ARTIST BIO

DENISE KEELE-BEDFORD - www.denisekeele-bedford.com

2002           Master of Arts RMIT University, Melbourne

1999           Bachelor of Arts, RMIT University, Melbourne

1996           Diploma of Arts (Fine Art) Box Hill Institute of TAFE

Solo Exhibitions

1998 – present more than 20 solo exhibitions in Australia, Spain, USA and China.

Invitation and Group Exhibitions

Participates in many local, national and international exhibitions such as:

Sino Foreign Visual Arts – Meixi Academy, Changsha China, Willoughby Visual Art Biennial 2017 – Chatswood Sydney, art:gwangju17 – Kim Dae Jung Convention Center, Korea, We are Here - Art Centro Poughkeepsie NY, 2016 International Female Art Exhibition – Xi’an China, Art of the Future 2^nd Zhongshan International Art Expo – Guangdong China, Life in Songzhuang – Songzhuang Art Museum China, 2014 Representational & Abstract Art Exhibition – Ningbo City Cultural Centre – Zhejiang, Manzhouli First Jia Sheng Culture Media Women’s Art Festival – Zha Lainuoer Museum, Manzhouli, Literati – Melbourne Chinese Museum, Irish Wave Festival 2012,2011,2010 Beijing, Nillumbik Prize 2008-2012, 2016, 2017 – Montsalvat Eltham Victoria, Epoch Unbounded – Henan Contemporary Art Museum (2010), Woman to see the World - “800 Show” (April 2010), Art Space Shanghai, China 2009 Albury Art Prize – Albury Art Gallery

Curator of the bi-annual ‘Nv Yishu’ exhibitions in Australia and China- most recent: Nv Yishu Series VII:Thread at Montasalvat (2015) and Bundoora Homestead (2016)

Recent Commissions/Awards/Residencies

2017         Guest Artist 27 Degree Angle – East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennale, Wuhan, Hunan

2016         Hudson Centre for Contemporary Art HCCA – Poughkeepsie – New York State USA October

                 Dongdong & Lulu Artist Residency – Erdos – Inner Mongolia July

2015         3^rd Heshun International Art Festival Residency – Xucun Shanxi China August

                 Labyrinth Design for Uniting Church Warrandyte

2014         99 Art Museum – Songzhuang – Beijing China residency November/December

                   Marks, Makings and Memories: Mapping Montsalvat – Artist-in-residence Montsalvat May/July

2013         BHG and Coca Cola Art Project – CCC: A Chance to Exchange

2012         Tianjin Port International Contemporary Art Exhibition – Tianjin

                   Australian Consulate-General Guangzhou Curatorial Commission for ‘Meeting Halfway     

2011           Dapu International Art Center – Daqing, Heilongjiang China July/september

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Victorian Multicultural Commission – Bendigo Bank – Manningham Shire, Support for ‘Nv Yishu Series V: Viriditas’

2009           Australian Embassy – Beijing Support Funding for “Nu Yishu Series IV: Nu Red’

Published – Selected

2018           One Day:Tasun Creative Art Exhibition catalogue

2016/17     The Nillumbik Prize 2016/17 – Exhibition Catalogue

2015     Looking Down Under: Contemporary Artists from Australia – imago mundi Luciano Benetton Collection

             International U Art – Future of Art 2^nd International Art Exhibition Catalogue

           手ç¬Â”å­Â— (Hand Painted Character) – Editor: Shen Jing Dong æ²Âˆæ•¬ä¸Âœ

             Intimate Transgressions – Center for Asia Pacific Affairs (CAPA)

2013   10 Years in China – Denise Keele-bedford      

2011    Nv Yishu Series V:Viriditas – Curator Denise Keele-bedford

2010    Epoch Undounded – Zhengshou Contemporary Arts Centre – Henan Province China, No Borders – Zibo Museum – Shandong Province China

2009 The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors – 100th annual Exhibition

         The Bulletin 46 Women’s Art Register

         Woman – Nu Yishu – Series IV: Nu Red – Lao Lv – March 2009

2008 When you think about art: The Ewing & George Paton Galleries 1971-2008 - Editor: Helen Vivian

Chinese Biennale- Curated by Chinese Base, Published July 20th Contemporary Art Studio – Editor in Chief; Yang Wei – Planners: Shen Jingdong, Denise Keele-bedford

Collections

International and national Private Collections, Bundanon Trust, Loyola College, Nillumbik Shire Council, Containers Packaging, Henan Contemporary Arts Center, Redtory Art and Living District, Australian Consulate General Guangzhou, Dapu International At Centre, Daqing Normal University,Shimenfeng Celebrity Culture Park – Wuhan China, Imago Mundi: Luciano Benetton Collection, Heshun Cultural Development Art Museum, HCCA NY.