Biography
Over the past twenty years David Hawley has exhibited consistently in solo and group exhibitions in Australia and overseas. During May/June 2013 his most recent body of work titled Ghost World was exhibited at Anita Traverso Gallery in Melbourne.
Hawley completed a Master of Fine Art (Research) at the Tasmanian School of Art in Hobart in 2003. He has received multiple grants through both NAVA and state arts funding bodies and has been short listed for a number of awards including the Fremantle Print Award, the Burnie Print Prize and Tidal; the City of Devonport Art Award.
The process of making art, particularly in relation to abstract painting, is an ongoing source of investigation and experimentation for Hawley. He is interested in the notion of expanded painting as a repositioning of absolutes and conventions to enable the continuation of specific strategies and ideologies.
Hawley’s work is represented in private and public collections, including the Devonport Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Artbank and the Burnie Regional Art Gallery. He currently lives and works in Hobart.
Curriculum Vitae
1968
Born in Wynyard, Tasmania
Education
2003
Master of Fine Art (research), University of Tasmania, Hobart
1991
Graduate Diploma in Art and Design, Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1990
Diploma of Teaching, University of Tasmania, Launceston
1989
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art, Tasmanian State Institute of Technology, Launceston
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Ghost World, Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne
2012
Remote Control, New work by David Hawley, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
and
146 ARTSpace, Hobart
2010
Dark blue almost black, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
Double Exposure, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2007/8
Something Else, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart and Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Timing, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
2005
Space Travel, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
2004
Zoom, Inflight, Hobart
2003
Equilibrium, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Reinterpreting Pattern and Decoration (MFA submission), Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2002
Plumage, La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
2000
Trance, La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
1998
Panoramic Paintings, Hellyer College Artspace,Burnie
1997
Excavations and Mind Moments, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
Internalised Structures, Newstead College Gallery, Launceston
1996
Physical Abstraction, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Craftworks, Hellyer College Artspace, Burnie
1995
Subjective Spaces, Hellyer College Artspace, Burnie
Small Pictures, Serpentine Gallery, Cooee
1989
Paintings by David Hawley, Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston
Group exhibitions
2013
Critical Operations, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
2012
Tidal, City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Art Gallery
2011
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Register, S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Launceston
2010
Zero, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Group Action 7, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2009
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Brink, Poimena Art Award, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Test, 146 Artspace, Hobart
2008
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
Tidal, City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Art Gallery
Untitled, Burnie Regional Art Gallery
2007
Island to Island, Academy Gallery, Launceston, University Sains Malaysia, Penang and University of Hawai’i Art Gallery, Honolulu
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Shine, Poimena Art Award, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
2006
Contingency Plan, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart
Transport, Long Gallery, Hobart, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Design Centre Launceston
City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Arts and Minds, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Tidal, City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Art Gallery
2005
Exhibitionists, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, regional touring exhibition
Rhapsody 21C; Tasmanian Contemporary Art, Academy Gallery, Launceston
Island Art Prize, Stanley
Veneer, Poimena Art Award, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Art for Science, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2003
Painting the Home, Inflight Gallery, Hobart
Country Club Resort Royal Launceston Show Art Prize, Academy Gallery, Launceston
Looming Large, Burnie Regional Art Gallery
IXL Summer Salon, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2002
Pattern as Subject, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart
The Hutchins Prize For Works on Paper, The Long Gallery, Hobart
Launceston School of Art Alumni Exhibition, Academy Gallery, Launceston
2001
Half Way There, recent works by current postgraduate students at The University of Tasmania School of Art, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Microcosm, University of Tasmania, Burnie, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart,
Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Wyndham City Contemporary Art Award, Melbourne
The Hutchins Prize For Works on Paper, The Long Gallery, Hobart
2000
The Hutchins Prize For Works on Paper, The Long Gallery, Hobart
1998
Burnie Painters, The Long Gallery, Hobart
G4, Painters in Progress, University of Tasmania, Burnie
1995
In a Practical Sense, The Long Gallery, Hobart
1991
Philip Institute of Technology Post Graduate Exhibition, ROAR 2 Gallery, Melbourne
1990
New Work New Artists, Gallery Cimitiere, Launceston
Grants, awards and commissions
2012
Arts Tasmania Project Grant
2010
Arts Tasmania Project Grant
2009
NAVA Visual and Craft Artists’ Grant
2006
Arts Tasmania Project Grant
2005
Highly Commended, Poimena Art Award, Launceston
2004
NAVA Visual and Craft Artists’ Grant
Arts Tasmania Project Grant
2002
Australian Postgraduate Award
2001
Painting Commission, Humanities Building, University of Tasmania, Launceston
2000
Burnie City Council Financial Assistance Grant
1999
Arts Tasmania Project Grant
1997
Royal Sun Alliance Award for Highly Commended, Trust Bank Art Award, Launceston
1996
Arts Tasmania Project Grant
Collections
Devonport Art Gallery
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Artbank
University of Tasmania, Launceston
Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Newstead College
Wynyard High School
Private collections in Australia and Canada
Bibliography
2012
- Dr Megan Keating, Remote Control, exhibition catalogue essay
2010
- Eric Hiller, Double Exposure, catalogue essay, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2007
- Andrew Benjamin, Art that Matters. Hawley’s Work. ‘Something Else’ exhibition catalogue essay, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, 2007
2006
- Jeff Makin, Critic's Choice, Herald Sun, p.99 27.5.06
- Philip Watkins, Smart Art, Australian Art Collector, p.160-161,
Issue 37, July–Sep 2006 - Brigita Ozolins, Transport, catalogue essay, Salamanca Arts Centre, 2006
- Geoff Parr, Timing, catalogue essay, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
- Kit Wise, Uncertain Moments, Contingency Plan catalogue essay, CAST, 2006
2005
- Jane Rankin-Reid, Undiscovered Artists; David Hawley, Australian Art Collector, p.104, Issue 32, April-June 2005
2004
- Jane Rankin-Reid, Time Flies with Hawley’s Spontaneity, Sunday Tasmanian, 12.12.04, p.31
2003
- Briony Downes, Painting The Home, Eyeline, no.52 p.50
- Philip Watkins, Equilibrium, catalogue essay, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
2002
- Philip Watkins, Pattern as Subject, Artlink, Vol 22 no.2 June
- Sean Kelly, Plumage, catalogue essay, La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
2001
- Eric Hiller, Microcosm, catalogue essay, Burnie Regional Art Gallery
2000
- Jeff Makin, Critics Choice, Herald Sun, p.98, 7.8.00
1996
- Jo McIntyre, Brash Spirit in Paintings, The Examiner, 10.5.97
- Meaghan Doherty, Art and Burnie a Happy Mix for David, The Sunday Examiner,
p.26, 3.8.97 - Kirsty Eade, Local Abstract Artist Emerging, The Advocate, p.30, 16.8.97
1996
- Jo McIntyre, Space Gets Cerebral, The Examiner, p.21, 3.8.96
1991
- Ian McLean, Kath Farmer, David Hawley and Jules Taylor at Gallery Cimitiere, Art Listing, June/July 1990 Issue No. 21