Biography

 

Stephanie Burns
Curriculum Vitae

(b. 1962, Perth) Sculptor, painter, art valuer, art magazine editor.
STUDIES Claremont School of Art, 1984; moves to UK 1984; Norwich School of Art, attended the Life Drawing department under John Wonnicott and John Lessore 1984; Bath College of Higher Education, Art Foundation Course 1986-87; Wimbledon School of Art, London, Sculpture Course 1988-90. Part-time lecturer NAS 1997-98. Married Peter Fuller, British art critic 1985. Fuller died in a car accident 1990 three years after he founded the British art magazine Modern Painters. Married Australian art critic John McDonald 1991-2000, and returned to Australia 1996. Exhibited widely around Australia during the 90s, ten solo exhibitions at major galleries (Coventry Gallery, Annandale Galleries and Christine Abrahams Gallery) including featured artist at Floriade, Canberra Tourism's Spring Festival 2000. Over fifty group exhibitions in Australia and internationally including; Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, UK 1990; London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Gallery, UK 1993; Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London; Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin, Sydney 1997; Blake Prize for Religious Art, State Library of NSW, Sydney,  St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, Qld, Cathedral of St Paul, Melbourne 1997-98; Sculpture by the sea, Bondi Beach, Sydney 2000; Australian Drawing Biennale, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU Canberra; Capo, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2005; her work has been exhibited in Australian Art Fairs; Perth 1995; Melbourne Art Fair (ACAFS) 1996, 1998, 2002, The Melbourne Affordable Art Fair 2004, The Sydney Affordable Art Fair, 2004, Brisbane Art Fair, 2005; Appointee (1991-) and trustee (1991-98, 2007-) of the Peter Fuller Memorial Foundation, a British registered charity that has hosted an annual lecture at the TATE Gallery in London since 1991, eminent cultural commentators such as William Tucker, Hilton Kramer, John Berger, Rudi Fuchs and Luc Tuymans have given past lectures. The charity also runs an online art magazine Art Influence run by the artist and her son, Laurence Fuller. Opened her own art gallery in Canberra called Stephanie Burns Fine Art which staged over one hundred exhibitions from 2001-2007.When the gallery closed Burns moved to a rural property in Yass, NSW with her husband Stephen Hooper to build a sculpture park.

AWARDS Fisher's Ghost Art Award, (highly commended), Campbelltown, 1997.
APPTS Appointee and trustee of The Peter Fuller Memorial Foundation 1991-. Editor Art Influence www.artinfluence.com, 2007-. Valuer for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 2008-.

REP National Australia Bank, Head Office, Melbourne; Gold Coast City Art  Gallery, QLD; .Joondalup  WA

BIB The Canberra Times, 27th March 2005. Win TV, 16th March 2001. The Canberra Times, 18th September, 2000. The Canberra Times, 24th September, 2000. Drill Hall Catalogue, 16th November-17th December 2000.  Interview, ABC TV, 23rd November 2000. Sun Herald, 5th December 2000. Melbourne Times, 6th December 2000. Melbourne Times, 13th December 2000. Annandale Galleries Catalogue, March 1999. The Sydney Morning Herald, 30th March, 1999. The Sydney Morning Herald, 3rd April, 1999. The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 1997. Christine Abrahams Gallery Catalogue, April 1996. The Australian, 20th July 1996. The Age, 1 Oct, 1996. The West Australian, 29th August, 1995. The Australian, 10 September, 1994. The Sydney Review, September, 1994. Coventry Gallery Catalogue, September, 1994.

Solo Exhibitions
2009      Hedonism, The Depot Gallery, Danks St, Waterloo, Sydney NSW.
2007      Reflections, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra
2005      Great Australian Male and Others, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra.
2001      10 Years a Survey of Sculptures and Collages, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra.
2000      Floriade, Canberra Tourism's Spring Festival, Canberra.
                Collage, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.
1998      Towards the Baroque, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
1997      Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
1996      Recent Sculpture, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.
1995      Delaney Gallery, Perth, WA.
1994      Coventry Gallery, Sydney.

Group Exhibitions
2009     Winter’s Journey into Poetry and Art, The Sheep’s Back Gallery, Yass NSW.
             Waverley Art Prize, Bondi Road Art School, Sydney.
             Bayswater Art Awards and Exhibition, Perth.
             Bellingen Art Prize, Memorial Hall, Bellingen NSW.
             Darlington Arts Festival, Perth WA.
             Gold Rush Art Competition, Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD.
2008     IT’S THE small THINGS THAT COUNT! Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
             2008 Telstra Art Show, Gundaroo, NSW
             Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW.
2006     All Women, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra.
             Contemporary, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra.
2005     6 x 6 x 6” Miniature Sculpture Exhibition, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
             Brisbane Art Fair, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Brisbane.
             Capo, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.
2004     The March of the Miniatures, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
             The Melbourne Affordable Art Fair, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Melbourne.
             The Sydney Affordable Art Fair, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Sydney.
2003     Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.
2002     Melbourne Art Fair (ACAFS), Stephanie Burns Fine Art.
             Annual 6” Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
             Sculpture 2002, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown NSW.
             Beauty & Violence, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra.
2001     Small Wonders, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
             Mine is Bigger than His!, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra.
2000      'idea and influence', 3 May-27 May, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
              The Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance, Sydney.
              Sculpture by the sea, Bondi Beach, Sydney.
              Australian Drawing Biennale, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU Canberra.
1999      Primary Colours- Red, June 15-July 10, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
              still life, King St Gallery, Sydney.
              Big Thoughts Small Works, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
              Stained Glass Windows Competition, 25 Feb-25 Mar, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane.
1998      Pas D'Accrochage En Publique (Not a Public Hanging), Cellblock Theatre,
              East Sydney Campus, Sydney.
              A Contretemps, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
              Primary Colours, Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
              Figure in the Landscape: An Exhibition by 67 Sculptors, King St Gallery, Sydney.
              Melbourne Art Fair (ACAFS), Annandale Galleries, Sydney.       
              Fisher's Ghost Art Award, highly commended, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW.
1997      Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries, Sydney.
              Diary, Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
              Anon, Sherman Galleries, Sydney.
Blake Prize for Religious Art, State Library of NSW, Sydney.  St Johns Cathedral, Brisbane, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, Qld, Cathedral of St Paul, Melbourne.
              Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin, Sydney
              Sculpture 9, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.
              The biggest little sculpture show in town, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
              Stiletto, Delaney Gallery, Perth, WA.
              Fisher's Ghost Art Award, highly commended, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW.
              Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, QLD.
              Still-Life, Cintra Galleries, Brisbane.
1996      Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries, Sydney.
              Sculpture 8, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.
              Still Life, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.
              Melbourne Art Fair (ACAFS), Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne.
              Size is (not) important, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
              Christmas Show, Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
1995      Generation, Delaney Gallery, Perth, WA.
              Diary, Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
              Perth Art Fair, Delaney Gallery, Perth.
1994      Diary, Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
              Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
1993      London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Gallery, UK.
              Bath Art Fair, Beaux Arts Gallery, UK.
1990      Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, UK.
            
Awards
Fisher's Ghost Art Award, (highly commended), Campbelltown, 1997, 1998; Waverley Art Prize – Open Prize and Works on Paper Prize 2009

APPTS
Appointee and trustee of The Peter Fuller Memorial Foundation 1991-. Editor Art Influence www.artinfluence.com, 2007-. Valuer for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 2008-.

Collections
National Australia Bank, Head Office, Melbourne; Gold Coast City Art  Gallery, QLD; .Joondalup  WA

Bibliography
David Curry:         “Creative community throws open its doors to create Yass arts trail”, Sunday Canberra Times,
                              25 Oct 2009.
                              Arts Corner, Yass Tribune, 29 Oct 2009.
Diana Streak        “Burns earns two”, Panorama, The Canberra Times, 18 July 2009.
                             What’s going on, The Canberra Times, 9 Feb 2009.
Philip O’Brien:      “At home with sculpture”, The Canberra Times, 10 Sept 2007.
Stephanie Burns: “An Artist’s life”, Independent Retiree, Spring 2007.
Stephanie Burns: “Art for Pleasure”, Independent Retiree, Winter 2007.
Stephanie Burns: “Valuing Art”, Independent Retiree, Autumn 2007.
Helen Musa:         Capital Life, The Canberra Times, 11 Nov 2005.
Sonia Barron:       “A Rodin-style renaissance” The Canberra Times, 27 March 2005.
Helen Musa:         “100 Kg bronze sculpture taken from Deakin gallery”, The Canberra Times, 29 June 2004.
Lyn Mills:              “Circus comes to town just at the right time”, The Canberra Times, 18 Feb 2003.
John Paul Moloney: “Risk or Risqué, it’s enough to drive you up the wall”, The Canberra Times, 25 Aug 2002.
                             Look Out, Times Out, The Canberra Times, 15 Aug 2002.
Des McNicholas:  “Vibrant display of artistic talent”, Canberra Sunday Times, 27 Jan 2002.
Norma Allen:        “New circle of friends meets at gallery lunch”, “Hats off”, front page, The Canberra Times, 13 Nov 2001.
Sonia Baron:        “Deserves ‘adults only’ tag”, The Canberra Times, 31 July 2001.
Ian Warden:         “Lust and laughs – the funny side of erotic art”, The Canberra Times, 31 May 2001.
Shaun Burns:       “Win News”, Win TV, 16 March 2001.
Ron Cerabona:     “Contemporary Insights”, The Canberra Times, 8 Mar 2001.
                             The Chronicle, March 6 2001.
                             Portrait 2, Summer 2001.
Georgina Safe:     “Neckwear exhibit as artwork to tie for”, The Australian, 6 Oct 2000.
Norma Allen:        “Ties as gorgeous snippets of paintings”, The Canberra Times, 3 Oct 2000.            
Helen Musa:         “Sculptures display a Passion for Tulips”, Canberra Times, 18th September, 2000.
Cassie Proudfoot “A Sculptor Succumbs to Tulip Mania”, Canberra Times, 24th September, 2000.
Sebastian Smee:  “The Australian Drawing Biennale', Drill Hall Catalogue, 16th November-17th December 2000.
Justin Murphy:     “The Arts Show”, interview, ABC TV, 23rd November 2000.
Alison Barclay:    “Burning Talent”, Sun Herald, 5th December 2000.
Jewel Topsfield:  “What's On”, Melbourne Times, 6th December 2000.
Jewel Topsfield:  “Community Catch-Up”, Melbourne Times, 13th December 2000.
Stephanie Burns: 'Towards The Baroque', Annandale Galleries Catalogue, March 1999.
Sebastian Smee: “The galleries”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30th March, 1999.
Bruce James:      “TOTO, I'VE A FEELING WE'RE NOT ON CANVAS ANY MORE”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3rd April, 1999.
Bruce James:      “Galleries” column, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 April 1997.
John McDonald:   Christine Abrahams Gallery Catalogue, April 1996.
Giles Auty:           “Added Dimension”, The Australian, The Weekend Review, 20th July 1996
Jenny Zimmer:     “Burns Draws on Wealth of References”, The Age, 1 Oct, 1996.
David Bromfield:  The West Australian, 29th August, 1995.
Elwyn Lynn:        "Critical Depth to Serious Studies", The Australian, 10 September, 1994.
Jacques Delaruelle: "Demanding Attention", The Sydney Review, September, 1994.
David Matthews: Coventry Gallery Catalogue, September, 1994.