Drought skeleton (1953) by Sidney Nolan". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Alison Alder - Current - Carcass". www.alisonalder.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "Making it New: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art | Exhibitions | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au.
  17. ↑ "Dirty Water | Canberra Contemporary Art Space". www.ccas.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  18. ↑ "onetoeight: Australia's first prime ministers". Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  19. ↑ "Alison Alder - 'NEWSCRAP' | Canberra Contemporary Art Space". www.ccas.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  20. ↑ Church, Julia; Alder, Alison (1982). True bird grit : a book about Canberra women in the arts 1982-83. [Australia : s.n.]
  21. ↑ Alder, Alison (2005). Bush TVs : pilyi-good one. 2005.
  22. ↑ Alder, Alison; Brown, Karilyn (1983). Alternative visual arts activities : Canberra, 1983. Manuka, A.C.T. : A. Alder and K. Brown.
  23. ↑ Alder, Alison; Jones, Peggy Ngapanardi; Tregenza, Liz; Arts, Northern Territory Government; Affairs, Cultural; Arts, Australian Council for the (1999). Kujjura Mampaly Nyirrila (two together) : hand painted silk scarves by Alison Alder and Peggy Ngapanardi Jones. Julalikari (N.T.) : Australia Council for Arts.
  24. ↑ Consultants, Kutjara; Alder, illustrator.), Alison; body.), AP Services (1999). Wali nganampa : an activity book for healthy living. Alice Springs, Northern Territory : Kutjara Consultants for AP Services.
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