IZABELA PLUTA
Education
2007 Master of
Fine Arts (research) candidate, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
2002 Bachelor of Fine Art Honours Class 1, University Medal, The University
of Newcastle
2000 Bachelor of Fine Art, The University of Newcastle
Residencies
2006 Australia
Council Barcelona Studio
2006 Artspace, Sydney
2005 Artist in Residence, Rawspace Galleries, Brisbane
2005 Artist in Residence, Red Gate Studios, Beijing, China
2004 Artist in Residence, IASKA (International Art Space Kellerberrin
Australia)
2000 Artist in Residence, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Awards
& Prizes
2006
Finalist, City of Perth Photomedia Award
National Association for the Visual Arts NSW Artists Marketing Grant
2003
Finalist, Helen Lempriere Traveling Arts Scholarship
National Association for the Visual Arts NSW Artists Marketing Grant
2002
Finalist, Helen Lempriere Traveling Arts Scholarship
National Association for the Visual Arts NSW Artists Marketing Grant
2001
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Basil and Muriel Hooper Scholarship
Blue Static White Noise, Photomedia Category Winner, Watt Space Galleries
Newcastle Port Corporation Maritime Acquisitive Photographic Prize,
1st Prize
National Association for the Visual Arts NSW Artists Marketing Grant
2000
The University of Newcastle Undergraduate Summer Vacation Scholarship
National Tertiary Art Prize, Winner-Photomedia/4D Arts
The University of Newcastle Annual Student Acquisitive Art Prize
Winner- Photomedia/Electronic Art, Winner – Overall Prize
Australian Professional Photography Awards, Gold Award – Illustrative
Category
Solo Exhibitions
2007
home(land), Fremantle Arts Centre (upcoming, June 2007)
home(land), Westspace, Melbourne (upcoming)
sometime, Esa Jaske Gallery
2006
Making Mirrors, Artspace, Sydney
With A View, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2005
still (between), Esa Jaske Gallery
Here (later), Westspace, Melbourne
Room with a view, Maitland City Art Gallery
Restore, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
2004
Credenza, Francis Baker-Smith, Sydney
Front yards, IASKA, International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia
Here (later), Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
2003
Restore, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
Out of context, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
Billboard Project, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
2002
Restore, Gallery Wren, Sydney
Map, Linden – St Kilda Contemporary Art Centre, Melbourne
Restore, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
Letters, Sherman Galleries Artbox, Sydney
Out of context, The Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
2001
Repatriate, Intrados, Newcastle
Out of Context, Counihan Gallery In Brunswick, Melbourne
ACP Project Wall, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Almost Conscious, Suters Architects, Newcastle
2000
Amnesia, Rocketart, Newcastle Emerging Artists Inc.
Out of context, Fine Art Foyer Gallery, The University of Newcastle
Three Hundred and Sixty Degrees, Watt Space Galleries, Newcastle
1999
Conchology, Watt Space Galleries, Newcastle
Group
Exhibitions (selected)
2007
Unlocked II, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
Scene - Observe the lay of the land, Lake Macquarie City Art
Gallery
From Space to Place, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2006
From Space to Place, Gosford Regional Art Gallery
Wish you were here, (collaboration with Paulo Macchia), el
Local Gallery, Barcelona and McKell Project Space, McKell Building Sydney
Unsharp_Unconscious, QCP Gallery, Brisbane
Photography, Esa Jaske Gallery
In Cold Light, 17 March - 6 May, Centre for Contemporary Photography
(CCP), Melbourne
Motionless, (with Paulo Macchia) Next Wave Festival, Containers
Village, Melbourne
Summershow 2006, Esa Jaske Gallery
2005
Neue Romantics, MARS (Melbourne Art Rooms)
Canberra Contemporary Art Prize, Canberra Contemporary Art
Space
ARC Brisbane Biennal, Brisbane
From Space to Place, Gippsland Art Gallery
From Space to Place, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
2004
Tactile Art Award, Object - Australian Centre for Craft and
Design, Sydney
2003
I’m in love, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
Natural Selection, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Somewhere Else, Photo Technica Exhibition Space, Sydney
03 Light Fantastic, Phatspace @ Project, Sydney
Chopsticks, Intrados Gallery, Newcastle
2D a 3D Tool, Maitland City Art Gallery
Satisfaction, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Gymea
New England Regional Art Museum; Craft ACT, Canberra;
Cairns Regional Gallery; Sturt Gallery, Mittagong
Gold Coast Regional Art Gallery
2002
Greatest Hits: Volume One, Gallery Wren, Sydney
Satisfaction, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Digital Entities, Lovett Gallery, Newcastle
Poison, Watt Space Galleries, Newcastle
2001
Signal, Fort Scratchley Maritime & Military Museum, Newcastle
Revolver, Watt Space Galleries, Newcastle
Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)
Why Pinhole?, Visual Workshop Gallery, Rochester NY, USA
Nikon Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2000
Fruition, Watt Space Galleries, Newcastle
Stock Solution, Watt Space Galleries, Newcastle
Broken Hill City Art Gallery Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill
City Art Gallery
1999
Elements, Lovett Gallery, Newcastle
Silver and Silicon, Watt Space Galleries, Newcastle
Selected
Bibliography
'in trouble',
MELBURNIN, Simon Gregg, Dec/Jan 2007, p16
'In Cold Light', THE AGE, Robert Nelson, 6/4/06
‘Four Photographers: Paul Adair, Christina Lauer, Virginia Miller,
Izabela Pluta’, AUSTRALIAN ART COLLECTOR, Timothy Morrell, Issue
15, January - March 2006
‘Illustration of rights and wrongs is a snap’, THE SYDNEY
MORNING HERALD, Robert McFarlane, 13/12/2005
‘There and back’, REALTIME, Kate McMillan, June/July 2005,
p40
‘Beijing experience provides young artist with special view’,
THE MAITLAND MERCURY, Emma Swain, May 10 2005, p1 & 4
Exhibition Review, THE NEWCASTLE HERALD WEEKENDER, Lisa Slade, June
11, 2005 p14
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD SPECTRUM, ‘Talent with a sure touch’,
Peter Hill, Oct 9-10 2004, p19
‘Uncommon sense’ THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD DOMAIN, Sept
23 2004, p20
Exhibition Review, PHOTOFILE, Issue 70
‘Banquet of culinary artistry’, CAIRNS POST, 18 Dec 03
‘Picture of a community’ WEST AUSTRALIAN, Ric Spencer, Aug
1 2004, p12
‘Objet d’eats’, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD METRO, Victoria
Hynes, June 13, 03
Critic’s Picks , THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD METRO, Victoria Hynes,
June 13, 03
Critic’s Picks , THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD METRO, Victoria Hynes,
May 30, 03
‘Lights’, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD METRO, Juan-carlo Thomas,
Jan 17th, 2003
Interview ‘Memories of Izabela Pluta’, Airbrush Program
ABC RADIO, Oct 26th 2002
Radio Interview, The Morning Program, ABC Radio, John Clarke, Sept 22nd,
2002
Exhibition Review, THE NEWCASTLE HERALD WEEKENDER, Jill Stowell, July
20th 2002
Critic’s Picks, METRO, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, April 12, 2002
‘Why Pinhole?’, AFTERIMAGE, Jan/Feb 2001
‘Tunnel Visions’, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, David
Lee, Feb 4th 2001
‘New angle on old memories’, Moreland Sentinel, 9th March
2001
‘The Maritime Acquisitive Photographic Art Prize’, OPUS,
Anthony Masters, Issue 1 2001
‘Inscribe’, LUNACY, Kris Williamson, 2000
Published/Reproduced
'Izabela Pluta
- still (between), Photographs by Izabela Pluta', Photo Feature, Arena
Magazine, Number 84 August-September 2006, pp 18, 19, 27, 50
Object Magazine, No 47, p 11
Art Almanac, Profiles, p160
The Bulletin Women’s Art Register, No 38 Winter 2005, p10 &
11
The Sydney Morning Herald Domain, Uncommon sense, Sept 23 2004, p20
Object Magazine, No 43, p71
SOFA Magazine, The School of Fine Art, University of Newcastle, Summer
2002/2003, p2
The Sydney Morning Herald Metropolitan, May 23rd 2003, p16
Runway, Firstdraft Gallery Publication, V2, 2003
Pottery in Australia, Autumn 2003, pp24-26
Cairns Post, 30 Oct 2003
Muse, March 2003, p7
The Sydney Morning Herald Metro, May 23 2003
Canberra Sunday Times, 27 March 2003, p22
Australian Wine Selector Vintage 2003
The Newcastle Herald, p37, Sept 25th 2002
Satisfaction Exhibition Catalogue, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Touring
Exhibition 2002
The Newcastle Herald Weekender, p21, Sept 28th 2002
Book cover, Seven Versions of an Australian Badland, University of Queensland
Press. 2002
Making Ground, catalogue essay, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Publication
2002
Collections
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Newcastle Maritime Museum
Australian Institute of Professional Photography Collection/
Australian Professional Photography Association Archive
The University of Newcastle Union
Private collections in Australia, Germany and Italy
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