Ante Dabro

 

with Small Sculptures

 

Ante Dabro was born in Croatia in 1938 and migrated to Australia in 1967.

He has found inspiration throughout his life in the artistic portrayal of the human figure within the European tradition, yet believes that every new work is an unending struggle with the inexpressible. A lifetime of sculpture brings fresh explorations and new challenges, but the resolution is as far away as ever.

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

1938      Born Croatia 13 January


1964      Graduate, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb


1964-

1967      Group Exhibitions, Former Yugoslavia


1966      Master of Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb

1967      Commission, Bihac City Square, Bosnia-Hercegovina

1968      Commission ACT Electricity Authority, Electricity House, Canberra
Solo Exhibition, Australian Sculpture Gallery, Canberra

1969      Solo exhibition, Maquarie Galleries, Sydney

Appointed part time teacher at Canberra School of Art

1970      Solo exhibition, Maquarie Galleries, Sydney

1971      Appointed full time lecturer at Canberra School of Art

1972      Group Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

Solo Exhibition, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney

Solo Exhibition, Reid Gallery, Brisbane

1973      Solo exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Canberra

Group Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

1975      Commission, St Augustine Church, Farrer, ACT

Group exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Canberra

1976      Group Exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

1977      Solo Exhibition,Solander Gallery, Canberra

Solo exhibition, Toorak Galleries, Melbourne

1979      Solo Exhibition, Flitcroft Gallery, London,

Group exhibition, Solander Gallery Canberra

1980      Solo Exhibition, Solander Gallery, Canberra

1982      Group Exhibition, Mildura Sculpture Triennial

Winston Churchill Fellowship, Study tour of Europe, USA and UK

1982-

1983      Commission, Portrait Bust of Sir Robert Garran, Garran Offices, ACT

1983      Commission, St Matthews Church, Page ACT

Solo Exhibition, Philip Bacon galleries Brisbane

1984      Commission, Brisbane Cultural Centre

1985      Artist in Residence, Melbourne University

1986      Commission, Memorial, Royal Australian Navy, ANZAC Parade, Canberra, [two stage
national competition]


1987      Solo Exhibition, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney

Finalist, Memorial, 'Simpson and his Donkey', Australian War Memorial

1988      Finalist, Memorial, Australian Army, ANZAC Parade, Canberra

Solo Exhibition, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane

Group Exhibition, Sculpture Park 88, Gosford, NSW

Group Exhibition, Mildura Sculpture Triennial

1989      Commission, Australian Liberal Party miniature bust of Sir Robert Menzies

Australian Government Commission, for French Bicentenary, sculpture of La Perouse now positioned in Paris

Group Exhibition, World Bienale of Croatian Art, Toronto, Canada

Semi finalist, Vietnam Memorial, ANZAC Parade, Canberra

1991      Staff Exhibition, Canberra School of Art

Travel Award, [Europe] French-Australian Endowment Foundation

 

1993      Professional Educational Practices, Award for travel to Europe, Institute of the Arts, ANU

 

1994      Finalist, Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Memorial

1995      Solo Exhibition, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney

Group Exhibition, Canberra National Sculpture Forum

1996      Group Exhibition, First Canberra Drawing Biennale

1997      Group exhibition, 'A face in the crowd', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

Group exhibition, Croatia Horizons, A survey of Croatian Artists' achievements outside
their homeland, klovicevi Castle, Zagreb, Croatia
Group exhibition, Sculpture 9, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

1998      Group exhibition, Sculpture 10, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

 

1999      Professional Educational Practices Award, Institute of the Arts ANU, for studio practice

1999      Retrospective solo Exhibition, 1969-99, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra

 

2000      Survey Exhibition, Form and Line, Bega Regional Gallery, N.S.W.

2001      Group show Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

 

2001      Commission, Australian National University, Judith Wright Court


2002      Solo Exhibition, Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane

2004      Artist in Residence, Kyoto Seika University, Japan

Solo Exhibition, Gallery Space, Kyoto, Japan

 

2004 -   Commissions, Canberra International Airport, Brindabella Business Park, ACT

2008      Commission, Consolidated Builders, City Walk, ACT

 


Selected Collections

1973-    Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery


1973-
2008      Canberra College of Advanced Education/University of Canberra


1983-
2002      Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane

1984      Brisbane Cultural Centre

1987      Australian War Memorial, Canberra

1989      City of Paris, France,


1990      La Perouse Museum, Sydney

Australian National University, Collection

2002      CMAG (Canberra Museum and Galleries)

2004      Kyoto Seika University Collection

2004 -    Terry Snow Collection, Brindabella Business Park, ACT

 

 

Current Commissions

Main Terminal, Canberra Airport

Terry Snow, Botanical Gardens and Residence, Bawley Point, NSW