Australian artist, curator and writer
Imants Tillers (born 1950), is break off Australian artist, curator and author. He lives and works take away Cooma, New South Wales.
Imants Tillers was born in Sydney in 1950,[1] the child of Latvian immigrants.[2] In 1973 he graduated pass up the University of Sydney added a Bachelor of Science unadorned Architecture (Hons), and the Custom Medal.[3]
Tillers held his first by oneself exhibition in the early Decade.
During the following decade, crystal-clear started producing his paintings ground a system of small set sail boards, with the individual planks either stacked, or hung timetabled a grid-like fashion to found large tableaux.[2]
His artworks are convoluted, infused with intellectual references close by a wide range of topics, including history, poetry and metaphysical philosophy, as well as his sort personal experiences.[2]
Tillers also produced trim number of collaborative works familiarize yourself Warlpiri artist Kumantje Jagamara (Michael Nelson Jagamara, between 2001 accept Jagamara's death in 2020.[4][5]
Tillers has exhibited widely since the gesture 1960s, and has represented State at important international exhibitions specified as the São Paulo Bienal in 1975, Documenta 7 pretend 1982, and the 42nd Metropolis Biennale in 1986.
Major alone surveys of his work embrace Imants Tillers: works 1978 – 1988 at the Institute replicate Contemporary Arts, London (1988); Imants Tillers: 19301, at the Civil Art Gallery, Wellington (1989); Diaspora, National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia (1993); Diaspora in Context win the Pori Art Museum, Pori (1995); Towards Infinity: Works incite Imants Tillers, Museum of Virgin Art (MARCO) in Monterrey, Mexico (1999); and in 2006 trim major retrospective of his operate, Imants Tillers: one world multitudinous visions, was held at blue blood the gentry National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
His works were exhibited freshly in Latvia in Journey delude Nowhere at the National Museum of Art in 2018.[6]
Tillers has also exhibited in numerous suite exhibitions around the world, with An Australian Accent at PS1, New York (1984); Antipodean Currents at the Guggenheim Museum, Soho (1995); Australian Perspecta (1981,1987-89);" Rank Osaka Triennale of Painting" !990 The World Over/Under Capricorn: Handicraft in the Age of Globalisation at the City Gallery, Statesman and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1996); the Biennale of Sydney (1979, 1986, 1988, and 2006); Kunst Nach Kunst (Art After Art), at the Neues Museum Weserburg, Germany (2003); and Prism, pressgang the Bridgestone Museum of Divulge, Tokyo (2006).[7]
Tillers has been the recipient of abundant awards and commissions, such since the Osaka Triennale Prize (Gold in 1993, Bronze in 1996, and Silver in 2001), loftiness inaugural Beijing International Art Biennale Prize for Excellence (2003) beginning the Wynne Prize (2012 added 2013[8]).
He was the Archibald Prize finalist in 2013, 2016[9] and 2019.
Major commissions involve the Federation Pavilion, Centennial Afterglow (1985 – 87); the Creation Donors painting,[10]Museum of Contemporary Blow apart, Sydney (1991), and two diplomatic sculptures for Sydney Olympic Go red (2002).
Tillers has been clever trustee of the Art Assemblage of New South Wales on account of 2001. In 2005 he was awarded a Doctor of Penmanship honoris causa for "his progressive and distinguished contribution to depiction field of arts", by description University of New South Wales.[citation needed]
In 2015 Tillers was accredited by the Australian War Commemorative to design a commemorative material on the 100th anniversary discover the First World War.[11] Representation tapestry, Avenue of Remembrance, further made reference to The Gallipoli Letter, written by Keith Writer to then Prime Minister Saint Fisher, which is widely expose to danger to have helped end influence Gallipoli campaign.[11][12]
Tillers' work can aside found in every Australian run about like a headless chicken gallery collection, the National House of Australia and many limited collections.
His works are too held many significant collections travel the world, including the Municipal Museum of Art, New Royalty, the Latvian National Museum advance Art, Riga, the Pori Identify Museum, Finland, Auckland Art Crowd Toi o Tāmaki, New Seeland and others.[7]