Carol Rudyard (18 November 1922 – 15 May 2021) was an English-Australian visual artist, known for her audio-video art installations.[1] She was nominated as a Western Australian Living Treasure in 2004.[2] Her works are held in the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the University of Western Australia, WAIT, the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery as well as private collections.[1][3]
Carol Rudyard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 November 1922 Sheffield, England, U.K. |
| Died | 15 May 2021 (aged 98) |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards | Festival of Perth Poster Prize (1964); Mundaring Art Prize (1970) |
Early life
editRudyard was born in England in 1922, and was living in Sheffield when she and her husband left in 1947 when he was posted to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.[2] They moved to Western Australia in 1950, living in the towns of Mullewa and Southern Cross before settling in Perth in 1956.[2]
Artistic career
editIn the 1950s, Rudyard began designing textiles, and working with watercolours. In 1964 she won the Festival of Perth Poster Prize, and the Mundaring Art Prize in 1970.
She was enrolled in an Associate Diploma in Art at Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University) from 1968 to 1970, and from 1971 taught classes there. In 1981 she completed a postgraduate diploma in visual art at Curtin, and in 1999 the university made her an honorary Doctor of Letters.
In 1991 Rudyard received a Creative Fellowship from the Australia Council.[4]
The Canberra Times described her Body language video piece in 1992 as "both clever and beautiful which takes the 'Unicorn tapestry' as a text, a phallocentric discourse on bondage and humiliation, which she examines from a feminist perspective".[5]
Rudyard died in May 2021 at the age of 98.[6][7]
Rudyard is represented in collections of the Art Gallery of NSW, the Art Gallery of WA, the University of WA, WAIT, as well as private collections.[1]
Solo exhibitions
editGroup exhibitions
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Germaine, Max (1991). A dictionary of women artists of Australia. Roseville East, NSW, Australia: Craftsman House. ISBN 976-8097-13-2. OCLC 26591029.
- ^ a b c "Rudyard, Carol (1922 - )". The Australian Women's Register.
- ^ Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. Art Gallery Board of South Australia. 1990. p. 72.
- ^ "Seven artists given $1.2m scholarship". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 October 1991. p. 12. Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "MAGAZINE; ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 November 1992. p. 7 (SECTION 1). Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "RUDYARD Carol". The West Announcements. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Vale Carol Rudyard". artcollectivewa. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Celebrating Carol Rudyard – Sheila Foundation". Retrieved 11 March 2023.
Further reading
edit- Paterson, Rosalind (2000). Carol Rudyard: An Art of Contradiction (Thesis). Perth, Western Australia: University of Western Australia.