ALEX DAVERN
b. 1989 Lives and works in Hobart, Tasmania
Education
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Uneasy Architect, Haus of Vovo, New Norfolk (two person exhibition w/ Rona Stern)
2021 The clouds have cameras, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
2019 Transparent things, Bett Gallery, Hobart
2018 erogazione in corso, Open Studio, Studio 3, Villa Lena, Italy
2018 Tartrazine, Project Space, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
2017 Doing the same thing over & over again, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
2016 Household Gods, Bett Gallery, Hobart
2015 Everything, Nothing, Bett Gallery, Hobart
2013 Great Feast, Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2011 Things & Stuff, Entrepôt Gallery, Hobart
Group Exhibitions
2019 On Belonging(s) curated by Erin Wilson, Devonport Regional Gallery
The Space Beyond, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
2018 Tidal: National Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery
Hadley's Art Prize, Hadley's Orient Hotel, Hobart
Paint_18, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Black, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale
2017 Release, The Goods Shed, Macquiarie Point, Hobart
2016 Tidal: City of Devonport National Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery
Winter Salon, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale
Inappropriate Appropriate ideas, The Curated Shelf, Hobart
Her Majesty's Favourite Really Great Graphical Festival, Hobart
2015 Members Exhibition, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
A Day on the Rat, Rat Palace, Hobart
2013 Art Auction Fundraiser, Constance ARI
RACT Portraiture Prize, Hobart, Devonport & Launceston
MONA staff prize, Stable Gallery, Moonah – winner
The Sketchbook Project, Art House Co-Op, Victorian College of the Arts,
Melbourne
2012 The Sketchbook Project, Art House Co-Op, Brooklyn, New York
MONA staff prize, Stable Gallery, Moonah
2011 Continuum, UTAS Graduation Exhibition, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
Open Doors II, (TUU Painting & Printmaking Society), Long Gallery, Hobart
2010 Transition, Studio Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Open Doors, Entrepôt Gallery, Hobart
Petite Painting Prize, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
UTAS Students, Gone AWOL, Hobart
2009 Ctrl C / Ctrl V, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
RACT Youth Portraiture Prize, Hobart & Launceston
Rainy Days, Cube Art & Design, Hobart
2008 RACT Youth Portraiture Prize, Hobart & Launceston
Awards and Grants
2021 Shotgun 9, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
2019 Artist in Residence, Launceston Church Grammar School
2019 People’s Choice Award, Tidal18: National Art Award
2018 Artist in Residence, Villa Lena, Italy
2017 Artist in Residence, Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery
2017 Artist in Residence, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
2014 Australia Council ArtStart Grant
2013 RACT Portraiture Prize Winner, Hobart
2007 Sony Summer Scholarship, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Commissions
2019 Junction Arts Festival, TAS
2014 Giant Australia, VIC
Collections
Artbank, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia
Brooklyn Art Library, NY
Villa Lena Foundation, Italy
Private Collections
Professional Development
2018 Project Management Essentials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hobart
2016 Exhibition Research: 'Hound in the Hunt', Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
2015- Library Assistant, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
2012-15 Exhibition Development Assistant, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
2015- Night Window, Co-Founder & Curator, Hobart,
2014 RACT Tasmanian Portraiture Prize Judge
2011-12 Gallery Invigilator, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
Bibliography
Max Delany, 'The clouds have cameras', Contemporary Art Tasmania, 2021.
Andrew Harper. 'Pushing Boundaries', The Mercury: TasWeekend, 8-9 May, 2021, p.18.
Erin Wilson, 'On Belonging(s)', Devonport Regional Gallery, 2019.
Andrew Harper, 'Signs of the Times', The Mercury: TasWeekend, 7-8 September, 2019, p.21.
Andrew Harper, 'Tidal 18 People's Choice', The Mercury: TasWeekend, 9-10 February, 2019, p.21.
Amy Jackett, 'Catalogue essay', Hadley's Art Prize, 2018.
Tess Brunton, 'Poimena Gallery coincidence gives insight into Glover Prize finalists', The Examiner, 15 February, 2018.
Andrew Harper, 'Tartrazine', The Mercury: TasWeekend, 3-4 February, 2018, p.21.
Andrew Harper, 'The lightest touch', The Mercury: TasWeekend, 17-18 September, 2016, p.21.
Lucy Hawthorne, 'Exhibition Preview', Warp, September, 2016, p.26.
Stuart Roberts, 'Studio Tour: The Rat Palace, pseudo cultish organisation dedicated to the accumulation of vast
wealth', Tasmanian Arts Guide, 9 September 2015.
Lucy Wilson, 'art notes', Art Monthly Australia, October 2013: 264, p.61.
Alex Davern, 'Thirteen', Self published, September 2010.
