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Artist Statement:
As you can see on my website:
http://www.johndahlsen.com , I
make my art from found
objects, mainly plastics,
sometimes driftwood and
rubber, which I find on the
beaches of the eastern
Australian seaboard.
My recent work has resulted in
assemblage wall works,
sculpture, installations,
photography, painting and
public art projects.
The work has an equally strong
environmental and purely
aesthetic concern and is a
direct reflection of
contemporary society.
I show through my work the
value of beauty, the need for
environmental awareness and
the amazing capacity we all
have to experience deep shifts
in our perception.
My creative medium shifted
from painting to working with
found objects as a result of
an artistic accident during
the mid 1990’s. I was
collecting driftwood, on a
remote Victorian Coastline,
with the intention of making
furniture and stumbled upon
vast amounts of plastic ocean
debris. This whole new palette
of colour and shape revealing
itself to me immediately
affected me; I’d never seen
such hues and forms before.
Since then for approximately
10 years, I scoured Australian
beaches for found objects,
much of which I found as
washed up ‘ocean litter’. I
have since discovered this is
a ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
John Dahlsen is based in Byron
Bay Australia. He won the
prestigious Wynne prize at the
Art Gallery of New South
Wales in 2000 and was again a
finalist in 2003 and 2004. In
2006 he was also a finalist in
the Sulman award at the Art
Gallery of NSW...
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Artist Galleries:
John Dahlsen is represented
by various commercial
galleries within Australia.
He regularly exhibits his work
in public institutions and
within the regional gallery
network....
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Collections:
Represented:
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney,
Australia.
Victorian College of the Arts
Collection.
Artbank, Sydney Australia.
Miniature Museum of
Contemporary Art - Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
University of Western
Australia
Curtin University, Western
Australia.
Myer/Bailleiu collection.
Kerry Stokes collection.
de Rothschild Collection.
Thomas & Esther Van Vliet
collection.
Wesfarmers Collection.
Tweed River Regional Art ...
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Commissions:
Nationally regarded in
Australia, as an award winning
artist, John Dahlsen won the
prestigious Wynne prize at the
Art Gallery of NSW in 2000 and
was selected as a finalist in
2003 and again in 2004. In
2006 he was a finalist in the
Sulman Award at the Art
Gallery...
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Reviews for John Dahlsen:
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Selected Bibliography:
John Dahlsen - Book - "Art Insights" Book - Volume 1 2009
Fantastic Recycled Plastic - Book - Lark Books publication Autumn 2009
Gold Coast Bulletin - 12 September 2009
The Northern Star - 12 September 2009
Gold Coast Bulletin - 10 September 2009
Canberra Times 9 August 2009
Sublime Magazine - Mid September Feature article "John Dahlsen"
Wild Design Book- July 2009 -Eco-friendly Innovations Inspired by Nature by Alan Marshall- Random House
Art Trader Magazine Issue 7 - July 2009
The Northern Star 8/8/09
Gold Coast Bulletin Sat July 25 2009
Antiques and Art in QLD March - July 09
Earth Island Journal - "Lost and Found" March 22nd 2009
The Byron Shire Echo - May 19th 2009
Art Business News. - The January 2009 issue
Smart Art - Book by Monique Day Wilde & Angie Frankie - Metz Press
Virgin Blue's 'Voyeur' magazine February 2009 issue
A Distinctive Style - Special Holiday Issue November 2008
Art Calendar Magazine - New York July/August 2008 (Cover and Feature article)
Sydney Morning Herald - Metro Magazine 26/9/08
The Byron Arty Diary - Distributed internationally 2009
The Byron Shire Echo - October 7 2007
The Byron Shire Echo - October 1 2007
Asian Geographic - No 53 Issue 3 2008
Amelias Magazine - UK June 2008
National Association of the Visual Arts - Quarterly, June 2008
Dumbo Feather - Pass it on "The Art of Collecting" Issue 14 Summer Edition 2008
Mystic River Press - Jean Fiore Mystic Connecticut USA 31 Feb 2008
The Westerly Sun - Rhode Island USA 15 March 2008
The Day Newspaper - New London Connecticut USA 16 March 2008
The Northern Star 5/12/07 Artspeak with Steven Alderton
Ulster County Press Olivia Twine - Art Meets Reality 20/12/07
Southern Ulster Pioneer Source: Ulster Publishing (NY) (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Woodstock Times, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
New Paltz Times, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Saugerties Times, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Kingston Times, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Highland Mid-Hudson Post, Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
Southern Ulster Pioneer Source: Ulster Publishing (NY) "Ecological Integrity" 28/11/07
The Courier Mail - "For Arts Sake" Matt Condon - 7/9/2007
Beautifiul Accommodation NSW - 2008/09 edition Simon St John
The Lohasian - Art Resurrects 19/9/07
The Australian - “Art and Soul” September 1 2007
Image magazine Australia "Eco Warrior" - June 07
Sunshine Coast Daily -June 2 2007
Virgin Blue "Voyeur Magazine" August 07
The Courier Mail "The Art House Landlord" 30 May 07
Byron Shire News - May 17th 2007
The Art Of Healing Magazine - Vol; 2 Issue 19 June - August 2007
Lifestyle Magazine July - August '07
"The Big Green " Handyman. July - August '07
The Byron Shire Echo - March 27th 2007
Gold Coast Bulletin - Feb 2nd 2007
Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 13 2006
Northern Star - Dec 15 2006
Byron Shire News - Dec 21 2006
Byron Shire Echo - Dec 19 2006
Australian Readers Digest- November Edition 2006
National Geographic - November Edition 2006
The Missourian News - November 21, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 19 2006
Byron News - Oct 19 2006
Byron Shire Echo - May 2nd 2006
Artlink magazine - Volume 25, number 4 2005
Aura Magazine - Oct/Nov 05
Jefferson City News Tribune - July 31st 2005
The Byron News - August 25th 2005
Pulse - New Paltz NY Sept 15 - 21 2005
Palo Alto weekly - Rebecca Wallace Oct 14th 2005
The Daily Mercury - Mackay Friday Sept 2nd 2005
The Daily Mercury - Mackay Saturday Sept 3rd 2005
The Catscill Guide NY - August Issue 2005
Byron Shire Echo - May 24th 2005
Byron Shire Echo - April 5th 2005
The Byron News - 14th April 2005
Byron Shire Echo - April 12th 2005
Black + White - Issue 77 Summer 2005
The Byron News - 23rd June 2005
Dallas Morning News - Sunday 24th April
Daily News - 26th March 2005
Tweed Mail - 24th /3 /05
Daily News - 16 March 2005
Byron Shire Echo - 15 March 2005
Daily News - 14 March 2005
Queensland Homes - Autumn 2005
Daily News - Thurs Feb 10 2005
Daily News - Wed Feb 9 2005
Gold Coast Bulletin - 5/2/05
The Weekly - 6/2/05
Daily News - Thursday March 3rd 2005
Uki News - March 2005
Daily News - Wednesday March 2nd 2005
Byron Shire Echo - Tues Feb 8th. 2005
Interiors - Feb/March 2005
POL Oxygen Issue 12 2005
Ad News 11th Feb 2005
The Sun UK - Wed 22nd Jan 2005
B&T 5th Nov 2004
GQ - Thailand Dec 2004
ABSOLUT REFLECTIONS No 4 Dec 2004
The Independent. Marshall, Minnesotta USA. Dec. 2004
BY Carl Nelson MARSHALL
Architecture+ - Volume 1 No 7 04/05
Vogue Australia - January 2005
Byron News - December 2 2004
Northern Star - November 27 2004
Sydney City 3 Nov 2004
State Of The Arts November 2004
Globe and Mail Nov 2004
GQ - 11 Nov 2004
Daily Telegraph 29th Oct 2004
Sunday Telegraph 7th Nov 2004
Nine to Five 8th Nov 2004
Gold Coast Bulletin - Tues Nov 23 2004
Where Magazine - November 2004
Byron Shire Echo - Nov 23 2004
Vogue - Oct 2004
Yen - Oct/Nov 2004
Food Week - 12/11/04
Byron Shire Echo - Sept 28 2004
Sun Herald - October 31 2004
Sunday Telegraph - October 31 2004
Byron News - Sept 30 2004
Byron Shire Echo - Sept 21 2004
Coast Living Magazine - Spring 2004
Artworkers Alliance Queensland Newsletter – Spring 2004
Byron Shire Echo - Sept 14 2004
Byron News - Sept 9 2004
Sydney Morning Herald - 23 Aug 2004 - Victoria Kyriakopoulos in Athens
The Age - Mon August 23 2004
Art & Antiques - John T Spike ‘Closer Look’ Summer Edition 2004
The Courier Mail - Tanya Box 25 June 2004
Ecolife Australia - Featured Artist June 2004
Byron Shire Echo - June 8 2004
Northern Star -Sat. June 5 2004
Northern Star -Fri June 4 2004
The Advocate -Wed 17 March 2004
The Advocate -Jeni Faulkner Thursday 18 March 2004
The Echo - 16/03/04
Byron News - March 18 2004
Coast Living - Autumn 2004
The New York Sun - Wed Feb 4 2004
Art News USA - Feb/March 2004
The Clinton Chronicle New York - Feb 2004
House and Garden Magazine - January 2004
Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art Catalogue.2003
The Townsville Bulletin - 5/09 2003 Review
The Townsville Bulletin - 16/08 2003 Weekender feature
Plancton Magazine - 1/ 07 2003 - London Feature Article
The Byron Shire Echo -22/07/2003
The Courier Mail -1/05/03
City News - 1/05/03
Byron Shire Echo -6/05/03/03
The Age -29-30/3/03 weekender feature
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 22/3/03
The Australian -20/3/03
Byron News -20/3/03
The Byron Shire Echo -18/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 18/3/03
The Age -15/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 13/3/03
Byron Shire Echo -11/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 6/3/03
Coffs Harbour Advocate - 7/3/03
Herald / Sun - 1/3/03
Courier Mail -13/12/02 Heidi Maier
Gold Coast Bulletin -29/30 June 2002
Weekend Australian - October 19th.- 20th. 2002 (Michael Reid)
Brisbane News -October 9th.- 15th. 2002
Courier Mail - October 9th. 2002
Byron Shire Echo - October 1st. 2002
Vogue Living - Jan 2002
Weekend Star - Hannah Ross, Oct. 13th. 2001
Gold Coast Weekender -March 10-11 2001
Courier Mail - March 1, 2001
Gold Coast Bulletin - March 6, 2001
Antiques & Art in QLD. - March - July 2001
Celebrating Arts Philanthropy -N.A.V.A. 10 Yrs of the Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
Vogue Living - Oct/Nov 2000
O.T.I. International -Autumn 2000
Daily Telegraph - August 14, 2000
Courier Mail - June 1, 2000
Courier Mail - June 10, 2000
Brisbane News - June 7-13, 2000
Sun Herald - 5 March, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend Magazine, 4March 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - Critics Pick, Sebastian Smee, 4 March 2000
Daily Telegraph - Ian Gerard, 2 March 2000
Byron Shire Echo - 21 March 2000
Byron News - 22 March 2000
Gold Coast Bulletin -18 March 2000
Northern Star - Hannh Ross, 18 March 2000,
Sydney Morning Herald - Spectrum Arts, Sebastian Smee, 25 March 2000
The Weekend Australian - Giles Auty Arts Review, 25-26 March 2000
Australian Financial Review - Julie Macken, 18-19 March 2000
Byron Shire Echo - Michael McDonald, 14 March 2000
Weekend Australian - Susan McCulloch-Uehlin, 18 - 19 March 2000
Daily Telegraph - Mary Machen, 18 March 2000
Sun Herald - 19 March 2000
The Byron News - Gary Chigwidden, 6 January 2000
Byron Shire Echo - Kate Green 23 November 1999
Scene Brisbane - Marlay Brinsley, 26 May 1999
Courier Mail - Peter Anderson, 29 May 1999
Australian Home Beautiful - January 1999
Interiors Magazine - Feb-March, 1998
Art and Australia - Vol, 29, No. 4, Winter 1992 - Ted Snell
West Australian - 9 November 1991
The Australian - Ted Snell, 29 October 1991
West Australian - David Bromfield, 26 October 1991
The Australian - Entertainment and the Arts, 25 October 1991
Artists & Galleries of Australia - Max Germaine, 1991
West Australian - David Bromfield, 29 June 1991
Fremantle Herald - Philip McNamara, 16 August 1990
West Australian - Mike van Niekerk, 7 November 1989
West Australian - David Bromfield, 15 June 1989
Times of the West - Skip Watkins, 'Cast an Eye Over This', 30/10 1986
Daily News - Pam Nixon, 'The Painting on the Wall',Sept 1986
West Australian - David Bromfield, 6 January 1986
Radio TV Film:
2009 - ABC Gold Coast Radio 11th Sept 2009
2009 - ABC TV Artscape 28 July 2009
2009 - ABC Radio Fiona Wylie Interview 19 August 2009
2008 - Channel 9 Gold Coast 30th June 2008
2008 - Bay FM Interview with Deborah Turner 20th May 2008
2007 - Channel 10 TV: Dahlsen Art featured in the “Big Brother” house, April - August 07
2007 - ABC North Coast Radio – 3 May 2007
2007 - Bay FM – March 27 2007
2006 - ABC TV Sunday Arts Show 30 July 2006
2006 - Bay FM - December 2006
2005 - ABC Radio Gold Coast 30th August 2005
2005 - ABC Tro[pical North Mackay 2nd Sept 2005
2005 - Bay FM - 23rd June 2005
2004 - Asia News Focus TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - Channel 9 TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - Channel 10 TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - Channel 7 TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - CV TV TV - Nov. 2004
2004 - Chinese Channel CCTV Nov - Dec 2004
2004 - Prime Television – Friday 24th September 2004
2004 - Greece National Television 12th/13th August 2004
2004 - ABC Radio Darwin and the Northern Territory- Interview 8/6/04
2004 - ABC Radio North Coast NSW Justine Frazer Interview 7/6/04
2004 - Channel 7 Prime news 1st April 2004
2004 - ABC Radio Fiona Wylie 17/03/04
2004 - ABC Radio Paul Kylie 16/03/04
2004 - ABC Radio Victoria Sunday 8/2/04 Peter Carke Interview Live from New York
2003 - Italian Sky Channel. Interview. Leonardo Arts Programme Dec 21, 22, 23.
2003 - Florence Biennial of Contemporary art. DVD featured interview.
2003 - Channel 9 win news NQ 22/8/2003
2003 - FBI Community Radio Sydney Nov 2003
2003 - ABC radio Townsville NQ - interview 13/8/2003
2003 - John Dahlsen “Renewed” DVD Production
2003 - Channel 9 NBN 7/3/03
2003 - ABC radio Graeme Robinson live to air 7/3/03
2003 - 3AW radio Denis Walters 23/2/03
2003 - RRR Radio Arts Show 11/3/03
2003 - ABC Radio Victoria Jayne Dullard 16/03/03
2003 - ABC Radio National Sunday Arts Program Julie Copeland
2003 - The Hellenic Radio - News In Greek 21/01/03
2002 - ABC - Online Regional Arts Features - From October 18th. 2002
2002 - Channel 7 "The Great Outdoors" 21 May
2002 - Bay FM 28th. March
2001 - ABC 2BL 28 Nov
2001 - Channel 9 Gold Coast 20 sept.
2001 - ABC National TV Coast to Coast 22 July
2001 - ABC TV Stateline 13 July
2001 - Channel 9 Extra 2 March
2000 - ABC TV State Line, Late Line, Art Review, July
2000 - Triple J Morning Show, Matt Eaton, 2 March
2000 - ABC 2BL, 29 February
2000 - ABC 2BL, Tracey Chester, 18 February
2000 - A Current Affair, Channel 9, 10 March
2000 - ABC TV 10.30 Slot, 3 March
2000 - Channel 7 News, 29 February
2000 - Channel 7 News, 18 March
2000 - Channel 9 News, 18 March
1999 - ABC RADIO, 6 Dec 2NR
1999 - ABC TV, 21 May
1999 - Channel 9 TV, 23 Apr, Brisbane
1986 - Radio GNR, 19 Oct, Ruth Morgan
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