Brita Lee Miklouho-Maklai

Curriculum Vitae


Tel: +61 8 8352 4688

Fax: +61 8 83524688

Mob: 0421 711 603

Email: info@britaleethegallery.com


Online Gallery:www.britaleethegallery.com
 redfeather.redbubble.com/works

EXHIBITIONS
2008 ‘Dreams of Water’ solo exhibition, Fish out of Water, King William Road, Hyde Park, 1-17 August. Painting and Drawing.
Mosman Park Art Awards, 5-10 May – paintings
2005-2006Permanent Solo exhibition in Brita Lee Studio Gallery, Bridgetown, WA.
2006 ‘The Archie’ Portrait Prize Exhibition, Bridgetown Pottery, Bridgetown WA
2005 ‘The Archie’ Portrait Prize Exhibition, Bridgetown Pottery. Pastel Portrait
2001 The Culture Garden, Victoria Park, WA.
1999 Victoria Park Art Awards, The Park Centre, WA. (Drawing, sculpture)
1997 ‘Carnival’ Group exhibition, Old Police Station and Courthouse, Goolwa, SA
1997 ‘Splash’ SAVA artist group exhibition, Semaphore Palais
1996 ‘Obelisk’ Graduating Exhibition, North Adelaide School of Art.
‘On the Palate’ , Petaluma’s Bridgewater Mill
‘Afterimages’, Adelaide Festival Fringe, Masonic Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide.
‘Polyglot’, Adelaide Festival Fringe, Gerard and Goodman Building, Synagogue Place, Adelaide.
1995 North Adelaide GS Group Exhibition, Old Police Station and Courthouse, Goolwa

COLLABORATIONS
2008     Oz Asia Festival – Heri Dono Performance and Installation ‘Ose Tara Lia – I see nothing’. Studio Assistant
1994Adelaide Installations – Heri Dono Performance – Studio Assistant

EDUCATION
2007     Masterclass in Drawing with Christopher Orchard. Adelaide Central School of Art, Norwood, SA.
2004 Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training, Link Training and Office Solutions, Midland, W.A.
1998 Master of Arts – Visual Arts/Indonesian Studies, by Research. Thesis Title: The Cryptic Image: The ‘Surreal’ in Contemporary Indonesian Art of Yogyakarta. The Flinders University of South Australia.
1997 Advanced Diploma of Arts – Visual and Applied. North Adelaide School of Art. Major - Painting
1987 Diploma of Social Sciences- Asian Studies. Thesis – Contemporary Indonesian Art - title: Seni Rupa Baru and Beyond: Contemporary Indonesian Art Since 1966.
1986 Bachelor of Arts – Visual Arts, Indonesian/Asian Studies.

GRANTS
1989     Asian Studies Post Graduate Research Scholarship 12 months in Indonesia.

TRAVEL
2008     Berlin, Rome, Singapore
2006 Russia and Japan
1991Postgraduate research in Yogyakarta - 12 months, for MA thesis The Cryptic Image – the Surreal in Contemporary Indonesian Art of Yogyakarta
1987Art research in Bali (Ubud) and Java (Yogyakarta, Jakarta) – 4 months
1986Art research in Bali (Ubud) and Java (Yogyakarta, Jakarta) – 4 months
1981Toured Java – 4 weeks – Language development
Previous travel - India, Southeast Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, UK

WORK
2006-2007Artist Studio and Natural Therapies Practice in Perth
Part time employment at Massageworks, Norfolk St., Fremantle (Remedial Massage Clinic)
1998-2006Self-Employed Natural Therapies Practitioner , Reiki Teacher. Practicing Artist with own Studio/Gallery
1996-1997Studio Assistant North Adelaide School of Art
1988-1989Tutor, Indonesian Studies and Asian Studies, Flinders University

PUBLICATIONS
Books:
1998     Menguak Luka Masyarakat: Beberapa Aspek Seni Rupa Indonesia Sejak 1966, P.T. Gramedia Jakarta, 1988. Translated by Joebaar Ayoeb.
1989Exposing Society’s Wounds: Some Aspects of Contemporary Indonesian Art Since 1966. Flinders University Asian Studies Monograph No.5.
Articles:
2005 Semsar Siahaan (1952-2005), Obituary, Inside Indonesia No. 83, July- September 2005
1995Yogyakarta Through the Lens of Bill Morrow, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta - Exhibition Catalogue Essay
1993Pusaran/Vortex – The Art of Lucia Hartini on Film, Artlink, Vol . 13 Nos. 3& 4,1993-4 New Streams, New Visions – Contemporary Art Since 1966 in Culture and Society in New Order Indonesia, Virginia Matheson Hooker, ed., Oxford University Press, Singapore
1992Dadang Christanto, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, University of South Australia Art Museum, Underdale.
1991Indonesian painters need to promote their work overseas, says historian, Jakarta Post, 31 May 1991 Javanese mysticism recurrent theme in Sutrisno’s art, Jakarta Post, 5 July 1991.
1989The Silent World: Indonesia’s New Art Movement visits Australia with an exhibition on AIDS, Inside Indonesia, No. 21, December 1989
1989The Odyssey of Art: An Interview with Jim Supangkat. Inside Indonesia, No. 21, December 1989.