Bronwyn Wright

Biography
Born: 3 Sept 1955

Bronwyn Wright is an artist-photographer who has a long association with The Swamp on the edge of Darwin. She has embraced digital photography, new technologies and digital printing with great gusto.

She recently exhibited images from the Nickelodeon series in the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art in 2004 and her Kid’s Kulture Combo images plus three videos were exhibited as part of the Suburban Edge exhibition at The Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney the same year. In the exhibition Vanitas in May 2004 at the Charles Darwin University Gallery, not only are the rusted cars weathering in the Swamp but the images are also breaking down. In 2003 Bronwyn won first prize in the ENERGEX Arbour Contemporary Art Prize with a large photo depicting Family. She won $20,000 which she used to pay off credit card debts incurred by her photography habit and her passion for image making.

Bronwyn has exhibited regularly in Darwin including Site Engagement – Contemporary Territory 2001-2002 at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory; Swamp Dynamics a solo exhibition at 24HR Art Contemporary Arts Space 2001; Don’t Cry East Timor at Framed Gallery in Darwin and many group shows at 24 Hr Art and the Darwin Visual Arts Association over eleven years.

Bronwyn is a graduate with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from Charles Darwin University and is currently studying for her Master of Fine arts as an off-campus student with Monash University, Melbourne. She has lived in the Northern Territory for twenty years and is currently lecturer and course coordinator in Graphic Design in the School of Creative Arts & Humanities at Charles Darwin University.

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO Exhibitions
2004 - 2005 Swamp Dynamics Institute Modern Art, Brisbane Dec 2004 – Jan 2005
2004 Carscapes RAFT Parap, Darwin, November
2004 Vanitas Charles Darwin Gallery, Darwin May
2001 Swamp Dynamics, 24 Hour Art - Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin.
2000 Don't Cry East Timor Framed Gallery, Darwin

GROUP Exhibitions
2004 Written with Darkness UTS Gallery 12 October- 5 November, featuring photographs from the Patrick Corrigan collection, Sydney
2004 ZEITGEIST Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
2004 EDGE Charles Darwin Gallery, Darwin
2004 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art 2004 Art Gallery of South Australia ‘Nickelodeon Car’
2004 Suburban Edge Australian Centre Photography ‘KidsKulture Combo’ (Nickelodeon Series) National Tour
2004 2004 Nikon Summer Salon Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy Melbourne
2003 Energex Arbour Contemporary Art Prize, Energex Arbour, South Bank Brisbane (Prize Winner)
Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne (Prize Winner)
Route Number 4, Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin
PLAY - 24 Hour Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
2001-2002 Site Engagement - Contemporary Territory, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
6th Nov 2001 to 28th Jan 2002
2001 Presence - ‘Palimpsest #4’, Mildura, Victoria
Fistful of Films - short film “Altered Action”, Deckchair Cinema, Darwin
2000 2000 Telstra Adelaide Festival of Arts, Essential Truths readily to hand, curated by Malcolm McKinnon and Reg Lynch for the Adelaide Festival Centre Foyer, Adelaide; Pt Pirie Regional Gallery; Old Police Station, Goolwa; & Arkaba Woolshed, Flinders Ranges, SA
Ideal Format 24 Hour Art – Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
Faculty Cuts, short video 24 Hour Art – Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
1999/2000 Swamp Performance -Midnight Millennium video footage (The Swamp) shot for Channel 9 National Millenium New Years Eve Broadcast
1999 Fistful of Films, “Mudchips” (starring Action Man in The Swamp) using DV and gameboy cameras. Deckchair Cineam, Darwin, NT
I’ve been to Bali Too Charles Darwin University Gallery
1998 Meeting Place, Poly Technic College Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Armbands, Wood Street Gallery, Darwin. Exhibition curated by Edwin Ride for National tour
1995 Drive She Said - 24 Hour Art – NT Centre for Contemporary Art

PRIZES & AWARDS

2004 Energex Arbour Contemporary Art prize one of 6 Finalists; South Bank, Brisbane
2003 Energex Arbour Contemporary Art prize, 1st Prize Winner $20,000; South Bank, Brisbane
Prize Winner - Linden Postcard Show St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne (over 2,000 entries). Image ‘Morning Tea II’ One of 6 winners (postcard series).
1999 Mudchips Prize for highly commended Innovative film - Fistful of Films, Darwin Fringe Festival NT
1998 Charles Darwin University Fine Arts Prize (Achievement Award.)
1998 – 2001 Four prizes - Prizes for Rights on Show Human Rights Week Exhibition (Annual)

Exhibiton