Biography
Born in Australia, Gaye Paterson graduated from East Sydney National Art School in Graphic Design in 1971.
She first lived and worked in Sydney and London, then later as a publications designer for the Australian Government in Canberra.
Paterson was nurtured in the skills of printmaking by Jorg Schmeisser and Dianne Fogwell at the Canberra School of Art, where she was seduced by etching with its tactile process of plate, ink and paper. Her passion for pots emerged when she met archaeologists in Jordan in 1979. She later spent 3 years in Thailand taking inspiration from the discovery of kilns at Si Sachanali, and established Inky Fingers Etching Studio in Bangkok.
From 1993 to 1997 Paterson taught printmaking at the Canberra Institute of Art, Australian National University and in 1997 was awarded a grant from the ACT Cultural Funding Program.
In 1998 she was Artist in Residence at Prilep Artist Colony, Macedonia and returned to Australia in 1999 to hold a residency at the Australian National University, Canberra. Other residencies include SkopArt Skopelos Foundation of the Arts, Greece in 2002 and the Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium in 2003 and 2004.
Paterson’s Amphora series emerged form the Agean during her residency in Greece in 2002. The boxed portfolio of 20 woodblock images was completed in March 2004 at the Australian National University, Edition+Artist Book Studio. A selection of these works were exhibited in Paris in June 2004.
Currently based in Geneva, Paterson has lived, worked and exhibited all over the world and is placed in many collections in Australia and Overseas.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Galerie Haos, Belgrade
The Little Black Dress, Geneva
1998 Memories of Macedonia, Cultural Centre, Skopje
1997 Continuum of Memory, Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra
1985 Exhibition of Etchings and Drawings, Alliance Française Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1984 Exhibition of Etchings & Drawings, Alia Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
1983-84 Exhibition of Etchings & Drawings, Armoli Gallery, Skopelos, Greece
SELECECTED GROUP AND INVITATION EXHIBITIONS
2002 Jours Dorés, Galerie Varmes, Geneva
1999 Selected artist Shell Fremantle Print Award, Arts Centre, Fremantle
1998 Galerija Graficki Kolektiv, Belgrade
1997 Show us Your Art, National Gallery of Australia
After Dark Canberra Institute of Art, Australian National University, Canberra
Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney, represented with Studio One
Artist's Book, Criterion Fine Art Gallery
Limited Edition and Artist Book Studio
1996 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, represented with Leichhardt Street Studios
Inner Square, Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra
1995 International Minibiennial, Sweden
Borderlines, Sydney Printmakers Exchange Exhibition, represented with Studio One
1994 Exhibition of Etchings, Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra
The Print, the Press, the Artist and the Printer, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
1993-1997 Prints 92, Exhibition Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
Exhibition of Etchings, Carega Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington DC, USA
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia / The Australian National University / Artbank / State Library of Queensland
National Museum of Art Belgrade / Private Collections in Australia and Overseas
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