Curriculum Vitae
Born 5th December 1926 Glenelg, South Australia, Australia; Died 12th February 2019 Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Studied
1948 Diploma in Sculpture, East Sydney Technical College
1950 - 1953 Extensive study tour in United Kingdom, Europe and India
Style
Solid form sculpture
Media
Stone, Marble, Wood, Bronze, Drawing, Collage
Teaching
East Sydney Technical College
Solo Exhibitions
1980, 1983 Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney
1984, 1985, 1987 David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney
1986, 1989, 1991 Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1987 Wollongong City Gallery focus exhibition
1992 Carrick Hill, Adelaide, with Robert Klippel
1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2008 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2011 Australian Collection Focus: Rosemary Madigan, sculptor, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
1964, 1974 Gallery A, Sydney
1976, 1977 Sculpture Centre, Sydney
1978 Genesis Exhibition Part II, Australian National Gallery
1980 Reids Gallery, Sydney
1983, 1984, 1986, 1989 Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
1985 International Art Exhibition, Yugoslavia
1991 King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney
1992 Meridian Galleries, Melbourne
1995 Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
1996 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
1997 Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2001 New England Regional Art Gallery (joint works Klippel/Madigan)
2010 Mosman Art Gallery
2019 Sculpture in the Paddock, Murrumbateman
Awards
1950 Won the NSW Travelling Art Scholarship
1976, 1985 Visual Arts Board Grant recipient
1976 Participated Blake Prize
1976, 1977 Participated in Wynne Prize
1986 Awarded Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Commissions
1964 Fountain for St. Marks College, Adelaide
1970s Avon Company, New York, for relief sculpture Nagar
Represented
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Parliament House, Canberra
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
Private Collections
Australia, New York, London
Bibliography
Larousse Encyclopaedia of Modern Art Rene Huyghe (ed.), Hamlyn, London, 1965
Australian Sculptors Ken Scarlett, Nelson, Sydney, 1980
Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand Max Germaine, Lansdowne Editions, Sydney, 1979
Torso 1954 and Torso 1984 Deborah Edwards, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2011, https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6219039
Heritage: The National Women’s Art Book ed. Joan Kerr, G+B Arts International, 1995
Genesis of a Gallery; part 2 Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1978
Web links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Madigan
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/artists/madigan-rosemary/?tab=works
https://artsearch.nga.gov.au/detail.cfm?irn=41755
https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/creators/rosemary-madigan/9837/
https://www.bathurstart.com.au/education/educationkits/173-education/336-rosemary-madigan
Design & Art Australia Online: https://www.daao.org.au/bio/rosemary-wynnis-madigan
Interviews
With James Gleeson for National Gallery of Australia collection: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4759748