Maxienne Triton-Young - Australia

Born 1948, Carlton, Melbourne

The Relationship charcoal, pencil, conte 79 cm X 100 cm

Education:

Study in Progress - Masters School of Creative Arts Melbourne University

1998 Masters Degree, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University,

Caulfield

1993 Bachelor of Art, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University,

Caulfield

1992 Graduate Diploma in Education, Melbourne University, Hawthorn

1985 Graduate Diploma, Women’s Studies, Deacon University, Clayton

1979 Graduate Diploma, Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1977 Diploma Fine Art Monash University (C.I.T, Caulfield)

Media:

Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Photography

Experiences related to art:

1998-04 Co-ordinator 2 П r Artist Group

1989-94 Eastern College of TAFE

1988-94 National Gallery of Victoria B/W photographic printing services

1992 Melbourne School of Textiles-sessional photography teacher, & curriculum development

1991 Box Hill College of TAFE Sessional teacher-photography short course

1991 4 weeks photographic work in Italy

1986 Holmesglen College of TAFE-sessional photography teacher

1981 Santa Reparata Studio Florence Italy-studio technician

1981 Victorian College of The Arts - I semester lecturing in printmaking

Awards:

1987 Ministry of The Arts Grant, Artists in Schools

1981 Murdoch travel grant to study and work Santa Reperata Studio Florence Italy

Solo exhibitions:

2000 Aardwolf Gallery Melb

1998 Melbourne Arts Club

1998 Ramp Art Northcote

1997 Monash Uni. (Caulfield)

1996 Photographers Gallery Melb.

1990 Outer Eastern College of T.A.F.E

1988 William Mora Gallery

1982 Pinocotheca Gallery

1978 Susan Gillespie Gallery Can.

Group exhibitions: selected;

2003 Dialogue the 2 pi r Group Exhibition Prato Italy

1999 The 2 pi r Group Inaugural Exhibition Span Galleries, Melb.

1998 Going Further Inaugural Exhibition, 9x5 Show, George Adams Gallery, Melb.

1995 The Art of Collecting #2, Linden Gallery, Melb.

1993 The Centre for Contemporary Photography

1988 Freemantle Print Award

1987 Hard Times gallery England, Prints With a Point

1987 Victorian Print Exhibition, Piccola Spoletto

1981 Victorian College Of The Arts Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition

1987 Contemporary Australian Printmakers, Exhibited Australia, Japan, England, Germany

1977-78 Henri Worland Art Prize (acquired 1977)

Important collections:

Warrnambool Regional Gallery/Victorian Print Workshop/Victorian College Of The Arts/Auburn University Gallery Alabama U.S.A/Private collections Australia and overseas

Artists’ statement:

My work begins with a thought, which provides the impetus for a series of

automatic scribblings. Chance shapes or forms appear in the layers of lines,

these found images are then refined and juxtaposed together in a separate drawing.

The finished image operates as an exposé of my unconscious as it forms free association between the found elements within the picture. The thought was to draw a portrait of my daughter and her then partner, according to their birth sign within the Chinese calendar.

‘The Relationship’ is a portrait from my unconscious, which portrays the relationship between the two protagonists – this work is very CLOSE TO THE HEART.