Anna Hoyle

“Inspired by my habits of collecting everyday objects and weird knick-knacks, these drawings are a playful attempt to humour an overload of consumer clutter and visual information. I have an ongoing fascination for the functional and formal curiosities of cleaning gadgets (not to mention the strangeness of leaf-blowing).”

Selected Solo exhibitions

2008 Power Moai buns ‘n’ thighs, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Petrol shredders, power thrusters and Garden-Vacs, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2006 Occident, orient and outdoor entertaining, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Recent works on paper, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
2004 D.I.Y barbecue to bonsai - works on paper, Space 39, Melbourne
2002 Little Tsunami - ink scrolls on paper, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1998 An armchair like that is my undoing: prints Fire Station Print Workshop, Melbourne

Recent group exhibitions

2008 The Swan Hill Print and Drawing Award - finalist
2007 The Dobell Prize for Drawing Art Gallery of NSW - finalist
2005 The Blake Prize for Religious Art - selected for touring exhibition
This and other worlds: contemporary Australian drawing, National Gallery of Victoria
The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Paperchase: works on paper, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, NSW
The Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Castlemaine
The Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart
Fifteen years of collaborative lithography, Lancaster Press, Melbourne.

Awards

2007 Kedumba Drawing Award - finalist
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, AGNSW - finalist
ABN AMRO Art Award - finalist
2005 Works on Paper Award, The City of Banyule, Melbourne - highly commended
Dogs Bar Award, The Postcard Show Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, 2nd prize
2004 The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize First Prize awarded, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic.
2003 Judges Selection Prize and People’s Choice Prize The Hutchins Art Prize, Tas.
Works on Paper Award First Prize and Acquisition, The City of Banyule, Melbourne.
SBS at Federation Square Art Award Third Prize Awarded, Melbourne.
Dogs Bar Award, The Postcard Show Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, 2nd prize

Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Collection, Artbank, City of Banyule, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, SBS, Melbourne, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne; and private collections in Australia, Switzerland, Malaysia, Japan.