Danelle Bergstrom
| Danelle Bergstrom | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jane Danelle Bergstrom 30 April 1957 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Visual artist |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Natalie Bergstrom |
Jane Danelle Bergstrom (born 30 April 1957) is an Australian visual artist known for both evocative landscapes and portraits of significant Australians.
Early life and education
Bergstrom was born in Sydney Australia. She attended Hunters Hill High School and studied art at the Julian Ashton school (1974-1979) and Bachelors of Art Education at Alexander Mackie CAE. Her sister is Antarctic ecologist, Dana Bergstrom.
Career
Bergstrom began her career in the 1980s as a high school art teacher. She moved into tertiary education as Head of Department in a visual design college in the 1990s She began exhibiting works in 1980s, in major art prizes and solo shows by the 1990s.[1]
Public works
Bergstrom has two works in the collection of the Australian National Portrait Gallery,[2] one of Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton entitled 'Pioneer', and another work entitled 'Vivisector' of the Australian playwright David Williamson.
Between 2007 and 2017 Bergstrom completed 24 public portrait commissions including portraits of all six Chief Justices of the Northern Territory Supreme Court as part of the court's Centenary celebration. These are exhibited in the main hall of the Supreme Court in Darwin.[3][4] Many of her commissioned portraits are found in the collections of Australian courthouses and universities.[5][6]
Awards and prizes
Bergstrom has been a finalist of the Australian portrait prize, Archibald Prize for painting notable Australians: 1995 singer/songwriter Jon English[7] - Packing room prize winner, artist John Firth Smith 1998[8] & 2001, Artist Margaret Olley 2003, artist Kevin Connor 2006, industrialist and patron of the arts, Franco Belgiorno-Nettis- highly commended, Actor Jack Thompson 2007 - Packing Room Prize,[9] Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe 2008, Artist Guy Warren 2016.[10]
She has won the People Choice Award and the Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize at the SH Irvin Gallery five times,[11] including for a portrait of Australian dancer Janet Vernon and choreographer Graeme Murphy in 2013.
Personal life
Bergstrom is known for works inspired by the historic township of Hill End where she moved to with her two children, son Shannan and daughter Alexarndra in 1997.[12]
Notes/further reading
- "Artist's journey of discovery sheds new light on home".[13]
- "Whisper - John McDonald Essay"[14]
- Danelle Bergstrom collection Vaga 2017[15]
"" Ore What" by Peter Adams ISBN NUMBER: 978-0-9757813-3-3, p46-52
References
- ↑ http://www.arthousegallery.com.au/assets/content/artists/bergstrom_danelle/cv/db15_cv.pdf
- ↑ "Danelle Bergstrom, National Portrait Gallery". www.portrait.gov.au.
- ↑ "Journal" (PDF). www5.austlii.edu.au.
- ↑ http://www.arthousegallery.com.au/assets/content/artists/bergstrom_danelle/cv/db15_cv.pdf
- ↑ "UTS Gallery and Art Collection report 2011".
- ↑ "Portraits chronicle contributions - Charles Darwin University". www.cdu.edu.au.
- ↑ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1995 finalist: Jon English [not selected as an Archibald Prize finalist, but awarded Packing Room Prize] by Danelle Bergstrom". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
- ↑ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1998 finalist: JF-S transposition by Danelle Bergstrom". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
- ↑ List of Archibald Prize winners
- ↑ Mendelssohn, Joanna. "Patchwork, ironic, serious and kitsch: the best of the Archibald finalists".
- ↑ "Bio" (PDF). www.arthousegallery.com.au.
- ↑ http://www.arthousegallery.com.au/assets/content/artists/bergstrom_danelle/press/db15_country_style_nov_lores.pdf
- ↑ FitzGerald, Michael (8 October 2013). "Artist's journey of discovery sheds new light on home". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ "Essay" (PDF). www.arthousegallery.com.au.
- ↑ Denver Mottau (2017-11-05). "Danelle Bergstrom Collection : Vaga @ Arthouse Gallery". Sydney Arts Guide. Retrieved 2018-08-09.