Jackie Ralph completed a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1988 at Victoria College in Melbourne Australia. She then travelled extensively and lived for a short time in both London and New York whilst maintaining a studio practice. In 1998 Ralph moved to Japan. There, she developed an interest in Sumo wrestling forms, an interest that was to inform her paintings for the next seven years. In 2004 she returned to school, completing a Graduate Diploma of Visual Art in 2004 followed by a Master of Visual Art in 2005 at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne Australia. She has exhibited in group and solo shows.
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2005 Master of Visual Art
Victorian College of the Arts
2004 Graduate Diploma of Visual Art
Victorian College of the Arts
1988 Bachelor of Fine Art
Victoria College
Solo exhibitions
2015 'Creature', MARS Gallery, 7 James st, Windsor, Victorira
2013 'Horse with Something to Say' Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria
2011 ‘Black Horse’ Trocadero Art Space, Footscray, Victoria
2009 ‘Horse’ Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford, Victoria
2007 ‘Shape’, Jenny Port Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2006 ‘Giants’, Red Gallery, Fitzroy North, Victoria
2005 ‘Sumo’, Red Gallery, Fitzroy North, Victoria
2002 ‘Sumo Sumo’, Space Gallery Kazu, Kiyamachi, Kyoto, Japan
Selected group exhibitions
2019 'Bonanza' Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Vic
2017 'Twenty' Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Vic
'Commencement - Gloss over Rawness', West End Art Space, West Melbourne, Vic
'Bonanza', YSG, Abbotsford, Vic
'Symmetry's Shadows' Christ Church, St Kilda, Vic
'Survey show' YSG, Abbotsford, Vic
2016 '& Art Fair' Spencer Street, Melbounre. Curated project by djprojects
'Factism', Counihan Gallery, Brunswick Vic (special mention)
'Bonanza', Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Vic
2015 'Science Friction' Moreland Summer show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Vic
'Bonanza' Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbortsford, Vic
'One Night with 25 Sculptors' private event organised by MARS Gallery
'Fragility' curated by Stephanie Karavasilis, Upstairs at the Napier, Fitzroy
'Members Survey Show' Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria
2014 'Happy Hour' Upstairs at the Napier Gallery, Fitzroy
'Flower', curated by David Waters, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
'2014 CSA Member asurvey Exhibition' Yarra Sculpture Gallery
'Artists Emerge @ WTC', presented by MARS Gallery, Melbourne
Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2014, Lorne, Victoria
2013 The Moreland Summer show 'Current Tendencies', Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Victoria
'Your Shout' Upstairs at the Napier, Fitzroy
'Smash & Grab' Tinning Street Gallery, Tinning Street, Brunswick
‘The Manning Art Prize Naked &Nude', Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
'Lorne @ The Point', Albert Park, Melbourne
'25 sculptors @ the WTC', World Trade Centre, Siddeley St, Melbourne
2012 - 13 'Sculpture 2012 Brave New World', Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Victoria
2012 'Entry' Brunswick Arts Space, Brunswick, Victoria
'Bottoms up' Upstairs at the Napier Fitzroy, Victoria
'This is a Marquette Show' Mars Gallery, Port Melbourne
'Bonanza' Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford, Victoria
2011 'Lorne Sculpture 2011’ Sculpture Trail, foreshore, Lorne Victoria
'Invurt' Donkey Wheel, Melbourne
'The Manning Art Prize’, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
‘Bonanza’ Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford, Victoria
2010 ‘Aerial’ Yering Station Gallery
‘The Looking Glass’ Toyota Community Spirit Gallery emerging artist exhibition
‘Williamstown Art Prize’ Substation, Newport, Victoria
‘Bonanza’ Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford, Victoria
2009 ‘The Manning Art Prize’ Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
‘Horses & Hats’ curated by Anne Miron, Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford, Victoria
‘Post card show’ Linden gallery, St Kilda
2008 ‘The Kilgour Prize’ Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
2007 ‘The Manning Art Prize’, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
‘Jenny Port Gallery Inaugural exhibition’ Jenny Port Gallery, Albert St, Richmond
Victorian College of the Arts graduate exhibition 2005
2005 ‘Territorial Paranoia’ curated by Ieuan Weinman, Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery
2004 ‘2004 Graduates Exhibition’, Dickerson Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne
Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition 2004
‘Special’, Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy
‘ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship’, ANZ Bank, Melbourne
1997 Firestation print Studio group show, Armadale
1996 Black Room, Fitzroy
1988 Prahran show, St Martins theatre, South Yarra
1987 Prahran show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda
Awards
2021 Fundere Fine Art Foundry casting award
2019 WestEnd Art Space Exhibition
2016 Fundere Fine Art foundry casting award
2014 MARS Gallery Career Development Award
2012 Architectural Glassworks Award
2011 Special Commendation Lorne Sculpture 2011
2005 The Melburnian Prize
2004 The Strover Award for Excellence
1996 R.M.I.T. grant for collaborative work
1984 Deans Art Prize
1982 Adelaide Arts Centre grant
1981 Adelaide Arts Centre grant
Reviews / Interview
2016 Art Matters Now (artist profile artmattersnow.com) by Dr Kylie Budge
2011 ABC TV, Art Nation, 0ctober 29, 2011
2006 Penny Webb, The Age, October 13, 2006
2006 Mischa Merz, Herald Sun, October 2, 2006
2005 MX citybeat August 25, 2005
Collections
World Trade Centre
Private Collections
