Diena Georgetti

Diena Georgetti (born 1966)[1] is an Australian contemporary artist born in Alice Springs, Australia and currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Her works have been displayed in galleries across Australia, including the National Gallery of Victoria,[2] the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane and the Art Gallery of South Australia.[3] She was selected for inclusion in the National Gallery of Australia's Know My Name exhibition 2021-22.[2]

In 2021, her 2020 painting Ampersand was awarded the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize.[4]

Career

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Georgetti held her first individual and group exhibitions in Brisbane in 1986.[3]

In 1989, she received critical attention for her early series of blackboard paintings after they were exhibited in the Institute of Modern Art, and later at the Biennale of Sydney in 1992.[5] The blackboards featured words or phrases scrawled across the blackboards, sometimes elegantly and sometimes chaotically and awkwardly, and were exhibited together in clusters of works.[5] The words Georgetti used were German and Latinate, and often resembled English words that were suggestive in nature.[5]

In 2008, Georgetti was the focus of major survey exhibition, The Humanity of Abstract Painting.[3] The exhibition displayed a diverse range of Georgetti's works from 1988 to 2008,[3] taken from various public and private collections from throughout Australia and New Zealand.[3]

Style

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Georgetti's style has been described as part idealist and part surrealist[6] and represents a diverse array of artistic styles.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Miller, Nick (1 June 2021). "The reclusive Melbourne artist who's mashing up a storm". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Diena Georgetti". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Art, Monash University Museum of (9 February 2022). "Diena Georgetti: The Humanity of Abstract Painting 1988 - 2008". Monash University Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Georgetti's work wins Geelong contemporary art prize". Geelong Times. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Brisbane, Institute of Modern Art. "Diena Georgetti". Institute of Modern Art. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ^ "StackPath". learning.qagoma.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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