email: artplace@iinet.net.au

 

Art Consultants - Corporate and Private Collections
Member of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association
Member Association of Western Australian Art Galleries
Preferred Provider for the Government of Western Australia

 

Indra Geidans

 


Born 13th June 1963, Perth, Western Australia

Education
1987-86 Completed a Latvian Social Science political course in Germany
1987 Studied Latvian Silver smithing
1985 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art (Printmaking) - WAIT, West Australian Institute of Technology
1984 Bachelor of Education, Secondary Art -W.A.I.T, West Australian Institute of Technology



Solo Exhibitions
2004 “Facade”, Artplace, Perth
2003
“Zwiespalt”, Galerie Gaswerk, Schwabach, Germany

2002 “Fabrication”, Artplace, Perth
2000 “West North West”, Galerija Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1999 “West North West”, Artplace, Perth
1997 Recent Works, Artplace, Perth
1994 Delaney Galleries, Perth
1991 “Glimpses of Irony”, Delaney Galleries, Perth
1989 “Transitions”, Beach Gallery, Perth


Selected Group Exhibitions
2002 Artplace Group Show 2002
Melbourne Art Fair 2002

2001 Art 01 -Fremantle Passenger Terminal
Town of Vincent Art Award
Joondalup Invitation Art Award
City of Perth Invitation Art Award
Sir Charles Gairdner Invitation Art Award

2000
Art01, the West Australian Artfair , Artplace Stand and ECU Stand
About Face, Fremantle Arts Centre

1999 Transitions, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Annual Exhibition
City of Perth Art Prize

1998
‘Mine own Executioner’, Mundaring Art Centre
Sir Charles Gairdner Invitation Exhibition
Artplace Christmas Exhibition, Artplace, Perth
Gomboc Sculpture Survey 1998, Gomboc Gallery, Perth

1997
Artplace Five Year Anniversary Exhibition, Artplace, Perth
WASAD Staff exhibition, Claremont School of Art
Artbridge

1996
Sir Charles Gardner Invitation Exhibition
Mandorla Art Prize, Moores Building, Fremantle.
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, ACAF·5, Melbourne
Five Figurative painters, Festival of Perth, Artplace
Six Western Australian painters, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Oddfellows, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth

1995
Sir Charles Gairdner Invitation Exhibition
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries
Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany (Winner)

1994
Mandorla Art Prize (Finalist)
Sir Charles Gairdner Invitation Exhibition
“Presence”, Fremantle Arts Centre

1993
Delaney Galleries Group Show
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Art Gallery
Heritage Council, Moore’s Building, Fremantle
Albany Art Prize
York Art Awards, York
“Young Latvian Artists, Brisbane Contemporary Art Museum

1991
Albany Art Prize
“Urban Reality”, Art on the Move (formerly NETS) Touring Exhibition Greenhill Gallery Group Show
City of Perth Craft Awards, Craft Council Gallery
“Please Be Seated”, Bridge Gallery

1990
Beach Gallery Fund raising Show
“Inscapes/Outscapes” Vancouver Art Centre, Albany
Albany Art Competition, Albany
Printmaker’s Association Show, P.I.C.A.

1988
Tresillian Art Exhibition
Printmakers’ 88

1986
Foothills Exhibition
Monoprint Exhibition, Claremont School of Art
Printmakers ’86

1985
W.A.I.T. Degree Show
Sir Charles Gairdner Print Show
Printmakers ’85
Printmakers “Boundary” Show

1984
W.A.I.T. Degree Show
Printmakers ’84


Grants, Awards and Commissions
2003 Artist in Residency, Galerie Gaswerk Schwabach, Germany

2002
City of Joondalup - Community paving project
City of Wanneroo - Mural Commission

2001
Town of Vincent - Encouragement Award
Pallandri Wines - Painting Commission

2000
Cannington K-10 School - Public Art Project
3m mosaic dome - Belmont Forum Shopping Centre
2mD mosaic crest - Mt Lawley Primary School

1999
Grant to travel in the NW of Wa to research caravan culture
Public art project, with Kevin Draper, Mindarie Primary School.

1998
Mindarie Primary School -Public Art Project

1997
Collaborative Mural with 2 artists - Ministry of Justice
Artbridge, 2nd Prize, in collaboration with Philip Ward-Dickson

1995
Albany Art Competition, Winner -Open Category

1993
Albany Art Competition - Best Oil, Acrylic, Watercolour

1990
Albany Art Competition - Commendation

1986
Tresillian Art Award - Winner, printmaking division

1985
Latvian Festival Poster Competition - Winner
Printmakers “Boundary” Show - Commendation


Professional Experience
2001 Illustrated book - Private commission

1998
UWA -‘Extension’ course, Colour Theory program
Art workshops in Albany for ‘Oddfellows’ touring exhibition.

1998-95
Co-ordinator for the Gallery Art School, Art Gallery of Western Australia

1995-93
Education Officer, Art Gallery of Western Australia

1995
Residency program for Mercedes College, Perth

1994
Artist in Residence, Armadale Primary School
Art Workshops, North West Western Australia

1993
Represented in Australian/Latvian artists calendar

1992-91
Co-ordinated the establishment of the PICA Youth Arts Programme

1991
The “Artist in the Gallery” for “Images for Women” exhibition, AGWA

1990-89
Co-ordinated the Curtin University, Foundation course in Albany

1988-87
Responsible for the daily administration and functioning of a 14th Century chateau in France

1987
Assisted and contributed artworks for a world-wide Latvian Arts Festival, attended by over 1000 people in Munster,West Germany

1986
Illustrated an Aboriginal Red Cross First Aid manual
Constructed and painted a 2m2 banner for a Latvian political demonstration in Vienna.
Silkscreening Jimmy Pike’s artwork for Desert Designs

1985
Designed the poster for the Latvian Arts Festival of Australia


Publications
2003 Andrew Nicholls, “Fabrics of society” Australian Art Review, Issue1,pg.59.

2002
David Bromfield, “Stained and Sweaty” Behind the 8 ball
Judith McGrath, www.artseeninwa.com/geidans.html, October.
“Visual Arts round-up” pg 126, Scoop #21, Sept. 1 - Nov. 30

2001
Australian Painting 1788 - 2000; Oxford University Press; p585; 2001

1999
Judith McGrath, West North West Review, 23rd November
David Bromfield, Painted from Memory, The Big Weekend, The West Australian, 13th November
David Bromfield, Dedicated Followers of Fashion, The Big Weekend, The West Australian, 30th October

1998
Robert Cook, “Subverting self-image”, The West Australian, 21 Oct.
“Not-so-serious self images”, The West Australian, 16 Oct.
Matt Price, “Filling public space is a tender issue”, The Australian, 12.6.

1997
David Bromfield, On Show, The West Australian, 13 Dec
David Bromfield, On Show, The West Australian, 22 Nov.
David Bromfield, On Show, The West Australian, 28 June

1996
“The Figurative Edge”, Art and Australia, Vol.34 No.1, Spring ‘96.
Anna Herriman, Six Western Australian Painters, exhibition catalogue,
Paul McGillick, “Perth Dreamscape finds its painters”, Financial Review, 9.2.
Sonia Baron, “Showing six who characterise painting in WA”, Canberra Times, 17.2.

1994
Delaney Solo Exhibition, The West Australian

1993
Bunbury Biennale The West Australian
Bunbury Biennale, Artlink Vol. 14, No 1
Albany Art Competition, Albany Advertiser
Craft Awards, The West Australian
Craft Awards, Claremont Post
“Please Be Seated”, Sunday Times
“Glimpses of Irony”, The West Australian
“Glimpses of Irony”, Radio interview, 6RTR FM

1991
David Bromfield “Fine line between art and craft...” On Show, The West Australian

1989
“Transitions”, The West Australian

1985
The “Boundary” Exhibition, The West Australian

1984
WAIT Degree Show, The West Australian


Collections
Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Art Gallery of WA, University of WA,Edith Cowan University, Bunbury City Collection, Bayswater City Collection, Delaney Galleries, Royal Perth Hospital, Sir James & Lady Cruthers, Wanneroo City Collection,Bank West, Federal Law Courts of Australia, Town of Vincent, Various private collections in WA, NSW, Zurich and the UK.

Exhibitions