Rona Green is highly regarded for her fantastical figurative prints, paintings, poppets and drawings that explore ideas about the nature of individuality. Specifically her interest is in how identity is expressed via the body; physical appearance and the ways it can be altered; the skin and its potential to be the stem point for transformation – how the body can be a vehicle for narrative by means of transformative devices, particularly anthropomorphism and body decoration.
Biography
Born 1972, Geelong, Australia
Lives and works in the Dandenong Ranges, Australia
Education
2012
Master of Fine Art, Monash University, Gippsland, VIC
1998
Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, VIC
1995
Bachelor of Fine Arts, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2021
No questions asked, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, TAS
Just hanging around, Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW
2020
A little bit, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2019
You remind me of somebody I used to know, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
2018
In fine fettle, Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
The thrill of it all, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2017-2018
Champagne taste and lemonade pockets, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC
2017
Champagne taste and lemonade pockets, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
2016
You can dress them up, but you can’t take them out, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW and Artspace Mackay, Mackay, QLD
While the going is good, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
2015
Chancing your arm, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2013
No cure for life, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2012
Surface Value, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland, VIC
Strokin’, Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2011
Fink yer’ard?, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
Losers & Winners, Solander Works on Paper Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2010
Hold Fast, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
Rona Green: Prints and Poppets 2000–2010, Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
12 Crack Men, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland, VIC
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2021
Entrancing Others, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC
In the midst, West Gallery Thebarton, Adelaide, SA
2020
Small works, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
Navigating the line, Australian Galleries, online, Melbourne, VIC & Sydney, NSW
Essential Work: Artists in Isolation, Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Casa: at home but still together, Australian Galleries, online, Melbourne, VIC & Sydney, NSW
Curator’s Choice, Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2019
Splendacious, neospace, Melbourne, VIC
Amongst Us, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
Return Flight MEL>HKG, Blender Studios, Melbourne, VIC and Floating Projects, Kowloon, Hong Kong
2018
Animalia – 25th Annual Mayoral Art Exhibition, Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Australian Print Triennial Print Award, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
2017
Imaginings, neospace, Melbourne, VIC
Canicular Days, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, VIC
All Aboard, Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2016
Panoply, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC
Tracing the Line, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW
2015
A certain light – recent acquisitions, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC
Beautiful Birds, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
2014
Small works, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
40* 42′ N / 37°48′ S, The National Arts Club, New York, USA
Public Collections
Works held in private and Institutional Collections.
