Esther Erlich - History

Since 1983, Esther Erlich has exhibited extensively both in Australia and internationally in Japan (1993) and Hong Kong (2003 & 2007), totaling 28 solo exhibitions and 22 group exhibitions. Of these, fourteen solo exhibitions and seven group exhibitions have been held with Libby Edwards Galleries in Melbourne, Portsea, Sydney and Brisbane. Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 Libby Edwards Galleries in Hong Kong 2006 ART Singapore (Singapore Art Fair) 2005 Lost and Found: Curators and Artist’s Display from the archives of the Women’s Art Register, Federation Square, RMIT Gallery, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne. 2004 Precious Platters, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne. 2003 Superstars Unzipped: Jeans for Genes Retrospective, Sydney Town Hall. 2002 Generations: Jeans for Genes, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. 2001 Portraits 2001: An Australian Odyssey, National Touring Exhibition, Australia. 1999 Jeans for Genes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. 1998 On a Clothesline, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. 1993 International Women’s Exhibition, Kyushu, Japan. Solo Exhibitions 2009 "Raising Eyebrows" Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne 2009 Gadfly Gallery (Perth) 2008 Subtext Libby Edwards Galleries Brisbane 2008 Tiaras and Boxing Gloves Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 2007 Ties that Bind Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne 2006 Modest Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 2006 Emancipated Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 2005 Perth Concert Hall 2005 Gadfly Gallery Perth 2004 Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne 2004 Barry Newton Gallery Adelaide 2003 Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 2003 Portraits Retrospective Melbourne 2003 Bark Modern Art Hong Kong 2002 Barry Newton Gallery Adelaide 2002 Gadfly Gallery Perth 2002 Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne 2002 Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 2001 Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 2000 Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 2000 Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne 1999 Libby Edwards Galleries solo 1999 Libby Edwards Galleries Sydney 1998 Mary Place Gallery Sydney 1998 Retrospecta II Motorworks Gallery 1997 Libby Edwards Galleries Melbourne 1996 Convent Gallery Daylesford 1994 Libby Edwards Galleries South Yarra 1994 Barry Newton Gallery Adelaide 1993 New Robin Group Japan 1993 Libby Edwards Galleries South Yarra 1993 Barry Newton Gallery Adelaide 1992 Barry Newton Gallery Adelaide Major Prizes 2009 Banyule Works on Paper Award Finalist Exhibited in the 2009 James Farrell Invitation Self Portrait Award (Castlemaine Art Gallery) 2009 Black Swan Art Prize (WA) Finalist 2009 Archibald salon des Refuse (National Trust SH Ervin Gallery Sydney) Finalist 2008 Black Swan art prize (WA) Finalist 2008 Archibald Prize Salon de Refuse 2007 Hutchins art Prize Finalist 2007 Whyalla Art Prize Finalist 2007 Portia Geach Memorial Award Finalist 2007 Dobell Prize Finalist 2007 Archibald Prize Finalist 2006 Portia Geach Award Finalist 2006 Doug Moran Finalist 2005 Archibald Prize 2005 Finalist 2005 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Finalist 2005 Banyule Works on Paper Award Finalist 2002 Archibald Prize 2002 Finalist 2002 Archibald Prize Salon de Refuse 2002 Portia Geach Memorial Award Finalist 2001 Portia Geach Memorial Award Finalist 2000 Winner Archibald People’s Choice Award (Sydney) 2000 Archibald Prize 2000 Finalist 2000 Portia Geach Memorial Award Finalist 1999 Portia Geach Memorial Award Finalist 1998 Winner 1998 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 1996 Portia Geach Memorial Award Finalist 1990 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Finalist 1989 Winsor Newton Art Prize (Sydney) Finalist Public Aquisitions National Portrait Gallery: The Hon Jim Carlton AO with Cravat Tweed Valley Regional Art Gallery: Gaunt and Glorious (Steve Monaghetti) Holocaust Museum Victoria: Mr Soclovitz ALP Building, Canberra: Barry Jones Royal Overseas League Australia: Nine Two Nine Victorian Arts Centre: Lynne Golding Council for Adult Education: Warming Up MacRobertson Girls’ High School: Leslie Boston Australian National Library: Louis Kahan, Andrew Sibley, Study for Gaunt and Glorious Hutchins Foundation Collection, Tasmania Select Publications and Media 2005 Rosalie Higson, “Portraiture gives pollies the Brush”, The Australian, April 22, 2005. 2002 Peter Munro, “Fame’s Ok, but we’re looking for “grippers”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May, 2002. 2000 Jennifer Sexton, “$50K for Leak and a spitting image”, The Australian, 1 May, 2000. 1999 Bruce James, “The Cheek of It: Portia Geach Memorial Award”, The Sydney Morning Herald, November 6, 1999. 1999 Peter Ross, Let’s face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW: Sydney, 1999. 1998 Alison Barclay, “Glorious Monneghetti”, The Herald Sun, October 30, 1998. 1995 Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists, D.W. Thorpe and National Association for the Visual Arts: Port Melbourne, 1995. 1991 Esther Erlich, “How Line Emphasises Movement”, Australian Artist, No. 90: Australia, December, 1991. 1990 Portraits of Australia, exhibition catalogue, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Collection: Australia, 1990. 1985 Video into Art Series, Esther Erlich, Schmeling Artvideo: Australia, 1985.