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Ruby Davies
Born Wilcannia NSW
   
Education
2005 Masters Visual Art, University of Sydney
1990 Graduate Diploma, Sydney College of the Arts, Sculpture/Photography
1984 BA Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, Photography/Sculpture
1975 BA History/ Sociology, UNSW
   
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Origin of the World, PodSpace, Newcastle
2007 Expanse, Vantage and Inland Sea, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
2006 Palimpsest, Goolwa Regional Art Gallery, South Australia
2005 Expanse and Inland Sea, Sydney College of the Arts
2003 The Darling/Baaka, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura
2002 The Darling, Dubbo Regional Gallery
2001 The Darling, Stills Gallery, Sydney
  Along the Darling, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Along the Darling, Broken Hill City Regional Art Gallery
1995 Photographs 1987 to 1995, Stills Gallery, Sydney
   
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Finalist, the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Mitchell Library, Sydney
  Finalist, Head On, the Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington
  Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize, Old parliament House, canberra
2006 Josephine Ulrich Art Award, Gold Coast Art Centre
  Sydney Life, AMP Building, Sydney
  Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre
2005 Josephine Ulrich Art Award, Gold Coast Art Centre
  Art & About, Hyde Park, Sydney
2004 Dynamo, First Draft, Sydney
  Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
  Spectrum, Parliament House, Sydney
2003 Duration Cell Block Gallery, Sydney
  Aid Watch Me Nam: Rivers, NSW Parliament House Sydney
  Picturing Paradise, Mori Gallery, Sydney
  The Studio Tradition, National Art School Touring Exhibition
2002 Outback and Beyond, Cell Block Gallery, Sydney
2001 From Pinhole to Pixel, The Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney
   
Employment
1990 - Lecturer, The National Art School, Sydney
2007 Jan -July, Acting Head of Photography, The National Art School
2004-05 Acting Head of Photography, The National Art School, Sydney
2000 Lecturer, EORA Aboriginal Art & Music College, Redfern, Sydney
1999 Lecturer, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University
1987-1990 Coordinator of Photography, Art Workshop, University of Sydney
   
Reviews and Publications
2008 Martyn Jolly, Photofile 83 Winter 2008 pp 57-59
Jill Stowell, "Above and Beyond" The Herald Newcastle Sept 2008, p 19
2007

Michael Desmond, "Seduce Amuse Entertain" Portrait 26 Summer 2007, pp 5-9
Radio National interview, 17.8.07; Radio National interview, 20.8.07, Bush Telegraph.

2005 Catriona Moore, ‘Contemporary Australian Photography’, Art & Australia, Vol 42
2004 photographic work forThe Darling, a Murray Darling Basin Commission publication
2001 Robert McFarlane Peak performances SMH 17 Oct; The Arts Show ABC TV Thur12 July; Snapshot ABC TV Victoria 20 June; Robert McFarland Our Roots in Black and White SMH 25 June; Stephanie Radok A Water or a Light Artlink vol 21 no 1; ABC Regional Radio interview National Trust Award 27 April; Geraldine O’Brien Redleaf sheds controvesy SMH 27 April; Highlights of the ... National Trust Quarterly
2000 Landmark Exhibitions Barrier Daily Truth 22 June; ABC Regional Radio interview 22 June
2000 The Darling/Baaka, self published artist’s book
1999 Along the Darling presentation to the Material Culture Conference UNSW
1995 Review, Martyn Jolly Art Monthly No 85
   
Prizes and Collections
2008 collection, Australian National Gallery
2004 Winner Works on Paper - Waverley Art Prize Sydney
2003 Collection St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
2001 Winner, Energy Australia National Trust Heritage Award
1997 collection, The Mitchell Library, Sydney
  Collection, Artbank, Sydney