Born 1960, Launceston, Tasmania, AUS
Qualifications
Master of Fine Art, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS, Hobart (1983)
Bachelor of Fine Art, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS, Hobart (1981)
Academic Appointments
Coordinator of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours and Postgraduate Coursework, School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania (2010-2018)
Head of Photography, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania (2005-2009)
Senior Lecturer in Photography,Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania (1995-2004)
Lecturer in Photography, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania (1985-1994)
Solo Shows
Ghost, Artereal, Sydney (2022)
Love, Artereal, Sydney, (2021)
Pink & Blue, Artereal, Sydney (2018)
Party, Artereal, Sydney (2013)
Party, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2013)
Pink, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2011)
Cherish, Artereal, Sydney (2010)
Ornament, Artereal, Sydney (2009)
Ornament, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart (2008)
Silk, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2006)
Petals, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2000)
Ophelia, Bett Gallery, Hobart (1994)
Ophelia, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (1993)
Heaven, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (1992)
Above and Below the Grave, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (1991)
Amour/Mort, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide (1988)
Amour/Mort, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (1988)
The Romance, Roz macAllan Gallery, Brisbane (1987)
The Romance, First Draft Gallery, Sydney (1987)
The Romance, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart (1986)
The Romance, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (1986)
Towards a Personal Symbol, Tasmanian School of Art Gallery, Hobart (1983)
Group Shows
All That Glitters, Artereal Gallery, Sydney (2023)
The Body Electric, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2020)
The Botanical: Beauty and Peril, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (2019)
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Home of the Arts, Surfers Paradise (2018)
Dark Rooms: Women Directing the Lens 1978 – 98, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane (2018)
I can paint a rainbow, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, New South Wales (2017)
Contemporary Female Photo-Artists, Artereal, Sydney (2017)
Imagining food: art, aesthetics and design, Academy Gallery, TCotA: Inveresk; touring to UTAS Makers Space and Burnie Regional Gallery (2017)
Winter Salon, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2016)
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2016)
Inappropriate Appropriate Ideas, The Curated Shelf, Hobart (2016)
X/I, Artereal, Sydney (2016)
What's in the Toybox?, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn (2015)
Growth Change Influence: University Art Schools in Tasmania, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (2015)
#YOLO, Artereal, Sydney (2015)
Madwomen in the Attic? Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian College of the Arts, UTAS, Hobart (2015)
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2014)
2013 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne (2013)
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2013)
Tasmania Today, Academy Gallery, Tasmanian College of the Arts, UTAS, Launceston (2013)
Photographic abstractions, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne (2012)
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2012)
25 Years – An Unfolding Journey, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2011)
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2011)
2011 Preview and Honours Award Exhibition, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2011)
In the Era of Era, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS, Hobart (2010)
2010 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne (2010)
seeingdouble, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS, Hobart and Universiti Pedikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia (2010)
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2010)
Drape: Classical Mode to Contemporary Dress, NGV International, Melbourne (2009)
Cache, Blackfriars off Broadway, Sydney (2009)
Hutchins Art Prize, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart (2009)
Tickled Pink, Artereal, Sydney (2009)
Au Feminin: Women Photographing Women, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris (2009)
STRATA, Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery, Tasmania (2009)
Tasmanian School of Art: Work in Progress, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart (2008)
City of Hobart Art Prize 08: Celebrating 20 Years, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (2008)
STOCKing, Artereal, Sydney (2007)
TXTile, Artereal, Sydney (2007)
Private View, Artereal, Sydney (2007)
Raymond Arnold and Anne MacDonald: Etchings and Photographs, Gallery 482 & Michel Sourgnes, Brisbane (2007)
Prometheus Visual Arts Award, All Saints Anglican School, Surfers Paradise (2007)
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2007)
Ten Days: Port Arthur Project, Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania (2007)
A Body of Work, Artereal, Sydney (2007)
Salon, Bett Gallery, Hobart (2006)
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2006)
Different Dimension, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia (2006)
a rose is a rose is a rose, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell (2006)
City of Perth Art Award, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth The Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart (2005)
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2005)
Rhapsody 21C: Tasmanian Contemporary Art, Academy Gallery, Academy of the Arts, School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Tasmania, Launceston (2005)
Atelier: Australian Artists in Paris 1980 – 2000, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS, Hobart (2004)
Hothouse: the flower in contemporary art, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2003)
Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise (2003)
City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (2003)
Future Projections, National Museum of Australia, Canberra (2003)
The dish ran away with the spoon: Exploring still life, Academy of the Arts Gallery, UTAS, Launceston (2003)
Memento Flori, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney (2002)
Girls on Film: women and photomedia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (2001)
Hutchins Art Prize Finalist's Exhibition, Long Gallery, Hobart (2000)
Melbourne Art Fair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (2000)
Hutchins Art Prize Finalists' Exhibition, The Purple Wall Gallery, Hutchins School, Hobart (1999)
City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart (1996)
Trust Bank Invitation Art Award, Royal Launceston Show, Launceston (1996)
Ten, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne (1996)
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (1996)
Floressence, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney and national tour (1996)
Brushing the Dark: Recent Art and Tasmania, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Adelaide Festival Centre, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth, Brisbane Civic Gallery and Arts Centre, Burnie Regional Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (1996)
Death: Insights on Life, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Wollongong City Gallery, University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide, Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Campbelltown City Art Gallery (1996)
Inheritance, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney (1996)
Imagine Nature, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS, Hobart (1996)
Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1996, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (1996)
Lovers, The Museum of Modern Art at Heide (1996)
Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 Years of Australian Women's Art, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (1995)
Home Made, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart (1995)
The Derwent Collection: Australian art of the 1980's and 1990's, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (1995)
Chameleon: A Decade, Long Gallery, Hobart (1995)
The 1995 Preview, Bett Gallery, Hobart (1995)
Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1995, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart(1995)
Focus, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide (1994)
Dark Nature, Bett Gallery, Hobart (1994)
Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1994, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (1994)
Medium Density: Contemporary Australian Drawings and Photographs, Australian National Gallery, Canberra (1993)
The Flower, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, UTAS, Hobart (1992)
1992 Acquisitions, Fine Arts Gallery, UTAS, Hobart (1992)
Rediscovery: Australian Artists in Europe 1982 – 1992, Australian Pavilion, Seville Expo, Spain and Australian Embassy, Paris, France (1992)
New Art Six: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (1992)
Christmas Show, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (1991)
Frames of Reference: Aspects of Feminism and Art, Art Space, Sydney (1991)
42 Degrees South, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart and national tour (1991)
Photodeath, Australian National Gallery, Canberra (1991)
Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (1990)
Fragmentation and Fabrication: Recent Australian Photography, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (1990)
Moral Censorship and the Visual Arts in Australia, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (1989)
Drawn in Light, Roz macAllan Gallery, Brisbane (1989)
Imaging Aids, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (1989)
4x4, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart (1988)
A Place for Art, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS, Hobart (1988)
Artisans: Collaborations/Installations, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (1988)
Australian Photography: the 1980's, Australian National Gallery, Canberra (1988)
The Age of Collage, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney (1987)
The New Romantics, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (1987)
Photogenics: Works from the University Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, UTAS, Hobart (1987)
The Naked Image: The Nude in Recent Australian Photography, Adelaide Festival and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (1986)
Recent Australian Photography: from the Kodak Fund, Australian National Gallery, Canberra (1986)
Three Tasmanian Photographers, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney and Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (1985)
Australian Perspecta 1985, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (1985)
The Constructed Image, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart (1984)
Awards
Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council New Work Grant (2011)
City of Hobart Art Prize, Highly Commended (2008)
Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council New Work Grant (2007)
Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Barcelona Residency (2003)
Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Project Grant (1999)
City of Hobart Art Prize People's Choice Award (1996)
Trust Bank Invitation Art Award (1996)
Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Project Grant (1996)
Australian Research Council Grant (1995)
University of Tasmania Departmental Research Grant (1994)
University of Tasmania Departmental Research Grant (1993)
University of Tasmania Departmental Research Grant (1992)
Arts Tasmania Project Grant (1992)
University of Tasmania Research Grant (1991)
Arts Tasmania Project Grant (1990)
Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Paris Residency (1990)
Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Project Grant (1988)
Arts Tasmania Project Grant (1987)
Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council Project Grant (1985)
Collections
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn (2015)
Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne (2015)
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo (2015)
Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise (2013)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2012)
ANZ, Melbourne (2009)
Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland (2006)
Art Bank, Sydney (2000)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2000)
Trust Bank Collection, Hobart (1996)
Art Bank, Sydney (1994)
Derwent Collection, Hobart (1994)
Arts Tasmania, Hobart (1994)
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (1993)
Art Bank, Sydney (1992)
University of Tasmania, Hobart (1992)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (1991)
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (1991)
Derwent Collection, Hobart (1990)
Griffith University, Brisbane (1987)
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (1987)
Art Bank, Sydney (1987)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (1986)
University of Tasmania, Hobart (1986)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (1984)
Books and Catalogues
Rigney, V & Krauth, N 2015, Prizing Diversity: The Josephine Ulrick Prizes 1988-2014, Thames & Hudson, Australia, p.190.
Marsh, A 2010, Look: Contemporary Australian Photography Since 1980, MacMillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, p.61.
MacDonald, A 2010, Cherish - Anne MacDonald, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia
Calado, G 2009, Au Feminin: Women Photographing Women 1849 - 2009, Centre culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, France, pp. 35. - 36. 41. - 42. 54. - 55. 103. 106. 088. 134. 316.
MacDonald, A 2008, Ornament - Anne MacDonald, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia
MacDonald, A & Hammond, V 2006, Anne MacDonald: Silk, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia
Koop, S 2002, Value Added Goods: Essays on Contemporary Photography, Art and Ideas, Chapter by Broadfoot, K & Butler, R, 'A Fold in Time: Anne MacDonald and the Origin of Photography', Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 34. - 36.
Newton, G 2001, Developing the Collection: Acquisitions 1999 - 2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, p. 18.
MacDonald, A & Hammond, V 2001, Petal, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, Australia
Voigt, A 1996, New Visions, New Perspectives: Voices of Contemporary Australian Women Artists, Craftsman House, Australia, pp. 168. - 175.
Hammond,V 1996, Brushing the Dark: Recent Art and Tasmania, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart, , pp. 17. - 19. & 40. - 41.
Kent, P 1996, Death: Insights on Life, Joint Committee of Necropolis Trustees, Australia, pp. 12. - 13. 17. & 21.
Clabburn, A 1996, The Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1996, Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation, Australia, pp. 8. & 14.
Timms, P 1995, The Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1995, Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation, Australia, pp. 44. - 45.
Hammond, V 1995, The Derwent Collection: Australian Art of the 1980s and 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Australia, pp. 28. & 64.
Colless, E 1994, Ten Years: The Art Foundation of Tasmania 1984 - 1994, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Australia, pp. 16. - 17.
Hammond, V 1994, Anne MacDonald: Ophelia, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Australia
Timms, P 1994, The Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition 1994, Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation, Australia, pp. 36. - 37.
Colless, E 1992, Rediscovery: Australian Artists in Europe 1982 - 1992, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, pp. 26. 40. - 41. & 52 - 53.
Drury, N 1992, New Art Six: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art, Craftsman House, Australia, pp. 92. - 95.
Couacaud, S 1991, Frames of Reference: Aspects of Feminism and Art, Art Space, Sydney, Australia,
McIntyre, A 1990, Contemporary Australian Collage and its Origins, Craftsman House, Australia, pp. 122. - 124.
Ennis, H 1988, Australian Photography: the 1980s, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, pp. 98. - 99.
St Leger, D 1986, Anne MacDonald: The Romance, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Holmes, J 1985, Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, p.11.
Reviews
Downes, B 2008, 'Ornament: Anne MacDonald' Artlink, Volume 28, Number 4, pp. 90.
Holmes, J 1994, 'The Green and the Wild: Dark Nature, Anne MacDonald and David Stephenson' Artlink, Volume 14, Number 2, Winter, pp. 79. - 80.
Kelly, S 1994, 'Dark Nature' Contemporary Art Tasmania, Number 3, Autumn, pp. 2. - 3.
Lynn, E 1991, 'Ritual of Death Fit and Well: Anne MacDonald, Above and Below the Grave' The Weekend Australian, 4 - 5 May,
Muirhead, B 1987, 'The Romance: A photographic installation by Anne MacDonald' Artlink, Volume 7, Number 4, December, pp. 35 - 36.
Younger, J 1987, 'Anne MacDonald: The Romance' Eyeline, Volume 3, November
Adams, B 1987, 'Fashion's paperback masculinity', Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March
Articles
Watson, B 2018, ‘public works’, The Weekend Australian, July 28 - 29
Hammond, V 1996, 'Exquisite Corpse: Anne MacDonald’s Vanitas' Island Number 68, Spring, pp. 106. – 114
Colles, E 1988, 'Anne MacDonald: Tableaux Mourant, Photography and the Seduction of Death' Eyeline, Number 7, December, pp. 11. - 15.