Anne Wienholt
The most interesting quality of Anne Wienholt’s sculpture and drawings is her constant searching for the innocent vision of the unspoilt eye. Through the act of drawing, and drawing quickly so that it is instinctive and not a selfconscious act, Anne Wienholt stalks reality for this elusive quality. It is a difficult pursuit because we are all more or less drowned in stereotyped ideas about what our eyes see and find it impossible to look beyond the verbal boundaries to the mystery of things in space and time. Anne Wienholt’s sculpture is the final outcome of this searching. It is sophisticated, private, vulnerable and original.
Lou Klepac.
Exhibitions
Biography
Born in Leura NSW in 1920. After studying at the East Sydney Technical College under William Dobell and Frank Medworth, Anne was awarded the 1944 NSW Travalling Scholarship which enabled her to travel to the United States where she arrived on January 1, 1945. She studied painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Rufino Tamayo, and printmaking with Stanley William Hayter. She has lived in North America, with a period in Kingston, Jamaica, ever since, but with frequent travels to Europe and regular visits to Australia. Since 1970 she has lived in Marin County, California. She is a sculptor, painter and addicted to drawing.
- 1938-41
- East Sydney Technical College
- 1944
- Awared NSW Travelling Scholarship
- 1945
- Art Students League, New York
- 1947-48
- Brooklyn Museum Fine Art School
- Aletier 17, Paris
- 1948-50
- Travel studies, Europe and UK
- 1968
- Teacher, Jamaican School of Art
- 1970
- Moved to California and continued study of sculpture at College of Marin (with Farhad Moezzi and Rick Hall)
Solo Exhibitions
- 2007
- Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- 2004
- Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
- 2003
- Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
- 1990
- Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
- 1989
- David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney
- 1986
- Painters Gallery, Sydney
- 1985
- Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
- 1984
- David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney
- 1982
- Cirrus Gallery, Mill Valley, California
- 1978
- Corte Madera Library, California
- 1974-75
- Humboldt Galleries, San Francisco
- 1973
- Genesis Gallery, Mill Valley, California
- 1971
- Intersection Gallery, San Francisco
- 1969
- Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
- 1966
- Middleton Gallery, Middleton, NY
- 1949
- Charles Fourth Gallery, New York
- 1948
- Carl Ashby Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2008
- Sculpture 20, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- 2007
- Sculpture 19, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- 1999
- Merioola and Beyond, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
- 1988
- Gift to the Gallery, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
- 1986
- Merioola and After, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
- 1985
- Australian Prints, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- 1984
- Contemporary Views, Fine Arts Gallery, College of Marin, Kentfield, California
- 1983
- San Francisco Art Festival, Fort Mason, California
- 1980
- Redding Museum, Redding, California
- San Jose Art Center, San Jose, California
- 1979
- Functional Forms, Oregon State University, Cornvallis
- 1978
- Northern California Figure Dawing, Rose/Bernardi Gallery, Sausalito, California
- Fibre Show, Mill Valley Arts Guild, California
- 1977
- Metal Arts Guild Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Hayward, California
- 1976
- 22nd Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana
- California State Fair, Sacramento, California
- 1973
- Designer/Craftsman ’76, Richmond Art Center, California
- 1972
- Designer/Craftsman ’76, Richmond Art Center, California
- 1971
- 60th Fine Arts Exhibition, Austin, Texas
- The Metal Experience, Oakland Museum, California
- Annual National Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City
- 1950
- Northwest Printmakers, Seattle Art Museum
- 1949
- National Print Annual Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum
Collections
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- Private collections in the USA, UK and Australia including the Margaret Hannah Olley Foundation.
