Annette Allman
Annette Allman (b. 1959, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand) is a Naarm/Melbourne based visual artist working full-time from her studio in Brunswick, Australia. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the University of Tasmania.
Starting as a figurative and portraiture painter, Allman has vastly expanded her mediums and practice to best express the conceptual drive and development of her work. Her works include painting, metalwork, glass, ceramics, textiles, animal waste, taxidermy, glass and bronze casting. Informed by her former years working as a clinical psychologist; psychology, spirituality and the intrapersonal play key themes across her numerous bodies of work with strong commentary on feminist and current socio-political issues.
“I need my work to have meaning and to challenge the status quo. I want my work to challenge the viewer to reflect on their inner world, as well as transport the viewer into another way of thinking or being in the world”.
Allman has presented multiple solo exhibitions and contributed to various group exhibitions. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including Winner of the Mandorla Art Award, Finalist in the Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize, Finalist in the Blake Art Prize, and Finalist in the Heysen Prize for Landscape.
In 2023, Annette showcased a retrospective exhibition of her sculptural practice at Sorse Gallery, titled Archetypes. Informed by her clinical practice, this exhibition was a culmination of a decade of work exploring the intrapsychic development of the psyche from birth to death in relation to Jungian archetypes expressed and encountered along the way.
Annette’s current focus is large scale paintings, enabling her to better explore her artistic commentary on big issues surrounding climate and human impact. Allman strongly aligns with artist Sherrie Rabinowitz’s notion that we must create on the same scale that humanity has the capacity to consume and destroy.
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EDUCATION
BFA (Sculpture) University of Tasmania, 2013
Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis, Australian Hypnosis Society, 1992
Master of Psychology (Clinical), University of Western Australia, 1986
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Victoria University, New Zealand, 1979
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 To breathe is to burn, Sorse Gallery. Melbourne, Victoria
2023 Archetypes, Sorse Gallery. Melbourne, Victoria
2020 Tequila Totems, No Vacancy, Gallery QV. Melbourne, Victoria
2020 The Dunning-Kruger Effect, Gallery Smith. Melbourne, Victoria
2013 Transcendence, UTAS. Hobart, Tasmania
2013 Perfection Offends the Gods, Entrepot Gallery. Hobart, Tasmania
2010 Loving and Living, Studio 281. Perth, Western Australia
2010, 2009, 2008 South Yarra Art House. Melbourne, Victoria
2007 Follow your Bliss, Allman Gallery of Fine Art. Perth, Western Australia
2006 Rhapsody in Hue, Gadfly Gallery. Perth, Western Australia
2004 Love and Other Stories, Challen and Rafferty Gallery. Perth, Western Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Heysen Prize for Landscape, Handorf Academy, South Australia
2024 Outsorse Vol 1, Sorse Gallery Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 The Mandorla Art Award, Perth, Western Australia
2014 The Blake Prize, Sydney, New South Wales
2012 Kelly’s Garden Sculpture Exhibition. Hobart, Tasmania
2012 Gestalt Entrepot Gallery. Hobart, Tasmania
2011, 2008 Perth College Invitation Exhibition. Perth, Western Australia
2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 Newman College. Perth, Western Australia
2010, 2007 New Norcia Fine Art Collection Exhibition. New Norcia, Western Australia
2010, 2007, 2004, 2002 Mandorla Art Award. Perth, Western Australia
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 Hale School. Perth, Western Australia
2009 Currambine Art Show Feature Guest Artist. Perth, Western Australia
2008, 2007, 2006 Cossack Art Awards. Cossack, Western Australia
2006 Bankwest Art Awards. Perth, Western Australia
2006, 2005 St. Hilda’s. Perth, Western Australia
2006 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award. Bega, New South Wales
2006 Artitude. Perth, Western Australia
2006, 2005, 2004 City of Stirling Art Awards. Perth, Western Australia
2005 Mazenod College. Perth, Western Australia
2005 Gullotti Gallery. Perth, Western Australia
2004, 2003, 2002 Fremantle Art Centre. Perth, Western Australia
2003 Mosman Park Art Award. Perth, Western Australia
AWARDS
2024 Heysen Prize for Landscape Finalist, South Australia.
2016 Finalist Mandorla Art Award, Perth, Western Australia
2016 Director's Cut Blake Prize, Sydney, New South Wales
2014 Finalist Blake Prize. Sydney, New South Wales
2013 Golden Key International Honour Society
2013 Deans Award. UTAS, Tasmania
2012 Deans Award. UTAS, Tasmania
2012 Winner TasPride Art Exhibition. Hobart, Tasmania
2010 Winner Mandorla Art Award. Perth, Western Australia
2007 Finalist Mandorla Art Award. New Norcia, Western Australia
2006 Finalist Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award. Bega, New South Wales
2006 Peoples Choice Award City of Stirling Art Award. Perth, Western Australia
2005 Best Oil or Acrylic Painting Award City of Stirling Art Award. Perth, Western Australia
2004 Best Oil or Acrylic Painting Award City of Stirling Art Award. Perth, Western Australia
2003 Finalist Mosman Park Art Award. Perth, Western Australia
COLLECTIONS
St John of God Hospital. Perth, Western Australia
New Norcia Monastery. New Norcia, Western Australia
Hollywood Primary School. Nedlands, Western Australia
City of Stirling. Perth, Western Australia
Hale School. Wembley Downs, Western Australia
Newman College. Wembley Downs, Western Australia
Private collections in Australia, UK, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada, USA