Background
Dianne Barbara was born on March 19, 1958 in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Daughter of Albert William Fogwell and Mavis June Bottrell.
2017
Precious Renewal - 2017 - unique - artist book - (closed) H34cm x W38cm x D2cm - (open) 494cm - linocut - soft cover - hahnemuhle paper 350gsm - concertina - detail 2.
Dianne Barbara was born on March 19, 1958 in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Daughter of Albert William Fogwell and Mavis June Bottrell.
Student, Canberra School Art, 1979—1980.
Dianne Fogwell is one of the most respected printmakers and artists book practitioners in Australia. She has been a master printer, and founding director of print studios such as Studio One, Criterion Fine Art Press and Gallery and Lewis Editions.
Dianne has a long list of national and international solo and group exhibitions. Recent awards include the national 2017 Geelong Print Prize and 2017 Banyule Award for Works on Paper. She was recently the Grand Prix Winner, Ukraine for her artist book “Emu”. Dianne was the invited International Juror for the 7th Bahart Bhavan International Biennial of Print, Bhopal, India and recently for the 2018 New Zealand Print and Painting Award.
She has been an invited artist to international biennials for print and the artist book in Poland, Belgium, Belgrade, France, London and most recently China and Portugal. She has been a selected finalist in major national print and painting awards such as the National Works on Paper, Silk Cut Award, Burnie Print Prize, Swan Hill Print and Painting Prize and the Portia Geach Portrait Prize.
Dianne was a lecturer at the ANU School of Art for from 1981 to 2006, lecturing in the Graphic Investigation workshop 1985 – 1996 and from 1996 to 2006 Lecturer in charge of the Edition + Artist Book Studio. Dianne has been a curator, co/curator for international and national touring exhibitions for artist books and given workshops and lecturers in Greece, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan.
Dianne is represented in many national and international collections including; National Gallery of Australia; China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, Shenzhen, China, and most Regional Galleries, Public Libraries, Universities, corporate and private collections.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS: National:
National Gallery of Australia, ACT.
National Sound and Film Archive, ACT.
New Parliament House Collection, ACT.
National Library of Australia, ACT.
Art Bank.
Artspace Mackay, QLD.
Australian National University, ACT.
Australian War Memorial, ACT.
Legislative Assembly Collection, ACT.
Banyule City Council, VIC.
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS.
Canberra Museum and Gallery Collection, ACT.
Canson Australia Pty Ltd, VIC.
University of Melbourne, VIC.
Charles Sturt University Art Collection, NSW.
Hutchins School Collection, TAS.
La Trobe Regional Art Gallery, VIC.
Gippsland Art Gallery collection, VIC.
Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW.
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC.
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, TAS.
State Library of Victoria, Rare Books, VIC.
State Library of Queensland, James Hardy Collection, QLD.
University of Canberra, ACT. University of Southern, QLD.
Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC.
Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem, NSW.
The Keith Wingrove Memorial Trust.
Australian Jazz Museum, VIC.
Swan Hill Regional Gallery, VIC.
Geelong Art Gallery, VIC.
Banyule Art Collection, VIC.
International:
Joan Flasch Collection,
Chicago Institute of the Arts, USA.
Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, SkopArt, Greece.
The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington DC.
The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami USA.
Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA.
Centre of Book Arts, New York, USA.
Krakow International Print Triennial Society, Poland.
Sanshang Museum of Contemporary Art, Hangzhou CN.
International Exlibris Centre, Museum of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, Belgium.
Regional Library, A.Gertsena Kirov City, Ukraine.
China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, Shenzhen, China.
Douro Museum Printmaking Biennial Collection, Portugal
Married Mark Reginald Lewis, February 20, 1981. Children: Reuben George Lewis, Jack D'Arcy Robert Lewis.
