Rae Bolotin Brief Biography
Contact Details:
n Web: www.raebolotin.com,
n Education:
n 1996-1999 Sculpture Courses- Stone and Wood Carving, Blacksmithing,
Welding, Bronze and Glass Castings, Patination, Mould making,
Life Classes. Art History and Theory Courses.
n 1980- 1983 Interior Design Course, Randwick Technical College, Sydney, Australia
n 1974-1979 Oil Painting, Art School, Tashkent, USSR
n 1971-1976 Engineering Diploma, Tashkent University, USSR
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Exhibitions
2013 Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
The Family Silver, solo exhibition, Stella Downer Fine Art gallery, Sydney
2012 Sculpture In The Vineyards 2012, Hunter Valley, NSW
The Drawing Room, Stella Downer Fine Art gallery, Sydney
Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA
2011 Swiss Grand, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
Small Sculpture, Sculpture Squire, Singapore
Seeds, Mount Tomah Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah, NSW
Sculpture 10, Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby, NSW
2010 Seeds, solo exhibition, Stella Downer Fine Art gallery, Sydney
Melbourne International Art Fair, Melbourne
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
Sculpture at Sawmillers, Sydney
Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown
Palmer Biennial, Adelaide, SA
n 2009 The Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth
Neo Pop, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
n 2008 Melbourne International Art Fair, Melbourne
From Mao to Now, Armory Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
Australian Contemporary, Gaffer Gallery, Hong Kong
Double Peel, solo exhibition, Stella Downer Fine Art gallery
University of Western Sydney Art Prize, UWS, Campbelltown
n 2007 The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne
The Wynn Prize, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
Sculptures from Beijing, solo exhibition, Stella Downer Fine Art gallery
n 2006 Peeled Lives, solo exhibition, Stella Downer at Depot Gallery
Peeled Lives, solo exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
Willoughby City Art Prize, Sydney The winner of Sculpture Prize
University of Western Sydney Art Prize, UWS, Campbelltown
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
n 2005 New Concrete Works, solo exhibition, Stella Downer Fine Art gallery
AMP Sculpture 2005, Circular Quay, Sydney
Agri/culture, inaugural exhibition Hawkesbury Regional Gallery,
Metamorphosis and Materiality, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
n 2004 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
University of Western Sydney Art Prize, UWS, Campbelltown
Concrete Meanings, solo exhibition, The Sculpture Lab, Sydney
Willoughby City Art Prize, Sydney
Sculpture in the Vines, Hunter Valley, NSW
Sculpture 2004, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
n 2003 Concrete Cider, solo exhibition, The Sculpture Lab, Sydney
Sculpture from the Sea, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery , Manly Art Gallery
Sculpture in the Vines, Hunter Valley, NSW
n 2002 Annual 6” Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
The Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Sydney
Sculpture in the City, Martin Place, Sydney
The Age of Concrete, solo exhibition, Soho Galleries, Sydney
Sculpture 2002, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
n 2001 Small Wonders, Defiance and King Street Galleries, Sydney
Animal Magic, Macquarie University Biological Museum, Sydney
2001 Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
Through the eyes of the artist - exhibit and keynote address, Concrete 2001 International Biennial, Perth,
recipient of the ‘Award for Excellence for Use of Concrete in Fine Art’
Bezalel Art Exhibition, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Place, Stone;… (two person show) Nowra Galleries, Nowra
n 2000 Body Parts And Other Catastrophes Ewart Gallery, Sydney
East Timor Benefit Exhibition, Sydney
Ansett Golden Wing Lounge, Sydney Airport
n 1999 Action, Time, Vision Soho Galleries, Sydney
Exhibition 99 Nowra Galleries, Nowra
NSW Parliament House Exhibition Parliament House, Sydney
n 1998 Sculpture Celebration Ewart Gallery, Sydney
n 1996 Prints & Sculpture Exhibition Ewart Gallery, Sydney
n 1971- 1979 Various oil painting exhibitions, Tashkent, USSR
Commissions:
n 2011 Commission, Hotel Okura, Macao
n 2007 Commission, The Diamond Building, Wu Si Plaza, Qingdao, China
Commission, Zhongtian Building, Hangzhou, China
n 2001 – 2010 Private and public commissions, Sydney, Australia
Memberships: The National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA),
Publications:
n Lynn Dwyer, The Drawing Room, Spectrum, SMH, June 2012
n Steve Meacham, Autumn of the Arts, SMH, 10 March, 2011
n Joyce Morgan, Interview, Spectrum, SMH, 23 October 2010