Billy Gruner

Contact
Ph:+61 2 9559 1675
Email: wgruner@bigpond.com

Born Brisbane, resident Sydney Australia.

Education
2003 PhD Visual Art, Sydney University.
1998 Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours I), Sydney University.
Studied under Mathias Gerber, Lindy Lee, Sue Baker,
Assoc Prof Brad Buckley, Professor Richard Dunn, & Dr Eril Baily.

Solo Exhibitions
2006 ‘Modular Works’, H29, Brussels.
2006 ‘Secession Files’, Slot, Redfern.
2006 ‘Und, Amsterdam 2006’. Group Curation, Gallery Chiellerie, Amsterdam. (By Billy Gruner & Jan Van Der Ploeg).
2006 ‘Secession Posters (5, 4 & 3)’, Slot, Redfern, Australia.
2006 ‘Secession Poster 4’, Winston Hotel, Amsterdam.
2005 ‘The Kills’, Canary, Auckland.
2005 ‘Concrete Painting, No.11’, Winston Hotel, Amsterdam.
‘The White Stripes’, N.O.T., Brisbane.
2005 ‘Secession Poster 5’, Compact, Auckland.
2005 ‘Green Music’, Room 103, Auckland.
2005 ‘The White Stripes’, S.N.O., Sydney.
2004 ‘Radical Painting’, MOP Projects, Redfern.
2004 ‘Collective Monochrome’, Peloton Gallery, Chippendale.
2003 ‘Colour-Form’, MOP Projects, Redfern, Sydney Australia.
2003 ‘Non-objective’, Firstdraft Gallery Surry Hills, Sydney.
2002 ‘The Beige Monochromes’, Block, Sydney.
2000 ‘Generic Abstraction’, Blue Lotus, Sydney.
1999 ‘The Enigma Lanterns’, Gallery 132, Rozelle.
1999 ‘Thirteen Paintings’, Kirkbride Installation Space 1, Sydney.
1995 ‘Painting’, Pendulum, Redfern.

Group Exhibitions
2006 ‘AC4CA’, A&G Studio, Central Sydney.
2006 ‘S.N.O.’, Bus Projects, Melbourne.
2006 ‘Painted Objects’, CCNOA Brussels.
2005 ‘Anti-Sedition Projects’, S.N.O. Group work. Casula Powerhouse Museum, Western Sydney.
2005 ‘Unrealised Projects’, A&G Studio, Sydney.
2005 ‘Early Fabricated’, Peloton Gallery, Sydney.
2005 ‘Early Fabricated 2’, Ocular Lab, Melbourne. (Concrete photography curated by Salvatore Panatteri).
2005 ‘Lange Kulturnacht’, Atelierhaus Bonn, Bonn Germany.(Nixon, Jansen, Jobotka, Juptaer, Vandershrewe, Dahlhausen).
2005 ‘S.N.O.12’ (Shin, Morris, Triff, Gruner), S.N.O., Sydney.
2005 ‘Und’ (Jenkins, Gruner, Tilman), N.O.T., Brisbane.
2005 ‘S.N.O.1’, S.N.O., Sydney.
2005 ‘Situations’, MCA, Sydney.
2005 ‘Effect of Landscape’, Rocket Art, Newcastle.
2005 ‘Concrete Tendencies’, TS, Architecture Dept. Sydney University
2005 ‘About Face’, Gallery 69, Melbourne.
2005 ‘Raid/Mop’, Raid, Los Angeles.
2005 Westspace, Melbourne.
2004 ‘Concrete-Constructive’Conny Dietzschold Gallery, , Alexandria.
2004 ‘MOP/RAID’Raid Gallery, , Los Angeles.
2004 ‘Fauuvette Loureiro TAS’. Sydney University,
2004 ‘Radical’, Moores Building, Fremantle, Western Australia
2004 ‘Bus/Mop’, Bus Gallery, Melbourne.
2004 ‘ARI’, Francis Baker-Smith, Surry Hills, Sydney.
2004 ‘Raid’, The Armoury, New York.
2004 ‘Amp’d’. MOP Projects, Redfern.
2003 ‘Easy Journeys to Other Planets’, Phatspace, Darlinghurst.
2003 ‘Marineland’, TS Gallery, Architecture Dept. Sydney University.
2003 ‘From the Shadows of the Sun’, Room 103, Curator, Ben Curnow. Auckland, NZ.
2003 ‘Dinner at the Bridge of Hope’, Room 103, Auckland, NZ.
2003 ‘Multiple – Abstract Box’, Conny Dietzschold, Sydney Australia.
2003 ‘MOP’, Mop Projects, Redfern, Sydney.
2003 ‘Miniature’ Phatspace, Darlinghurst, Sydney.
2002 ‘Blue Lotus - Section 5’. Bus, Melbourne.
2002 ‘Collectors Items’. Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery. Curators, Pam Aitkin & Andrew Nicholls. Perth, Western Australia.
2002 ‘Drawing a Line’. Gallery Wren, Surry Hills. Sydney.
2002 ‘Modes of Practice - Three Artists, and Three Writers’. Imperial Slacks, Kyle Jenkins, Billy Gruner Ron & George Adams, Nick Chambers, Pam Aitken and Linda Goodman. Sydney.
2002 ‘Images of Desire 2’. Winston Hotel, Curator, Jan Van der Pleog. Amsterdam.
2002 ‘Blue Lotus Section; 4’. Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney.
2002 ‘Further 2’. Idspace, Melbourne.
2002 ‘Blocked’, Block Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney.
2001 ‘Further’, Newspace Gallery, Rozelle.
2001 ‘Shifting’, Side-On, Annandale. Curated Pam Aitkin.
2001 ‘Constructed Colour-1’.Newspace Sydney & Penthouse &Pavement Gallery Melbourne Curated Kyle Jenkins. Included, Artspace Sydney and NEA Newcastle.
2001 Blue Lotus ‘Section 3’, TS Gallery, Sydney University.
2000 ‘D-Turn’, Rubyayre Gallery, Curator, Kay Wood. Surry Hills
2000 ‘Driver’, Newspace, Curators, Maria Cruz and Mikala Dwyer. Rozelle.
1999 ‘Lightness of Mind’, Gallery 132, Curator, Judeth Duqemin. Rozelle.
1999 ‘Classy’, Gallery 132, Curator, Matthias Gerber. Rozelle.
1998 ‘The Origins and Development of Kinetic Art’, Gallery 132, Curator, M. Gerber. Rozelle.
1999 ‘Collective Monochrome’, VKC Gallery, Sydney.
1997 ‘Group Show’, Side On, Annandale.
1997 ‘Anniversary Show 94-77’, Pendulum Gallery, CBD.
1997 ‘69’, Side-On, Annandale.
1997 ‘Painting in the Age of Object Delirium’, Curve Gallery, Sydney.
1997 ‘Crib’, National Art Sshool Gallery, Darlinghurst.
1997 ‘Love Letters to John McDonald’, Gallery 151, Redfern.
1997 Curve Gallery, ‘The Diana Show’ Balmain.
1996 ‘The Law of Disintegration’, Kinesis Gallery, Leichhardt.
1996 ‘Do You Love Me’, Gallery 151, Redfern.
1996 Guilt Edge’, Kirkbride Installation Space 1, Rozelle.
1996 Form’, Gallery 151, Redfern.
1996 House of the Holy’, Kinesis Gallery, Leichhardt.
1995 ‘Critical Spaces’, Artspace, Woolloomooloo.
1995 ‘Grand Tourismo’, Pendulum, Redfern.
1995 ‘Pendulum’, Pendulum, Redfern.
1995 ‘Portrait of an Artist as a Young Misfit’, Sydney University Gallery, Glebe.
1994 ‘Paintings’ Pendulum, Redfern.
1994 ‘Open’, Artspace, , Woolloomooloo.

Curated Exhibitions - Self.
2004 ‘Amp’d’, MOP Projects, Refern.
‘Radical (Painting)’, Moores Building Perth.
2003 Various, MOP Projects, Redfern.
2002 ‘Blue Lotus – Section 5’. Bus Gallery. Melbourne.
2002 ‘Drawing a Line’. Gallery Wren. Surry Hills, Sydney.
2002 ‘Blue Lotus Section 4’ Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney.
2002 ‘Further 2’ Idspace Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne.
2001 ‘Further ’ Newspace Gallery, November NEA Gallery Newcastle.
2001 ‘Constructed Colour’ Newspace Rozelle and Penthouse & Pavement, Melbourne. Artspace Sydney and NEA Newcastle. Assistant Curator with Kyle Jenkins.
2001 Blue Lotus Group ‘Section 3’ Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney University.
2000 ‘Blue lotus Group - Section 2’. (Modulations). Newspace Gallery Rozelle.
2000 ‘The Blue Lotus Section 1’ Joes Gallery, Newtown and NEA Gallery Newcastle.
2000 ‘Collective Paintings 97-99’ NEA Gallery, Newcastle.
1999 ‘Collective. Art as art’ Newspace Gallery, Rozelle
1998 ‘Collective. Everyday Episode’ Biennale of Sydney Satellite. Gallery 132, Rozelle.
1998 ‘Collective. Duchamp’ Gallery 132, Rozelle.
1997 ‘Painting in the Age of Object Delirium’, Curve Gallery, Rozelle.
1997 ‘Collective. Monochrome’ Curve Gallery, Rozelle.
1995 ‘Grand Tourismo’. Pendulum, Redfern.

Publications
2006 Amsterdam Times. Und, Amsterdam, 2006. Jennifer Demspsy, Vol 1, Issue 3, 5-1-06.
Modular Works, exhibition catalogue. By Marcus Bering & H29 Brussels, 2006.
2005 Eye Site: Situating Theory & Practice in the Visual Arts Conference. ‘Flat Platforms and Hybrid Structues’, Art Association of Australia & NZ Annual Conference. Sydney Uni. Nov 05.
‘Tilman - Journey into the Art Historical’, exhibition Catalogue, H29, Brussels Belgium.
‘Urban Squeeze – Space the Final Frontier’. SMH, July 2005.
‘Sydney Ball – New Structures’, Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery Catalogue, March 2005.
Guest editor NAVA Journal, March 3005. Billy Gruner, ‘The New ARI’. Sydney.
‘Interveiw with Andrej Savski – Like to Like’. Billy Gruner, Un-mag Melbourne.
‘Peloton, an Art Critical Space in the Material City’. Billy Gruner, Un-magazine Issue 2.
‘Have, not have’. This Art Life. Internet periodical.
Fortnightly catalogue notes and essays, MOP Projects.
Katie Whiate - Swooning’. USQ catalogue essay. Billy Gruner, November, 2004.
2004 ‘Radical’ . Essay for Moores Contemporary Art Centre Fremantle Catalogue.
‘MOP/BUS’ Catalogue. ‘Post-formalism’. Essay for Mop publications.
2003 ‘Like a Bomb’, Dominique Angeloro, SMH, October.
‘Spotlight’, Tim Dick, Metropolitan, SMH, July.
‘Mop Zine No.1 and 2’, Mop Projects Archives, Redfern, Sydney Australia.
2002 ‘Radical, Formal and Form Neutral’. Billy Gruner, for Amplified Abstraction exhibition catalogue. Amsterdam.
‘The Solver Series’. By Pam Aitken. MOP Exhibition Catalogue. Imperial Slacks Gallery, Sydney.
‘Introduction to the Further Shows’. March. Billy Gruner, Idspace Catalogue, Melbourne.
2001 Like Magazine Built World, Interview with Kyle Jenkins, No. 16 November 2001. P 56.
‘Further’ Catalogue, Billy Gruner, Newspace Gallery Rozelle.
‘Introduction to a Group’ catalogue essay for ‘Section 3’. Billy Gruner, Blue Lotus Group Exhibition. Tin Sheds, Sydney.
‘Constructed Colour – Painted objects, Fabrications, Photo Frames and the Critical Viability of Urban Spaces’ Essay Catalogue, Billy Gruner. Refer SASCA & Newspace Gallery, Rozelle.
2000 ‘Mini Lotus Picture Catalogue’. Billy Gruner, Newspace Publication, Sydney.
‘The Blue Lotus Section’ eXpress Magazine. Billy Gruner, SUPRA, Aug. Sydney
‘The Blue Lotus’ Catalogue. Billy Gruner, SCA Publication, July. Sydney.
‘Collective Paintings 1997-99’ Catalogue. Billy Gruner, NEA Gallery Publication, March. Sydney
1999 ‘Art as art…’ Catalogue. Billy Gruner, Newspace Publication, January. Sydney.
1998 ‘Map of the World Becoming’ Billy Gruner, Editor K Jenkins, A ‘sphere’/CBD Publication.

Awards and Scholarships
2004 Finalist, Fauvette Loureiro Travelling Scholarship.
2000 (UPA) Sydney University Scholarship.
1997 Chroma Australia Academic Achievement Award of Sydney University.
1995 Craig and Muriel Hooper Painting Award. AGNSW.

Collections
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sydney University, Sydney College of the Arts Campus.
Private – USA, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, France, and England.

Activities
2005 Officially joined AC4CA, Fremantle.
Guest speaker: Eye Site: Situating Theory & Practice in the Visual Arts Conference. Art Association of Australia & NZ Annual Conference. Sydney University. Nov, 05.
Examiner: USQ, undergraduate and post graduates, Visual Arts programs 05.
Founded Sydney Non Objective Group. Appointed director of exhibitions.
Guest speaker - ‘Meet Me at the Kiosk’ Convenor Catriona Moore.
Sydney University Post Graduate Convention on Contemporary Curatorial Concerns.
Opening Speaker - Smith Street Studios. ‘Art in community’, Tutors Exhibition.
2004 Working full time at NAVA, Quarterly journal editing and artist liaison.
Invited ARI representative NVACN Peak Lobby group, Parliament House.
Founded Sydney Concrete Artists Group (SCAG) with P Aitken, V Butron, K Jenkins & A Leslie.
Member of SASS group.
Private part-time business building art works for installation.
Guest artist lectures at Curtain University, Perth, WA. Refer Julian Goddard.
2003 Speaker and Chair of Forum ‘Model Spaces – The Diversity of Australian Artist Run Initiatives, September. Architecture Department, Sydney University. A Museums and Galleries Foundation Initiative.
Founder. Working as Curator and Project Manager, MOP Projects Contemporary Artspace, Sydney.
Guest lectures on ARI development at Macquarie University. Ref John Lechte.
2002 Committee for establishment of On-line Post Graduate Journal, SCA Sydney University.
Formed the Sphere Group, a national exhibition project with Kyle Jenkins, Ben Curnow and Pam Aitken.
2001 Blue Lotus and Sphere art groups reformulated, researching of Australian Formal Art Making.
2000 SUPRA Councillor and Publications Convenor, Sydney University.
Co-founded Joes Gallery, Newtown.
Fundraiser for 2000 SCA Graduate exhibition.
Co-founder of SPHERE Post Graduate Exhibition Program, a Newspace initiative.
Founded ‘The Blue Lotus’, an experimental painting group (still running).
1999 SUPRA Councillor and Post Graduate Representative SCA.
1998 SASCA Vice President, Sydney College of the Arts Students Union.
1997 Foundation Director and establishment co-ordinator of SASCA Gallery, Rozelle
Founded and ran ‘The Collective’ experimental painting group till 1999.
1994-6 Committee member of Pendulum artists exhibition group.
Fundraiser – Nuclear Disarmament Party & Greenpeace Southern Forest Campaign.
1992-94 Financial co-ordinator for JW Thompson Advertising Agency.
1980-93 Professional Musician and Songwriter associated with Australian Guild of Songwriters and CBS. Ran independent record label.
1978-80 Studied sculpture, UNSW