Biography

ALLAN MITELMAN was born in Poland in 1946 and arrived in Australia in 1953. He studied at the Prahran College of Advanced Education (1965-68). Mitelman's work is represented in major public collections throughout Australia, New Zealand and America including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and the Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne.
The exhibition, Allan Mitelman, After-images: A survey of works from 1970 -1995, was the first major survey of the artist's work in Melbourne. A survey, Works on Paper 1967-2004 was shown at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2004-5.

Allan Mitelman is currently living and working in Melbourne.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1969        Crossley Gallery, Melbourne
1970        Crossley Gallery, Melbourne
1971        Crossley Gallery, Melbourne
1971        Gallery One-Eleven, Brisbane
1972        Gallery One-Eleven, Brisbane
1972        Warehouse Galleries, Melbourne
1973        Crossley Gallery, Melbourne
1974        Sweeney Reed Galleries, Melbourne
1974        Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
1975        Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
1976       Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1977        Solander Gallery, Canberra
1977        Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
1979        Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1981        Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1983        Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1983        Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1985        Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1985        Pinacotheca, Melbourne
1986        312 Lennox Street, Melbourne
1987        312 Lennox Street, Melbourne
1988        312 Lennox Street, Melbourne
1988        Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1989        Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1990        Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1991        Deutscher Brunswick Street, Melbourne
1991        Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1992        Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1992        Allan Mitelman: seven prints published by the Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
1994        Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1995        Allan Mitelman, After-images: A survey of works form 1970-95
1995        Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
1995        Allan Mitelman, After-images: A survey of works from 1970-95
1995        Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
1997        Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1999        Galerie Düsseldorf, Paintings and Drawings, A Festival of Perth Exhibition
2004/5     A survey, Works on Paper 1967-2004, Ian Potter Centre, NGV, Melbourne and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1970     Third International Biennale of Graphic Art, Cracow, Poland
Eight Melbourne Printmakers, Arts Council of Australia Exhibition, Canberra, ACT
1971     Australian Imprint, Commonwealth Exhibition, South-East Asia
Contemporary Australian Prints, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Australian Prints: Print Council of Australia Exhibition, Cracow, Poland
Images, Commonwealth Exhibition, India (touring)
1972     Australian Prints, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Pratt Graphic Centre, New York, New Generation Painters
Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Victoria, Georges Invitation Art Prize
Georges Gallery, Melbourne
1974     Australian Graphics, Commonwealth Exhibition, Mexico and South America
9th International Print Biennale Tokyo
1975     Artists' Artists, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Recent Drawings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Fifty Years of the Macquarie Galleries, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
    Nineteenth Tasmanian Art Gallery Exhibition
            Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
    John McCaughey Memorial Invitation Art Prize
         National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    Twelve Australian Lithographers, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    Australian Graphics, Festival of Creative Arts and Sciences, Canberra
1976     Outlines of Australian Printmaking, Ballarat Art Gallery, Victoria
    Western Pacific Print Biennale, Print Council of Australia Exhibition (touring)
     East Coast Drawings, Institute of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
1977     Australian Colourists, Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth
    Modern Prints from Australia, Japan Print Association
            Print Council of Australia,Kanagawa, Tokyo
    Contemporary Australian Prints, Western Australia Art Gallery
1978     Project 23: Allan Mitelman and John R. Neeson
            Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
    Australian Etching, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
            Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
    Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
            Works on Paper: Gunter Christmann, Richard Havyatt
    Allan Mitelman, John Neeson Australia Council Exhibition (touring)
    Seven Printmakers, Tasmanian College of Art Gallery, Hobart
1979     European Beginnings: Eight Australian Artists from Europe
            Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
    John McCaughey Memorial Invitation Art Prize
            National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    Works on Paper, Australia Council Exhibition, Australian Embassy, Paris
  1980     Contemporary Australian Printmakers, Museum of Art    
    University of Oregon, USA
            13th International Print Biennale, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Australian Prints, Department of Foreign Affairs Exhibition (touring Europe and South-East Asia)
1981     14th International Print Biennale, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
    John McCaughey Memorial Invitation Art Prize
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
        Contemporary Australian Prints since 1975   
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
           Survey of the Seventies, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
1983     15th International Print Biennale Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
            Drawn Decades: Bill Brown, Fred Cress, Allan Mitelman
    The Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, NSW (touring)
1985     Thirty Years On - Survey of Works on Paper, Pinacotheca, Melbourne
1986     10th International Exhibition of Original Drawings   
    Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
    Twenty Tears of Australian Abstraction, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
    Painters Visions, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
            Paintings: 1955 – 1985, 312 Lennox Street, Melbourne
    Melbourne Printmakers, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
    Surface for Reflexion, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
            Crosscurrents, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
    Works on Paper - 1950's to the Present, 312 Lennox Street, Melbourne   
1987     John McCaughey Memorial Invitation Art Prize
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
            Acquisitions 1986-1987, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
    Director's Choice, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
            Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1988     11th International Exhibition of Original Drawings
    Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
            200 Years of Australian Drawings, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
1989     Prints and Australia: Pre-settlement to Present, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
            Freestyle: Australian Art - 1960's to Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gary Anderson Gallery at EMR: Stephen Bambury, Joe Felber, Allan Mitelman, Paul Partos, EMR Gallery, Sydney
    Australian Painting, Works on Paper and Sculpture, 312 Lennox Street, Melbourne
    A Selection of 19th and 20th Century Australian Art, Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1990     Recent Acquisitions:Department of Prints and Drawings
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    Commonsense, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney
            Homage to Morandi, Garry Anderson Gallery,Sydney
1991     Commonsense, University of South Australia, Adelaide
            Selected Contemporary Australian Art, Deutscher Brunswick Street, Melbourne
    Microcosm - An Exhibition of Small Works, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1992     Works on Paper: Bambury, Cullen, McCahon, Mitelman, Morrison, Peebles,Tomkins, Webster; Artis, Auckland, New Zealand
    Reference Points: A New Perspective, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
     The Melbourne Savage Club Invitation Art Prize 1992, McClelland Art Gallery, Melbourne
    Henri Worland Memorial Print Award 1972-1992, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
            1960 to the Present - Australian Paintings, Pinacotheca, Melbourne
    Paper Works 3 – Scotland, Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
A Selection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Australian Art, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
1993     Selected Paintings and Sculpture by Australian Jewish Artists from the turn of the century to the present day, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
The People of the Book - Jewish Aspects of The University of Melbourne Collection, The University of Melbourne Museum of Art
    On Paper Sherman Galleries, Sydney
    The Black Show Geelong Art Gallery (touring NSW and Victoria)
    Contemporary Australian Drawing from the Collection, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1994     The Baillieu Myer Collection of the 80's, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Olsen, Lanceley, Partos, Mitelman, Sansom: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
            Recent Prints from the Australian Print Workshop, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
    On Paper, Solander Gallery, Canberra
    Twenty Paintings - by Melbourne artists of the 1980's, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
      Silent Objects: Non-objective art from Melbourne, Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton
    Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
     New Prints: Eight Contemporary Artists, New England Regional Art Museum
Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Modern Australian Painting - from the 1930's to the present, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
    Contemporary Australian Printmaking, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
    Modern Australian Painting, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
    13th International Triennial, Originalgrafik, Grenchen, Switzerland
1995     In Tandem- Partos, Lanceley, Johnson, Mitelman, Gimblett; Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
           Australian Art - Colonial to Contemporary, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
The Situation Now: a survey of local non-objective art, University Art Museum, La Trobe University, Melbourne
            Australia Felix, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
    Modern Australian Painting - from the 1930's to the present, Charles Nodrum Gallery,     Melbourne
Optics: Allan Mitelman, Jan Riske, David Serisier, Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales
    Works on Paper, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
New Works on Paper: Booth, Henson, Kngwarreye, Maudsley, Mitelman, Nedelkopoulos, Olsen, Senbergs, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne
The Experience of Abstraction: Bonnefoi, Christofides, Gimblett, Griffin, Leach-Jones, Mitelman, Wollongong City Gallery (touring)
Two Australian Artists-Allan Mitelman, Stephen Wickham, Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
    Black Attack, National Gallery of Victoria
    Silent Rhythms, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
            2D, 3D, Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1997     Galerie Düsseldorf-21 Years On Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
    200 Years of Artists Lithographs National Gallery of Victoria
1998     Primary Colours: Blue, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
    The Mecenat Collection, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
            The Laverty Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Southern Reflections: Ten Contemporary Australian Artists Kulturhuset, Stockholm; Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Konsthallen, Gothenberg; Galerie Otso, Helsinki
    Australian Prints From the Gallery's Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales
    Works on Paper by 20 Australian Artists, Za Moca Foundation, Tokyo
       
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathhurst
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla
Brisbane College of Advanced Education Collection, Brisbane
Burnie Art Gallery, Burnie
Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Campbelltown
Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Deakin University, Melbourne
Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devonport
Edith Cowan University Art Collection, Perth
Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand
La Trobe University, Melbourne
McClelland Gallery, Melbourne
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S A.
Myer Foundation, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New Parliament House, Canberra
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology Collection, Brisbane
Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton
State College of Victoria Collection, Melbourne
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
The Chartwell Collection, Hamilton, New Zealand
The University of Melbourne Collection, Melbourne
University of Queensland Collection, Brisbane
University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga
Warrnambool City Art Gallery, Warrnambool
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

1970    Geelong Art Prize
1972    Henry Worland Memorial Prize
1973    Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council Grant Corio Art Prize
1975    Commission, The Outback Reader-A Collection of Australian Contemporary and Experimental Short Fiction
1976    Fremantle Arts Centre Print Prize
1976    Wollongong Art Purchase Prize
1977    Bathurst Art Award
1977    Visual Arts and Crafts Board of the Australia Council Fellowship
           Commission, original print for Traversare I
           Monash University Studio Series No 2/1992   

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books
Allen, C., Art in Australia - From Colonization to Postmodernism (Thames & Hudson, 1997)
Bonython K., Modern Australian Painting 1970 -1975 (Rigby, 1970)
Bonython K., Modern Australian Painting 1975 -1980 (Rigby, 1980)
Chanin E., Contemporary Australian Painting (Craftsman House, 1980)
Drury N., Images 2; Contemporary Australian Painting (Craftsman House 1994)
Drury N., Images in Contemporary Australian Painting (Craftsman House 1992)
Drury N., New Art Three; Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art (Craftsman House, 1989)
Germaine M., Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand (Lansdowne Press, 1979)
Grishin S., Contemporary Australian Printmaking; An Interpretative History (Craftsman House, 1994)
Grishin S., Australian Printmaking in the 1990's - Artist Printmakers 1990-1995 (Craftsman House, 1994)
Kempf F., Contemporary Australian Printmakers (Lansdowne Press, 1976)
McCulloch A., Encyclopedia of Australian Art (Hutchison, 1969)
Robbard G. & Smith E., Concise Dictionary of Australian Artists
(Melbourne University Press, 1993)
Robbard G. & Smith E., Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists (Thorpe, 1995)
Thomas D., Outlines of Australian Art; The Joseph Brown Collection (MacMillan, 1989)

Newspapers and Periodicals
Allen C., 'Minimalism - sensual and cerebral' The Sydney Review May 1989
Allen C., Passive resistance to bombastic statements
The Sydney Morning Herald 26 May 1990
Borlase N., Who's childish? The Sydney Morning Herald 25 February 1978
Catalano G., Davis and Mitelman stand tests of time The Age 5 Oct 1988
Catalano G., Looking below the surface The Age 8 July 1987
Catalano G., Poetry on canvas deceives passing eyes The Age 10 Oct 1986
Cross E., Allan Mitelman Art Network Spring 1985
Davies S., Allan Mitelman - Powell Street Gallery Art Network Spring 1983
Delaruelle J., Demanding attention The Sydney Review Sep 1994
Delaruelle J., Jelle van den Berg: Allan Mitelman Art Monthly June 1989
French B., Staying alert to change Art Monthly July 1996
GQ - a quarterly review of graphic work GQ Tokyo 1974
Green C. & Wickham S., Abstract? West Vol 3 No 2 1991
Grishin S., Minimalist but not theory bound The Canberra Times 14 Feb 1996
Grishin S., Outstanding work meets international standard
The Canberra Times 26 Feb 1994
Grishin S., Signs reduced to a minimum The Canberra Times 13 Oct 1977
Heathcote C., The gentle art of an artist who has learned to efface self
The Age 26 June 1990
Heathcote C., Visions of Black Australia The Age 25 June 1983
Holloway M., demand exceeding supply? The Age 18 May 1983
Inwood A., Surveying the boundaries of worlds apart
The Australian 26 May 1990
Kempe J., Det ar langt mellan kontinenterna ë Dagens Nyheter April 8 1998
Langer Dr G., Serene abstracts The Courier Mail 24 June 1972
Lynn E., Serious frames of mind The Australian 29 April 1989
Maloon T., Hang on, these works are worth another look
The Sydney Morning Herald 20 August 1983
Maloon T., Mitelman, the painting as an arena for life
The Sydney Morning Herald 24 August 1985
McCaughey P., A show with all that's fit to print The Age 10 Dec 1969
McCaughey P., Glimmerings of hope for future The Age 12 April 1972
McCulloch A., Artist on the right road The Herald 20 August 1969
McDonald J., No place for quick viewing
The Sydney Morning Herald 13 august 1994
McKenzie R., Mid-career survey: Allan Mitelman.
After Images: -a survey of work 1970 - 1995 The Age 9 August 1995
Murray Harvey N., Prints and graffiti The Canberra Times 24 April 1970
Plant M., Melbourne Printmakers Art Bulletin of Victoria 1973-1974
Roe B., Fireworks at 111 Antiques and Art Australasia August 1972
Runefelt E., Out of Australia's Living Heart ë Svenska Dagbladet 29 March 1998
Rooney R., Allan Mitelman. After images: a survey of works 1970 - 1995
The Australian 4 August 1995
Sisley A., Fundamental truths in abstract forms of Optics
Central Western Daily, 19.08.95
Waite D., Allan Mitelman. After images: a survey of works from 1970 - 1995
Imprint Vol 30 No 3 1995
Warren A., Art quality of charm The Sun 22 July 1970
Warren A., Muted tonings in local work The Sun 19 May 1971
Zimmer J., Allan Mitelman: a survey of works 1970 - 1995
Agenda - Australian Contemporary Art Oct 1995

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