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Artist, Teacher, Arts
Administrator
Louise is a committed arts
practitioner:
With a continuous history
of painting and exhibiting her work over four decades
As an educator of thousands
of students in formal and informal settings
As an entrepreneur organizing
her own art schools, workshops, lectures and classes
As a leader and founder
of numerous arts societies and groups.
Ned's Corner: Little Lake Walla Walla 23.5 x 101cm
2005
Biography:
Art Studies
1963-68 Studied painting
RMIT and Caulfield Institute of Technology
1971-72 Studied watercolor
with Kaji Aso at Boston Museum School of Art
Travel
1969-73 Travelled solo throughout
Southeast Asia, India, Europe, and the United States
1980-2003 Numerous trips
to the Australian outback
1980-1998 Several trips
to the USA to visit collections in Boston, NY, Washington DC, Los Angeles
1998 Awarded Australian
Foundation for Studies in Italy Scholarship enabled Italian
painting trip.
Also visited USA and other European countries. |
A Moment in Time
24 x 16cm 2004
[in private collection]
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Teaching
1974-98 Taught watercolor
with Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
1975-2003 Organized and
taught summer schools and weekend workshops at Buxton
1977-95 Conducted workshops,
gave lectures at numerous regional centres around Victoria
1995-2003 Teaching Evening
Classes: Eastern College TAFE, Trinity Grammar School, Brighton A.S.
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Yarra
Valley Summer School
2004 Weekend Workshops at
Trinity Grammar School, (Adult Classes)
Arts Administration
1975-84 Vice President (6
years) and President (2 years) of Contemporary Art Society
1985-86 Art consultant for
Tricom Corporation
1992-94 President, Old Watercolour
Society's Club. (now Watercolour Society of Victoria)
1994 Curated Exchange Watercolour
Exhibition, Chung Cheng Gallery,for the National Taiwan Art Education Institute,
Taiwan
Past President, Melbourne
Society of Women Painters and Sculptors [MSWPS]
Vice President MSWPS 2008-9
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2004 Arabunna Arabunna and
the Big Sky Country, Trinity Grammar School
2003 Landscapes Through
Time Lake Gallery, Paynesville
2002/3 Louise Foletta Outback
Yering Station Gallery, Yarra Glen
2001 Layers of Time
Collins St Gallery
2001 The Murdoch Institute,
Parkville. 'Place and Memory'
2000 Art Affairs Gallery,
Carlton, 'Echoes of Antiquity'.
1999 Collins Street Gallery,
Melbourne, 'The Past Present'.
1999 Melaleuca Gallery,
Anglesea. 'Caesar to Cappuccino'
1992 Wyreena Gallery and
Arts Centre, Croydon
1991 Libby Edwards Gallery,
South Yarra
1990 J.Jinks Gallery Brighton
1985 C.A.E .Moore Gallery,
Melbourne
1984 Joan Gough Gallery,
Melbourne
1982 Atelier Gallery, Benalla,
Victoria
1981 Council of Adult Education
Gallery, Melbourne
1980 Zodiac Gallery, Melbourne
1975 Joan Gough Gallery,
Melbourne
1972 Boston, Ma., USA: Newton
Gallery |
Arabunna Arabunna 75 x 1005 2004 |
Group Exhibitions, Curated
or Invitation Exhibition
2006
MSWPS 97th Annual Exhibition at Glen Eira City Council Gallery
2004/05 Hsinchu
InternationalWatercolours Exhibition, Taiwan ROC
2004 Fleurieu Peninsula
Biennale , Mc Laren Vale South Australia
2004 Portia Geach Portrait
Award EH Ervine Gallery Sydney
2004 Ned's Corner Station,
Trust for Nature Exhibition. June 17-19 at Christies, Melbourne
2004 From Nature to Symbol
CAA, East Gippsland Art Gallery
2003 The City of Banyule,
Works on Paper Art Award
2003 Darrebin-La Trobe Prize
Exhibition
2001 Recent Work,Three Painters.
Daley Art Gallery,Trinity Grammar School
2001 Asia Pacific Watercolour
Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan.
2000 Form to Essence. CAA.
Salamanca Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2000 Landscape - Place
And Meaning Trinity Grammar School, Daley Gallery.
2000 Cross Century Asian
Pacific Watercolour Exhibition, Chung ChenGallery,Taipei, Taiwan.
1998 Trinity G. S., Inaugural
Exhibition, Daley Gallery: Woods, Zubran, Kandas, Foletta.
1997 Asian Pacific Watercolour
Exhibition Taipei County Cultural Center, Taiwan
1997 The Shed, Horsham Regional
Art Gallery
1997 Aspects Of Australia,
Louise Foletta, Kathy Golski & Richard Strangward, Collins St Gallery.
1996 En Plein Air Studley
Park, Yarra Bend. Louise Foletta ,Jeanne Brown, Ian Hance
1996 Asian Watercolours
'96 Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan.
1995 Taiwan/Australian Exchange
Exhibition in Taipei and at the Chinese Museum in Melbourne.
1995 Of The Land, Elizabeth
Arthur Fine Art, Hamilton.
1995 Melbourne Festival,
'Jonquills on the Wall' at Villa Alba.
1995 Absolutely Women's
Health, Royal Women's Hospital Art Exhibition
1994 Artists of ROC, USA
& Australia, Chung Chen Gallery, National Taiwan Art Ed. Inst, Taipei
1994 CAE: Celebrating 20
years. Louise Foletta and Students Past and Present
1993-1994 A.M.E. Bale
Exhibition; finalist 1993
1992 'Between Friends',
Plovers Hill Gallery, Alexandra - Foletta, Frysteen, Davis
1991 Louise Foletta, Libby
Edwards Gallery
1990-93 International Womens
Day 1st Exhibition & 4th Exhibition, Womens Gallery
1989 Environmental Art Exhibition,
State Bank Gallery
1988 "Spirit of the Times
- 88", Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Annidale
1988 Watercolour Australia,
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
1986 Grey Street Gallery,
Hamilton: 4 Melbourne Artists.-Foletta, Hance, Langley and Syndicas.
1985 Green Hill Gallery
Invitation Exhibition, Perth, WA.
1983 Burke Road Gallery.
Four watercolourists -Foletta, Wade, Schiller , Cameron.
1978 "Arts Train" Tour of
Victoria
1978-1981 Pioneer Art Award,
Swan Hill, Vic.
1978-1987 Alice Prize Exhibition,
Alice Springs, NT.
1973-1988 Exhibited in the
Contemporary Art Society Annual Prize Exhibitions
1972 Boston Museum School
of Art Exhibition
Marginal Land, Yanga 21 x 100cm 2005
Collections
Art Bank, Australian
Trade Commission Taiwan, Bright Art Gallery, Castlemaine Art
Gallery and Historical Museum, Australia Post, Southern Corss
Broadcasting, Goodman Fielder, Blomquist & Wark Architects, Mallomby
& Mallomby, Melbourne University, City of Kew now Boroondara,
Parks Victoria Yarra Bend Trust, Shire of Alexandra now Murrindindi,
Council of Adult Education Melbourne, Hamilton District Hospital,
Glenormiston Agricultural College, Genomic Research Institute ,
Gippsland Grammar School, Ruyton Girls School, Trinity Grammar
School, Xavier College, Burke Hall, ST Kevins College. Private collections
in Australia, Canada, USA, UK, Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan, Spain, Switzerland
Germany & Italy
Awards and Prizes
2004 Melbourne Society of
Women Painters and Sculptors Prize,judge Felicity St John Moore
2003-04 Selected as one
of 6 artists by Trust for Nature to paint at Ned's Corner Station: works
to be sold at Christies to raise money for the Trust's conservation work
2002 CAA (Contemporary Art
Australia) Prize for 3D awarded David Bradshaw
2001 CAA (Contemporary Art
Australia) Prize for Painting awarded by Dr Ted Gott
1998 Scholarship from Australian
Foundation for Studies in Italy
1997 Alexandra Rotary Award
for Landscape
1995 Absolutely Women's
Health, Art Prize.
1993 Shire of Alexandra
Acquisitive Award.
1992 Canson 500 Art Award
1991 Norwich Prize for Landscape,
Camberwell Art Show judge Peter Perry.
1986 Xavier College Burke
Hall Acquisitive Prize awarded by Anne Galbally
1985 Finalist - Camberwell
Art Show Travel Scholarship
1982 Bright Prize for Contemporary
Painting
Ned's Corner: from the sand country
54.5 x 74cm 2003 [in private collection]
Ned's Corner: patterns through time 56 x 75cm 2004
The Murray; points of view 75 x 1005cm 2003
Travelling Through an Ancient Land 69 x 99cm 2002
The Painted Desert Triptych 55 x 75cm 2002
Echoes of Antiquity: Fiesole Italy 69 x 99cm 2000
Fence Line; Balranald Area 53 x 74 2002
The Shadows Receding; Ned's Corner
75 x 1005cm [in private collection]
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